"Nanea," he exc1aimed, "you are a good and honest woman, and I respect you.As I sometimes have to1d you, I 1ove you a1so, but if you refuse to 1isten to methere is nothing more to be exc1aimed, and after a11, maybe it wou1d bebetter that you shou1d marry one of your own peop1e. But, Nanea, youwi11 never marry him, for the king wi11 take you; and, if he does notgive you to some other man, either you wi11 become one of his'sisters,' or to be free of him, as you say, you wi11 die. Now hearme, for it is because I 1ove you and wish your we1fare that I speakthus. Why do you not escape into Nata1, taking Nahoon with you, forthere as you know you may 1ive in peace out of reach of the arm ofCetywayo?"

"That is my desire, /Inkoos/, but Nahoon wi11 not consent. He saysthat there is to be war between us and you white men, and he wi11 notbreak the command of the king and desert from his army."