They are cut in notches upon the leg you hold and you may count them if you will." I examined the leg.

There were the notches, twenty-two or three of them.

On the other legs were more notches too numerous to reckon.
"Do not look at those, Macumazahn, for they have nothing to do with you.

They tell the years since the first of the House of Senzangacona sat upon that stool, since Chaka sat upon it, since Dingaan and others sat upon it, one Mameena among them.

Well, much has happened since it served you for a rest.