Копи царя Соломона
Good Falls Sick
InfadoostoldusalsothatallTwala’sregimentshadsubmittedtoIgnosi,andthatlikesubmissionswerebeginningtoarrivefromchiefsintheoutlyingcountry. Twala’sdeathatthehandsofSirHenryhadputanendtoallfurtherchanceofdisturbance;forScraggahadbeenhisonlylegitimateson,sotherewasnorivalclaimanttothethroneleftalive.
IremarkedthatIgnosihadswumtopowerthroughblood. Theoldchiefshruggedhisshoulders. "Yes,"heanswered;"buttheKukuanapeoplecanonlybekeptcoolbylettingtheirbloodflowsometimes. Manyarekilled,indeed,butthewomenareleft,andothersmustsoongrowuptotaketheplacesofthefallen. Afterthisthelandwouldbequietforawhile."
Afterwards,inthecourseofthemorning,wehadashortvisitfromIgnosi,onwhosebrowstheroyaldiademwasnowbound. AsIcontemplatedhimadvancingwithkinglydignity,anobsequiousguardfollowinghissteps,IcouldnothelprecallingtomymindthetallZuluwhohadpresentedhimselftousatDurbansomefewmonthsback,askingtobetakenintoourservice, andreflectingonthestrangerevolutionsofthewheeloffortune.
"Hail,Oking!"Isaid,rising.
"Yes,Macumazahn.Kingatlast,bythemightofyourthreerighthands,"wasthereadyanswer.
Allwas,hesaid,goingwell;andhehopedtoarrangeagreatfeastintwoweeks’timeinordertoshowhimselftothepeople.
IaskedhimwhathehadsettledtodowithGagool.
