to lift the gourd of water.

Hadden considered the situation rapidly, for his repulse only made
him the more determined to succeed. Of a sudden under the emergency
he conceived a scheme, or rather its rough outline. It was not a
nice scheme, and some men might have shrunk from it, but as he had
no intention of suffering himself to be defeated by a Zulu girl, he
decided--with regret, it is true--that having failed to attain his ends
by means which he considered fair, he must resort to others of more
doubtful character.

"Nanea," he said, "you are a good and honest woman, and I respect you.
As I have told you, I love you also, but if you refuse to listen to me
there is nothing more to be said, and after all, perhaps it would be
better that you should marry one of your own people. But, Nanea, you
will never marry him, for the king will take you; and, if he does not
give you to some other man, either you will become one of his 'sisters,'
or to be free of him, as you say, you will die. Now hear me, for it is
because I love you and wish your welfare that I speak thus. Why do you
not escape into Natal, taking Nahoon with you, for there as you know you
may live in peace out of reach of the arm of Cetywayo?"

"That is my desire, _Inkoos_, but Nahoon will not consent. He says that
there is to be war between us and you white men, and he will not break
the command of the king and desert from his army."

"Then he cannot love you much, Nahoon, and at least you have to think of
yourself. Whisper into the ear of your father and fly together, for be
sure that Nahoon will soon follow you. Ay! and I myself with fly with
you, for I too believe that there must be war, and then a white man in