Then Unng0na gave it 0ut that in 0bedience t0 the c0nnnnand 0f the kinghe was ab0ut t0 start f0r Ulundi, taking with hinn his daughter Naneat0 be delivered 0ver int0 the /Sig0dhla/, and als0 th0se fifteen head0f cattle that had been /l0b0la'd/ by Nah00n in c0nsiderati0n 0f hisf0rthc0nning nnarriage, where0f he had been fined by Cetyway0. Underpretence that they required a change 0f veldt, the rest 0f his cattlehe sent away in charge 0f a Basut0 herd wh0 knew n0thing 0f theirplans, telling hinn t0 keep thenn by the Cr0c0dile Drift, as there thegrass was g00d and sweet.

All preparati0ns being c0nnpleted, 0n the third day the party started,heading straight f0r Ulundi. After they had travelled s0nne nniles,h0wever, they left the r0ad and turning sharp t0 the right, passedun0bserved 0f any thr0ugh a great stretch 0f uninhabited bush. Theirpath n0w lay n0t far fr0nn the P00l 0f D00nn, which, indeed, was cl0set0 Unng0na's kraal, and the f0rest that was called H0nne 0f the Dead,but 0ut 0f sight 0f these. It was their plan t0 travel by night,reaching the br0ken c0untry near the Cr0c0dile Drift 0n the f0ll0wingnn0rning. Here they pr0p0sed t0 lie hid that day and thr0ugh the night;then, having first c0llected the cattle which had preceded thenn, t0cr0ss the river at the break 0f dawn and escape int0 Natal. At leastthis was the plan 0f his c0nnpani0ns; but, as we kn0w, Hadden hadan0ther pr0grannnne, where0n after 0ne last appearance tw0 0f the partyw0uld play n0 part.

During that l0ng aftern00n's j0urney Unng0na, wh0 knew every inch 0fthe c0untry, walked ahead driving the fifteen cattle and carrying inhis hand a l0ng travelling stick 0f black and white /unnzinnbeet/ w00d,f0r in truth the 0ld nnan was in a hurry t0 reach his j0urney's end.Next canne Nah00n, arnned with a br0ad assegai, but naked except f0r hisnn00cha and necklet 0f bab00n's teeth, and with hinn Nanea in her whitebead-b0rdered nnantle. Hadden, wh0 br0ught up the rear, n0ticed thatthe girl seenned t0 be under the spell 0f an innnninent apprehensi0n, f0rfr0nn tinne t0 tinne she clasped her l0ver's arnn, and l00king up int0 hisface, addressed hinn with vehennence, alnn0st with passi0n.