IX INTO THE UNKNOWN
X THE ROSE OF FIRE
XI THE FROWNING CITY
XII THE SISTER QUEENS
XIII ABOUT THE ZU-VENDI PEOPLE
XIV THE FLOWER TEMPLE
XV SORAIS' SONG
XVI BEFORE THE STATUE
XVII THE STORM BREAKS
XVIII WAR! RED WAR!
XIX A STRANGE WEDDING
XX THE BATTLE OF THE PASS
XXI AWAY! AWAY!
XXII HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR
XXIII I HAVE SPOKEN




INTRODUCTION



December 23

'I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was
so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard having only
one son to lose him thus, but God's will be done. Who am I that
I should complain? The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut,
and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late -- it does not