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"Ask it," said Craig. "Anything."
"Your promise that you will return to Africa. We need men like you to help stave off these new dark ages that threaten to overwhelm the land we both love." Craig reached across the table and took Sally' A
"You tell him, he said.
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"Yes, Sam, we are coming home with you," she said softly. "That's a promise." ally-A
They were waiting for them on the lawns under the jacaranda trees all the house servants and herders from King's Ly
"Do not worry, Nkosi, I can work better with one arm than any of these puppies can with two."
"I will make you a bargain," Craig suggested, so that all could hear. "I will lend you an arm, if you will lend me a leg." And Shadrach laughed until the tears dripped onto his shirt and his newest and youngest wife had to lead him away.
Joseph waited on the wide veranda, aloof from the common throng, resplendent in snowy white kanza and with the tall chef's cap on his head.
"I see you, Nkosikazi," he greeted Sally-Arme gravely, as she reached the top of the stairs, but he could not disguise the sparkle of pleasure in his eyes.
"I see you also, Joseph. And I have decided we will have two hundred guests at the wedding," she answered him in fluent Sindebele, and Joseph covered his mouth with both hands in astonishment, the first time she had ever seen him off balance.
"Haul'he said, and then turned to his underlings.
"Now we have a truly great lady at Kingi Lingi who understands all your monkey chatter," he told them sternly.
"So woe unto any of you who lie or cheat or stealP Craig and Sally-A
"Welcome home, my darling, "he said.
And while the women ululated and danced so that the heads of the infants strapped to their backs jerked like little black puppets and the men roared approval, Craig kissed her on the mouth.
The End