Umbelazi and most of the princes, and thousands upon thousands of the Zulus, whom I, the Dwande, hate, dead, dead! _Mameena's work_, Macumazahn! Panda's hand grown strengthless with sorrow and his eyes blind with tears.

_Mameena's work_, Macumazahn! Cetewayo, king in all but name; Cetewayo, who shall bring the House of Senzangakona to the dust.

_Mameena's work_, Macumazahn! Oh! a mighty work.

Surely she has lived a great and worthy life, and she died a great and worthy death! And how well she did it! Had you eyes to see her take the poison which I gave her--a good poison, was it not ?--between her kisses, Macumazahn ?" "I believe it was your work, and not hers," I blurted out, ignoring his mocking questions.

"You pulled the strings; you were the wind that caused the grass to bend till the fire caught it and set the town in flames--the town of your foes." "How clever you are, Macumazahn! If your wits grow so sharp, one day they will cut your throat, as, indeed, they have nearly done several times already.