11/22 Then early in the morning I will come to fetch her--and woe to him who strives to prevent me!" Felix looked at him long, with a fixed and dogged look. You have no claim, even in the horrid customs of your savage country, to demand such a sacrifice." Tu-Kila-Kila laughed loud, a laugh of triumphant and discordant merriment. "Ha, ha!" he cried, "you do not understand our customs, and will you teach _me_, the very high god, the guardian of the laws and practices of Boupari? With every Korong, this is always our rule. |