Truly she hates him well, and, after all, I would rather be loved than hated by Mameena, though both are dangerous.

Poor Mongrel! Soon the jackals will be chewing his bones." "Why do you say that ?" I asked.
"Only because Mameena tells me that he is a great wizard, and the jackals eat many wizards in Zululand.

Also he is an enemy of Panda's House, is he not ?" "You have been giving her some bad counsel, Zikali," I said, blurting out the thought in my mind.
"Perhaps, perhaps, Macumazahn; only I may call it good counsel.

I have my own road to walk, and if I can find some to clear away the thorns that would prick my feet, what of it?
Also she will get her pay, who finds life dull up there among the Amasomi, with one she hates for a hut-fellow.

Go you and watch, and afterwards, when you have an hour to spare, come and tell me what happens--that is, if I do not chance to be there to see for myself." "Is Saduko well ?" I asked to change the subject, for I did not wish to become privy to the plots that filled the air.
"I am told that his tree grows great, that it overshadows all the royal kraal.