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"
Now
the
people
being
mad
with
hunger
,
and
altogether
bereft
of
reason
and
the
knowledge
of
truth
,
cried
out
--
'
The
king
!
The
king
!
'
but
I
knew
that
it
was
not
so
,
for
Imotu
my
brother
was
the
elder
of
the
twins
,
and
our
lawful
king
.
Then
just
as
the
tumult
was
at
its
height
Imotu
the
king
,
though
he
was
very
sick
,
crawled
from
his
hut
holding
his
wife
by
the
hand
,
and
followed
by
his
little
son
Ignosi
--
that
is
,
by
interpretation
,
the
Lightning
.
"
'
What
is
this
noise
?
'
he
asked
.
'
Why
cry
ye
The
king
!
The
king
!
'
"
Then
Twala
,
his
twin
brother
,
born
of
the
same
woman
,
and
in
the
same
hour
,
ran
to
him
,
and
taking
him
by
the
hair
,
stabbed
him
through
the
heart
with
his
knife
.
And
the
people
being
fickle
,
and
ever
ready
to
worship
the
rising
sun
,
clapped
their
hands
and
cried
,
'
Twala
is
king
!
Now
we
know
that
Twala
is
king
!
'
"
"
And
what
became
of
Imotu
's
wife
and
her
son
Ignosi
?
Did
Twala
kill
them
too
?
"
"
Nay
,
my
lord
.
When
she
saw
that
her
lord
was
dead
the
queen
seized
the
child
with
a
cry
and
ran
away
.
Two
days
afterward
she
came
to
a
kraal
very
hungry
,
and
none
would
give
her
milk
or
food
,
now
that
her
lord
the
king
was
dead
,
for
all
men
hate
the
unfortunate
.
But
at
nightfall
a
little
child
,
a
girl
,
crept
out
and
brought
her
corn
to
eat
,
and
she
blessed
the
child
,
and
went
on
towards
the
mountains
with
her
boy
before
the
sun
rose
again
,
and
there
she
must
have
perished
,
for
none
have
seen
her
since
,
nor
the
child
Ignosi
.
"
"
Then
if
this
child
Ignosi
had
lived
he
would
be
the
true
king
of
the
Kukuana
people
?
"
"
That
is
so
,
my
lord
;
the
sacred
snake
is
round
his
middle
.
If
he
lives
he
is
king
;
but
,
alas
!
he
is
long
dead
.
"
"
See
,
my
lord
,
"
and
Infadoos
pointed
to
a
vast
collection
of
huts
surrounded
by
a
fence
,
which
was
in
its
turn
encircled
by
a
great
ditch
,
that
lay
on
the
plain
beneath
us
.
"
That
is
the
kraal
where
the
wife
of
Imotu
was
last
seen
with
the
child
Ignosi
.
It
is
there
that
we
shall
sleep
to-night
,
if
,
indeed
,
"
he
added
doubtfully
,
"
my
lords
sleep
at
all
upon
this
earth
.
"
"
When
we
are
among
the
Kukuanas
,
my
good
friend
Infadoos
,
we
do
as
the
Kukuanas
do
,
"
I
said
majestically
,
and
turned
round
quickly
to
address
Good
,
who
was
tramping
along
sullenly
behind
,
his
mind
fully
occupied
with
unsatisfactory
attempts
to
prevent
his
flannel
shirt
from
flapping
in
the
evening
breeze
.
To
my
astonishment
I
butted
into
Umbopa
,
who
was
walking
along
immediately
behind
me
,
and
very
evidently
had
been
listening
with
the
greatest
interest
to
my
conversation
with
Infadoos
.
The
expression
on
his
face
was
most
curious
,
and
gave
me
the
idea
of
a
man
who
was
struggling
with
partial
success
to
bring
something
long
ago
forgotten
back
into
his
mind
.
