The girl, says Nahoon, is
fair--good, I myself will be gracious to her, and she shall be numbered
among the wives of the royal house. Within thirty days from now, in the
week of the next new moon, let her be delivered to the _Sigodhla_, the
royal house of the women, and with her those cattle, the cows and the
calves together, that Nahoon has given you, of which I fine him because
he has dared to think of marriage without the leave of the king."
CHAPTER II
THE BEE PROPHESIES
"'A Daniel come to judgment' indeed," reflected Hadden, who had been
watching this savage comedy with interest; "our love-sick friend has got
more than he bargained for. Well, that comes of appealing to Caesar," and
he turned to look at the two suppliants.
The old man, Umgona, merely started, then began to pour out sentences
of conventional thanks and praise to the king for his goodness and
condescension. Cetywayo listened to his talk in silence, and when he had
done answered by reminding him tersely that if Nanea did not appear
at the date named, both she and he, her father, would in due course
certainly decorate a cross-road in their own immediate neighbourhood.
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