[Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookNada the Lily CHAPTER XI 7/18
And as she pointed, so those who greeted her turned, and went, some through the gates of light and some through the gates of blackness. Presently, as I stood, a handful of people came up from the bank of the river.
I looked on them and knew them.
There was Unandi, the mother of Chaka, there was Anadi, my wife, and Moosa, my son, and all my other wives and children, and those who had perished with them. They stood before the figure of the woman, the Princess of the Heavens, to whom the Umkulunkulu has given it to watch over the people of the Zulu, and cried aloud, "Hail, Inkosazana-y-Zulu! Hail!" Then she, the Inkosazana, pointed with the rod of ivory to the gates of ivory; but still they stood before her, not moving.
Now the woman spoke for the first time, in a low voice that was sad and awful to hear. "Pass in, children of my people, pass in to the judgment.
Why tarry ye? Pass in through the gates of light." But still they tarried, and in my vision Unandi spoke: "We tarry, Queen of the Heavens--we tarry to pray for justice on him who murdered us. I, who on earth was named Mother of the Heavens, on behalf of all this company, pray to thee, Queen of the Heavens, for justice on him who murdered us." "How is he named ?" asked the voice that was low and awful. "Chaka, king of the Zulus," answered the voice of Unandi.
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