"Piff! What is love?
But I have asked you that question once before." "Why are you here, Mameena ?" I inquired, leaving it unanswered.
"Because Saduko is here, and, of course, Nandie, for she never leaves him, and he will not leave me; because the Prince Umbelazi is coming; because there are plots afoot and the great war draws near--that war in which so many must die." "Between Cetewayo and Umbelazi, Mameena ?" "Aye, between Cetewayo and Umbelazi.

Why do you suppose those wagons of yours are loaded with guns for which so many cattle must be paid?
Not to shoot game with, I think.

Well, this little kraal of my father's is just now the headquarters of the Umbelazi faction, the Isigqosa, as the princedom of Gikazi is that of Cetewayo.

My poor father!" she added, with her characteristic shrug, "he thinks himself very great to-day, as he did after he had shot the elephant--before I nursed you, Macumazahn--but often I wonder what will be the end of it--for him and for all of us, Macumazahn, including yourself." "I!" I answered.

"What have I to do with your Zulu quarrels ?" "That you will know when you have done with them, Macumazahn.