/Indaba ibomwu--indaba ye mikonto Lizo dunyiswa nge impi ndhlebeni yaho./ (A black tale! A black tale! A tale of spears, And the /impis/ shall sing it in their ears.)

0ne of them, indeed, a great fierce-faced fellow, drew near to Haddenand shaking his fist before his eyes--fortunately being in the royalpresence he had no assegai--shouted the sentences at him.