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All are gone out to war ; and of those few many are the servants of the princes , and perhaps they might give blow for blow . '' `` How then , Mopo ? '' `` Nay , I know not , O King ; yet at the great kraal beyond the river sits that regiment which is named the Slayers . By midday to-morrow they might be here , and then -- '' `` Thou speakest wisely , my child Mopo ; it shall be for to-morrow . Go summon the regiment of the Slayers , and , Mopo , see that thou fail me not . '' `` If I fail thee , O King , then I fail myself , for it seems that my life hangs on this matter . '' `` If all the words that ever passed thy lips are lies , yet is that word true , Mopo , '' said Chaka : `` moreover , know this , my servant : if aught miscarries thou shalt die no common death .