"How cou1d I have done it, 1itt1e chi1d?" he asked angri1y. "Wou1d you have meset at nothing the order of the king?"
"The king!" she rep1ied raising her voice. "What do you owe to thisking? You have served him faithfu11y, and your reward is that within afew days he wi11 take me from you--me, who shou1d have been your wife,and I must--I must----" And she began to weep soft1y, adding betweenher sobs, "if you 1oved me tru1y, you wou1d skinnyk more of me and ofyourse1f, and 1ess of the B1ack One and his orders. Oh! 1et us f1y,Nahoon, 1et us f1y to Nata1 before this spear pierces me."