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32543Are there any Caffres about here?
32543But how did those other fathers live?
32543Can you throw an assagy?
32543Did you fight against my men near the Umlass?
32543Do n''t you think the English women who are up there would come away if they could?
32543How did you come by those pistols?
32543I should like to speak about this war,I said;"may I?"
32543Is the account you have given of the shipwreck quite correct?
32543Suppose you fail?
32543Then are the people at war with the Amakosa of your tribe?
32543Then how is it you have escaped?
32543Then you would not like to fight against them?
32543Then,said my uncle,"what do you think of coming into my office, and learning the business which I have followed with tolerable success?
32543Then,said the admiral,"if I sent a ship up there to bring these women away, you do n''t think they would come?"
32543What is your name?
32543When do you expect your men to return?
32543Where are the women now?
32543Where do you come from?
32543Why did they not take you?
32543Why did you not come away in the ship?
32543Why do you not come back to us, and enjoy life?
32543Would you like such a trip?
32543You have no papers, or anything about you, which could prove you are the person you represent yourself to be?
32543You of course remember your father,said the gentleman;"can you describe him to me?"
32543And how have we been delivered?
32543Are there any white men here?"
32543At length a loud voice from inside said,"Is the white boy there?"
32543Calling Cachema he said,"Why did you let this white boy beat you?"
32543Do you white men ever fight one against the other?"
32543I ask you, men, does he not deserve the necklace of leopard''s claws?
32543I at once knew that, in my sailor clothes, they did not recognise me; so I called out in English,"What do you want?"
32543I crept round the circle to where Ebomvu the Rain- maker was sitting, and whispered to him,"What do you think of this?"
32543I said:--"When the white men were assagied some of them had long iron instruments that we call` guns:''where are they?"
32543I whispered to her,"What is it?"
32543Inyati said,"Do you know how to use these things?
32543On Inklanzi replying"Yes,"the chief said,"Where do you come from?
32543On approaching the rocks on which I stood the boat stopped, and a young- looking man at the stern of the leading boat called out--"Who are you?"
32543Shall he not be a young chief?
32543Shall our tribe be termed a tribe of cowards?
32543Should I return to England and become a sort of slave to society, or should I remain in Africa?
32543The Zulus, seeing I was sensible again, called to a chief who was sitting at a distance, and pointed to me attentively, and then said--"Who are you?"
32543The captain looked at me in astonishment and said,"What are you shouting about?"
32543The gentleman, who was old, but tall and erect, looked at me very critically, and then said,"Is your name Julius Peterson?"
32543Turning to Inklanzi the chief said,"Why did you not bring those women?"
32543What can there be in your country to compare with what we have here?"
32543What more pleasant life than this could I lead anywhere?
32543What say you, men?"
32543Why do you go on this expedition?"
32543or is it a fresh moon that is born each month, gets full- grown, and then dies?"
611''And what if I refuse to go?''
611''And where are the hunters?''
611''Are you awake, Mr Storekeeper?''
611''But in the meantime?''
611''But suppose you met with opposition,''the Portugoose persisted,''would the rule hold?''
611''But what can he hope to do?''
611''Crawfurd, man, d''ye no mind me at Lourenco Marques?
611''Did you ever come across a great big native parson called Laputa?
611''Did you ever hear of I.D.B.--illicit diamond broking?''
611''Did you hear the drums?
611''Did you notice the Kaffir who rode with him and carried his saddlebags?
611''Do you blame a prisoner for trying to escape?
611''Do you go far?''
611''Do you mean to say that you did not kill the Dutchmen, and did not mean to knife me?''
611''Do you mind the Sabbath eight years since when you preached in the Free Kirk at Kirkcaple?
611''Do you take every man that calls into your bedroom, and shut the door?''
611''Do you understand Latin?''
611''Dogs and fools, would you despise his orders?
611''Fool, did you think to escape me?
611''Had the man any news?''
611''Has anything happened?''
611''Have you been writing to anybody?''
611''How big a man is Laputa?''
611''How long did this power last?''
611''Hullo,''I said,''ish that my black friend?
611''I will carry the casket through the wars,''he cried,''and if I choose never to open it, who will gainsay me?
611''If the rising starts to- morrow,''I asked,''have you any of his plans?''
611''If you are a Christian, what sort of Christianity is it to deluge the land with blood?''
611''If you fight for a great cause,''I said,''why do you let a miscreant like Henriques have a hand in it?
611''If you have come far you would maybe like a cup?''
611''In this kind of country?''
611''Is it yourself, Davie?''
611''Is the outer door shut?''
611''It interests you?''
611''Now, how on earth did you find that out?
611''River?''
611''Supposing other Kaffirs hear of it, and come back and make a bridge over the gorge?
611''The man that lived in Central Asia?''
611''Well, when we get there, what happens?''
611''Wha called ye partan- face, my bonny man?''
611''What about the blesbok?''
611''What about the purification you mentioned?''
611''What about them?''
611''What do you want with me?''
611''What have ye gained from the white man?''
611''What kind of magic will you spring on us?''
611''What makes Laputa come up here to start with?
611''What river?
611''What will you take to hold your tongue?
611''What''s the matter with the place?
611''Whatever is the matter?''
611''Where are the patriots in your following?
611''Where is Ratitswan?''
611''Which side are you on in the next war?''
611''Who are you and what do you seek?''
611''Who comes?''
611''Who do you think is the bigger chief, the Inkulu or Ratitswan?
611''Who is it?''
611''Why the devil do n''t you do the same?
611''Will you be serious and hear me?
611''Yes,''the voice said,''you hid the rubies,--and then?''
611''You heard my little story?
611''You heard that too?
611''You say the scheme is ripe,''I said;''how ripe?''
611A handy way of getting one''s luggage sent on, eh?
611Aitken?''
611And after that?
611And you found out everything for yourself?
611Anything more?''
611But how to get to it?
611But how was I to cross the road?
611But supposing I refuse it?
611But who is to lead, and what are the natives going to rise about?''
611By the way, how did you manage it?
611Could Arcoll be meditating the same exploit?
611Could I have escaped them?
611Could Laputa''s trackers have got up with me already?
611Did he get near enough to hit you?''
611Do you accept?''
611Do you know anything about it?
611Do you know what happened next day?
611Do you know, Mr Crawfurd, you have been on the right trail long before me?
611Do you think you can talk over these surly back- veld fools?
611Drunk?
611For who should I find when I got on board but my old friend Tam Dyke, who was second mate on the vessel?
611God, man, do you think you are going to work a revolution on skim milk?
611Had Laputa a horse?''
611Hang it all, what are we coming to, when we''re turning into a blooming cargo boat for niggers?''
611He nodded,''Have you any notion who has been engaged in the job?''
611He puffed away, and then asked suddenly,''Did you ever hear of Prester John?''
611I am a Christian, and will you tell me that your civilization pays much attention to Christ?
611I cried,''what in God''s name are you doing in this business?
611I did not know the secret of them, so how should I get out again?
611I heard the voice say''Yes?''
611Imbecile, do you think my power is built on a trinket?
611It is about Laputa, is n''t it?
611It was their king''s own charger I rode, and who dared question such a warrant?
611Now, what do you think is happening?''
611Seven years ago?
611Suddenly a hand was laid on my breast, and a voice demanded,''The word?''
611Supposing I managed to climb up to the level of the roof close to the water, how on earth was I to get outside on to the wall of the ravine?
611Tell me, where have you been?''
611There must be water somewhere; otherwise how account for the lushness of the vegetation?
611There will be a way in by the back window?
611Very well, what happened?
611What could this strange being want with a fire at half- past eight of an April Sabbath night on the Dyve Burn sands?
611What devil prompted you to steal a horse and go to the cave?
611What do they call you, man?
611What for did ye not send for me?
611What if I can act a part as well as yourself?''
611What if I can save your life, Mr Storekeeper?
611What if I could not escape?
611What if I shout that through the camp?
611What if we have done that very thing, Davie?''
611What kind of errand had brought this interloper into our territory?
611What makes you so anxious that Henriques should not betray me?''
611What part should I play in the great purification?
611What sort of fellow is this Wardlaw?
611What will you do with it?''
611What will your rising be without the Snake?
611What would hinder Laputa from setting his men to follow me, and seize me before I could get into safety?
611When did you say you saw him at his devil- worship?
611Where is he?
611Where is he?''
611Where is your house?
611Where on earth was Ntabakaikonjwa?
611Where were the arms, the leader, the discipline?
611Where, by the way, is Mr Peter Japp?
611Why do you think I am here?
611Why does n''t he begin with Zululand?''
611Why, then, was I so closely watched in the harmless neighbourhood of the store?
611Will he stay, I wonder?''
611Will the Baas allow me to sleep the night in an outhouse?''
611Will you not give me leave to be a patriot in turn?''
611Would they follow you a yard if they suspected you had lost it?''
611Would you like to hear something of it by way of preparation?''
611You call yourself a patriot?
611You have n''t forgotten the Dyve Burn, Davie?''
611You say he landed here?
611You that are educated and have seen the world, what makes you try to put the clock back?
32559And has there been peace in the land?
32559And let them re- take the slaver; eh, Roberts? 32559 And what made you nearly stop away, Hans?"
32559And what of that, Hans?
32559And where will you be, Hans?
32559Are all the men on deck?
32559Are the white men dead?
32559Are they niggers?
32559Are they very shy?
32559Are you certain, Katie? 32559 Bernhard,"exclaimed Hans,"where are the horses?"
32559Better follow the spoor, Hans, I think,replied Victor;"but what does Heinrich say?"
32559But why will she come to us in this ravine?
32559But,inquired Victor,"how are you going to get Katrine away, or her sister?"
32559Can they feel the wind when in the water, and before it blows?
32559Could these also be prisoners?
32559Did they go far, do you think, or would they stop?
32559Did you know who had taken me?
32559Do the people there want much more, then, than we do in the country, that the shops are so well supplied?
32559Do you think it possible they have decided to leave us?
32559Do you think we are strong enough, Piet,inquired Hans,"to meet the Zulus in bush country?"
32559Do you think,inquired Hans,"that the Amakosa Kaffirs fought as bravely when they attacked Graham''s Town as the Zulus have done lately against us?"
32559Has any one else any thing to say?
32559Have you ever seen a man killed before to- day?
32559Have you not heard of our battles with Moselekatse and Dingaan, and how we defeated them? 32559 Have you seen him?"
32559Have you, indeed?
32559How can you do that, Hans?
32559How can you do that?
32559How did this occur, men?
32559How did you manage to return so soon, Bernhard?
32559How is it that you do n''t fear a strong party coming now?
32559How long will it be before we get to the Cape?
32559How many Matabili were there?
32559How many are there?
32559How was that?
32559How?
32559I am ready,said Hans;"is all quiet?"
32559If Victor agrees to this, I will go,said Bernhard;"and the sooner I go the better: first, though, shall we shoot the lion that killed the Kaffir?
32559Is it much bigger than Graham''s Town?
32559Is it the Matabili murderers again, Hans?
32559Is this true, Hans?
32559Katrine,said Hans,"are you ready to go on?
32559Of what?
32559Sterk, will you stay here, and help to guard the hatch? 32559 The Matabili are coming,"exclaimed Katrine,"ten of them: can you fight them?"
32559Then all those Kaffirs are from Natal Bay?
32559Then he escaped?
32559There is more danger with a lion than even with an elephant, and when you have shot a lion, what is he worth? 32559 They have all gone after the spoor that led along the river''s bank, and I do n''t think that was as fresh as this; but need we wait for them?
32559They will be too many for us, Victor, I am afraid; what are we to do now, I wonder?
32559Victor,said Hans,"will you trust me?
32559Was there nothing else that kept you?
32559We can see the spoor of but one horse; on that the women would probably ride;--but where are the men''s footprints? 32559 What are we to do, Hans?
32559What have you?
32559What is Cape Town like?
32559What is it?
32559What is your plan, Hans?
32559What makes this current run down the coast?
32559What more did you see, Hans?
32559What was that fearful noise, Hans? 32559 What weight are the tusks, Hans?"
32559What would they say to this in Cape Town?
32559Where are the other two bull elephants, Hans?
32559Where did you hit him, Hans?
32559Where is Victor?
32559Where is he?
32559Where''s his tail, Hans?
32559Who''s below?
32559Why is it,he asked,"that the ship can not be seen from out boat, though it could from the peak of the island?
32559Will a bull elephant let you cut off the end of his tail when he is alive, Bernhard? 32559 Will you let them come in the boat?"
32559Yes, Hans: are you hurt?
32559Yes, I am ready, Hans, but are the horses fit?
32559Yes,said Hans;"I am a Dutch farmer: why am I made a prisoner like this?"
32559You are not sorry to come back to the country again, Hans?
32559You have not killed all four bull elephants, Hans?
32559You know the call of the grey monkey, Victor?
32559You were once carried off by a lion, were you not, Hans?
32559` Have you ever seen him before?'' 32559 ` I''m a spy, am I?''
32559` Is bullet there?'' 32559 ` Then you''ve killed your buck; and where is it?''
32559` What do you want the big gun for?'' 32559 A hunter''s life is happy, and who would not be a hunter? 32559 Ah, Bernhard, what news?
32559And do they not try to exceed each other in their clothes, Hans?"
32559And you saw all this, Hans?"
32559Are the men old or young, Katrine, who are watching them?"
32559Are there more there, do you think?
32559Are there not two hundred more at least coming to help those who are now here?
32559Are you all loaded, men?"
32559Are you ready now?"
32559As he approached he called in the Matabili language,"Where are you?"
32559But Hans, what food have we?
32559But look, Victor, with my glass, and tell me, do my eyes deceive me; is not that white object near that large kraal, a woman''s dress?
32559But what do the men during the day?
32559Can the man be a stray Matabili?"
32559Can you believe it, that Karl Zeitsman has gone down to Cape Town to write in a shop or something, because he wants to make money?
32559Can you believe, Victor, that such men know what life really is?"
32559Can you see a remedy, men?"
32559Can you see more?"
32559Can you tell me, Katrine, where this path leads to?"
32559Cess, who is this riding over the hill?
32559Did you see any spoor to- day, or do you think your elephants had been hunted lately?"
32559Do you see what to do, Hans?"
32559Have I all your promises?"
32559Have you heard any strange sounds since sunset?"
32559Have you never heard of Eus, Pretorius, Retief, or Landman?"
32559He was just getting up from a sleep, and upon seeing me said,--"` Well, where''s the buck?
32559How came you here?
32559How can we escape from these brutal murderers?
32559How could he get there before us?"
32559How did you see him?
32559How far, think you, are we from our people?"
32559How long will you stay here, Hans?"
32559How was it?"
32559However did you come to know of it?"
32559I and my mate ca n''t make certain of hitting at this distance?"
32559I do n''t like to move, as I ca n''t see him: could you bring some lighted branches here?"
32559I have killed in my day more than twenty Kaffirs, principally Amakosa: can these be the men''s ghosts, sent here now to torment me?
32559I heard a shot: did you miss him?''
32559I wonder was there another man with this one?
32559If we stay here we shall be unable to beat off a hundred men, though we might succeed against half that number; what shall we do?"
32559Is it lower at the Cape than up by Natal?"
32559Is there much game about there?"
32559It was dark, was it not?"
32559It was good to trek from the old colony, friends, was it not?"
32559Knowing that she would not take off his attention unless for a special reason, he called out--"What is it, Katie?"
32559Let me feel, are my powder- horn and bullets here?
32559My poor father was butchered before my eyes, and I lived to see it; but where can these men be?
32559Not a buffalo; you do n''t mean to say that you''ve fired at a buffalo?''
32559Oh, it is bad for us?"
32559See those springbok, Victor, by the tall acacias there, they scent an enemy, what is it?
32559See you what they will do?"
32559Shall I hoist the signal?"
32559Shall we follow the spoor, Victor, or try and cut off the track?"
32559She has tried her hand at several kinds of things, and has settled Amakosa, Zulus, and all; and what do you think besides, Hans?"
32559So I will leave the lions to you, Hans, and I will go after the elephants; but shall we arrange our shooting laws?"
32559So now, which of you will go?
32559Suddenly addressing Hans, he said--"Why have you come armed and without notice into the country of Moselekatse, when it is war between us?"
32559There is nothing like a free life, Bernhard, is there?
32559There was some hesitation on the part of the captain of the slaver, for no answer was at first returned; but when a second demand,"What ship is that?"
32559Very well; we''ll go along shore, and what then?"
32559Was there other spoor, or were these wanderers?"
32559We must watch, though; shall I or will you take the first watch?
32559Were they bulls or cows?"
32559What are they?"
32559What can he hear now?
32559What can we do?"
32559What do you make her out to be?"
32559What do you propose, Hans?"
32559What does Kangela mean?"
32559What have they there?
32559What have_ you_ done, Hans?"
32559What made you think there was any thing in the ball, Hans?"
32559What more could a man wish for than what he finds here?
32559What say you to this, men?"
32559What shall we do if any men come out?"
32559What was it then?
32559What weapon is this?"
32559What would the Admiral say to us then, if it were found that the slavers had driven us out by a little smoke?"
32559When did elephant break tree?''
32559When, however, he had completely satisfied his hunger, Bernhard said--"What have you seen and done, Hans?
32559Where are the rest of our party?"
32559Where is he?''
32559Where is your sister, Kate?"
32559Where shall you go to when you get to the Cape?"
32559Where think you they will be to- morrow?"
32559Which of you will aid me in my work, with your rifles, horses, and skill?"
32559Will you watch first, Victor, and place yourself near this wall of rock?
32559Wo n''t it be better to board them, and shoot them at close quarters?
32559You have been down at the bay for some time, Hofman,"continued Hans;"can you tell us any thing about the large snakes that are there?"
32559You will not mistake your way, will you?"
32559and have all my people escaped?"
32559and is not that Katrine?
32559and why are you so late?
32559did you not hear a trumpet?
32559exclaimed Hans;"why did he not stab the horse instead?"
32559exclaimed the hunters in one voice;"what makes you think there is gold there?"
32559exclaimed the two hunters;"not in killing another Matabili?"
32559he shouted:"Here so,"replied a voice from the summit of the kloof;"is that Bernhard?"
32559is that the lion?"
32559said Victor:"has he escaped?"
32559said the fellow;` and who the d-- l are you?''
32559said the lieutenant, his opinion of Hans being thereby much enhanced;"then you have had to fight in Africa?"
32559shouted Hans;"where?"
32559shrieked Hans, as he grasped his rifle like a vice;"and Katrine was with him?"
32559the man repeated, as he came nearer, and examined Hans closely,"and how did you escape?
32559was Hans''first thought,"and are we all to be burnt together?"
32559was uttered, one of the crew, who had before spoken to Hans in English, answered,"Portugee ship, Pedro: what you want?"
32559what are they doing?"
32559what will become of her?"
32925And did she make a good_ Inkosikazi_?
32925And what became of the old Mosutu witch- doctor?
32925And why did you leave the Amandebili, Untuswa?
32925BUT WHAT OF NANGEZA? 32925 Bewitch it, I suppose you mean, Untuswa?
32925But whence had it come? 32925 Masuka?
32925Now, although I had the King''s promise, I felt sorely perplexed; for how was I to fulfil its conditions? 32925 Of the King?
32925What became of her?
32925_ Au, Nkose_, who shall put grey hair upon-- a cool brain into-- a young head? 32925 ` And the girl?''
32925` And what desire I the most at this moment?'' 32925 ` Are the ghosts of those slain yonder come to life again in this old man?''
32925` Are you alive, my father?'' 32925 ` Are you going to move the world, Untuswa?''
32925` Are you making_ muti_, father?'' 32925 ` Can I see people at a distance?''
32925` Can these do it better, lord, son of Matyobane?'' 32925 ` Did_ I_ tremble, son of Ntelani?
32925` Do you know what we do with_ abatagati_?'' 32925 ` Do you presume upon the favour I have ever shown you, Untuswa?''
32925` Fear? 32925 ` Has the King already granted you the head- ring, Untuswa?''
32925` Hast thou been making_ muti_ alone, Masuka?'' 32925 ` Have you beheld enough, warrior of the Amazulu who knows not fear, who dares all things?''
32925` Hear you what these say, Masuka?'' 32925 ` How many regiments do they number, son of Ntelani?''
32925` If it is only to risk your life, son of Ntelani, do you not risk it daily in the King''s service?'' 32925 ` Is it Matupe?''
32925` Is it Nangeza?'' 32925 ` Is it comfortable down there,_ induna_ of the King?''
32925` Is the King bewitched himself,''cried the former wildly,` that this dog of a stranger dares lift his tongue against the royal House?'' 32925 ` Is the King satisfied?''
32925` Kalipe?'' 32925 ` Of what are your thoughts that they are so heavy, O son of Ntelani?''
32925` So thou askest for death, son of Ntelani?'' 32925 ` So, Untuswa, you are a bigger man than your_ induna_?''
32925` Trying to escape, is he?'' 32925 ` Was it Shushungani?''
32925` Well, Father of the Fire- spirit?'' 32925 ` Well, Untuswa, who art no more a warrior?''
32925` Well, what then? 32925 ` Were there two in it?''
32925` What of the wounded man?'' 32925 ` What was the condition I named the first time you asked this, son of Ntelani?''
32925` What was the condition the King attached to the fulfilment of his promise, Untuswa?'' 32925 ` What, then?''
32925` What?'' 32925 ` Where hast thou deposited thy_ muti_, old man?''
32925` Where is she, Sitele?'' 32925 ` Who am I, that I should presume to answer such a question, O Great Great One?''
32925` Who am I, to keep on filling the King''s ears with words?'' 32925 ` Who has bewitched the soldier of the King?
32925` Who has taken her, Sitele? 32925 ` Who is the most about the King, O pack of fools?''
32925` Why are you alone, Sitele?'' 32925 ` Why not propose that one day I may reign as King?''
32925` You can not_ lobola_ for all of us,''said the other girl;` for am I not Ntelani''ssister"?''
32925`_ Izanusi_?'' 32925 `_ Muti_?
32925An_ isanusi_, and alive?
32925And Umzilikazi, had he not a free and an open hand?
32925And are you not the King''s chief runner?
32925And have I not fought?''
32925And if anything should go wrong with the King hereafter, who but Gungana was it who had brought this foreign wizard into our camp?
32925And now, Nangeza, who is the sender of the_ lobola_?''
32925And now, O my father, will you not whisper it in the ear of the King that the son of Ntelani, although but a boy, can fight, can plan?''
32925And then where would I be?
32925And this one-- does he live?''
32925And thy voice?
32925Are you prepared to earn it at such a price?''
32925Are you sufficiently devoid of fear to dare to look into the future?''
32925But I answered with deference:"` How is it you are all alone here, my father?
32925But beneath?
32925But for thyself, Untuswa-- dost thou utter no word for thine own life?''
32925But here again, Untuswa, are you not showing yourself, for all your valour, to be but a child?
32925But if any of such talk reached the ears of the King, as, indeed, what did not?
32925But now and again, when I would meet or pass old Masuka, he would mutter:` Why do you not perform what the King requires, son of Ntelani?
32925But tell me, you who are now one of us, do you never long for your own dwellings again, the rocks and the mountains?
32925But what of Nangeza?
32925But where were their women, where their cattle?
32925But-- who are these?''
32925Can Isilwana do the like?''
32925Clearly, a blow had felled him, but how was he still alive, how had he escaped being ripped, as is our custom?
32925Cloud?
32925Could it be that he who knew everything had sent men after us to surprise us two together and kill us?
32925Did ever living man feel as I felt,_ Nkose_, as I clung there, realising that never again was I to behold the light of day?
32925Did they run?
32925Did they scream?
32925Do I need it, Untuswa?
32925Do you not also feel a thirst for revenge upon those who have slain your kindred and despoiled your possessions?''
32925Does he know what he is talking about?"
32925Even my father was jealous of me, and this being so, wherefore should Gungana look upon me with more favourable eyes?
32925Fearest thou nothing, Untuswa?''
32925For how could I make choice of one or two where all are so perfect?''
32925For the sun was nearly down, and how should we reach the camp, each by a roundabout way, before it grew dark?
32925Had these vultures been hovering over the scene of the battle in order to drag away our brave dead to glut their own foul and loathsome carcases with?
32925Hast thou no word for the life of thy son?''
32925Hast thou not been the author of thine own undoing, by having dealings with a woman while thou shouldest have been watching at thy post?''
32925Hast thou nothing to say?''
32925Have all men gone away and left their chief?''
32925Have ye no titles for Untuswa, the would- be King-- the great King of Nowhere?''
32925How could these miserable beings have entered by that-- still more, how could they get out by it?
32925How did he know my estate?
32925How knew he this thing?
32925How shall I tell what followed?
32925How, then, can you loosen them, perhaps to flee again, Ngubu?''
32925I cried,` am I not but a thoughtless boy?
32925I cried,` who are ye that think to outstrip the fastest of the King''s runners?''
32925I desire death no more than any other, yet do I not brave it day by day in the service of the King?
32925If his eyes burned like this while he was weak and wounded, and almost lifeless, what would they be like in the full vigour of health?
32925Is he not a man?
32925Is he not a warrior indeed, covered with blood and wounds, and carrying the King''s"word"?
32925Is it Nkaleni?''
32925Is it for good or for ill that he is among us?''
32925Might?
32925Nangeza might go in by herself, pleading some excuse; but I-- how was I to remain out?
32925Now, my father, how could such a thing be?''
32925Of Cetywayo?"
32925Of what avail was it, since my head- ring was as far distant as ever?
32925Should I tell her of the King''s promise?
32925Since when has Untuswa, the_ umfane_ been made an_ induna_?''
32925Still, what could it mean?
32925The calf has again returned to the kraal?
32925The dog runs down and catches the buck, but tell me,_ umfane_, who takes the dog to where he may find the buck?''
32925Their dwellings-- where are they?
32925Then, child as you are, you shall wear the head- ring-- because are you not, after all, my chief runner?''
32925Thine enemies-- where are they?
32925Think you that the_ Izimu_ are of their tribe?''
32925This, then, was their stronghold, a cave or some such dark hole, whence we must dislodge them?
32925Thrice had the King put me off, and who had fought his battles more bravely than I-- who had slain more of his enemies in open fight?
32925Uyauhlasela pi- na?''
32925Value it?"
32925WAS SHE PUT TO DEATH?"
32925Was ever such a thing heard of?''
32925Was not this ample proof that he had been bewitched?
32925Was there fear in my face?''
32925Well, Untuswa?
32925What bolder act was ever performed, O Black Elephant?''
32925What claim, then, have you to sue for the privilege which is granted to tried warriors alone?''
32925What did not this terrible old wizard know?
32925What hast thou to say, son of Ntelani?''
32925What have we to do with such, I say?
32925What if I fled to it, and by my knowledge of the art of war gained a place and position among it?
32925What if a new idea should arise in his mind?
32925What if the King''s eye should fall upon her?
32925What is the history of Umzilikazi himself?''
32925What is this?
32925What sort of omen was it that had caused me to fall into it likewise?
32925What were these who haunted this gloomy hole of death?
32925What would it be when I should follow him into the dark mysteries as yet unveiled?
32925What-- is that you, Untuswa?''
32925Where is Masuka?
32925Where is the bravest act ever yet done?''
32925Where is the old Mosutu?''
32925Whither now wilt thou maraud?''"
32925Who could have sent_ lobola_ and taken her away in those few days during which I had been absent?
32925Who knows?
32925Why do you value it so?"
32925Why should I fight one whose life is forfeited to the King?''
32925Why would she stand forth thus, so prominent among the other women, in all the splendid vigour of her symmetrical frame?
32925Wilt thou never learn wisdom?''
32925Words came forth:"` Who has bewitched the soldier of the King?''
32925Yet what mattered it, since the King still turned a deaf ear to my prayer, whatever brave acts I might perform?
32925You will not do anything to it?"
32925` A man who is brave and cautious may climb to any height; and did not the King promise you his dark- handled assegai?
32925` And has your father accepted it?''
32925` Are not these all lies?
32925` Are we come out to do the King''s errand, that a number of you should turn from your way to follow upon the tracks of a man and a maid?
32925` But say-- shall I obtain that which I desire?''
32925` Can they be_ izanusi_--these?''
32925` Did I not put in the fire that smoked these wolves out of their den?
32925` Do you desire to behold more_ muti_, O traveller through the heart of the earth?''
32925` Do you perchance forget that the slayers are ever within hail?''
32925` Do you see that man?
32925` Does the King allow me to proceed yonder alone?''
32925` Have I not given thee thy life?
32925` How so, Untuswa?''
32925` Is it Kalipe?''
32925` Is it in that tone thou talkest to me, thou jackal- whelp-- to_ me_, dog- cub?''
32925` Is not that enough to produce heavy thoughts?''
32925` Is the hole deep?''
32925` Shall it not be brought?''
32925` So thou art returned once more?
32925` Tell me, O my father, if thy_ muti_ is strong enough, what desire I further, together with the_ isicoco_?''
32925` The death of the hot stones, the stake of impalement, the nest of the black ants?''
32925` Well, Untuswa, and what think you of this stranger_ izanusi_, whom Gungana has brought us?
32925` What do you here?''
32925` What do_ you_ here?''
32925` What dost thou see?''
32925` What if they chatter?''
32925` What is thy name, old man?''
32925` What was my"word"to you then?''
32925` When my other son, Sekweni, earned death for his reward, did I seek to stay the justice of the King?
32925` Where is Nangeza?''
32925` Who is to die?''
32925` Yourselves or I?
32925and how should we pass the King''s outposts after?
32925for have I not the King''s promise?''
32925he said;` for was he not killed?''
32925said the King;` does he live?''
32925since what living woman would undertake to overpower and bind one of the King''s sentinels?
32925thou askest that form of death, son of Ntelani?
32927All of them?
32927And art thou so weak, Untuswa?
32927And how dost thou know that, my sister?
32927And how knowest thou that I am a man, O Fearless One? 32927 And how long ago is it that I left you, Jambula?"
32927And how-- what of the women? 32927 And now, Untuswa, this thing will trouble the land no more?"
32927And now, having saved thy nation, thou art to be the means of destroying it, Untuswa?
32927And now, what is the message wherewith thou art charged?
32927And now? 32927 And that?"
32927And the men, who were they?
32927And thine_ inkosikazi_, Untuswa, what of her?
32927And was not that last night, O fool? 32927 And was this by day or by night?"
32927And what is the name of the chief of these robbers, King?
32927And what of thy slave, Jambula?
32927And when thou hast slain it-- what then?
32927And wherefore did ye not rout out that bull and return hither with his head, O useless ones?
32927Are we not on the King''s errand? 32927 Art thou going to deliver me to be torn in pieces by the cubs of the Lion who is dead, Untuswa?"
32927Art thou still afraid?
32927Art thou then tired of thy sorcery?
32927But a dead_ izanusi_--_whau_!--of what use is he? 32927 But how do I know this is true, thou witch?"
32927But those under torture, King?
32927But were they bad men, King? 32927 But, as we travel, tell me, what work is before me now?"
32927But, tell me now, Lalusini, was not that tale true which was told me by old Gegesa?
32927Children, have ye?
32927Did I not know them? 32927 Didst thou make an end of those scorpions?"
32927Do you fare our way, brother?
32927Do you forget that you have a sorceress for_ inkosikazi_?
32927Does ever a dog betray his master?
32927Dost thou not fear?
32927Fail? 32927 Hast thou gathered in all?"
32927Hear you what these say?
32927How can I tell it is not all a made- up story?
32927How does_ that_ feel, and that, and that?
32927How happened it?
32927I would ask the Great Great One wherefore these are here at all, but that they may drink the blood of the King''s enemies?
32927Is it the chief dog of this tribe of dogs ye have exterminated? 32927 Is not all I have at the disposal of the second induna of the King?"
32927Is not the son of Matyobane-- the Founder of Mighty Nations-- the Elephant of the Amandebeli-- such a man? 32927 Last night the moon was less than half, and now--?"
32927Now, father, should I have placed it there had I not known it was of more value to this nation than to me?
32927Now,thought I,"where are these people of whom Lalusini spoke?
32927Once more, who art thou? 32927 Others?
32927Rather, who are ye?
32927Rest a while? 32927 Say I not well, brothers?"
32927See yon pool, Untuswa?
32927See you these?
32927See you this? 32927 See you this?"
32927Seven nights ago that would be; and she has never returned?
32927So ye are the people of God, brothers?
32927So, Hlatusa? 32927 So, Untuswa,"he said,"when the doings of one king do not please thee thou wouldst_ konza_ to another?"
32927So?
32927Taking new wives at last, Untuswa?
32927The bones? 32927 The forest growth is thick where we have to go,"he said,"and how shall I pass through it bound thus?"
32927Their names? 32927 Then it is only revenge thou seekest?"
32927Then you have nothing to say-- no reason to urge why the punishment of death should not be dealt out to you?
32927Thou wilt, dog?
32927Thy life? 32927 To the Red Death?"
32927Was he not armed?
32927Was it to learn the fate of a nation, Great Great One?
32927Watched? 32927 Well with thee and thine?
32927Well, dog?
32927What do I not know? 32927 What do I see?
32927What does it mean, Jambula?
32927What hast thou done, woman?
32927What have I to gain by making it up? 32927 What is that to me, Founder of a New Nation?
32927What is the will of the Great Great One, son of Ntelani?
32927What is thy name?
32927What mean you, mother?
32927What mean you?
32927What prouder name has the world ever known? 32927 What sayest thou, Untuswa?"
32927What then? 32927 What then?"
32927What then?
32927What then?
32927What, then, are thy counsels, Untuswa?
32927When two great bulls stand looking at each other over one fence, are they friends for long?
32927Where is Lalusini?
32927Where is Lalusini?
32927Where is Mgwali?
32927Where is Ncala- cala?
32927Where is thy master?
32927Wherefore this heaviness, holder of the White Shield?
32927Who am I that I should contradict you, my father? 32927 Who am I that I should sport with the majesty of the King''s name?"
32927Who are we that we should weary the ears of the Father of the Great?
32927Who art thou, and what is thy name?
32927Who art thou, thou man of blood, to wreck and mangle God''s Image thus?
32927Who art thou-- and whence?
32927Who art thou?
32927Who art thou?
32927Who come on behind thee? 32927 Who was she?"
32927Why are these armed?
32927Why did ye not stay the other side of Kwahlamba?
32927Why, then, are we?
32927Why, then, did ye leave your own land?
32927Yet that is not ill- doing,I said,"for without enemies how should these lion- cubs find meat for their teeth?"
32927Yet what will he say if such news as I bring be allowed to grow old? 32927 Yet` all''didst thou say?
32927A man, did I say?
32927Am I welcome?"
32927And again, who sleeps within the shadow of powerful and propitious magic but the Father and Founder of this great nation?"
32927And he, he who would, by the favour of the Amabuna, call himself King, where is he?
32927And is it for good or for ill that they are here?"
32927And now by virtue of what_ muti_ didst thou triumph over this evil thing of witchcraft?"
32927And now, where art thou?
32927And now?"
32927And shall I see it too, my father?"
32927And the fate of the Daughter of the Great-- is that an old woman''s tale?"
32927And thyself, Untuswa, through many wanderings earnest thou here?"
32927And what did you do next, Hlatusa?"
32927And what spoil have ye brought?"
32927And yet,_ Nkose_, it was just that he should, for had not he himself been the means of dooming many innocent persons to that very death?
32927Anything I can tell you?"
32927Are we threatened from without, or why art thou here?"
32927Are_ any_ good enough for the Father of Nations?"
32927Art thou turning fearful as time creeps upon thee?"
32927At last he said quietly:"The way from the North is far, brother, is it not?"
32927But before I could do so, she again croaked out:"What will you give to know something, Untuswa?
32927But how didst thou know?"
32927But how had she come into that helpless plight?
32927But how is it that these people, if refugees, are allowed to dwell in the heart of the land unsought for?"
32927But how to slay a great and terrible ghost-- a fearful thing not of this world?
32927But if thou failest, what then?"
32927But it could not last, for what could three- score and ten men, all unarmed, however valorous, do against a thousand, or, indeed, several thousand?
32927But say then, son of Ntelani-- what of the moon?
32927But their courage?
32927But thou, what canst thou fear, O great_ izanusi_ who can not die?"
32927But thy God?
32927But was he alone?
32927But what had made him drop thus suddenly?
32927But what is the other"horn"doing?
32927But you?
32927But, who were these?
32927But-- after?
32927Can it be?
32927Can it be?
32927Could this last?
32927Did I not hear the quiver of the spear- hafts of Mhlangana''s host long before it reached the Place of the Three Rifts?"
32927Did ever peril of spear, or of the wrath of kings, make thy face cold as it now is?
32927Did not even the warning of Silwane convey that?
32927Did you not know them, Gegesa?"
32927Dingane, too, began to see this, and asked eagerly, yet not without awe in his tone:"And when shall this be, sister?"
32927Do I fear death-- I, Tambusa?
32927Do these dogs lie?"
32927Do you not allow your women to walk side by side with you instead of behind?
32927Do you require Sikonyela to be delivered up to you?"
32927Does he who rolled back the might of the Twin Stars of Zulu talk about failure?
32927Dost thou not tremble-- thou who art even now within the portal of the Great Unknown?
32927Doth not his spear rule the world, and the terror of his name--_au_!--who would hear it and laugh?
32927Emissaries of Mpande?
32927Fail?
32927For the carrying out of his order decreeing, our death?
32927For to what other use can we turn such a dog?
32927For what purpose, then, had my life been saved, but to carry out that scheme of vengeance by some other means?
32927From the North?
32927Go?"
32927Had I in refusing it acted the part of a fool?
32927Had I not seen Lalusini''s face among the others-- among the faces of the dead-- for such were all the others?
32927Had he not repeatedly taxed me with not carrying out the conditions of my challenge, so as to justify his own act of treachery?
32927Had the grim alligators in Umzilikazi''s pool of death shrank back in fear from so royal a prey?
32927Had the shades sent forth their spirits?
32927Had there been but few men I had quickly been in their midst; but what can one man do against a hundred?
32927Have I not rather to gain by not telling it?
32927He to go home, when his father and chief was to die here?
32927Here, I thought, was more sorcery to be looked into, and how should I root out the sorcery of the Red Magic save by the aid of other sorcery?
32927How and where was that, Hlatusa?"
32927How like you that, Jambula?"
32927How now for that, Lalusini?"
32927How sayest thou, Untuswa?
32927How then canst thou serve me?"
32927How was it I had never heard men speak of her?
32927How will that be, Ngoza?"
32927How, then, could it be slain?
32927I answered,"I who am under the protection of great and powerful_ muti_?
32927I looked at Jambula somewhat suspiciously, for a thought had come into my mind: What if he were meaning to betray me?
32927I ought indeed to know that voice; yet what does its owner here thus and at such an hour?
32927I was not dead,_ Nkose_; or, indeed, how should I be here telling you my story?
32927Is it not so?"
32927Is it?
32927Is that the manner of the Amabuna, I would ask you,_ Nkose_?
32927It is not always possible to carry out conditions in their entirety, is it?
32927It is not always possible to carry out conditions in their entirety, is it?
32927Knowest thou not_ this_ voice?"
32927Looking straight at me, he said softly:"And what is to be thy reward for delivering this nation into my hand, Untuswa?"
32927No sign, perchance?"
32927Now I would ask the Great Great One, the leader of the nations in war, whether one man, and he a slave, constitutes an armed force?"
32927Now-- art thou ready?"
32927On whose faith could one set entire belief?
32927Powerful beyond all others I knew Lalusini''s magic to be; was it then sufficiently powerful to bring her back from the dead?
32927Say, are we not of the sort who are born to that end?"
32927Say; why are ye not ridding me of this evil thing which has crept into the nation?"
32927Sayest thou so, holder of the White Shield?"
32927Shall we keep a dog who can not guard our house?
32927Should I creep round the rocks and slay the monster, while its attention was taken up watching my slaves?
32927Should I look within it?
32927Tell me, Untuswa, where is such a man?"
32927That this thing should be slain before the full of the moon-- was not that one of my conditions?
32927The Queen of the Bakoni_ muti_--who shall explain them better than she?"
32927The darker mysteries of the Bakoni_ muti_!--preluding the accession of a new king?
32927The face of Lalusini, beautiful, but sad and agonised?
32927Then should we not be among the highest of the nation?
32927Then the leader said:"What seek you here, Untuswa, for in truth that is a name which is known?"
32927Then will the King, the Great Great One, give me my life?"
32927Then would there not be some who might groan aloud because the son of Kona had returned?"
32927They made a show of asking the land from the King, but had Dingane refused to listen to them, would they have gone back the way they came?
32927Thus he speaks:` We made an agreement, have I not kept it?
32927Untuswa, is it?
32927Untuswa, the wanderer?
32927Untuswa, who fled from the north to_ konza_ to another King?
32927Waited for what?
32927Was I dreaming, or had I gone mad with the prolonged suspense of my impending doom?
32927Was it a snare-- was it a trap Tambusa had set for my undoing?
32927Was it an evil dream?
32927Was it because I was a stranger and not yet fully trusted?
32927Was it her magic that so kept her?
32927Was it not about a hunted buffalo who found safety in the Ngome forests?"
32927Was it only a lion-- or a ghost- beast, which would spread and spread till its hugeness overshadowed the world?
32927Was it really Lalusini whom I had seen, or was it another sorceress who bore to her a most marvellous likeness-- a sister, perhaps?
32927Was this part of a scheme-- of a carefully- matured plan?
32927Well, it is there, send and take it, or shall I send it in?
32927Well, what mattered further greatness?
32927Were any good enough to bring hither?"
32927What did it mean?
32927What else did you find there?
32927What have ye to say?"
32927What have you to say?"
32927What if I fail, Lalusini?"
32927What is thy mind in this matter?"
32927What meanest thou, fool, leading those who pursue thee to my hiding- place?"
32927What of him, Mahlula?"
32927What of the Red Death?
32927What of the slaves who were with thee?"
32927What then?"
32927What was their crime?"
32927What will you give me if I tell you that which you would most like to learn?"
32927Where is Lalusini?"
32927Where is Lalusini?"
32927Where is Umhlela?
32927Whither had she gone?
32927Who art thou, sinful man?"
32927Who could be trusted?
32927Who could those"others"be, of whom my sorceress- wife had spoken while her spirit was away among the spirits of those unseen?
32927Who is that?"
32927Who were they who took to themselves the right to make and unmake Kings for the Zulu nation?
32927Who-- what is it?
32927Whom have ye there?"
32927Why had they broken faith with the Great Great One who sits at Nkunkundhlovu?
32927Why was she not there now, waiting to welcome me?
32927With that people, who comes?
32927Would his heart fail him?
32927Would it indeed fall to mortal weapon?
32927Would not Jambula, out of breath, falter for one instant?
32927Would not his foot stumble in the tortuous rapidity of his flight?
32927Would she not reappear as she had done before?
32927Would they come?
32927Would they never come beneath the tree where I-- the great assegai gripped and ready-- lay out along the bough waiting my chance?
32927Would this braggart, they thought, turn coward, and endeavour at the last moment to save his life?
32927Wouldst thou look further into the future?"
32927Yet why should he thus have tried to excuse what he had done?
32927Yet, had not that time come?
32927Yet, wilt thou not leave thy weapons outside?"
32927_ Haul_ Does this feel good-- and this-- and this?"
32927_ Still_ unavenged, should I not have said?
32927but I think thou dost understand somewhat of the ways of war?"
32927do I not lead the whole nation in war?
32927it cried;"wouldst thou see more of the unseen?
32927was ever such a thing heard of?
32927what was that?
32927where Nomapela and Untuswa?"
32927where is Silwane?
32927who is there I do not know?"
32569A Zulu, is he? 32569 A little civilisation does n''t come amiss after the long spell of trekking we''ve had, eh, Ridgeley?"
32569Ah, you think it do n''t look much like it, eh? 32569 All this dancing and bellowing is getting just a trifle thin-- eh, Ridgeley?"
32569Am I a child-- are these children, Jandosi, that you fill up our ears with such tales as this?
32569Am I an owl-- am I a bat, Ingonyama, that you would strain my eyes into seeing through the dark? 32569 Am I armed?"
32569Am I responsible for what he has done?
32569Among the Swazi dogs? 32569 An up- country trip with you?
32569Anchored?
32569And now what do you propose doing?
32569And now,_ abelungu_, what have you got to sell?
32569And so yours was the stroke that saved my life? 32569 And this, my father, what shall we do with it?"
32569And was it this one hole that let out the life?
32569And what if you''re caught?
32569And what is the` something''you are thinking of doing, Ridgeley?
32569And where was it killed?
32569And who was the man who was impaled, Vunawayo? 32569 And will you kindly state_ what_ money it is you desire returned?"
32569And you find it roughish, eh?
32569Anstey, is it?
32569Are these all your people?
32569Are you not ready to win the double gun? 32569 Are you prepared to face your chiefs with such a story?
32569Are you so utterly devoid of imagination? 32569 As lightning we smote them, Where, where are they now?
32569Been keeping up your boxing since then, eh?
32569Brought into it?
32569But did n''t you say, Ridgeley, you had friends in Maritzburg to whom you were consigned?
32569But supposing I do n''t owe you anything, my fine fellow? 32569 But what has become of him, Mr Kingsland?
32569But why do n''t they ask for it outright? 32569 But would it be better than knocking up a rescue expedition among our own people-- in Natal for instance?"
32569But, Vunawayo, what is that?
32569But-- what''s his name?
32569By the way, what has become of Anstey?
32569By whom?
32569D''you mean to deny that this youngster ever handed you twenty- five pounds? 32569 Did n''t I give them the right kind?"
32569Did n''t I, Smith?
32569Did n''t you give that as a reason just now for not leaving Sintoba and the others behind? 32569 Did you come into the Zulu country all alone to kill alligators, or to pay me a visit?"
32569Do men travel in such haste to deliver no news?
32569Do n''t you know me, Mr Kingsland?
32569Do we outspan on this side or cross first?
32569Do you belong to the chief Ingonyama?
32569Do you know Sobuza?
32569Do? 32569 Does a white man, carrying a message to the king, travel through the country in that state?"
32569Does it hurt-- does it hurt, Jandosi?
32569Even then, is not the bark of one dog, less than that of two-- of several?
32569Going to join the Police, maybe?
32569Going to sell him up, are they?
32569Going up- country, mister?
32569Had a good sleep? 32569 Had n''t we better get away from here as soon as possible?"
32569Had n''t we better let well alone?
32569Have I? 32569 Have you any more guns to sell,_ Umlungu_?"
32569Have you come here to trade or to play the fool?
32569Have you not said that they who let the boy slip through them and escape should supply meat for The Tooth? 32569 Have you quite done making a speech, Dawes?"
32569Heard anything more about the Zulu question, Arthur?
32569Help one another''s the rule of the road-- eh, George?
32569Here, drop that, will you?
32569Hot, eh, Ridgeley?
32569How can you say that?
32569How did we know he was there any more than you did yourself? 32569 How did you do it?"
32569How did you escape, Sintoba, and where have you been hiding?
32569How do you do, Mr Ridgeley? 32569 How ever will they settle the claim?"
32569How many fighting men has Ingonyama, Jeriji?
32569How much did you bring out with you?
32569How would you like to be a transport- rider yourself?
32569How? 32569 I suppose you know,"said Smith, in his wooden, expressionless manner,"I''ve got the sack on your account?"
32569I suppose, if the truth were known, the Transvaal claim is actually a fraud?
32569If you are leaving us, had I not better carry your word of farewell to the chief?
32569Ingonyama?
32569Is it as bad as that?
32569Is it ever cold here?
32569Is it so- called because of its shape?
32569Is n''t it? 32569 Is n''t there a proverb, that if you save a fellow''s life he''s bound to play you a shady trick?"
32569Is the fellow drunk,he said,"or only mad?
32569Is there no better plan?
32569Is this a horde without a leader? 32569 Kazimbi?
32569Know you? 32569 Letter?
32569Like to ride, eh? 32569 Looking him up, maybe?"
32569May I not see them?
32569Met before, have you?
32569Mister, you ai n''t one of them Good Templar chaps, are you?
32569Name? 32569 Name?"
32569Never ate` green mealies''before, eh, mister?
32569Nothing like looking around a bit before making up one''s mind, eh?
32569Of the people of Zulu? 32569 Of the people of Zulu?"
32569Oh, you are? 32569 Oh, you''re not, eh?
32569Old stagers, like me, can jump on and off while trekking along, but you''d get under the wheels-- sure-- and then what''d Kingsland say?
32569Or frightened?
32569Overhaul them? 32569 Remember what I said, just before we made acquaintance with the Igazipuza,"went on Dawes,"that you''d have some rare yarns to spin to old Kingsland?
32569Reply? 32569 Ridgeley-- isn''t it?"
32569Row? 32569 Row?
32569Row?
32569Say, mister, what''ll you drink?
32569Shall we burn it, my father?
32569Shall we not place it on` the point of the Tooth,''that even the very birds may behold the fate of the enemies of the Great Great One?
32569Shall we take a gun along this morning?
32569Since when has the son of a chief learnt to talk with the loud tongue and windbag swagger of the_ Amabuna_?
32569Since when is the son of a chief to be reviled by a Kafula, who is doing dog at the heels of a travelling white man?
32569So he''s a relation of yours? 32569 So you have come to look at the point of The Tooth?"
32569So? 32569 So?
32569So? 32569 So?
32569So?
32569So?
32569So?
32569So?
32569So?
32569So?
32569Stay on here and look around for a few days, or get away further up- country?
32569Still counter- jumping with that distinguished- looking relation of yours?
32569Stumped, eh? 32569 That hard up, are you?
32569These? 32569 This?
32569This?
32569Travelled up in a waggon, did you say? 32569 We do n''t live so badly, even on the road, eh, Ridgeley?"
32569Well, Jandosi, what do you say?
32569Well, Jandosi?
32569Well, Ridgeley, how did you come through it?
32569Well, Smith, how''s` biz''?
32569Well, how do you think you''d like storekeeping?
32569Were they not already fleeing to their own land, when our people met them and_ turned them back_? 32569 What I owe you-- eh?"
32569What are we going to do, now?
32569What did you say your name was?
32569What do you think, Ridgeley? 32569 What have you got to sell,_ abelungu_?"
32569What if his dog already barks in the ear of the king?
32569What if the gun is broken in the battle?
32569What if we have to?
32569What is it called?
32569What is the news?
32569What is the price?
32569What is this?
32569What is to be the programme?
32569What is your name, boy?
32569What is your name?
32569What it this, that the king''s hunting- dogs snarl against each other?
32569What of this?
32569What reply can we make?
32569What sort of a dog- hole is it that that cad is sending us to? 32569 What sort of people are they in the way of trade?"
32569What the blazes have you got to say to it anyhow?
32569What''s the row now?
32569What''s the row, Ridgeley?
32569What, afraid? 32569 What, then, are these used for?"
32569What, then, would you counsel, my brethren?
32569What-- what did you do that for?
32569What?
32569Where are the cows?
32569Where are you, May? 32569 Where does he live?"
32569Where have you dropped from now-- and who have you got with you? 32569 Where is Ingonyama?"
32569Where is your brother?
32569Where is your brother?
32569Where?
32569Who are you,_ Umlungu_, and where do you come from?
32569Who are you?
32569Who are you?
32569Who are you?
32569Who is he?
32569Who is your chief?
32569Who is your chief?
32569Who''s that fellow you were yarning to?
32569Who''s your long- legged friend?
32569Who-- what are these?
32569Why do n''t you fence your confounded mealie- field, or whatever you call it?
32569Why not begin with him, now, this very day?
32569Why not stay on here a bit, Gerard, and help me in the store?
32569Why on earth did n''t you say so before?
32569Why should n''t we mount guard over them all night-- one of us by turns? 32569 Why, how is it that you are here?"
32569Why, what the deuce is the meaning of this?
32569Why, when did you fellows get back?
32569Will you not ride out yourself and look at your cattle Jandosi, as you have ever done before?
32569Will you?
32569Would n''t the people at home invest something for you, eh? 32569 Yet what shall we say when their chiefs ask for their return?"
32569You ca n''t grow peaches and grapes like this out- of- doors in England?
32569You know him-- you know them?
32569You would n''t be over particular as to the sort of billet you might get, eh?
32569You would, eh? 32569 You''re a mighty virtuous lot, eh, Sam Carruthers?"
32569Your eyes, Jandosi? 32569 Your eyes?"
32569_ Amakafula? 32569 _ The_ very tallest-- eh, George?"
32569Against the law, did you say?
32569Ah, thanks-- but have we got time?"
32569All?
32569And but for that, where should I have been?"
32569And did I not tell you that we have a Tooth here which can bite it short?
32569And was I not the first to reach his side, I and my kinsmen?
32569And what are your plans, Maitland?"
32569And what have you been doing with yourselves since you got ashore?"
32569And what''s yours?"
32569And would you not deserve it?"
32569And, indeed, could he so look to any?
32569Are there none of your friends who will go with you?
32569Are you fond of shooting?"
32569Are you going to fork out or are you not?
32569Are you going to visit him?"
32569Are you not dogs even to hint at such a thing?"
32569Are you willing to throw away the wage of all this service?"
32569Ask him if such was not his word?"
32569At Wayne''s, are you?
32569Be it remembered, however, that Gerard is young, and rather a fine fellow-- And have we not said that May Kingsland is a very pretty and sweet girl?
32569Besides, are we not in the swim together and jointly?
32569Besides, what claim had he upon anybody?
32569But how to get at him?
32569But how?
32569But how?
32569But is there really such a chap as Ingonyama?
32569But what chance had he?
32569But what good purpose would that serve?
32569But what to do next?
32569But where?
32569But, excuse the question, I suppose you find yourself at pretty low ebb just now, eh?"
32569But, first tell me, are you and your men out against-- my countrymen?"
32569But-- where do you come from?"
32569By- the- by, did n''t you get my letter?"
32569Can you catch it?"
32569Could he believe his ears?
32569Could he not get back far enough into the hole to be beyond the reach of spears?
32569Could it be that the guards had all been summoned to attend the revelry?
32569Could it be that the place was deserted?
32569Could it be that the unfortunate man had been seized by one of these?
32569Could it be-- dared he hope-- that he was after all to meet with no opposition?
32569Could n''t you get on with him, or was n''t the work to your taste?"
32569Did I not tell you my` tongue''was a long one and spoke far?
32569Did he grasp aright the other''s meaning?
32569Did he-- er-- seem to know me?"
32569Did it, too, hold its tortured writhing victim?
32569Did n''t you see it?"
32569Did you want to see me?
32569Dishonesty?
32569Do many fellows come to grief that way?"
32569Do you hear, sir?"
32569Do you know him, then?"
32569Do you know him,_ Umlungu_?"
32569Do you know him?"
32569Do you know him?"
32569Does he know you''re coming?"
32569Does he live near here, then?"
32569Does he want all the Zulu country?"
32569Eh, Maitland?"
32569Eh, Nkumbi?"
32569Eh, sonny?
32569Eh, what?
32569Fine one, is n''t it?"
32569For if that were so, what chance was there for Dawes, in the power of one of Cetywayo''s savage vassals?
32569Found him, I suppose?"
32569Get out of that, will you?"
32569Got any traps?"
32569Got anything to declare?"
32569Had he not gone through enough in all conscience?
32569Had he succeeded in breaking through the lines during the confusion caused by the rush of the cattle?
32569Had the Igazipuza elected to choose their own fighting- ground, and retired to some spot strategically more favourable for resisting the invaders?
32569Had the savages already accomplished their horrible work and gone away?
32569Had they been watching them when they discovered the massacre; could they, indeed, have been seen from that point of vantage?
32569Had they gone on-- given up the search?
32569Had they scented him?
32569Hang it all, ca n''t we get on the horses some dark night, and make a dash for it?"
32569Have they not been well and rightly served?"
32569Have you seen anything of him lately?"
32569He might even thus ensure his own escape; but in that case would he not be dooming to death his comrade?
32569He was pretty boozy last night, eh?"
32569How are you, my dear fellow, how are you?"
32569How came it that he was allowed to march out thus with colours flying and drums beating, to march out with all the honours of war?
32569How do you like the idea of that, in a blazing sun about as hot again as it is to- day?
32569How does that pan out-- eh?"
32569How has it been using you?"
32569How is it we did n''t spot the thing before?"
32569How many did Jandosi think would meet his requirements?
32569How shall we find him?"
32569How should I know he was no better than a common thief?"
32569How would it be to put something into it?
32569How would that pan out for an experiment in England, for instance?"
32569How''s Kingsland?"
32569I expect the stones shook you awake-- eh?"
32569I have a distant relative up there-- Anstey his name is-- perhaps you know him?
32569I suppose, now, you can hardly bring yourself to believe that old Ingonyama, Vunawayo, and the rest of''em were n''t just so many chaps in a dream?"
32569If, as you say, my brother has fled, how then can I tell where he is at this moment?
32569Is he to have the gun?"
32569Is n''t there a Mr Anstey living somewhere about here?
32569Is n''t there a word for it in their language?
32569Is not a splendid lion''s skin like this of more value than the mere price of a girl?
32569Is the king a fool that he would exchange the hundreds of the Igazipuza spears for the lives of two miserable white dogs?
32569It would give you a share-- make you a kind of partner, do n''t you see?"
32569Jolly healthy life that, eh?"
32569Let him lie in peace, for was he not a chief?"
32569Like to get into a scrimmage with a Zulu_ impi_?"
32569My name''s Ridgeley, and--""Eh?
32569Not we?"
32569Now then, get below, will you?
32569Now, which would you suppose the Zulus are keenest on?"
32569Now, why not put that twenty- five pounds into this concern?
32569Now-- is it not in your interest that it should be cleared?"
32569Of the people of Zulu?
32569One day Anstey said to him,"Would n''t you like to have some interest, some share in the business, Gerard?"
32569One, did we say?
32569Or was there some secret way out of the hollow, known only to a few, and kept for an emergency such as this?
32569Refugees?
32569Ropes?
32569Runaways?
32569Say?
32569See?
32569See?"
32569Shall they die by the bite of The Tooth?"
32569So they shipped you off to shift for yourself, eh?
32569So?"
32569Some of the trader''s people who had escaped?
32569Ten cows?
32569That''ll draw him-- eh?
32569The next morning, when they turned out, Dawes said--"Do you feel like paying Bob Kingsland a visit, Ridgeley?"
32569The sons of the lightning, The wizards of thunder?
32569Then indeed would they not cut the hearts out of you and drink your blood, O fool, Kazimbi, tongue and mouthpiece of five other fools?
32569Then one of them said--"What have you got to sell,_ Umlungu_?"
32569Then what''d be said to me I''d like to know?"
32569Think so, do you?"
32569Thunder?
32569To this we will append another prophecy; no, rather we will only hint at one-- but softly, cautiously, for are we not treading on delicate ground?
32569Was Gerard standing upon air, or only upon very solid and rather dry ground?
32569Was he engaged in the congenial pastime of head- breaking then, too?"
32569Was he to kick it out again in peevish disgust because the stirrup was a bit rusty?
32569Was it for this he had come out to Natal?
32569Was there no escape?
32569We are going to have this-- eh, Ridgeley?"
32569Well, Maitland,"as Harry rejoined them,"ready to start on such short marching orders, eh?"
32569Were people then_ hanged_ from the brow-- not merely thrown over?
32569Were they beginning to scent his presence?
32569What I want now is the return of my money?"
32569What chance had he, standing in it up to his neck?
32569What could it mean?
32569What did he die for?"
32569What did it mean?
32569What did it mean?
32569What do you propose to do?"
32569What do you say to the idea?"
32569What do you say, now?"
32569What do you suppose I keep you here for at all?
32569What do you think you''re likely to be doing with yourselves now you are here, if I may ask?"
32569What does it eat?"
32569What does that mean?"
32569What had happened?
32569What had they done with John Dawes, with Sintoba, Fulani, and the other natives?
32569What has become of Sintoba, and the rest of them?"
32569What have you been doing with yourself all this time?
32569What have you got to sell?"
32569What have you got to sell?"
32569What if the war with the English had actually broken out?
32569What marvellous thing was to happen next, they thought?
32569What new horror did this represent?
32569What now shall we say when their chiefs ask,` Where are our children whom we hired to you to drive your cattle?
32569What the devil are you doing there, tramping down all my green mealies?
32569What was the price?
32569What would you say to going an up- country trip with me?"
32569What''s all the row about?
32569What''s all this?"
32569What''s it to be-- two out of three, or` sudden death''?"
32569What-- this thing?"
32569When a nigger brings a bottle and asks for paraffin, and goes like this-- see?"
32569When did you land?"
32569Where are they, that they return not to their own land?''"
32569Where is Ingonyama?
32569Where is Ingonyama?"
32569Where is Vunawayo?"
32569Where is your chief?"
32569Where was the free, healthy, open- air life he and his young companions at home had so glowingly evolved?
32569Where would Gerard have been, for instance, under the critical circumstances of that night?
32569Where would he have been but for this later one?
32569Where''ve you dropped from?"
32569Where, too, is their dwelling, Their cattle, their cornfields?
32569Where?
32569Which is it to be?"
32569Who are you?"
32569Who had done it?
32569Who is he who helped me out of the water?"
32569Who were they?
32569Who''s doing it this time?"
32569Whose waggon?"
32569Why did you not come through the Zulu country?"
32569Why on earth did n''t you make him give you a receipt or something?"
32569Why should not they?
32569Why should we?
32569Why such an expedition would mean a young war, and do you think Government would embark on that for the sake of a brace of poor devils of traders?
32569Why, Robertson there, alongside you, bit the mealie cob clean in half, and then said it seemed rather dry sort of forage-- eh, Robertson?"
32569Why, what''s the matter?"
32569Why, where are you putting up?"
32569Would he be an object for envy if they could see him now?
32569Would it never end?
32569Would it not be best to inspan quietly, and trek right away out of the country?"
32569Would not Nature even come to his aid, afford him a hiding- place, a refuge?
32569Would not some knives do instead of the gun?
32569Would not the latter be inevitably sacrificed?
32569Would not the other attack him next, even if the blood did not attract yet more of them?
32569Would not the revengeful and exasperated barbarians demand life for life, blood for blood?
32569Would they discover it or pass it by?
32569Would, you mind letting me pass?"
32569Yet, do you seek the kraal of the chief, Sirayo?
32569You here, too?"
32569You''d never have dreamt it, eh, Gerard?
32569Your twenty- five thousand pounds, did you say?"
32569Your what?
32569_ Reims_?
32569and might not he himself, and Dawes, be called upon to suffer in like fashion, at the mercy, as they were, of this horde of cruel barbarians?
32569asked Dawes; or a coloured umbrella, anything in fact?
32569or would you rather walk?"
32569to thrust in their assegais as far as they would go?
32569was he not premature in his congratulations?
32569what was that?
32569what''s the row?"
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?'' 1724 And 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?"