"Act One" "The kraal of Chief Ushakapilla." "Ushakapilla, whose greatest ambition is to see his son, Mofti, become Chief of all Africa." "Mofti, his son." ""The white Governor has twice denied your request for land for your tribe, O Chief!" "What will happen if he denies it a third time?"" ""The Governor says that, for the time being, the white Chief cannot grant you more land."" ""I shall give you my reply before sunset."" ""The time will come when I, your father, will take the long road to the other side, and you, my son, will prove to the great white Chief that Africa belongs to our black race."" "...but Mofti knows that his father's hopes will never be fulfilled." "Out in the wilderness lives James Morel with his son, in hopes of fulfilling his great mission." ""The white missionary has always given you good advice, O Chief!" "His kraal is over there!"" ""I have tried to live according to your teachings, my friend." "But the great Chief has forgotten me and my people."" ""The great white Chief is good, Ushakapilla." "Trust him and soon all will be right with you and your people."" ""Youth need not be part of the council of its elders." "Let our sons chase the light-footed gazelle while we greyheads talk."" ""If the white Chief knew the state in which I and my people find ourselves, he would have helped us!"" ""There is only one Chief who can see and understand everything." "He is the Chief of all Chiefs, black and white." "Obey His laws, my friend, and you will be rewarded." "But if you break any one of His laws, all your hopes will come to naught."" ""We shall see."" "For many months Ushakapilla has been hoarding booty to buy weapons and ammunition for the planned uprising." ""Go work in the white man's diamond mines, and make sure that each of you brings back a diamond or a piece of gold."" ""That will be the fate of all those who come back without gold or diamonds." "I have spoken!"" ""For a nation to prosper, there must be order and discipline."" "The directors of the Karoo Diamond Mines Syndicate discuss the finding of an unusually large rose diamond." "Fred Winters, an overseer." ""Let's have some fresh air."" ""Deliver this to the newspaper at once."" ""You yourself told me to open the window."" ""I'll send two officers and our dogs at once."" "Winters tries to protect himself against possible mistakes." ""Our overseer, Winters, was the last person in the room with us."" "End of Act One." "Act Two." "To divert suspicion from himself, Winters carries out his task." ""No question, it's Winters." "This is his apartment."" "The trail goes cold." ""The only thing left to do now is to watch all departing trains and coaches."" "The Rose Diamond Theft." "Unfortunately, the police have been unable to find any trace of overseer Fred Winters, who is strongly suspected of having committed the theft." "A reward of 5,000 pounds is being offered by the Karoo Company..." "For two days, Winters wanders in the Karoo Desert without water or food." "Namba discovers the utterly exhausted Winters." "Namba earns himself a place in the kraal." ""With a few more like you, my son will inherit the best of kingdoms."" "Not far from the missionary's cabin, lives Bob Randall with his daughter, Rose." "The gold-prospector's daughter." "Another day of futile labour." "...and Lord Cholmondeley decided to leave his vast property and immense inheritance for the love of this woman, for he would never allow words of disrespect for any woman to pass his lips." "His dark eyes were glowing beneath their dark lashes as he raised his gaze and summoned his servant His Lordship boarded the first luxury liner and departed for South Africa in a specially prepared state cabin." "Arriving in Africa, the noble lord immediately hired a special train to get to Rhodesia..." "In memory of their dearest love, who had been taken from them, they had planted this rose." ""I shot this splendid hare this morning."" "Knowing that all stations are being watched, Winters decides to try his luck at the little station in the desert called "Green Willow"." "Winters finds friends easily." ""It's no good, my little Rose." "I can't find anything in the mine, and so I must drown my sorrows in this bottle."" ""That's Bob Randall." "He owns a rotten gold mine which he still hopes will make his fortune." "Everyone here thinks he's crazy."" ""I–if I want to, I can m–make more from this mine in a f–few weeks than you have ever seen!"" "Arriving in Rhodesia, Lord Cholmondeley checked into the only hotel in the little settlement of Seijaduntella, in order that the world might forget him utterly." "So that none of his old friends would find him, he entered his name in the hotel register as Carl Standington and, being the excellent rider he was, Lord Cholmondeley, alias Carl Standington, covered more than 200 miles on a mule on the day of his arrival..." ""What a hard-working mule!"" "...Towards evening, the noble lord felt quite exhausted and retired after smoking some of the famously rich Havanas he always carried with him..." "ACT THREE." "Winters decides to work with Randall." ""Ich werde schon irgend eine Schlafstelle für Dich finden."" ""Could this be Lord Cholmondeley?"" "The next morning." "...And since Lord Cholmondeley – or, rather, Charles Standington, as he now called himself – had been at sea for several weeks, he was so impatient for his first meal of "Roast Springbok"" "that he tucked into the fine game steaks without delay..." "Looking for game to put on her father's table," "Rose comes across a different kind of wild animal." ""I thought you were a springbok."" ""My friend Jack must be careful!" "Hunting springbok can lead to dangerous cliffs." "But hunting wild animals like these is far more dangerous."" ""I will gladly allow you to study under my white friend." "Try to learn all the knowledge there is."" ""Tell the great medicine man and witch-doctor that I will pay him a visit."" "The medicine man." ""When will my son chase the white men away and rule over all of Africa?"" ""..." "O most mighty and most black of all the black Chiefs..."" ""..." "O finest of elephants, with the best of all trunks..."" ""..." "O great ostrich, with the tail of a peacock..."" ""..." "Never!"" "Another fruitless day passes." ""Would you like tinned food or springbok?"" "On his twenty-first birthday, Mofti is taken for the first time to his ancestors' sacrificial rock." ""There, my son, you see the restless spirits of your ancestors."" ""Only he who has royal blood in his veins may stand on this rock." "Do not forget this, and always keep this place sacred!"" "...as with all aristocrats, so with Lord Cholmondeley." "He was lost the moment he saw the pretty face of a girl." "Betty Beetle was only too willing to please the lord, and, in so doing, she spoiled her chances of ever becoming his wife." "The very same night, the noble lord left the village, and she saw him never again." "If Betty had known the meaning of chastity, who knows?" "Perhaps everything would have turned out differently..." "End of Act Three." "ACT FOUR." "Later." ""I thought you might enjoy reading some news from back home..."" "Not permitted to mix with his future subjects, Mofti seeks friendship with Jack." ""I will fetch my friend Jack lest he be torn apart by lions."" ""May you be as happy as a monkey with pastries, and may your wife give you as many children as there are stones on the Matoppos Hills."" "His ideas purified by Christianity, Mofti shows his friend Jack the sacrificial rock." "Ushakapilla dreams of his ancestors." ""Before the new moon rises, the baskets will be full." "Then we can buy weapons and make ready for the great attack that will free Africa."" "After two days of hard drinking." ""I can no longer neglect my little Rose." "Let us go home."" "Mofti has an accident while hunting." ""I can no longer lead you along hunting paths." "Before sunset, I will have begun my journey to the other side."" ""My father is getting old, and his mind is filled with childish things." "Warn your Chief of the impending danger."" ""Greetings, O friend, to you and your little 'White Rose'."" "Her sweetheart." ""It is the work of Almighty God." "You told me I would suffer if I did not obey His laws." "Mofti was my only son!"" ""I, too, have only one son." "He was Mofti's best friend." "Permit me to give him a Christian burial."" ""And who could deny that this black man's heart is torn apart with pain, just like that of any father?"" "End of Act Four." "ACT FIVE." ""He lies there beneath the rocks, where he had led me on the hunt." "His last words were for you ... for both of us!"" ""You, my friend, are called 'The Wise One'." "Take this book of holy laws to study." "This book contains the wisdom of the ages."" ""With such a woman in your kraal, happiness will blossom." "May your grandchildren be as many as the stones on these mountains."" ""My father and I are poor." "I cannot ask her to be my wife until I have my own kraal."" "My dear Morel, The enclosed letter will finally give you peace, and, I am sure, avert the danger in your district." "Yours sincerely, R.Roberts." ""God, who punished your disobedience, rewards you now." "The great white Chief grants you your request, and gives you and your people the land you have asked for."" "Detective Brown arrives in "Green Willow"." "The Chief's gift." ""May little Rose be the first of many fat wives in your kraal who feed you sweetmeats and rum."" ""I have known both the Rose Diamond and the white rose that blossoms on the grave of my son." "But you, O young friend, possess the most beautiful rose in all Rhodesia... a faithful, loving wife." "I have spoken."" "The Rose Diamond Theft." "Investigations have so far proven fruitless, and the Company has announced that it will add £1,000 to the reward, which now stands at £6,000 ..." "A week later." ""Because the diamond was returned to us so honestly, I propose that we send the young lady a special reward of £10,000."" "Ushakapilla's hopes are dashed by the death of his son, and he decides to abandon his grand plans." "Here endeth the reign of the black Chief, until time make him white and he prove himself worthy to rule this country as the great white Chief does." "Mofti's blessings have begun to be realized." "THE END."