"I did not know who you were, Inkosazana." "It is granted, wife of Masapo.

Macumazahn, give me water, I pray you, that I may bathe the head of my child." The water was brought, and presently, when the little one seemed all right again, for it had only received a scratch, Nandie thanked me and departed to her own huts, saying with a smile to her husband as she passed that there was no need for him to accompany her, as she had servants waiting at the kraal gate.

So Saduko stayed behind, and Mameena stayed also.

He talked with me for quite a long while, for he had much to tell me, although all the time I felt that his heart was not in his talk.

His heart was with Mameena, who sat there and smiled continually in her mysterious way, only putting in a word now and again, as though to excuse her presence.
At length she rose and said with a sigh that she must be going back to where the Amasomi were in camp, as Masapo would need her to see to his food.