"
"Umhlonhlo," said Ghamba, glancing anxiously round as if he feared the
very ant-heaps were listening, "is hiding in a cave in the mountain,
not three days' walk from here. He has not got a single man with him,
because he fears being given up. He is really in hiding from his own
followers now. My sister is one of his wives, and that is how I know all
about it. I passed the cave where he lives four nights ago, and saw him
sitting by the fire. He has only a few women with him."
"And how do you think I should take him?"
"Take him? you should kill him. I will guide you to the cave by night,
and then you can shoot him as he sits by the fire."
Langley, although no coward, was not particularly brave. He did not much
relish the idea of alone tackling the redoubtable Umhlonhlo, a savage of
muscle, who was reported to be always armed to the teeth. Moreover,
he had no gun, and was but an indifferent shot with a revolver. So he
thought over the matter for a few moments and then said:
"Look here, Ghamba; I do not care to tackle this job alone, but if I can
take another man with me, I am on.
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