Копи царя Соломона
Good Falls Sick
Toeachmanthekingmadealargepresentofcattle,promotingthemoneandalltotherankofofficersinthenewcorpsofGreyswhichwasinprocessofformation. AnorderwasalsopromulgatedthroughoutthelengthandbreadthofKukuanalandthat,whilstwehonouredthecountrybyourpresence,wethreeweretobegreetedwiththeroyalsalute,andtobetreatedwiththesameceremonyandrespectthatwasbycustomaccordedtotheking. Alsothepoweroflifeanddeathwaspubliclyconferreduponus. Ignosi,too,inthepresenceofhispeople,reaffirmedthepromiseswhichhehadmade,totheeffectthatnoman’sbloodshouldbeshedwithouttrial,andthatwitch-huntingshouldceaseintheland.
WhentheceremonywasoverwewaiteduponIgnosi,andinformedhimthatwewerenowanxioustoinvestigatethemysteryoftheminestowhichSolomon’sRoadran,askinghimifhehaddiscoveredanythingaboutthem.
"Myfriends,"heanswered, "Ihavediscoveredthis.Itistherethatthethreegreatfiguressit,whoherearecalledthe‘SilentOnes,’andtowhomTwalawouldhaveofferedthegirlFoulataasasacrifice. Itisthere,too,inagreatcavedeepinthemountain,thatthekingsofthelandareburied; thereyeshallfindTwala’sbody,sittingwiththosewhowentbeforehim. There,also,isadeeppit,which,atsometime,long-deadmendugout,mayhapforthestonesyespeakof, suchasIhaveheardmeninNataltellofatKimberley. There,too,inthePlaceofDeathisasecretchamber,knowntononebutthekingandGagool.
