17/21 Yet there is one little space, and is there not one to fill it? "I am of the tribe of the Langeni, let my carcase fill the place." "Nay, Mopo, nay! Who then should take the bet? Also, do we not mourn together, thou and I ?" "There is no other left living of the tribe of the Langeni, O King! The bet is lost; it shall be paid." "I think that there is another," said Chaka. "There is a sister to thee and me, Mopo. Ah, see, she comes!" I looked up, my father, and I saw this: I saw Baleka, my sister, walking towards us, and on her shoulders was a kaross of wild-cat skins, and behind her were two soldiers. |