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The "rock" to which he alluded was a frightful precipice at one side of the city from which criminals were usually hurled a spot which is hallowed by the blood of many Christian martyrs who perished there during the long reign of that tyrant queen Ranavalona. "Has then the queen forbidden the Christians to pray?" asked Ravonino.
It is enough to say that the people shall be examined by the tangena ordeal if necessary and they shall be punished according to their deserts. Is that all that you come here for, my son?" It was evident from her tone that Ranavalona relented a little, though her words were firmly spoken.
"They have some power, but not much," returned the guide, "for Ranavalona is a passionate, self-willed, cruel woman; and when such a woman happens to be a despotic queen, nothing short of a revolution, or her death, can save the country. She usurped the throne in 1829, we have now reached 1857, so she has been reigning more than twenty-seven years, and a bitter reign it has been.
Did not the bard say that she is a favourite with the queen?" "That is some security, but not much, for Ranavalona is changeable as well as cruel. But my dear one is in the hands of God. No harm can come to her unless He permits. Nevertheless, our God works not by miracles but by means, therefore it is my business, having the opportunity given me, to hasten to her rescue."
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