H. Rider Haggard

Name: Allan's Wife — Chapter 2
Author: H. Rider Haggard

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“Allan's Wife — Chapter 2”, published in 1889, is a work by H. Rider Haggard. It explores elements such as Indaba-zimbi, flashes and lightning.

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ To me it seemed to come from the east, right over the head of Indaba-zimbi. At that instant I saw the chief’s son wrapped, as it were, in the heart of it. Then the thunder pealed, the rain burst over us like a torrent, and I saw no more.
The worst of the storm was done, but for a while the darkness was so dense that we could not move, nor, indeed, was I inclined to leave the safety of the hillside where the lightning was never known to strike, and venture down to the iron-stone. Occasionally there still came flashes, but, search as we would, we could see no trace of either of the wizards. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ Of this I am sure, that when he has slain my son he will slay me, me also, and make himself chief in my place. I fear Indaba-zimbi. On!”
“Black One,” answered the induna, “wizards die as dogs die, and, once dead, dogs bark no more.”
“And once dead,” said the chiefs, “wizards work no more spells,” and he bent and whispered in the induna’s ear, looking at the assegai in his hand as he whispered.
“Good, my father, good!” said the induna, presently. “It shall be done to-night, if the lightning does not do it first.”
“A bad look-out for old Indaba-zimbi,” I said to myself. “They mean to kill him.” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ At last I spoke to him:
“Indaba-zimbi, my friend,” I said, “you may be a good witch-doctor, but you are certainly a fool. It is no good beckoning at the blue sky while your enemy is getting a start with the storm.” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ See, white man, what becomes of presumption in the young. It is sad, very sad, but I made the flashes fly, didn’t I?”
“You old humbug,” I said, “unless you are careful you will soon learn what comes of presumption in the old, for your chief is after you with an assegai, and it will take all your magic to dodge that.”
“Now you don’t say so,” said Indaba-zimbi, clambering off the waggon with rapidity; “and all because of this wretched upstart. There’s gratitude for you, white man. I expose him, and they want to kill me. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ But a son of the chief’s, a man of about thirty, had lately set up as a rival in supernatural powers. This irritated Indaba-zimbi beyond measure, and a quarrel ensued between the two witch-doctors that resulted in a challenge to trial by lightning being given and accepted. These were the conditions. The rivals must await the coming of a serious thunderstorm, no ordinary tempest would serve their turn. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ He had been a noted witch-doctor among a neighbouring tribe, and came to the station under the following circumstances, which, as he plays a considerable part in this history, are perhaps worth recording.
Two years before my father’s death I had occasion to search the country round for some lost oxen. After a long and useless quest it occurred to me that I had better go to the place where the oxen were bred by a Kaffir chief, whose name I forget, but whose kraal was about fifty miles from our station. There I journeyed, and found the oxen safe at home. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ Now the western tempest was scrawled all over with lines of intolerable light, while the inky head of the cloud-giant to the east was continually suffused with a white and deadly glow that came and went in pulses, as though a blood of flame was being pumped into it from the heart of the storm. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife — Chapter 2 (1889)

“ His nose was much sharper than is usual among these races, and he had a queer habit of holding his head sideways like a bird when he spoke, which, in addition to the humour that lurked in his eye, gave him a most comical appearance. ”

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