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1918''Where are the other oxen?'' 1918 ''Why did I not leave her in the bush?'' 1918 What his teeth were like you can see-- look there, pretty big ones, ai n''t they? 1724 ''And if I refuse to play this trick,''said Heda,''what then?''
1724''What price, O Lady of Death?'' 1724 ''Would he come with me to Ulundi?''
1724And do you wish me to be that grasshopper, Zikali?
1724And if he does this thing, which I hold no doctor in the world can do, what shall it signify?
1724And if the king refuses, what then, Zikali?
1724And now,went on Goza,"will the Inkosi be pleased to start, as we have to travel far to- day?"
1724And what does the king wish, Goza?
1724And what happened to you afterwards?
1724And what will the King answer?
1724And which does he wish, Goza?
1724And who showed it to you?
1724And why,I asked,"do you show yourself a fool by supposing that I, whom you know to be none, am a fool?
1724Are the white men so far away, King? 1724 Are those the kind of compliments you used to pay in your youth, Mr. Quatermain?
1724Are you indeed a doctoress, being so young?
1724Are you not afraid that they will follow us here?
1724Are you the man,I asked,"to accuse others of crime?
1724Are you? 1724 As for killing him, can not the King kill whom he will?
1724At what do you gaze so hard, King and Councillors?
1724Baas,he gasped,"Baas, how did you know?"
1724Baas,replied Footsack, trembling all over,"how do I know?
1724Been trading up there?
1724Before I leave I must eat, for who can journey upon yesterday''s food? 1724 But what are you going to do?"
1724But why did you mock me in this fashion, Zikali?
1724But why do you not send for the white doctors to cure the king?
1724Ca n''t you lend me a team of oxen,I asked,"to drag it to the house?"
1724Can I see the king?
1724Can we bolt back the way we came, Allan?
1724Certainly, for why should not Providence inhabit a penny as much as it does any other mundane thing? 1724 Did I not promise you long ago that you should be with me at the last, and are you not with me and another?"
1724Did I not tell you I had a presentiment that I should kill a man in this accursed wood?
1724Did I, Macumazahn? 1724 Did I?
1724Did that bush give you any particular impression?
1724Did you ever kill one to win a woman?
1724Did you find this here?
1724Did you not hear the King''s command, White Man?
1724Do all agree?
1724Do n''t you think you had both better go to bed, gentlemen?
1724Do the white people always name those liars who tell them true things they can not understand?
1724Do you doubt me any longer?
1724Do you know English, Nombe?
1724Do you know your way? 1724 Do you mean that you think you are going to kill somebody else?"
1724Do you really mean that?
1724Do you suspect me of poisoning him?
1724Do you? 1724 Does your name happen to be Allan Quatermain?"
1724English gentlemen,remarked Rodd reflectively,"Well, Anscombe is of course, but how about that other hunter?
1724Goza,I said at last,"do the Zulus really mean to fight the English?"
1724Has she come then?
1724Have I not told you always to let down the blinds after dark? 1724 Have you ever seen one you knew in life after death?"
1724Have you got that flask of Hollands about you, Quatermain?
1724His father?
1724How about the English?
1724How can I ask the white men who are far away?
1724How can a dead man speak to you and how can I meet a woman who is dead?
1724How can any of your race sit in your seat while you still live? 1724 How can you be so hard- hearted, Quatermain?
1724How could I undo the knot that I had tied and stamp out the fire that I had lit? 1724 How did you learn all this?"
1724How do I know that you come from Zikali?
1724How do you do?
1724How do you fill in your time here,I asked carelessly,"as you do n''t farm?"
1724How do you know all these things, Zikali?
1724How do you know that they were dead?
1724How do you know that, Zikali?
1724How do you know?
1724How goes the war?
1724How old are you, Miss Marnham?
1724How should I know what he means, O King?
1724How should I know?
1724How, unless it be broken, Macumazahn? 1724 I laughed into that ghost face of hers and said--"''Is this all?
1724I say, old fellow,said Anscombe earnestly,"you do n''t really mean to go off and leave me in this hideousness?
1724I warned you the trip was dangerous, did I not? 1724 If I declare for war and we win, shall I be greater than I am?
1724If there is nothing to fear, Mr. Quatermain,she answered, turning on me,"why do you look so frightened yourself?
1724In what way indeed?
1724Indeed, Goza, and is your errand to cut my throat?
1724Indeed, and what may that woman be like?
1724Is anything wrong with my father?
1724Is it for peace or war?
1724Is it so, Goza? 1724 Is it so?
1724Is it so?
1724Is it the place, Macumazahn, or is it the thought of one whom once you met in the place, one who is dead?
1724Is man ever happy, Macumazahn, when he has gained that which he sought for years? 1724 Is n''t that rather a risky district?"
1724Is that all, O King?
1724It is cold in this hut, is it not?
1724It may be so,said Cetewayo sullenly,"yet it was no spirit iron that cut my thigh, but what do I know of the ways of Spirits?
1724Macumazahn, how can I tell you who only know what I myself am told?
1724Macumazahn, if he did not live, how could he visit and speak with me? 1724 Macumazahn, you remember the story that I told you long ago, do you not?"
1724Made a good job of your operation?
1724Marry?
1724No, I could scarcely expect to yet, but why do you ask?
1724Now what is it you ask of me? 1724 Now who will take charge of these?"
1724O Macumazahn, who can prevent a needle from piercing cloth when it is pushed by a finger like yours? 1724 Of course we understand that you are quite alone and have no friends, is it not so, my brothers?"
1724Oh, I understand, further under the root, a jackal buried it, did it? 1724 Painful?"
1724Perhaps I might, but then what should I gain, Zikali?
1724Quite so,I answered,"but what killed him?"
1724Right,I answered,"but might I ask what that has to do with your both counting a hundred?"
1724Saw you ever the like of that?
1724Say, am I Nombe now? 1724 So I have understood,"I answered,"but does this lady live here?"
1724Tell me, Mr. Quatermain,she added,"is it possible for one woman to be in love with another?"
1724Tell me, are you really alive?
1724Tell me, why do you make such crack- brained arrangements?
1724That is to be proved, is it not? 1724 That looks like fighting, does it not, Macumazahn?"
1724That''s a nice man for a prospective, son- in- law, is n''t he?
1724The second matter is-- what shall chance to the king? 1724 The words are Zikali''s,"I said, returning her the knife,"but why do you call yourself the child of one who is too old to be a father?"
1724Then what did you do?
1724Then why did you write to tell me that I ought to come as he was not at all well?
1724Then why not break it off? 1724 Then why,"asked the man,"did you, whom all know to be wise, show yourself to have suddenly become a fool?"
1724There are no kraals about, are there?
1724There,said Heda,"how many do you make it?
1724This is the Chief she loves?
1724This must have been nearly two hours after I heard the men begin to talk--"Excuse me,I interrupted,"but where was Nombe all those two hours?"
1724Was he murdered or did he commit suicide?
1724Wet nights?
1724What are you staring at, O King?
1724What do my ears hear?
1724What do you mean?
1724What do you see up there, Macumazahn, that you stare so hard?
1724What do you think?
1724What do you want my counsel about, Zikali?
1724What does Mr. Quatermain think himself?
1724What does the Inkosikaasi( i.e., the chieftainess) say concerning me, Macumazahn?
1724What does the old wizard mean?
1724What else did he say?
1724What had killed them?
1724What have I to do with it?
1724What if those white rats have hidden in it?
1724What is demanded if you would avoid war, O King?
1724What is it, Macumazahn?
1724What is it?
1724What is she doing here?
1724What is the hurry, King, seeing that the forest is far away? 1724 What is the matter with you, King?"
1724What is this that my ears hear?
1724What kind of blankets do you like; the plain grey ones or the white ones with the blue stripes?
1724What sign does the Council require, Son of Panda?
1724What spooks?
1724What the devil are you driving at?
1724What the devil is that to you,he asked furiously,"and what do you mean by firing at me?"
1724What was that dog doing?
1724What white man?
1724What''s the matter now?
1724What''s the matter?
1724When is it to come?
1724Where are the oxen?
1724Where are the white chief and the lady Heddana?
1724Where does the path run to?
1724Where the devil is the kraal Jazi?
1724Where, then, is the Opener of Roads?
1724Where, where?
1724Which way, Baas?
1724Which way?
1724Who are these?
1724Who are they that dare to enter the Black Kloof unannounced?
1724Who are you, White Man?
1724Who can betray me when none know whither I am going?
1724Who else? 1724 Who gave you leave to enter here, and what is your business?"
1724Who is it that you see? 1724 Who knows where you will be in eighteen months?
1724Who sends a message by your lips for me, and what are the words of the message?
1724Who shot you?
1724Who then poisoned you, King?
1724Who was killed and who killed him?
1724Who was that doll, Zikali?
1724Why are they afraid?
1724Why did it depress you?
1724Why did you send Nombe?
1724Why do you come here, Macumazahn?
1724Why do you lie to me, Zikali?
1724Why do you mock me, Macumazahn? 1724 Why do you play at sticks( i.e., fence) with me, Zikali, seeing that neither of us are children?"
1724Why do you say that?
1724Why has the Opener of Roads been brought from the Black Kloof which he has not left for years? 1724 Why not?"
1724Why should I not choose it,went on Zikali,"seeing also that this place is holy to me?
1724Why was he afraid?
1724Why? 1724 Why?"
1724Will Cetewayo refuse, Zikali?
1724Will I forbid the mist to rise, or the wind to blow, or the lightning to strike? 1724 Would n''t whited sepulchre be a better term, especially as it seems to cover dead men''s bones?"
1724Would you know the spear if it fell?
1724Would you know, King? 1724 Yes, Noma, it might be yours, it is of the right size, but how can I be sure?
1724Yes, Sir, and why not? 1724 Yes,"cried Zikali,"but what was it that caused the cut?
1724You know well that he lives, Macumazahn, for how could he die till his work was accomplished? 1724 You lost your Spirit, did you?"
1724You need no magic to tell you that, doctoress,I remarked,"but where did you see my picture?"
1724You think he really knows, Goza?
1724_ Dead!_ Where did you see them dead?
1724A thought struck me, and I asked--"Is there any place here where your father locked up things?
1724A very good way of settling, was n''t it?"
1724After all, in what way is he better than the scores of other hunters and Kaffir traders and wanderers whom one meets in this strange land?"
1724After all, of what have I to be afraid?
1724Also, what could he do with but a few servants, for the most of his people are away with the cattle?
1724Am I a prophet that I should be able to say which it is?
1724And after all, what was more likely in the circumstances?
1724And at this thought my heart sank-- why was she here in this most inappropriate meeting- place, alone?
1724And did he find others of the same sort?"
1724And if defeat should take everything from me, even my life perhaps, then what shall I have gained?
1724And supposing it were so much as breathed that this spirit which they seemed to see, had been but a trick and a fraud, what then?
1724And what does the King offer to me?
1724Anscombe?"
1724Are these good omens, Councillors?
1724Are we to fight the English, or are we to sit still?"
1724As the issue proved, this was a terrible mistake, but who can always judge rightly?
1724At length an awed voice, I think it was that of Dabulamanzi, asked--"What is this plan, Inyanga?
1724At what then do you gaze so hard?"
1724But are these all the soldiers of the English?
1724But are you interested in geology?"
1724But how can I disband the army and make an end of the regiments that have conquered in so many wars?
1724But how can I kill them, I asked of my Spirit, and myself escape death?
1724But how was I to guess all these things at that time?
1724But how, how?"
1724But if so he said nothing of it, but only asked--"Will you go instead of me?"
1724But the question is, how can you marry her?"
1724But the question is-- how?
1724But then why did he make the suggestion that I should be commanded to fire at this figure?
1724But what does it matter now?"
1724But what has she to say?"
1724But what is to be done about Nombe?
1724But what of that?"
1724But what was the end of it?
1724But what was the use of thinking?
1724But who can hold the army which shouts for war?
1724But why did you keep them prisoner?"
1724But why do you ask?"
1724But why do you wonder?"
1724But wo n''t you come up to the house?
1724But would she kindly explain?
1724But, Macumazahn, if she met you both at the same time why did she not choose you?"
1724Ca n''t we take the other road to Pilgrim''s Rest and Lydenburg, or to Barberton?"
1724Can I help it if they kill you after I have warned you to turn back?"
1724Can the dead make soup?"
1724Can you give me any help?
1724Can you tell me of any boats running from Durban to India?
1724Cetewayo caught me by the arm, saying--"Tell us, are the lips of the dead witch warm or cold?"
1724Come hither and tell me, have you no kiss for one from whom you parted with a kiss?"
1724Come to the fire, Noma, and let us look; the moonlight is faint, is it not?"
1724Could Heda be married to Anscombe at once?
1724Could I take her away and put her under the protection of the Court at Pretoria?
1724Could the thing be faced out?
1724Could they elope?
1724Could we keep ahead of them for that half hour?
1724Did she wear a necklace of blue beads?"
1724Did you not hear it speaking in the thatch, O King?"
1724Did you not ride through the Zulus who parted this way and that before you, shouting what you could not understand?
1724Did you not say last night that he is a leopard who leaps out in the dark, bites and is gone again?"
1724Did you see the Opener of Roads, Goza, and if so, what is his answer to my message?"
1724Do I make myself clear?"
1724Do n''t you agree, Maurice?"
1724Do n''t you remember I told you I should kill a man in this place and about a woman?"
1724Do n''t you think we should stop?"
1724Do they hear that if she will not come to my beckoning, then the great Zulu people must put a yoke upon their shoulders and be as slaves?
1724Do you like life here better than that in the Guards?
1724Do you not know my case that you offend my ears with them?
1724Do you think me mad or wicked, or both, that I should do this thing?"
1724Do you understand?
1724Do you understand?"
1724Do you understand?"
1724Does he remember it, I wonder?
1724Does not Sigananda yonder know the voice which amongst all those present echoes in his ears alone?"
1724Even if I were believed, this far- seeing wizard held hostages for my good behaviour, and if I betrayed him what would happen to those hostages?
1724For the rest, is Nomkubulwana my servant to come and go at my bidding?"
1724Further, how could she be deceived on such a point?
1724Gold was too much to pay for a bottle of gin, tobacco was too little, but how about the stone?
1724Had he not told me as much years ago, and was he one to go back upon his word?
1724Had it been otherwise, for example, I should have been--""What would you have been?"
1724Has not such a one as I the power to make a fat fool think that she saw what she did not see?
1724Have some coffee, wo n''t you?"
1724Have they not yet learned their lesson?"
1724He did not see us, but he caught sight of you and said testily--"Are you mad?"
1724He paused, then turning to Goza, asked,"Did the Opener of Roads tell you where he wished to dwell when he comes to visit me here at Ulundi?"
1724He paused, turning one ear upwards, then continued in a new and tender voice,"What is it you say to me, Noma, my dear little Noma?
1724He stroked his long beard and looked at us, for by now he had dismounted, then said--"Might I ask you gentlemen your names?"
1724Here I have sat while the moon climbs high and counted, and what do I find?
1724Horse accident?"
1724How about that skull which you kissed in the Vale of Bones?"
1724How about the woman on the rock that the Zulus thought was their Princess of the Heavens?
1724How are you going to do it?
1724How can I prove to you that this is not another cheat like to that of the spirit of Mameena whom the white man, her lover, did not know again?
1724How can one know without a post- mortem?
1724How can you ask me such a thing?
1724How did it happen,"he went on with gathering force,"that the white men caught me in the secret place where you told me I should hide?
1724How did it pass from your keeping into the hand of a spirit?"
1724How had it been called?
1724How then, how?
1724How was I to know that these were true?
1724I ask you, Macumazahn, who are his friend, what does he mean, and why should I not kill him and be done?"
1724I bethought me of coming to you, but without arms how could you help?
1724I cried exasperated,"and tell me, where are your mistress and the Heer Anscombe?"
1724I do n''t look like a criminal, do I?
1724I exclaimed,"do you fear mortification?"
1724I finished it very well, did n''t I?
1724I might perhaps if I mounted behind him and the horse could bear us both, which was doubtful, but how about our poor servants?
1724I remember now, she was called Mameena, was she not, a name taken from the wailing of the wind?
1724I repeat, what are you driving at?
1724I repeated after him, adding,"Why not call it hell''s broth at once?"
1724I sent her down, but how was she named, Macumazahn?
1724I stared at him, wondering what he could mean, whereon he added with a laugh--"What is that in your pocket?
1724I studied her for a while, then asked--"Why do you not marry, Nombe, and have a husband, and children to love?"
1724I tried to think the thing out and could not, so only asked--"How did I come?
1724I whistled and asked,"How will our Boer friends take it?
1724I wonder if she cares for him?"
1724I wonder what became of them?
1724If he beats them with too thick a stick, or if he brings them to shame or does what the most of them do not wish, then where is the king?
1724If you were a doctor you would know that all these things come to us with our blood, and we did n''t fashion our own clay, did we?
1724If you''re afraid of him, why do n''t you kill him?"
1724In this curious condition of mind it seemed to me that Rodd said to Marnham--"Why have you brought these men here?"
1724Is anyone truly bad, I wondered, or for the matter of that, truly good either?
1724Is he a temperate man?"
1724Is he the king?
1724Is it a bargain?"
1724Is it a scraper?"
1724Is it not a loaded pistol, and do you not remember that it is death to appear before the king armed?
1724Is it not a proverb in the land from the time of the slaying of Bangu when you gave the cattle you had earned to Saduko''s wanderers?"
1724Is it not all a question of circumstance and blood?
1724Is it not so?"
1724Is it not that he may give us counsel in our need and show us a sign that his counsel is good, whether it be for war or peace?
1724Is it your desire that I should draw water from this fount of wisdom, O King and Councillors?"
1724Is she not my pupil whom I have trained from a child?
1724Is there a hat upon my head that you can not see the colour of my hair, and is it natural that youth should turn to age?"
1724Is this a time for fine words?
1724It is so long ago, and what does it matter?
1724It is--''What says the Opener of Roads?''
1724Macumazahn, you dreamed a dream, did you not, lying asleep in the house that was built of white stone which now is black with fire?
1724Marnham?"
1724Marnham?"
1724Marnham?"
1724Moreover, if they saw a white woman who had sheltered with me, might they not guess something?
1724My partner and I are labour agents, we recruit natives for the Kimberley Mines,"he said in explanation, adding,"Where do you propose to shoot?"
1724No, not complete,"I added, looking towards Anscombe who was following on the tired horse a few paces behind,"for you knew his father, did you not?"
1724Now I jumped up, filled with indignation, saying--"I do not believe in Nombe''s spells, and in any case how am I to guard against them?"
1724Now I might kill you and have no blame, although you are my guest, for who knows that you are not sent by the English Queen to shoot me?"
1724Now if you want to keep out of trouble, tell me-- whence came it into the hands of that man, Karl?"
1724Now tell me, Opener of Roads, how did it pass from your keeping into that of the spirit Nomkubulwana?"
1724Now that I know there is nothing the matter with my father I''m-- But, tell me, how did you get your wound?"
1724Now what exactly does he trade in, I wonder?
1724Now what was to be done?
1724Oh, my dear Quatermain, have you never been taught to look to the pence and let the rest take care of itself?"
1724On the earth or under it?
1724Or-- or am I in truth that Mameena, whose kiss thrills your lips and soul?
1724Ought I to let him go or not?
1724Please continue-- but one word, how was Nombe dressed?
1724Quatermain?"
1724Quatermain?"
1724Quatermain?"
1724Quatermain?"
1724Run for it?
1724Say, how do you do it, Zikali?"
1724Shall we stop?"
1724She found you once, did she not?
1724She is not beautiful, is she, although she has dipped her head in milk to make herself look white?"
1724Should I or should I not tell him and beg his protection for them?
1724Should I take the westerly road which ran over a great plain?
1724So I just folded my arms and, looking up at him, said--"Why, Black Man?"
1724So I merely remarked, without showing surprise--"So Zikali still lives, does he?
1724So I returned to my wagon and lay down in it exhausted, for what more could I do?
1724So, so, what does it matter since we must meet at last, even if you hide yourself at the back of the furthest star?
1724Something will certainly happen, but the point is-- what?
1724Tell me now, is it possible for the dead to appear?"
1724Tell me then, Macumazahn, you whose heart is honest, what must I do?"
1724Tell me, why did they behave thus, and what did they shout?"
1724Tell me, will you command Nombe to cease from her folly?"
1724The Basutos attacked you at daybreak, did they not?"
1724The first matter is, if there be war between the White and Black, what will happen in that war?
1724The question is-- what must the Zulus do?
1724The question is-- what will be the line of the Boers themselves?
1724The teeth?
1724Then an idea struck me and I added,"I suppose no harm will come to Nombe, who might be thought to know too much?"
1724Then calming himself with an effort added,"Tell me now, where shall I hide?"
1724They stopped hunting you when they got to the Yellow- wood swamp where our land begins, did they not?"
1724This he could not do according to our law, since how can a stranger name the King of the Zulus?
1724To call to the guard for help seemed indiscreet, for who knew what those fools might say?
1724To which you answered with a laugh--"I hope not more than usual, Sir, but why?"
1724Was it this gulf, think you, or another?
1724Was such a thing possible, I wondered?
1724Well, what have I to do with all this?
1724Were you expecting us?"
1724What I tell to you is true, is it not so?"
1724What are you driving at?"
1724What did I say, a king?
1724What did she say and do?"
1724What did they think either of the serpent coiled about the bole of this tree of knowledge whereof they had just plucked the ripe and maddening fruit?
1724What did you say about the place that I have chosen?
1724What do you come to seek from the Opener of Roads?
1724What do you mean?"
1724What dog?
1724What had I learned?
1724What happened to me?"
1724What is it that my ears hear?
1724What is it you say?
1724What is the matter on which you would speak to me?"
1724What is the name of the architect who designed that most romantic- looking house of yours which seems to be built of marble?"
1724What stone?
1724What then was I to do?
1724What then was to be done?
1724What was it I had to say to you?
1724What was the use since Heda would not listen to them, and at that time Anscombe was nothing but her echo?
1724What was to be done?
1724What would Sekukuni say if we let him escape to bring the Swazis on us?
1724When last we parted did I not prophesy to you that we should meet again at the bottom of a gulf?
1724When you have been summoned from a long way off and travelled post- haste, rather to your own inconvenience, it is amusing, is n''t it?"
1724Where are Saduko and Mameena and the rest?
1724Where are those with whom you used to company, Macumazahn?
1724Where has the king gone?"
1724Where is she?"
1724Where shall we meet again, I wonder?
1724Which then is it to be, Yes or No?
1724Who and what was I that I should dare to arraign and pass sentence upon this man who after all had suffered many wrongs?
1724Who are these little men who sit before you?
1724Who has the fire sent to be my shield?
1724Who is it?
1724Who knows?
1724Who knows?
1724Who pointed out that hidden hole to the white men?
1724Who thinks anything of dreams?"
1724Who wanted stones?
1724Who, who of all that you have slain and who therefore are your foes?"
1724Why did Zikali call him Mauriti?"
1724Why do you bring me up to this place where I see some whom I would forget?
1724Why exactly had he beguiled me to Zululand?
1724Why not go to him and tell him your trouble?"
1724Why not try some other ground, to the north of the Transvaal, for instance?"
1724Why should he not have done so, seeing that it was my presence he had desired, not theirs?
1724Why then should I not choose it to meet the last king of the Zulus?"
1724Why trouble about the dead when there are so many to be sent to join them?
1724Would it not have been better to tell those Basutos to let them trek on to Pretoria?"
1724Would it turn over?
1724Would that have happened in the time of Chaka?"
1724You are one of that people, Macumazahn,"he added, turning his massive shape towards me,"tell us now, how many soldiers has your Queen?"
1724You felt it, did you not?"
1724You felt nothing in the spiritual line?"
1724Your second is-- was this spirit or woman or shadow, that of her whom I remember meeting in Zululand many years ago?
1724Zikali, gazing at the sky, waited till it had died away, then went on--"Do any question my words?
1724asked Zikali when Nombe and the others had gone,"that the White Dogs are on the spoor of the Black Bull?"
1724ca n''t you understand, Quatermain, that sometimes men find themselves forced into strange situations against their will?"
1724do you defy me, White Man?
1724he asked, looking at me,"and what do you here?"
1724he exclaimed,"do these dirty Basuto dogs dare to carry spears so near our country?
1724he laughed,"who am I that I can tell how such things happen?
1724he said again,"who will tell her?
1724that was a great game I played in the Vale of Bones, was it not, Macumazahn?"
1724they talk of the eyes of women, but are they ever as beautiful as those of a loving dog?
1724why do n''t I kill you as I shall some day?"
1724why on earth did you come here?"
1724witch- doctor) here?"