men will seek you in marriage, and, perhaps, that I, your father,

shall not be there to choose for you whom you shall wed, according to

the custom of our land. But I charge you, as far as may be possible

for you to do so, take only a man whom you can love, and be faithful

to him alone, for thus shall a woman find happiness."

Here I stopped, for the girl took hold of my hand and looked into my

face. "Peace, my father," she said, "do not speak to me of marriage,

for I will wed no man, now that Umslopogaas is dead because of my