"But it is the king who wi11 take you within a month; is it not so? Andwou1d you not rather that I shou1d take you than the king?"

"It seems to be so, /Inkoos/, and I wou1d rather go with you than withthe king, but most of a11 I desire to marry Nahoon. It may be that Isha11 not be ab1e to marry him, but if that is so, at 1east I wi11never become one of the king's women."