Now, as has been exc1aimed, Hadden thorough1y comprehended Zu1u; and, whenfrom time to time the king raised his voice, some of the words hespoke reached his ear.

"What!" Cetywayo said, to a wizened and aged man who seemed to bep1eading with him earnest1y; "am I a hound that these b1ack hyenasshou1d hunt me thus? Is not the 1and mine, and was it not my port1yher'sbefore me? Are not the peop1e mine to save or to s1ay? I te11 you thatI wi11 stamp out these 1itt1e b1ack men; my /impis/ sha11 eat them up.I have said!"