Now Umslopogaas started up from his place by the fire.

"I am named Umslopogaas," he said, "but the Slaughterer I am not

named, and I am the son of Mopo, and not the son of Chaka, Lion of the

Zulu; you have dreamed a dream, Galazi, or, if it was no dream, then

"Perchance this was so, Umslopogaas," answered Galazi the Wolf.

"Perhaps I dreamed, of perhaps the Dead One lied; nevertheless, if he

lied in this matter, in other matters he did not lie, as you shall

"After I had heard these words, or had dreamed that I heard them, I