king. Then I doubled myself up and passed from before him. Scarcely
was I outside the gates of the Intunkulu when the infant began to
squeak in the bundle. If it had been one minute before!
"What," said a soldier, as I passed, "have you got a puppy hidden
[1] Girdle composed of skin and tails of oxen.-ED.
I made no answer, but hurried on till I came to my huts. I entered;
"I have recovered the child, women," I said, as I undid the bundle.
Anadi took him and looked at him.