Ethunzini lokuhwalala kwaphakade, isitha sasendulo, umakhi wamaqhinga asezulwini, umi okokugcina, afakaze ngokuncipha kwakhe okungenakulungiseka. Wake waba yinsika yezulu, ubude bakhe obumangalisayo babangela ukwesaba ezinhliziyweni zabangafi; manje, nokho, wehliselwa esithombeni noma ukumelwa komunyu, ukunanela okukude kwesikhathi esidlule esikhazimulayo. Ubukhosi bakhe, obabukhazimula ngokukhazimulayo njengenkanyezi eqondisayo ngobusuku obumnyama bendawo yonke, manje buyithunzi elifiphele, inkumbulo efiphele evaleleke kuwebhu yesikhathi.
Amehlo akhe, ayekade eyizibani zesifiso sokuvelela namandla, manje agqolozele esikhaleni esiphambi kwakhe, ofakazi abayisimungulu bofuduko oluye lwacekela phansi izisekelo zokubusa kwakhe. Izingelosi, abaningi babangane bakhe abazidlayo, bakhethe ukushiya indlela yokuhlubuka kwakhe okungachazeki ukuze benze leyo yokuthethelela, bamshiye yedwa nombuso wakhe womlotha. Okwakhe kuwukuba yedwa okujulile, kwalasha ongenamsindo, lapho okuwukuphela komsindo kuwukukhala okubuhlungu kokuphelelwa yithemba kwakhe.
Ukunqotshwa kwesitha sasendulo akulele ezimpini ezilahlekile noma imibuso ewile; ukunqotshwa kwangempela kulele ekuzinikeleni kwezinhliziyo zezingelosi nezabantu ezake zamlandela ngentshiseko eyimpumputhe. Ukwehluleka kwakhe kuphelele, hhayi ngoba ehlulwe omelene naye empini, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi walahlekelwa ukwethenjwa yilabo ayebathembise ukuholela enkazimulweni engabonakali. Ukukhetha kwabo ukumshiya akukhona nje ukulahla isizathu; kuwukwenqatshwa kombono, ukushiywa kwendlela ephawulwa ukuziphindiselela okubhubhisa kakhulu kanye nenzondo ejulile.
Manje, njengoba ukukhanya kokugcina kwethemba kuphuma emehlweni aso, isitha sasendulo siyaqaphela ukuthi isitha saso seqiniso asikaze sibe ukuphikiswa kwasezulwini noma ubulungisa baphezulu; isitha sakhe seqiniso bekulokhu ukuzidla, ukuzidla okwamholela inselele ukuhleleka komkhathi, ukuhlukanisa amazulu, ukuqala impi eyashiya kuphela ukubhujiswa kwakhe. Ukuqaphela lokhu kwehluleka kuwushevu odla umphefumulo wakhe, umshiya ebhekana nokungapheli kwesizungu sakhe.