"Are you guilty of the crime whereof this man who was your husband charges you, or does he lie ?" Then the woman answered in a low and broken voice:-- "I am guilty, King.

Listen to my story:" and she told it all as she told it to Hokosa.

"I am guilty," she added, "and may the Great Man in the sky, of Whom the Messenger has taught us, forgive me.

My sister's blood is upon my hands, and for aught I know the blood of my husband yonder will also be on my hands.

I seek no mercy; indeed, it is better that I should die; but I would say this in self-defence, that I did not think to kill my sister.