this country will be as a lamb among the eagles."

"If Nahoon will come, I will go, _Inkoos_, but I cannot fly without
Nahoon; it is better I should stay here and kill myself."

"Surely then being so fair and loving him so well, you can teach him
to forget his folly and to escape with you. In four days' time we must
start for the king's kraal, and if you win over Nahoon, it will be
easy for us to turn our faces southwards and across the river that lies
between the land of the Amazulu and Natal. For the sake of all of us,
but most of all for your own sake, try to do this, Nanea, whom I have
loved and whom I now would save. See him and plead with him as you
know how, but as yet do not tell him that I dream of flight, for then I
should be watched."

"In truth, I will, _Inkoos_," she answered earnestly, "and oh! I thank
you for your goodness. Fear not that I will betray you--first would I
die. Farewell."

"Farewell, Nanea," and taking her hand he raised it to his lips.

*****

Late that night, just as Hadden was beginning to prepare himself for
sleep, he heard a gentle tapping at the board which closed the entrance
to his hut.

"Enter," he said, unfastening the door, and presently by the light of
the little lantern that he had with him, he saw Nanea creep into the
hut, followed by the great form of Nahoon.