Копи царя Соломона

           Good,indeed,wasinahighfever,andverysoonafterwardsbegantogrowlight-headed,andalso,tomyalarm,tospitblood, theresult,nodoubt,ofsomeinternalinjury,inflictedduringthedesperateeffortsmadebytheKukuanawarrioronthepreviousdaytoforcehisbigspearthroughthechainarmour. SirHenry,however,seemedprettyfresh,notwithstandinghiswoundontheface,whichmadeeatingdifficultandlaughteranimpossibility,thoughhewassosoreandstiffthathecouldscarcelystir. 

           Abouteighto’clockwehadavisitfromInfadoos, whoappearedbutlittletheworse—tougholdwarriorthathewas—forhisexertionsinthebattle,althoughheinformedusthathehadbeenupallnight. Hewasdelightedtoseeus,butmuchgrievedatGood’scondition,andshookourhandscordially. Inoticed,however,thatheaddressedSirHenrywithakindofreverence,asthoughheweresomethingmorethanman;and,indeed,asweafterwardsfoundout,thegreatEnglishmanwaslookedonthroughoutKukuanalandasasupernaturalbeing. Noman,thesoldierssaid,couldhavefoughtashefoughtor,attheendofadayofsuchtoilandbloodshed,couldhaveslainTwala, who,inadditiontobeingtheking,wassupposedtobethestrongestwarriorinthecountry,insinglecombat,shearingthroughhisbull-neckatastroke. Indeed,thatstrokebecameproverbialinKukuanaland,andanyextraordinarybloworfeatofstrengthwashenceforthknownas"Incubu’sblow."