Also, we trust that it will come to the ears of the savage Fung, so that at length they may understand that true nobility and greatness lie not in brutal deeds of arms, but in the hearts of men.

But now, Walda Nagasta, I have a last request to make of you, namely, that I may see your face once more to be sure that it is you who have spoken to us, and not another beneath your veil, and that if this be so, I may carry away with me a faithful picture of one so true to her country and noble to her guests as you have shown yourself this day." She listened, then very slowly lifted her veil, revealing such a countenance as I had never seen before.

It was Maqueda without a doubt, but Maqueda changed.

Her face was pale, which was only to be expected after all she had gone through; her eyes glowed in it like coals, her lips were set.

But it was her expression, at once defiant and agonized, which impressed me so much that I never shall forget it.