The other is named the Bees, and that regiment is hungry and longs for cattle and girls; moreover, of that regiment the Prince Umhlangana is the general, and it loves him.

Now this is my plan--to summon the Bees in the name of Umhlangana, not the Slayers in the name of Chaka.

Bend forward, O Princes, that I may whisper in your ears." So they bent forward, and I whispered awhile of the death of a king, and the sons of Senzangacona nodded their heads as one man in answer.

Then I rose up, and crept from the hut as I had entered it, and rousing certain trusty messengers, I dispatched them, running swiftly through the night..