would sigh gently and say: "Fare thee well, my sister; it is

unfortunate for thee that there is a cat in thy hut," or "that there

is no cat in thy hut," or "that thou canst not tell me whether there

Then the woman would be taken by the slayers, dragged without the

kraal, and their end was swift. So it went on for the most part of

that day, till sixty-and-two women and girls had been slaughtered. But

at last a maiden was brought before the king, and to this one her

snake had given a ready wit; for when Chaka asked her whether or no