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Then advancing with the horrid tumour in his hands he showed it in triumph to the crowd beneath, who groaned again and threw themselves on to their faces. Doubtless now it is the most sacred relic of Orofena. When Marama came out of the anesthetic, Bickley gave him something which sent him to sleep for twelve hours, during all which time his people waited beneath.
Then we announced that we had seen enough of them for that day and would retire to think. Meanwhile we should be obliged if they would build us a house and keep us supplied with whatever food they had. "Do the gods eat?" asked the sceptic again. "That fellow is a confounded radical," I whispered to Bickley. "Tell him that they do when they come to Orofena."
Shave off your beard and put on his clothes and no one could distinguish you apart." I sprang up, dropping my pipe. "Now you mention it," I said slowly, "I suppose there was a resemblance. I didn't look at him very much; I was studying the simulacrum of Yva. Also, you know it is some time since I mean, there are no pier-glasses in Orofena." "The man was you," went on Bickley with conviction.
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