But last night I dreamed a dream," and I told her all my dream, and also of that which had gone before the dream.
She listened as one listens to the words of a king when he passes judgement for life or for death.
"I think that there is wisdom in your dreams, Mopo," she said at length.
"You were ever a strange man, to whom the gates of distance are no bar.
Now it is borne in upon my heart that Umslopogaas still lives, and now I shall die happy.

Yes, gainsay me not; I shall die, I know it.

I read it in the king's eyes.

But what is it?
It is nothing, if only the prince Umslopogaas yet lives." "Your love is great, woman," I said; "and this love of yours has brought many woes upon us, and it may well happen that in the end it shall all be for nothing, for there is an evil fate upon us.

Say now, what shall I do?
Shall I fly, or shall I abide here, taking the chance of things ?" "You must stay here, Mopo.