Копи царя Соломона

           ThenitwasthatGagool,thewiseandterriblewoman,whodoesnotdie,madeaproclamationtothepeople,saying,‘ThekingImotuisnoking. ’AndatthetimeImotuwassickwithawound,andlayinhiskraalnotabletomove. 

           "ThenGagoolwentintoahutandledoutTwala,myhalf-brother,andtwinbrothertotheking, whomshehadhiddenamongthecavesandrockssincehewasborn,andstrippingthe‘moocha’(waist-cloth)offhisloins, showedthepeopleoftheKukuanasthemarkofthesacredsnakecoiledroundhismiddle,wherewiththeeldestsonofthekingismarkedatbirth,andcriedoutloud, ‘BeholdyourkingwhomIhavesavedforyoueventothisday!’ 

           "Nowthepeoplebeingmadwithhunger,andaltogetherbereftofreasonandtheknowledgeoftruth,criedout—‘Theking!Theking!’ butIknewthatitwasnotso,forImotumybrotherwastheelderofthetwins,andourlawfulking. ThenjustasthetumultwasatitsheightImotutheking,thoughhewasverysick,crawledfromhishutholdinghiswifebythehand, andfollowedbyhislittlesonIgnosi—thatis,byinterpretation,theLightning. 

           "‘Whatisthisnoise?’heasked.‘WhycryyeTheking!Theking!’ 

           "ThenTwala,histwinbrother,bornofthesamewoman,andinthesamehour,rantohim,andtakinghimbythehair,stabbedhimthroughtheheartwithhisknife.