[Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookChild of Storm CHAPTER VIII 23/24
Well, as no one says anything, the matter is settled.
To-morrow Saduko shall give the umqoliso [the Ox of the Girl], that makes marriage--if he has not got one here I will lend it to him, and you can take the new, big hut that I have built in the outer kraal to dwell in for the present.
There will be a dance, if you wish it; if not, I do not care, for I have no wish for ceremony just now, who am too troubled with great matters.
Now I am going to sleep." Then sinking from his stool on to his knees, Panda crawled through the doorway of his great hut, which was close to him, and vanished. Umbelazi and I departed also through the gateway of the fence, leaving Saduko and the Princess Nandie alone together, for there were no attendants present.
What happened between them I am sure I do not know, but I gather that, in one way or another, Saduko made himself sufficiently agreeable to the princess to persuade her to take him to husband.
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