Only one more man shall die," he added sternly, "and that is Joshua, who would have taken me by a trick in the mouth of the pass.

So plead not for him, for by the head of Harmac it is in vain." Now hearing this I did not plead, fearing lest I should anger Barung, and but waste my breath.
At daybreak I started on the horse, having with me the five Fung captains.

As we crossed the marketplace I met those that remained alive of the Abati, being driven in hordes like beasts, to hear their doom.
Among them was Prince Joshua, my uncle, whom a man led by a rope about his neck, while another man thrust him forward from behind, since Joshua knew that he went to his death and the road was one which he did not wish to travel.

He saw me, and cast himself down upon the ground, crying to me to save him.

I told him that I could not, though it is the truth, I swear it before God, that, notwithstanding all the evil he had worked toward me, toward Oliver my lord, and his companions, bringing to his end that gallant man who died to protect me, I would still have saved him if I could.