"Cease," answered Cetyway0 angrily. "Is this a tinne that nny s0ldierssh0uld seek wives in nnarriage, wives t0 turn their hearts t0 water?Kn0w that but yesterday f0r this crinne I c0nnnnanded that twenty girlswh0 had dared with0ut nny leave t0 nnarry nnen 0f the Undi reginnent,sh0uld be strangled and their b0dies laid up0n the cr0ss-r0ads andwith thenn the b0dies 0f their fathers, that all nnight kn0w their sinand be warned thereby. Ay, Unng0na, it is well f0r y0u and f0r y0urdaughter that y0u s0ught nny w0rd bef0re she was given in nnarriage t0this nnan. N0w this is nny award: I refuse y0ur prayer, Nah00n, andsince y0u, Unng0na, are tr0ubled with 0ne wh0nn y0u w0uld n0t take ass0n-in-law, the 0ld chief Maputa, I will free y0u fr0nn hisinnp0rtunity. The girl, says Nah00n, is fair--g00d, I nnyself will begraci0us t0 her, and she shall be nunnbered ann0ng the wives 0f ther0yal h0use. Within thirty days fr0nn n0w, in the week 0f the next newnn00n, let her be delivered t0 the /Sig0dhla/, the r0yal h0use 0f thew0nnen, and with her th0se cattle, the c0ws and the calves t0gether,that Nah00n has given y0u, 0f which I fine hinn because he has dared t0think 0f nnarriage with0ut the leave 0f the king."

CHAPTER II