H. Rider Haggard

Name: The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit
Author: H. Rider Haggard

The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

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“The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit”, published in 1896, is a work by H. Rider Haggard. It explores elements such as Hokosa, wizard and basket.

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ Then suddenly a feeling to which the wizard had been for many years a stranger took possession of him—a feeling of compunction. That man was about to partake of what would cause his death—of what he, Hokosa, had prepared in order that it should cause his death. He was good, he was kindly, none could allege a wrong deed against him; and, foolishness though it might be, so was the doctrine that he taught. Why should he kill him? It was true that never till that moment had he hesitated, by fair means or foul, to remove an enemy or rival from his path. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ It was better that the Messenger should die, and the land run red with blood, than that he should be forced to endure this scourge.
So with a sigh Hokosa sank back to the ground and watched while Owen ate three of the poisoned fruits. After a pause, he took a fourth and bit into it, but not seeming to find it to his taste, he threw it to a child that was waiting by the verandah for any scraps which might be left over from his meal. The child caught it, and devoured it eagerly. Then, smiling at the little boy’s delight, the Messenger called to Hokosa to come up and speak with him. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ CHAPTER XIV THE EATING OF THE FRUIT The woman slipped away secretly. When she had gone Hokosa bade his wife bring the basket of fruit into the hut.
“It is best that the butcher should kill the ox himself,” she answered meaningly.
He carried in the basket and set it on the floor.
“Why do you speak thus, Noma?” he asked.
“Because I will have no hand in the matter, Hokosa. I have been the tool of a wizard, and won little joy therefrom. The tool of a murderer I will not be!” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ On hearing this the woman sprang up, hid away the poison in her hair, and taking her basket of fruit, passed from the kraal as secretly as she had entered it.
“Why did you give her death-medicine?” asked Noma of Hokosa, as he stood staring after her. “Have you a hate to satisfy against the husband or the girl who is her rival?”
“None,” he answered, “for they have never crossed my path. Oh, foolish woman! cannot you read my plan?”
“Not altogether, husband.”
“Listen then: this woman will give to her sister a medicine of which in the end she must die. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ Why cannot you be all good or all wicked, or at the least, through righteousness and sin, faithful to my interest and your own?”
“Because I hate you, Hokosa, and yet can strike you only through my tongue and your mad love for me. I am fast in your power, but thus at least I can make you feel something of my own pain. Hark! I hear that woman at the gate. Will you give her back the basket, or will you not? ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ I promise you this and no more, that very soon the man shall cease to turn to your rival.”
“The medicine will not harm her?” asked the woman doubtfully. “She has worked me bitter wrong indeed, yet she is my sister, whom I nursed when she was little, and I do not wish to do her hurt. If only he will welcome me back and treat me kindly, I am willing even that she should dwell on beneath my husband’s roof, bearing his children, for will they not be of my own blood?”
“Woman,” answered Hokosa impatiently, “you weary me with your talk. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XIV. The Eating of the Fruit (1896)

“ Their magic lay chiefly in clairvoyance and powers of observation developed to a pitch that was almost superhuman, and the best of their weapons was poison in infinite variety, whereof the guild alone understood the properties and preparation. ”

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