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"Give me your word, Great Great One, in the sight of the whole nation," he said in a loud voice, "that these two shall be suffered to depart unharmed now, at once and I will take the place of Nomtyeketye." "That will I readily do, Nyonyoba, for I have no need of strangers here such as these," answered Tyisandhlu. Then, sadly, "And you are resolved?" "I am." "Then it must be.
The frightful priesthood of the demon paused, with staring eyes, to wait on what new turn events would take. "Say on, Nyonyoba," said Tyisandhlu shortly, looking anything but pleased at the interruption. "It is this, O Burning Wind. Let Nomtyeketye return to his own people. I will take his place." "You?" exclaimed the king, as a gasp of amazement shivered through the listeners.
"Even though it be so, accidents often bring greater evil in their results than the most deliberate wrong-doing for such is the rule of life." "That is so!" buzzed the indunas grouped on either side of the king. "Au! hear the wisdom of the Burning North Wind!" "Well, then, in this matter atonement must be made. It appears that one only was concerned in it, and that one is Nomtyeketye."
This was the somewhat uncomplimentary nick-name by which Holmes was known, bestowed upon him on account of his talkative tendencies as contrasted with the laconic sententiousness of Hazon. "I rule, therefore," went on the king, "that Nomtyeketye be taken hence to where atonement is offered. The other may depart from among us to his own land."
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