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At
this
moment
our
conference
was
interrupted
by
the
cry
that
messengers
had
come
from
the
king
.
Advancing
to
the
door
of
the
hut
we
ordered
that
they
should
be
admitted
,
and
presently
three
men
entered
,
each
bearing
a
shining
shirt
of
chain
armour
,
and
a
magnificent
battle-axe
.
"
The
gifts
of
my
lord
the
king
to
the
white
men
from
the
Stars
!
"
said
a
herald
who
came
with
them
.
"
We
thank
the
king
,
"
I
answered
;
"
withdraw
.
"
The
men
went
,
and
we
examined
the
armour
with
great
interest
.
It
was
the
most
wonderful
chain
work
that
either
of
us
had
ever
seen
.
A
whole
coat
fell
together
so
closely
that
it
formed
a
mass
of
links
scarcely
too
big
to
be
covered
with
both
hands
.
"
Do
you
make
these
things
in
this
country
,
Infadoos
?
"
I
asked
;
"
they
are
very
beautiful
.
"
"
Nay
,
my
lord
,
they
came
down
to
us
from
our
forefathers
.
We
know
not
who
made
them
,
and
there
are
but
few
left
.
None
but
those
of
royal
blood
may
be
clad
in
them
.
They
are
magic
coats
through
which
no
spear
can
pass
,
and
those
who
wear
them
are
well-nigh
safe
in
the
battle
.
The
king
is
well
pleased
or
much
afraid
,
or
he
would
not
have
sent
these
garments
of
steel
.
Clothe
yourselves
in
them
to-night
,
my
lords
.
"
The
remainder
of
that
day
we
spent
quietly
,
resting
and
talking
over
the
situation
,
which
was
sufficiently
exciting
.
At
last
the
sun
went
down
,
the
thousand
watch
fires
glowed
out
,
and
through
the
darkness
we
heard
the
tramp
of
many
feet
and
the
clashing
of
hundreds
of
spears
,
as
the
regiments
passed
to
their
appointed
places
to
be
ready
for
the
great
dance
.
Then
the
full
moon
shone
out
in
splendour
,
and
as
we
stood
watching
her
rays
,
Infadoos
arrived
,
clad
in
his
war
dress
,
and
accompanied
by
a
guard
of
twenty
men
to
escort
us
to
the
dance
.
As
he
recommended
,
we
had
already
donned
the
shirts
of
chain
armour
which
the
king
had
sent
us
,
putting
them
on
under
our
ordinary
clothing
,
and
finding
to
our
surprise
that
they
were
neither
very
heavy
nor
uncomfortable
.
These
steel
shirts
,
which
evidently
had
been
made
for
men
of
a
very
large
stature
,
hung
somewhat
loosely
upon
Good
and
myself
,
but
Sir
Henry
's
fitted
his
magnificent
frame
like
a
glove
.
Then
strapping
our
revolvers
round
our
waists
,
and
taking
in
our
hands
the
battle-axes
which
the
king
had
sent
with
the
armour
,
we
started
.
On
arriving
at
the
great
kraal
,
where
we
had
that
morning
been
received
by
the
king
,
we
found
that
it
was
closely
packed
with
some
twenty
thousand
men
arranged
round
it
in
regiments
.
These
regiments
were
in
turn
divided
into
companies
,
and
between
each
company
ran
a
little
path
to
allow
space
for
the
witch-finders
to
pass
up
and
down
.
Anything
more
imposing
than
the
sight
that
was
presented
by
this
vast
and
orderly
concourse
of
armed
men
it
is
impossible
to
conceive
.
There
they
stood
perfectly
silent
,
and
the
moon
poured
her
light
upon
the
forest
of
their
raised
spears
,
upon
their
majestic
forms
,
waving
plumes
,
and
the
harmonious
shading
of
their
various-coloured
shields
.
Wherever
we
looked
were
line
upon
line
of
dim
faces
surmounted
by
range
upon
range
of
shimmering
spears
.
"
Surely
,
"
I
said
to
Infadoos
,
"
the
whole
army
is
here
?
"
"
Nay
,
Macumazahn
,
"
he
answered
,
"
but
a
third
of
it
.
One
third
is
present
at
this
dance
each
year
,
another
third
is
mustered
outside
in
case
there
should
be
trouble
when
the
killing
begins
,
ten
thousand
more
garrison
the
outposts
round
Loo
,
and
the
rest
watch
at
the
kraals
in
the
country
.
Thou
seest
it
is
a
great
people
.
"
