Section 9, Pages 399 - 445 Summary

Marching back to Lobengula, Bazo discovers the girl he saves is Pemba's apprentice. He decides he wants her for his first and most treasured wife, but tje laws of the Matabele prohibit him from doing anything with her until he has the king's approval. She begs him to take her immediately, explaining that then she will become useless to a wizard and will not be pursued, but Bazo refuses. She sleeps with him, tends his wounds, cooks his meals, and even carries his belongings, and Tanase has worked her way into his heart by the time they finally return. On the way, they meet Ralph, and building a fire away from the rest, they spend the night catching up, each knowing instinctively that their next meeting may be much different. Bazo recognizes a change in Henshaw, and Ralph admits...