Far away there rose a single cry, and after it other cries, and the sounds of shouting and of marching feet.

Far away tongues of fire leapt into the air, and each man asked his neighbour, "What is this ?" Then from all the thousands of the feasting people rose one giant scream, and that scream said, "Fung! Fung! The Fung are on us! Fly, fly, fly!" "Come," shouted Joshua, seizing me by the arm, but I drew my dagger on him and he let go.

Then he fled with the other lords, and I remained in my high seat beneath the golden canopy alone.
The people fled past me without fighting; they fled into the cave city, they fled to the rocks; they hid themselves among the precipices, and after them came the Fung, slaying and burning, till all Mur went up in flames.

And I, I sat and watched, waiting till it was time for me to die also.
At last, I know not how long afterwards, appeared before me Barung, a red sword in his hand, which he lifted to me in salute.
"Greeting, Child of Kings," he said.

"You see Harmac is come to sleep at Mur." "Yes," I answered, "Harmac is come to sleep at Mur, and many of those who dwelt there sleep with him.