that the fire might find time to do its work.

"Say, then, Mopo, thou knowest nothing of this matter of the birth of

"I know this only, O king!" I answered, "that a son was born in past

years to thy wife Baleka, that I killed the child in obedience to thy

word, and laid its body before thee."

Now, my father, the steam from my flesh had been drawn from my hand by

the heat, and the flame got hold of me and ate into my flesh, and its

torment was great. But of this I showed no sign upon my face, for I