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
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.
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