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[ { "from": "human", "value": "From the evidence I judge that Mrs. Dickson's boys are innocent in that they did not realize they were killing Mr. Pythian's chickens, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "However, the chickens have been killed on the order of Mrs. Dickson, so I think the only thi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There seems to be a difference of opinion regarding this pup, Sebuza, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It looks as though there might be a row either before or soon after he is made king. Of course he is the heir to the job, so there can be no good reason for ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Matt. He is an accountant by profession. His nose has made him famous, and I am sure there is not another like it in the whole world. It is immense in size and has all the vivid tints of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Hotel, was much like some of the saloons ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I felt like a fool. I had cancelled his account, and now the old nuisance wanted to re-open it and put his money in the bank again. But of course I did it. All Manaan wanted was to see and feel his money, so that he would be sure it was still there!" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's more, he added," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't give a damn! Just so long as these royal niggers keep out of my way I'll keep out of theirs. They know better than to bother me, and it makes no difference to me who is king!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a shame that the great British Empire should hound one poor lone Boer trader, he said, his eyes twinkling," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You want to look out for Lomwazi, my boy, he added." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has more brains than all the rest put together and is a very wily devil. He never leaves the side of the old queen, and she can't say a word that he doesn't hear. Look out for him!"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "for lack of a better term. The Swazi king wears no crown, and I suppose the right but awkward phrase would be to speak of Sebuza's" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas! All powerful Queen of Swaziland, Lomwazi chanted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oom Tuys and Mzaan Bakoor, great white indunas, have come to see you. They bring presents and would be overjoyed forever if you would look upon them and accept their great tri...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell my white sons that I am proud to welcome them to Swaziland and will grant them an audience." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Nkosikaas, if I were to give Jafta, king of the Mapors, a bottle of gin, I said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas, you are in great good luck that we came to see you, he told her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor is a great white witch-doctor and makes the muti (medicine) that cures such pains as you have. He will make the muti for you and will cure you!" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Tuys, we'll make the old lady think that we are the worst sort of fakirs, I told him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She won't grant me the right to take the pictures when she finds out that we have fooled her. You have made a fine mess of things!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The white man's little black box is very wonderful! It must be a good magic or my son would not recommend it so highly." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, you have come far to ask this permission, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have trekked through the rain and sun and it has cost you time and money to get here. You would not have done this if the queen's permission was not of great value to you, wo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How many young women, all maidens, are you prepared to give?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It would take too long a time to get the women, I objected," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can't you get ten or fifteen women, Nkoos? Labotsibeni asked in her hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well then, we'll buy the women we need, Lomwazi said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor, you will have to give much gin and money, and also cows. The queen has decided that one thousand pounds, one thousand quarts of gin, and one thousand cows shall be the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is a tremendous price to pay for a few reels of these savages, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "or blue monkey, which was tied to the tree. The farmer's women had forgotten the poor beast when they went away and it was pathetically glad to see me. It must have been very hungry, for it had been eating oranges, as the skins strewn on the ground showed. It was the first time ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jennie," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jennie up a tree with her hands full of the long tail-feathers from several of the proudest peacocks! It took me some time to pacify the Englishman, who demanded her life and was calling for his shotgun. Finally I smoothed the troubled waters, but" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you care to take a chance, he wired back," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Flu" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's a place for everything in this world, he said one morning after breakfast," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Doctor, there is great trouble among my people, he said in a low voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Last night eleven of them died, and now they are dying all the time. Some terrible plague is among them and they die, they die!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was just about to send for you, Doctor O'Neil, he said in greeting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Something has broken loose among those Java coolies and they are dying like flies. As you know, we have no doctor on board. Will you go and see what's the matter?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, they're dying like flies, he continued," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They've got the 'flu' and got it bad, I told the skipper." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It looks as though we are in for a bad time." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's just one thing to do, I told the captain when we got back to his cabin," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who'd ever expect to get the 'flu' on board, anyway, he asked, as though it were my fault." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got all the medicines I need for the usual ailments and brandy will cure most of the sicknesses that occur on this ship. I'll give you all t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These poor devils of Javanese are dying like rats in a hole, I said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter? I asked, by that time annoyed at their holding back." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you want to practice a little practical Christianity? Are none of you going to give us a hand in this fight?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of all the yellow dogs! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So that's the sort of people they send out as missionaries! I'd like to throw them all overboard! Why, they'll hoodoo my ship! I was brought up to believe a parson put a curse on a ship, and now I k...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is going to bury her son herself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, how can I tell him about this? the old fellow asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will want his wife and child, and I will only have a sad story for him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must go with those who have already gone, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They need me and have sent for me. I can only go if I know that you, the great white doctor, will guard and care for those whom I leave behind. Will you do this?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "began to lose its grip. Fewer and fewer died each day, and I had begun to think that the end was in sight when the white lady who was going to America came down with it. She had been tireless in her efforts to help in caring for the Javanese and I was not surprised when she fell...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This proves conclusively, she concluded," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dr. O'Neil told me a similar case this morning, he said quite seriously." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was about his uncle. This uncle is now one hundred and five years old and is beginning to worry about his health. Not long ago he was talking about drink and to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "City of Buenos Aires," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look out below! and then would creep down the shaky ladder which was the only means of entry to our place of misery. Always he brought a bottle, and the excellent" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "as he called it, did much to make our lives bearable. He was a good story...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, what are we here for? What do we want?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Excitement!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then you are inciting riot and rebellion, he said in his clipped English." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I arrest you in the name of the King!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This, my dear sirs, he said severely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These are desperate men, I heard him say," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes! Yes! interrupted the thin magistrate in a voice as sharp as his nose." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But what is the charge? What have they done? Never mind the oration; get t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then this man, he went on, pointing at me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--pointing at Sugden--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What next? What next?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then the first man demands that more men come and fight, con...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She's been blowing and blowing and blowing for you! he informed us in an aggrieved tone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The old man is fair beside himself with rage." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, that's what all the noise is about," }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are, are we? these worthies asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well then, come and get us!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You white folks think 'cause you've got some gol' braid on yer coats that yu' kin run over us! Come on an' get us! If yu' wanter arrest us, come an' do it! Yu' aint got th' nerve! Yu're afraid, that's wot yu' are! Come on an' fight, white men, come on!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a fine gunner, he snorted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who ever heard of a gunner who couldn't make a smoke! Stand back and let an expert let 'em off!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you're a little bit of all right, after all, the captain said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come down to my cabin and I'll give you a real drink!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The next time I ship two such wild men as these, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll move into the forecastle and give 'em my cabin! What's more, from now on I'm going to limit myself to one doctor a trip, and he won't be a Boer, either. These two devils did...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anzacs, Australian and New Zealand soldiers, returning from the war. They were great big reckless devils, glad to be going home and glorying in the fact that they had won the war. This led to an argument and to my taking a short and sad cruise in the" }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mayflower, so we piled the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tzaneen making trouble; maybe war," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come on, let's go he said, getting out of bed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're wasting time here. Let's get into Swaziland and see what's doing." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, they are the same men that settled the West of my country, he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Their steady eyes and great beards remind me of the days of Crockett and Boone. Their rifles, ready for instant use, carry out the picture. Fred Remington wou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello, America!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The war is over, yes? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And America sent more than two million men and spent hundreds of millions of pounds. England, France, and the others will take much from Germany and Austria, but America says she will take nothing. Is thi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't believe that they intend having the coronation right away, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't think that Sebuza has been properly consecrated yet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you know what we've just heard, I said." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, the queen is not well and cannot see you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But she sent for me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas, mother of Buno the Great, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I, the White King of Swaziland, am here to do your bidding. Your son, Lomwazi, told me that you are not well and I have brought Mzaan Bakoor, the great doctor, to cure you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am cured, Nkoos, Labotsibeni began in quite a strong voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am well. The 'muti' of the white man cures all ills of the body, even when it numbers the years as the leaves of the trees. Why have you come to see me?" }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I offered her the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is royal gin, I assured her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is gin that is made only for kings and queens. It is the gin that the queen of the English drinks. It is the only gin worthy of you, Nkosikaas!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's no use, Owen, Tuys said, as we rode down the trail to the Valley of Heaven." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are planning something, and I fear it means trouble for that cub, Sebuza. I have a feeling that we ought to get our outfit here and sit tight and watc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Debeseembie, Lomwazi's brother, is over there, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is inside the kraal, but some of his men let out the fact that he was there. I wonder what he is doing? Suppose we try and find out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, you have a present for me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, if you will sit and talk a while," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My brother, Lomwazi, doesn't want it to take place, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, it looks as if our friends in Swaziland need some one to make up their minds for them, he said in a musing way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "However, I don't want to have to do it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gunga Din" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let's go! was Sugden's chant." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come on, let's start! All the things are packed, the wagon's set, and the oxen are eating their heads off. Come on, let's go!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gunga Din, Sahib." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Since when? When did you change your name?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yesterday, Sahib. The sahib with the large hat says that he can't remember my name and tells me that from now on I shall be known ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor, there is a messenger outside from Zombode, he announced." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He came in the night and would not wait any longer. He says he must see you now." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, Lomwazi sends me to bring you a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "before a day's trek. Before we left the Boer made us promise to stay a week with him on our return from Swaziland. He said he would arrange a feast for us and we would be able to play our" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "made our fire, and presently Din had a good" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see those black boxes? he said, pointing to the cameras." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, those are the magic boxes of Nkoos Mzaan Bakoor, the great white witch-doctor. He will look at the fire through them and soon it will go out. If he is offended, he can m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Valley of Hell." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For brutality and ruthlessness these 'skeeters take the biscuit, but the New Jersey breed have got 'em skinned a mile when it comes to technique!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ou Baas, there is a great induna outside, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What the devil is the matter with you? I demanded angrily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why do you make all this row so early in the morning?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Peace, Nkoos, peace! the old...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is not right, Nkoos! he almost shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am a great induna and cannot be treated in this way. I am one of the queen's most important chiefs and I shall report this injustice to her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have seen the queen, he announced in an important manner," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All the people, except Lomwazi and a few of those close to the queen, want Sebuza to be king, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are tired of being ruled by a queen, and Lomwazi asks too much. He always wants more cattle and corn from each kraal, and the pe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The queen will not see you, Nkoos, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But why won't she see me? I bring her presents and much gin, I protested." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She promised that I should attend the coronation of Prince Sebuza!" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ou Baas, Mlung Emantzi Eenui, Makofa, and the other white man are going to be killed at the royal kraal!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Man of Living and Burning Words --by the kaffirs, and Crespinell was given the name of Makofa, which means" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Make way! Make way!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's all this trouble? I demanded, as though I were the chief of all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why are these warlike manoeuvers? Why have these warriors stopped my men?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is forbidden that white men enter the roya...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the sun reaches the royal kraal" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lomwazi, you and Queen Labotsibeni made a paper with me that shows I gave you five hundred cows, five hundred gallons of gin, and five hundred pounds in gold for the right to take pictures of the coronation of Sebuza, I began." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now the q...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then if the government refuses to let Sebuza be king, I went on," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, what you ask is unjust, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Labotsibeni gave the word of a Swazi queen and her word cannot be broken. You will have the opportunity you have bought and I shall see that it is so!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It looks as if we are out of luck, was his comment," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, I can't agree to that scheme, I told him;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Welcome, Nkoos, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Welcome to Lebombo! Last night the White King of Swaziland came to Lebombo and waits for you at the royal kraal." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "White King of Swaziland." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So you are all right, Mzaan Bakoor? he asked in his gruff voice." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This morning a kaffir came and said that last night a plan was made to stop you from coming here, and...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sebuza will soon return from the mountains and it will be a national scandal for him to have to wait for his kingdom. His mother is frantic over the situation and even talks of taking the throne by force. Of course such things have been done, --and he smiled--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Queen Tzaneen is the rightful ruler of Swaziland, Lochien announced," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, that is so, I assured him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "These black boxes make all things live again so that everybody may see them, and we want t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor has not yet paid you for your permission to do this thing he desires, he assured them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He could not come to Lebombo before, but now he is ready to pay you even more than he gave Labotsibeni and Lomwazi." }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One thing at a time, Owen, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You wanted to ask about the coronation, I know, but we'd better wait until to-morrow. I want to see how the land lies and find out what is going on before we force that issue. To-morrow we'll see Tzan...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Until my son, Sebuza, returns from the mountains this matter is in the hands of Queen Labotsibeni, whom the government recognizes as regent, she answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But when the prince is a man and is ready for the throne, perhaps there will be a...