Копи царя Соломона

           Andthepeoplebeingfickle,andeverreadytoworshiptherisingsun,clappedtheirhandsandcried,‘Twalaisking!NowweknowthatTwalaisking!’" 

           "AndwhatbecameofImotu’swifeandhersonIgnosi?DidTwalakillthemtoo?" 

           "Nay,mylord.Whenshesawthatherlordwasdeadthequeenseizedthechildwithacryandranaway. Twodaysafterwardshecametoakraalveryhungry,andnonewouldgivehermilkorfood,nowthatherlordthekingwasdead,forallmenhatetheunfortunate. Butatnightfallalittlechild,agirl,creptoutandbroughthercorntoeat,andsheblessedthechild, andwentontowardsthemountainswithherboybeforethesunroseagain,andthereshemusthaveperished, fornonehaveseenhersince,northechildIgnosi." 

           "ThenifthischildIgnosihadlivedhewouldbethetruekingoftheKukuanapeople?" 

           "Thatisso,mylord;thesacredsnakeisroundhismiddle.Ifhelivesheisking;but,alas!heislongdead." 

           "See,mylord,"andInfadoospointedtoavastcollectionofhutssurroundedbyafence,whichwasinitsturnencircledbyagreatditch,thatlayontheplainbeneathus. "ThatisthekraalwherethewifeofImotuwaslastseenwiththechildIgnosi. Itistherethatweshallsleepto-night,if,indeed,"headdeddoubtfully,"mylordssleepatalluponthisearth."