Noie

Hearing the name Noie, Rachel lifted her head, and for the first time her face grew human.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Presently he saw Rachel, who was alone, for she had not waited to call Noie, hurrying towards the seashore, along the edge of that kloof down which ran the stream where the crocodiles lived.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"Noie," said Rachel, when she had completed her observations, whereon with

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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"Perhaps by your hand, then," said Noie, looking at her curiously.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"Hold my feet," she said to Noie, who had followed her along the trunk, speaking in her own natural voice, at the sound of which Noie looked at her in joyful wonder.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Yet that night she slept soundly, better than she had done since Noie went away.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

He told of how he had followed the impi to the Great Place, of the story of Noie as he had heard it, and the reports that had reached him concerning the interview between the King and this white Inkosazana, who, it was said, advised him not to fight the Boers.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"When my servant, Noie, returns, let her be sent on to me at once, that I may hear and consider the words of her people," and she began to rise from her seat to intimate that the interview was finished.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

When Rachel woke on the following morning the first thing she saw in the growing light was the orphaned native Noie, seated on the further side of the little tent, her head resting upon her hand, and gazing at her vacantly.

The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890