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"

Umbopa

,

or

Ignosi

,

"

I

said

,

"

I

do

n't

like

revolutions

.

I

am

a

man

of

peace

and

a

bit

of

a

coward

"

--

here

Umbopa

smiled

--

"

but

,

on

the

other

hand

,

I

stick

up

for

my

friends

,

Ignosi

.

You

have

stuck

to

us

and

played

the

part

of

a

man

,

and

I

will

stick

by

you

.

But

mind

you

,

I

am

a

trader

,

and

have

to

make

my

living

,

so

I

accept

your

offer

about

those

diamonds

in

case

we

should

ever

be

in

a

position

to

avail

ourselves

of

it

.

Another

thing

:

we

came

,

as

you

know

,

to

look

for

Incubu

's

(

Sir

Henry

's

)

lost

brother

.

You

must

help

us

to

find

him

.

"

"

That

I

will

do

,

"

answered

Ignosi

.

"

Stay

,

Infadoos

,

by

the

sign

of

the

snake

about

my

middle

,

tell

me

the

truth

.

Has

any

white

man

to

thy

knowledge

set

his

foot

within

the

land

?

"

"

None

,

O

Ignosi

.

"

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"

If

any

white

man

had

been

seen

or

heard

of

,

wouldst

thou

have

known

?

"

"

I

should

certainly

have

known

.

"

"

Thou

hearest

,

Incubu

,

"

said

Ignosi

to

Sir

Henry

;

"

he

has

not

been

here

.

"

"

Well

,

well

,

"

said

Sir

Henry

,

with

a

sigh

;

"

there

it

is

;

I

suppose

that

he

never

got

so

far

.

Poor

fellow

,

poor

fellow

!

So

it

has

all

been

for

nothing

.

God

's

will

be

done

.

"

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"

Now

for

business

,

"

I

put

in

,

anxious

to

escape

from

a

painful

subject

.

"

It

is

very

well

to

be

a

king

by

right

divine

,

Ignosi

,

but

how

dost

thou

propose

to

become

a

king

indeed

?

"

"

Nay

,

I

know

not

.

Infadoos

,

hast

thou

a

plan

?

"

"

Ignosi

,

Son

of

the

Lightning

,

"

answered

his

uncle

,

"

to-night

is

the

great

dance

and

witch-hunt

.

Many

shall

be

smelt

out

and

perish

,

and

in

the

hearts

of

many

others

there

will

be

grief

and

anguish

and

fury

against

the

king

Twala

.

When

the

dance

is

over

,

then

I

will

speak

to

some

of

the

great

chiefs

,

who

in

turn

,

if

I

can

win

them

over

,

will

speak

to

their

regiments

.

I

shall

speak

to

the

chiefs

softly

at

first

,

and

bring

them

to

see

that

thou

art

indeed

the

king

,

and

I

think

that

by

tomorrow

's

light

thou

shalt

have

twenty

thousand

spears

at

thy

command

.

And

now

I

must

go

and

think

,

and

hear

,

and

make

ready

.

After

the

dance

is

done

,

if

I

am

yet

alive

,

and

we

are

all

alive

,

I

will

meet

thee

here

,

and

we

can

talk

.

At

the

best

there

must

be

war

.

"

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