More, I will make you happy.

If you choose to take other wives, I will not be jealous, because I know that I should hold your spirit, and that, compared to me, they would be nothing in your thought--" "But, Mameena," I broke in, "I don't want to be king of the Zulus." "Oh, yes, yes, you do, for every man wants power, and it is better to rule over a brave, black people--thousands and thousands of them--than to be no one among the whites.

Think, think! There is wealth in the land.

By your skill and knowledge the amabuto [regiments] could be improved; with the wealth you would arm them with guns--yes, and 'by-and-byes' also with the throat of thunder" (that is, or was, the Kafir name for cannon).[*] "They would be invincible.

Chaka's kingdom would be nothing to ours, for a hundred thousand warriors would sleep on their spears, waiting for your word.