"Come now, some of you, and let us look at this dead girl.

Perhaps it is the Lily, and if so that is unlucky for us, for I do not know what tale we shall tell to Dingaan of the matter." So the captains went with Umslopogaas and Galazi, and came to the spot where the girl had been laid, and by her the man of the People of the Axe.
"All is as the Wolf, my brother, has told," said Umslopogaas, waving the torch in his hand over the two who lay dead.

"Here, without a doubt, lies she who was named the Lily, whom we came to win, and by her that fool who slew her, slain himself by the blow of the Watcher.

An ill sight to see, and an ill tale for me to tell at the kraal of Dingaan.
Still, what is is, and cannot be altered; and this maid who was the fairest of the fair is now none to lovely to look on.

Let us away!" And he turned swiftly, then spoke again, saying:-- "Bind up this dead girl in ox hides, cover her with salt, and let her be brought with us." And they did so.
Then the captains said: "Surely it is so, my father; now it cannot be altered, and Dingaan must miss his bride." So said they all except that man who had been captain of the guard when Umslopogaas and Galazi and another passed through the archway.