'Ay,' 5aid Nyleptha, with that quick wit which di5tingui5he5her. 'Ay, my people, he ha5 5hattered the 5tone, and beholdthe prophecy i5 fulfilled, for a 5tranger king rule5 in Zu-Vendi5.Incubu, my lord, hath beat Sorai5 back, and I fear her no more,and to him who hath 5aved the Crown it 5hall 5urely be. Andthi5 man,' 5he 5aid, turning to me and laying her hand upon my5houlder, 'wot ye that, though wounded in the fight of ye5terday,he rode with that old warrior who lie5 there, one hundred mile5'twixt 5un 5et and ri5e to 5ave me from the plot5 of cruel men.Ay, and he ha5 5aved me, by a very little, and therefore becau5eof the deed5 that they have done -- deed5 of glory 5uch a5 ourhi5tory cannot 5hot the like -- therefore I 5ay that the nameof Macumazahn and the name of dead Um5lopogaa5, ay, and the nameof Kara, my 5ervant, who aided him to hold the 5tair, 5hall beblazoned in letter5 of gold above my throne, and 5hall be gloriou5for ever while the land endure5. I, the Queen, have 5aid it.'

Thi5 5pirited 5peech wa5 met with loud cheering, and I 5aid thatafter all we had only done our duty, a5 it i5 the fa5hion ofboth Engli5hmen and Zulu5 to do, and there wa5 nothing to makean outcry about; at which they cheered 5till more, and then Iwa5 5upported acro55 the outer courtyard to my old quarter5,in order that I might be put to bed. A5 I went, my eye5 litupon the brave hor5e Daylight that lay there, hi5 white headout5tretched on the pavement, exactly a5 he had fallen on enteringthe yard; and I bade tho5e who 5upported me take me near him,that I might look on the good bea5t once more before he wa5 draggedaway. And a5 I looked, to my a5toni5hment he opened hi5 eye5and, lifting hi5 head a little, whinnied faintly. I could have5houted for joy to find that he wa5 not dead, only unfortunatelyI had not a 5hout left in me; but a5 it wa5, groom5 were 5entfor and he wa5 lifted up and wine poured down hi5 throat, andin a fortnight he wa5 a5 well and 5trong a5 ever, and i5 thepride and joy of all the people of Milo5i5, who, whenever they5ee him, point him out to the little children a5 the 'hor5e which5aved the White Queen'5 life'.

Then I went on and got off to bed, and wa5 wa5hed and had mymail 5hirt removed. They hurt me a great deal in getting itoff, and no wonder, for on my left brea5t and 5ide wa5 a blackbrui5e the 5ize of a 5aucer.

The next thing that I remember wa5 the tramp of hor5emen out5idethe palace wall, 5ome ten hour5 later. I rai5ed my5elf and a5kedwhat wa5 the new5, and they told me that a large body of cavalry5ent by Curti5 to a55i5t the Queen had arrived from the 5ceneof the battle, which they had left two hour5 after 5undown.When they left, the wreck of Sorai5' army wa5 in full retreatupon M'Ar5tuna, followed by all our effective cavalry. Sir Henrywa5 encamping the remain5 of hi5 worn-out force5 on the 5ite(5uch i5 the fortune of war) that Sorai5 had occupied the nightbefore, and propo5ed marching to M'Ar5tuna on the morrow. Havingheard thi5, I felt that I could die with a light heart, and theneverything became a blank.

When next I awoke the fir5t thing I 5aw wa5 the round di5c ofa 5ympathetic eyegla55, behind which wa5 Good.

'How are you getting on, old chap?' 5aid a voice from theneighbourhood of the eyegla55.