The service ended with a brief, sweet prayer of consolation and reconciliation, and when Satlwo we, had been reared to believe that what his chief said was law, no matter how contradictory or arbitrary. 'It was the general impression,' the newcomer said, 'that he was a good fellow who deserved a shot at high command. Have Dutch taught to your children.
He was much too clever to be trapped by the great King of the Zulu, and told Nxumalo, as the latter started south with his fourth bride, Nonsizi, 'We shall not meet again, Nxumalo. 'We can still fi as a unit. The English know how to manage; we don't. The retreat began, Night fell as the beleaguered soldiers on Spion Kop watched with dismay as the King's Royal Rifles abandoned the neighbor- ing hill.
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