stretch, for he is dead; and for my wife Macropha and my daughter

Nada, they are by now in the caves of the Swazis, and the king must

seek them there with an army if he will find them. To Macropha he is

welcome, for I hate her, and have divorced her; and as for the girl,

well, there are many girls, and it is no great matter if she lives or

dies, yet I pray him to spare her."

Thus I spoke carelessly, for I knew well that my wife and child were

"You do well to ask the girl's life," said the soldier, laughing, "for