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Updated: May 12, 2025
Then Leonard wrapped Juanna in a goat-skin cloak which he took from one of the fallen priests, placing the second cloak over his own shoulders, for he knew that it would be bitterly cold on the mountains. Lastly, they tied Nam's arms behind him and deprived him of his knife, so that the old man might work none of them a sudden injury in his rage.
Snarling like a wolf, the woman slipped past them to the door, and opening it a little way, she whistled through the crack. "Hide yourself, Lady," said Olfan. Juanna retreated into the shadow behind the candle, and at that moment a voice spoke through the open door, saying, "I am here, father." "Now, speak," said Olfan, advancing the spear an inch nearer Nam's heart.
When Juanna had translated the dwarf's bloodthirsty threat, Olfan bowed his head meekly and smiled; clearly the prospect of Nam's removal did not cause him unmixed grief. It was curious to see this stately warrior chief humbling his pride before the misshapen, knob-nosed Kaffir.
"My son," said the priest, "go to the entrance by which the king entered, where you will find three captains, generals of the king. Lead them hither." "And see that you speak to no one on the way," whispered Olfan in Nam's ear. "And see that you speak to no one on the way," repeated Nam. "I hear you, father," replied the priest, and went. Some ten minutes passed and the door opened again.
As he finished speaking, again the tumult broke out, some crying this thing and some that. But no action was taken, for Nam's excuse was ready and plausible, and the minds of men were confused. So the assembly broke up in disorder; only the priests and as many more as could find place, Olfan among them, crowded round the edges of the pool to see what happened in its depths.
"Where is the woman, Nam's daughter?" he cried. "It seems that she has escaped and shut us in, King," answered Otter, calmly. Followed by the others, Olfan sprang first to the door of the cell where they were, and then through the connecting passage to that of Juanna's prison. It was true, both were closed. "It matters nothing, here are the keys," said Leonard.
Leonard looked at the priest as he bowed humbly before the thrones, and a desire to take Otter's advice and kill him entered his heart, for he knew that he had come to drag them to their trial and perhaps to doom. He still had his revolver, and it would have been easy to shoot him, for Nam's broad breast was a target that few could miss. And yet, what could it help them to shed his blood?
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