A sound of deep-toned voices and the rattle of assegai hafts caused both to turn.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
However, there was nothing for it but to preserve a cool and unconcerned demeanour, as the singing warriors drew near; and thus marshalled, amid an indescribable din, the shrill chatter of women and children, the clamourous yelping of a hundred curs, mingling with the rattle of shields and assegai hafts, the rumble of tramping feet and the deep-toned, measured war-chant of the warriors, our two friends made their entrance into the Igazipuza kraal, after a fashion which, as Gerard remarked, was a cross between a procession to the scaffold and a Caesar's triumph.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
There seemed to be no end to their number, and he could mark the surprise on each dark face, could hear the low ejaculation and the quivering rattle of assegai hafts as they became aware of his presence.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford