She explained the misunderstanding that lay at the bottom of the hostility displayed by the Queres, and finally she insisted that there was no time to clear up that misunderstanding; and since the Queres were already on the march, she urged speedy preparation to repel the assault.

She strained the truth on the latter point, but the tuyo forgave her this manifest exaggeration.

He knew that there must be at least five days' delay before the prospective campaign.

The further the woman proceeded in her exposition of facts, the more she observed, through her quick and scrutinizing glance, that her listeners became deeply interested, and that thoroughly startled, they at last displayed marks of indignation.

That indignation, it was plain, was against the Queres; and Shotaye felt that she had gained her point.