"Take it away, and thou, Slaughterer, tell me how it came about that the maid was slain.

It will be well for thee if thou hast a good answer, for know thy life hangs on the words." So Umslopogaas told the king all that tale which had been made ready against the wrath of Dingaan.

And when he had finished Galazi told his story, of how he had seen the soldier kill the maid, and in his wrath had killed the soldier.

Then certain of the captains who had seen the soldier and the maid lying in one death came forward and spoke to it.
Now Dingaan was very angry, and yet there was nothing to be done.

The Lily was dead, and by no fault of any except of one, who was also dead and beyond his reach.
"Get you hence, you and your people," he said to the Wolf-Brethren.