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So much did this conviction work upon her mind, that she determined not to wait for the return of Noie, but at all costs to try to leave Zululand, and through Tamboosa declared her will to the King.

"I think that I shall come to you presently. Now go." So he saluted her and went. Presently Rachel sent for Tamboosa and the captains, and asked the state of the river which was out of sight about half a mile from them. They replied that it was "very angry"; none could think of attempting its passage, as much water was coming down. "Is it so?" she said indifferently.

These are my commands, that none should dare to follow me save only yourself, Tamboosa, who can bring on the white ox with its load so soon as the water has run down and deliver them to me at Ramah. Do you hear me?" "I hear, Inkosazana," answered the old induna, "and thy words split my heart." "Yet you will obey them, Tamboosa."

"Are you afraid to go?" asked Rachel of Noie. "Not I," answered the girl, with a laugh. "I trust to the King's word and to your might." "Depart then," said Rachel, "and come back as swiftly as you may. Tamboosa shall lead you." So Noie went.

Then she addressed Tamboosa, saying: "I have spoken to the waters and they will not harm me. The hour has come when I must leave my people for a while, and go forward alone with my white servant, Dario.

As she came he rose and saluted her, but, taking no heed of him, she went to her grey mare, and, placing her foot in the stirrup, sprang to the saddle, motioning to him to do likewise. "Whither goest thou, Inkosazana?" asked Tamboosa anxiously. "To throw a charm on the waters," she answered, "so that they may run down and I can cross them to morrow.

But before ever he could lay a hand upon it, those fierce men had pounced upon him like leopards on a goat. Now they held him fast, and a voice it was that of Tamboosa, called through the darkness, "Hail to thee! Inkosazana. Come down now and pass judgment on this wild beast who would have harmed thee."

On the morrow of Noie's departure, Tamboosa and other indunas visited her, and asked her if she would not descend to the kraal of the King, and help him and his council to try cases, since while she was in the land she was its first judge. She answered, "No, that place smelt too much of blood." If they had cases for her to try, let them be brought before her in her own house.

"This; the King says by my mouth Let the Inkosazana come and command, and her servant Noie shall go free and unharmed, for is she not a dog in her hut? But if she comes not and at once, then the girl dies." "How know I that this tale is true, Tamboosa?" asked Rachel, controlling herself with an effort, for she loved Noie dearly.

Arrived at that spot on the bank where she had received the salutation of the regiment when she entered Zululand, Rachel saw at once that although the great river was full it could easily be forded on horseback. Calling Richard to her, she said: "We must go, and now, while there is no one to stop us but Tamboosa. Do not hurt him unless he tries to spear you, for he has been kind to me."

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