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"
So
,
Macumazahn
,
thou
seest
we
have
no
water
here
,
and
but
a
little
food
,
and
we
must
choose
between
these
three
things
--
to
languish
like
a
starving
lion
in
his
den
,
or
to
strive
to
break
away
towards
the
north
,
or
"
--
and
here
he
rose
and
pointed
towards
the
dense
mass
of
our
foes
--
"
to
launch
ourselves
straight
at
Twala
's
throat
.
Incubu
,
the
great
warrior
--
for
today
he
fought
like
a
buffalo
in
a
net
,
and
Twala
's
soldiers
went
down
before
his
axe
like
young
corn
before
the
hail
;
with
these
eyes
I
saw
it
--
Incubu
says
'
Charge
'
;
but
the
Elephant
is
ever
prone
to
charge
.
Now
what
says
Macumazahn
,
the
wily
old
fox
,
who
has
seen
much
,
and
loves
to
bite
his
enemy
from
behind
?
The
last
word
is
in
Ignosi
the
king
,
for
it
is
a
king
's
right
to
speak
of
war
;
but
let
us
hear
thy
voice
,
O
Macumazahn
,
who
watchest
by
night
,
and
the
voice
too
of
him
of
the
transparent
eye
.
"
"
What
sayest
thou
,
Ignosi
,
"
I
asked
.
"
Nay
,
my
father
,
"
answered
our
quondam
servant
,
who
now
,
clad
as
he
was
in
the
full
panoply
of
savage
war
,
looked
every
inch
a
warrior
king
,
"
do
thou
speak
,
and
let
me
,
who
am
but
a
child
in
wisdom
beside
thee
,
hearken
to
thy
words
.
"
Thus
adjured
,
after
taking
hasty
counsel
with
Good
and
Sir
Henry
,
I
delivered
my
opinion
briefly
to
the
effect
that
,
being
trapped
,
our
best
chance
,
especially
in
view
of
the
failure
of
our
water
supply
,
was
to
initiate
an
attack
upon
Twala
's
forces
.
Then
I
recommended
that
the
attack
should
be
delivered
at
once
,
"
before
our
wounds
grew
stiff
,
"
and
also
before
the
sight
of
Twala
's
overpowering
force
caused
the
hearts
of
our
soldiers
"
to
wax
small
like
fat
before
a
fire
.
"
Otherwise
,
I
pointed
out
,
some
of
the
captains
might
change
their
minds
,
and
,
making
peace
with
Twala
,
desert
to
him
,
or
even
betray
us
into
his
hands
.
This
expression
of
opinion
seemed
,
on
the
whole
,
to
be
favourably
received
;
indeed
,
among
the
Kukuanas
my
utterances
met
with
a
respect
which
has
never
been
accorded
to
them
before
or
since
.
But
the
real
decision
as
to
our
plans
lay
with
Ignosi
,
who
,
since
he
had
been
recognised
as
rightful
king
,
could
exercise
the
almost
unbounded
rights
of
sovereignty
,
including
,
of
course
,
the
final
decision
on
matters
of
generalship
,
and
it
was
to
him
that
all
eyes
were
now
turned
.
At
length
,
after
a
pause
,
during
which
he
appeared
to
be
thinking
deeply
,
he
spoke
.
"
Incubu
,
Macumazahn
,
and
Bougwan
,
brave
white
men
,
and
my
friends
;
Infadoos
,
my
uncle
,
and
chiefs
;
my
heart
is
fixed
.
I
will
strike
at
Twala
this
day
,
and
set
my
fortunes
on
the
blow
,
ay
,
and
my
life
--
my
life
and
your
lives
also
.
Listen
;
thus
will
I
strike
.
Ye
see
how
the
hill
curves
round
like
the
half-moon
,
and
how
the
plain
runs
like
a
green
tongue
towards
us
within
the
curve
?
"
"
We
see
,
"
I
answered
.
