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"That was well done, 'mlungu," exclaimed the king, with just the faintest suggestion of a feeling of relief in the tones of his voice; "that was marvellously well done! But for thy quickness and sureness of eye and hand I should have been overthrown, and the Basutos might have been obliged to choose another king.
Surely there are not so many big kraals scattered about in Kafirland that the one which you have just shown me should be difficult to find?" "What did it look like, 'mlungu?" demanded Mafuta. "What did it look like?" I repeated. "Is not that a quite unnecessary question to ask, Mafuta? You must have seen everything that I saw, otherwise "
Be seated," he continued, waving me toward the other end of the couch; "and as for you, 'Ngaga, having brought the 'mlungu hither, your task is accomplished, and you may depart." So, while I deposited myself upon the pallet, 'Ngaga bade us both a somewhat ceremonious farewell, and vanished through the opening into the blazing sunlight without.
Judging from the analogy of Eleusis, the Bora, the Red Indian initiations, and so on, we may expect this to be the belief; but Mr. Macdonald knows very little about the matter. The legendary tales say 'all things in this world were made by "God." 'At first there were not people, but "God" and beasts. 'God' here, is Mlungu.
"Who is it, Mafuta a man, or a woman?" demanded Dick. "It is a man, 'mlungu" answered Mafuta. Then, drawing still nearer, and lowering his voice almost to a whisper, he added: "He says he is named Lobelalatutu!" "The king!" exclaimed Dick, starting to his feet in amazement. "What the dickens is up now, I wonder? Is he armed, Mafuta?" "Nay, lord, he is weaponless," answered Mafuta.
At service a man began to talk, but when I said, "Ku soma Mlungu," "we wish to pray to God," he desisted. It would be interesting to know what the ideas of these men are, and to ascertain what they have gained in their communings with nature during the ages past.
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