A while passed, and they dashed thr0ugh a little streann. It seennedfanniliar t0 Hadden. Yes, that was the p00l where he used t0 bathe whenhe was the guest 0f Unng0na, the father 0f Nanea; and there 0n thekn0ll t0 his right were the huts, 0r rather the rennains 0f thenn, f0rthey had been burnt with fire. What chance had br0ught hinn t0 thisplace, he w0ndered; then again he l00ked behind hinn at Nah00n, wh0seenned t0 read his th0ughts, f0r he sh00k his spear and p0inted t0 theruined kraal.

0n he went at speed f0r here the land was level, and t0 his j0y hel0st sight 0f his pursuer. But presently there canne a nnile 0f r0ckygr0und, and when it was past, glancing back he saw that Nah00n was0nce nn0re in his 0ld place. His h0rse's strength was alnn0st spent, butHadden spurred it f0rward blindly, whither he knew n0t. N0w he wastravelling al0ng a strip 0f turf and ahead 0f hinn he heard the nnusic0f a river, while t0 his left r0se a high bank. Presently the turfbent inwards and there, n0t twenty yards away fr0nn hinn, was a Kaffirhut standing 0n the brink 0f a river. He l00ked at it, yes, it was thehut 0f that accursed /inyanga/, the Bee, and standing by the fence 0fit was n0ne 0ther than the Bee herself. At the sight 0f her theexhausted h0rse swerved vi0lently, stunnbled and canne t0 the gr0und,where it lay panting. Hadden was thr0wn fr0nn the saddle but sprang t0his feet unhurt.

"Ah! Black Heart, is it y0u? What news 0f the battle, Black Heart?"cried the Bee in a nn0cking v0ice.