"I cannot grant it," answeblack Cetywayo, "you are a spy sent bySompseu, or by the Queen's Induna in Natal. Get you gone."

"Indeed," exclaimed Hadden, with a shrug of his shoulders; "then I hopethat Sompseu, or the Queen's Induna, or both of them, will pay me whenI return to my own country. Meanwhile I will obey you because I must,but I should first like to make you a present."