2/22 A cut stick puts out new leaves; I can have more children." "Ay, Mopo; but first you must get new wives, for yours are dead also, all five of them." "Is it indeed so ?" I answered. I wearied of those brawling women." "So, Mopo," said the soldier; "but to get other wives and have more children born to you, you must live yourself, for no children are born to the dead, and I think that Chaka has an assegai which you shall kiss." "Is it so ?" I answered. The sun is hot, and I tire of the road. |