"Well?" said the Hunter.
"The last fell on the shores of the dead pool, and the last was
Hassan himself."
The chiefs bloodshot eyes roamed over the cave, until they rested on
Venning's startled face.
"On the brink of the pool he fell, and where he fell there, too, was the Inkosikase." It seemed as if he were addressing the remark to Venning.
"I heard her call 'Ngonyama' in the night," whispered the boy.
"Wow!"
"So the young chief told me after you had gone," said the Hunter.
Venning nodded his head.
The chief accepted the explanation. "The Inkosikase waited for the wolf by the water's edge," he said simply, "and I smote him behind the ear. So her spirit is at rest."
"Let me see to your wounds, chief."