Sosee then told of her escape, which was undertaken as the only means of saving the Ammi, and accomplished at the risk of her own life.
She had been guarded, she said, by Ilo, Oboo and another, and so could not escape but by the greatest cunning and good fortune. Ilo, however, being engaged this day in the council of war, could not watch her closely, while Oboo, having become interested in some female apes belonging to the new comers, had wandered off after them, so that she was left practically alone. Being thus at liberty she persuaded the remaining guard,—a simple ape who did not understand his business,—to accompany her in a race, when she adroitly led him to the camp of the Ammi, and so escaped.
SOSEE WARNS THE AMMI.
On hearing her story, Koree, overjoyed at his good fortune and Sosee’s, said:
“There is reason in what she says. Let us retreat.”
For Koree, having now received back Sosee, did not care what became of the war, but was ready for peace at any price.
Pounder, however, objected.