They stood before the figure of the woman, the Princess of the

Heavens, to whom the Umkulunkulu has given it to watch over the people

of the Zulu, and cried aloud, "Hail, Inkosazana-y-Zulu! Hail!"

Then she, the Inkosazana, pointed with the rod of ivory to the gates

of ivory; but still they stood before her, not moving. Now the woman

spoke for the first time, in a low voice that was sad and awful to

"Pass in, children of my people, pass in to the judgment. Why tarry

ye? Pass in through the gates of light."