Begone while I hold the gate! Begone to Zikali, for whose witchcrafts I pay with my blood.' "Then he kissed me on the brow, saying but one word, 'Remember,' and thrust us from the hut.
"My mother broke a way through the fence; yes, she tore at it with her nails and teeth like a hyena.

I looked back out of the shadow of the hut and saw Matiwane my father fighting like a buffalo.

Men went down before him, one, two, three, although he had no shield: only his spear.

Then Bangu crept behind him and stabbed him in the back and he threw up his arms and fell.

I saw no more, for by now we were through the fence.