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Nada the Lily

CHAPTER XVIII
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Yet there is one little space, and is there not one to fill it?
Are all the tribe of the Langeni dead indeed ?" "There is one, O King!" I answered.

"I am of the tribe of the Langeni, let my carcase fill the place." "Nay, Mopo, nay! Who then should take the bet?
Moreover, I slay thee not, for it is against my oath.

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.


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