2/26 Many must die before the moon grows pale to-night. Perhaps I too shall be killed. The land groans at the cruelties of Twala the king; it is wearied of him and his red ways." "Then why is it, Infadoos, that the people do not cast him down ?" "Nay, my lords, he is the king, and if he were killed Scragga would reign in his place, and the heart of Scragga is blacker than the heart of Twala his father. If Scragga were king his yoke upon our neck would be heavier than the yoke of Twala. |