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"
Greeting
!
"
he
cried
,
as
he
came
;
"
the
king
's
greeting
to
those
who
make
unholy
war
against
the
king
;
the
lion
's
greeting
to
the
jackals
that
snarl
around
his
heels
.
"
"
Speak
,
"
I
said
.
"
These
are
the
king
's
words
.
Surrender
to
the
king
's
mercy
ere
a
worse
thing
befall
you
.
Already
the
shoulder
has
been
torn
from
the
black
bull
,
and
the
king
drives
him
bleeding
about
the
camp
.
"
"
What
are
Twala
's
terms
?
"
I
asked
from
curiosity
.
"
His
terms
are
merciful
,
worthy
of
a
great
king
.
These
are
the
words
of
Twala
,
the
one-eyed
,
the
mighty
,
the
husband
of
a
thousand
wives
,
lord
of
the
Kukuanas
,
keeper
of
the
Great
Road
(
Solomon
's
Road
)
,
beloved
of
the
Strange
Ones
who
sit
in
silence
at
the
mountains
yonder
(
the
Three
Witches
)
,
Calf
of
the
Black
Cow
,
Elephant
whose
tread
shakes
the
earth
,
Terror
of
the
evil-doer
,
Ostrich
whose
feet
devour
the
desert
,
huge
One
,
black
One
,
wise
One
,
king
from
generation
to
generation
!
these
are
the
words
of
Twala
:
'
I
will
have
mercy
and
be
satisfied
with
a
little
blood
.
One
in
every
ten
shall
die
,
the
rest
shall
go
free
;
but
the
white
man
Incubu
,
who
slew
Scragga
my
son
,
and
the
black
man
his
servant
,
who
pretends
to
my
throne
,
and
Infadoos
my
brother
,
who
brews
rebellion
against
me
,
these
shall
die
by
torture
as
an
offering
to
the
Silent
Ones
.
'
Such
are
the
merciful
words
of
Twala
.
"
After
consulting
with
the
others
a
little
,
I
answered
him
in
a
loud
voice
,
so
that
the
soldiers
might
hear
,
thus
--
"
Go
back
,
thou
dog
,
to
Twala
,
who
sent
thee
,
and
say
that
we
,
Ignosi
,
veritable
king
of
the
Kukuanas
,
Incubu
,
Bougwan
,
and
Macumazahn
,
the
wise
ones
from
the
Stars
,
who
make
dark
the
moon
,
Infadoos
,
of
the
royal
house
,
and
the
chiefs
,
captains
,
and
people
here
gathered
,
make
answer
and
say
,
'
That
we
will
not
surrender
;
that
before
the
sun
has
gone
down
twice
,
Twala
's
corpse
shall
stiffen
at
Twala
's
gate
,
and
Ignosi
,
whose
father
Twala
slew
,
shall
reign
in
his
stead
.
'
Now
go
,
ere
we
whip
thee
away
,
and
beware
how
thou
dost
lift
a
hand
against
such
as
we
are
.
"
The
herald
laughed
loudly
.
"
Ye
frighten
not
men
with
such
swelling
words
,
"
he
cried
out
.
"
Show
yourselves
as
bold
tomorrow
,
O
ye
who
darken
the
moon
.
Be
bold
,
fight
,
and
be
merry
,
before
the
crows
pick
your
bones
till
they
are
whiter
than
your
faces
.
Farewell
;
perhaps
we
may
meet
in
the
fight
;
fly
not
to
the
Stars
,
but
wait
for
me
,
I
pray
,
white
men
.
"
With
this
shaft
of
sarcasm
he
retired
,
and
almost
immediately
the
sun
sank
.
That
night
was
a
busy
one
,
for
weary
as
we
were
,
so
far
as
was
possible
by
the
moonlight
all
preparations
for
the
morrow
's
fight
were
continued
,
and
messengers
were
constantly
coming
and
going
from
the
place
where
we
sat
in
council
.
At
last
,
about
an
hour
after
midnight
,
everything
that
could
be
done
was
done
,
and
the
camp
,
save
for
the
occasional
challenge
of
a
sentry
,
sank
into
silence
.
Sir
Henry
and
I
,
accompanied
by
Ignosi
and
one
of
the
chiefs
,
descended
the
hill
and
made
a
round
of
the
pickets
.
As
we
went
,
suddenly
,
from
all
sorts
of
unexpected
places
,
spears
gleamed
out
in
the
moonlight
,
only
to
vanish
again
when
we
uttered
the
password
.
It
was
clear
to
us
that
none
were
sleeping
at
their
posts
.
Then
we
returned
,
picking
our
way
warily
through
thousands
of
sleeping
warriors
,
many
of
whom
were
taking
their
last
earthly
rest
.
