The woman did so. There was a big tree in front of the kraal, and the mats were spread under it. It was a fine sunny day, and very [[58]]many men came. Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tangalimlibo as soon as he saw her.
When the young chief went home he sent a message to the father of the girl that he must send her to him to be married. The man told all his friends about that. He told them also to be ready at a certain time to conduct his daughter to the chief. So they came and took her, and the marriage feast was very great. The oxen were many which were killed that day. Tangalimlibo had a large and beautiful ox given to her by her father. That ox was called by her own name. She took off a piece of her clothing and gave it to the ox, which ate it.
After she had been married some time, this woman had a son. She was loved very much by her husband, because she was pretty and industrious; only this thing was observed of her, that she never went out in the daytime. Therefore she received the name of Sihamba Ngenyanga (the walker by moonlight).
One day her husband went to a distant place to hunt with other men. There were left at his home with this woman only her father-in-law, [[59]]her mother-in-law, and a girl who nursed the little child.
The father-in-law said:
“Why does she not work during the day?”
He pretended to become thirsty, and sent the girl to Tangalimlibo to ask for water, saying:
“I die with thirst.”
The woman sent water to her father-in-law, but he threw it on the ground, saying:
“It is water from the river I desire.”