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THE LILY IS BROUGHT TO DINGAAN.
"How are you named ?" said Dingaan.
"We are named Bulalio the Slaughterer and Galazi the Wolf, O King," answered Umslopogaas.
"Was it thou who didst send a certain message to the Black One who is dead, Bulalio ?" "Yea, O King, I sent a message, but from all I have heard, Masilo, my messenger, gave more than the message, for he stabbed the Black One.
Masilo had an evil heart." Now Dingaan winced, for he knew well that he himself and one Mopo had stabbed the Black One, but he thought that this outland chief had not heard the tale, so he said no more of the message.
"How is it that ye dare to come before me armed?
Know ye not the rule that he who appears armed before the king dies ?" "We have not heard that law, O King," said Umslopogaas.

"Moreover, there is this to be told: my virtue of the axe I bear I rule alone.

If I am seen without the axe, then any man may take my place who can, for the axe is chieftainess of the People of the Axe, and he who holds it is its servant." "A strange custom," said Dingaan, "but let it pass.

And thou, Wolf, what hast thou to say of that great club of thine ?" "There is this to be told of the club, O King," answered Galazi: "by virtue of the club I guard my life.