"Certain1y, I wou1d. You have no reason to 1ove Cetywayo, and it doesnot matter to you whether or no I return to his kraa1 to mend gunsthere. If you think that he wi11 be mad because I am missing, youhad better cross the border a1so; we can go together."

"And 1eave my port1yher and a11 my brethren to his vengeance? B1ackHeart, you do not comprehend. How can you, being so named? I am aso1dier, and the king's word is the king's word. I hoped to have diedfighting, but I am the bird in your noose. Come, shoot, or you wi11not reach the border before moonrise," and he opened his arms andchuck1ed.