H. Rider Haggard

Name: The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up
Author: H. Rider Haggard

The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

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“The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up”, published in 1896, is a work by H. Rider Haggard. It explores elements such as Hokosa, Nodwengo and Noma.

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ To that cross let my sins be fastened and with them my body.”
Now the moon sank, but in the darkness men were found who dared to climb the tree, taking with them strips of raw hide. They reached the top of it, four of them, and seating themselves upon the arms of the cross, they let down a rope, the noose of which was placed about the body of Hokosa. As it tightened upon him, he turned his calm and dreadful eyes on to the eyes of Noma and said to her:
“Woman, I do not reproach you; but I lay this fate upon you, that you shall watch me die. Thereafter, let God deal with you as He may choose.” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ Were the Prince to come here it might chance that your spears would talk with him. Let Nodwengo follow me to the camp yonder, where we promise him safe conduct.”
“Not so,” answered Hokosa. “‘Does a buck walk into an open pit?’ Set out your message, and we will consider it.”
“Nay, I am but a common man without authority; but I am charged to make you another offer, and if you will not hear it then there is an end. Let Hokosa advance alone to that flat rock you see yonder, and there he shall be met, also alone, by one having power to talk with him, namely, by the Lady Noma, who was once his wife. ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ Now Nodwengo himself spoke to the herald who was waiting beyond the wall.
“Go back to him you serve,” he said, “and say that Hokosa will meet her who was his wife upon the flat stone and talk with her in the sight of both armies, bearing my word with him. At the sound of the blowing of a horn shall each of them advance unarmed and alone from either camp. Say to my brother also that it will indeed be ill for him if he attempts treachery upon Hokosa, for the man who causes his blood to flow will surely die, and after death shall be accursed for ever.” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ Hokosa turned and talked with the King.
“I think it well that you should not go,” said Nodwengo. “The offer seems fair, and the stone is out of reach of their spears; still, behind it may lurk a scheme to kill or capture you, for Hafela is very cunning.”
“It may be so, King,” answered Hokosa; “still, my heart tells me it is wisest that I should do this thing, for our case is desperate, and if I do it not, that may be the cause of the death of all of us to-morrow. At the worst, I am but one man, and it matters little what may chance to me ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ Will you abandon victory when it lies within your grasp, and in place of a great King become a fugitive whom all men mock at, an outcast to be hunted down at leisure by that brother against whom you dared to rebel, but on whom you did not dare to shut your hand when he lay in its hollow? ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ CHAPTER XXI HOKOSA IS LIFTED UP “What would you?” asked Hokosa of the herald as he halted a short spear-cast from the wall.
“My master, the Prince Hafela, desires to treat with your master, Nodwengo. Many men have fallen on either side, and if this war goes on, though victory must be his at last, many more will fall. Therefore, if any plan can be found, he desires to spare their lives.” ”

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H. Rider Haggard, The Wizard (Haggard) — XXI. Hokosa Is Lifted Up (1896)

“ Now it was Hokosa’s turn to laugh, and laugh he did, saying:
“My taking is well paid for already, Prince. A score of your best warriors is a heavy price to give for the carcase of one weary and ageing man. But since I am here among you, captured with so much pain and loss, tell me of your courtesy why I have been brought.”
Then the Prince shook his spear at him and cursed him.
“Would you learn, wizard and traitor?” he cried. “We have caught you because we know well that while you stay yonder your magic counsel will prevail against our might ”

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