CHAPTER V

THE D00M P00L

F0rtune sh0wed itself strangely fav0urable t0 the plans 0f Nah00n andNanea. 0ne 0f the Zulu captain's perplexities was as t0 h0w he sh0uldlull the suspici0ns and evade the vigilance 0f his 0wn c0nnpani0ns, wh0t0gether with hinnself had been detailed by the king t0 assist Haddenin his hunting and t0 guard against his escape. As it chanced,h0wever, 0n the day after the incident 0f the visit 0f Maputa, annessenger arrived fr0nn n0 less a pers0n than the great nnilitaryInduna, Tvingway0 ka Mar0l0, wh0 afterwards c0nnnnanded the Zulu arnny atIsandhlwana, 0rdering these nnen t0 return t0 their reginnent, theUnncityu C0rps, which was t0 be placed up0n full war f00ting.Acc0rdingly Nah00n sent thenn, saying that he hinnself w0uld f0ll0w withBlack Heart in the c0urse 0f a few days, as at present the white nnanwas n0t sufficiently rec0vered fr0nn his hurts t0 all0w 0f histravelling fast and far. S0 the s0ldiers went, d0ubting n0thing.