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Updated: May 18, 2025
You have heard the story of the woman Nahana. Accept it or reject it as your heart tells you." "If that story be true, O Zikali, how comes it that you yourself smelt out, not Mameena, the wife of Masapo, but Masapo, her husband, himself, and caused him to be slain because of the poisoning of the child of Nandie?" "You err, O King. I, Zikali, smelt out the House of Masapo.
Nandie the Sweet was not a great beauty, as was Mameena, although her figure was fine, and her stature like that of all the race of Senzangakona considerably above the average. To begin with, she was darker in hue, and her lips were rather thick, as was her nose; nor were her eyes large and liquid like those of an antelope.
He sniffed at the air as a dog does, and as he sniffed drew ever nearer to Nandie, till at last he laughed and pointed to her. "Your child, Princess, whose name I do not know. Your firstborn child, whom you loved more than your own heart." She rose. "Yes, yes, Nyanga," she cried. "I am the Princess Nandie, and he was my child, whom I loved more than my own heart." "Haha!" said Zikali.
On the day of the marriage also, I trekked for Natal, and for a whole year heard no more of Saduko, Nandie, and Mameena; although, to be frank, I must admit I thought of the last of these persons more often, perhaps, than I should have done. The truth is that Mameena was one of those women who sticks in a man's mind even more closely than a "Wait-a-bit" thorn does in his coat.
Say to Macumazahn that when Saduko returns he is to tell him that this is all his fault, since if he had kept Nandie in her place I would have died rather than leave him.
The water was brought, and presently, when the little one seemed all right again, for it had only received a scratch, Nandie thanked me and departed to her own huts, saying with a smile to her husband as she passed that there was no need for him to accompany her, as she had servants waiting at the kraal gate. So Saduko stayed behind, and Mameena stayed also.
He turned and, looked about him till his eye fell upon a group of women, amongst whom sat Nandie, dressed like a common person. "Of a daughter, a daughter " He walked to the group of women. "Why, none of these are royal; they are the children of low people. And yet and yet I seem to smell the blood of Senzangakona."
Yet I would ask you one thing if Saduko loves you so much, how comes it he trusts you so little that you must learn any matter of weight by listening at my door, as I found you doing the other day?" "Because you teach him not to do so, O Nandie. Because you are ever telling him not to consult with me, since she who has betrayed one husband may betray another.
Nandie had none of these attractions, which, after all, anywhere upon the earth belong only to a few women in each generation. She was a simple, honest-natured, kindly, affectionate young woman of high birth, no more; that is, as these qualities are understood and expressed among her people. Umbelazi led her forward into the presence of the King, to whom she bowed gracefully enough.
At least, he cannot say that I made her run away with Umbelazi. After all, it is a matter which they must settle between them." "I think it may mean great trouble," I said, "at a time when trouble is not needed." "Oh, why so, Macumazahn? My daughter did not get on with the Princess Nandie we could all see that for they would scarcely speak to each other.
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