So that woman agreed, and they were married, and they stayed together. After two weeks he said to her, "My wife, I must continue my journey to Maskat now; but in the space of six months I will return and stay with you."
She said, "It is well, my husband; go, and return in safety."
PLAYING THE PIANO, BEATING THE TOM-TOM, SMALL BOY SINGING, AFRICAN LIZARD-SKIN DRUM, AFRICAN 'PIANO' WITH GOURD RESONATOR
So he got in his boat and set sail for Maskat. After he had gone she got in her boat and set sail behind him. In the middle of the sea her vessel passed his, and he called out, "Who is that who is passing me?"
She replied, "It is I, Kitangatanga of the sea." She arrived first in Maskat and found that house where he stopped and went and sat in it. Presently her husband arrived, moored his ship and went up to the house.
When he saw that woman sitting there he was very surprised and said, "How like you are to my wife whom I left in Kilwa, and also to that woman I married in Zanzibar."
Then he asked her, "Are you married?"
She replied, "No, I am a widow." So he said, "I will marry you for one hundred reals."
She agreed, and they were married, and he stayed with her six months there in Maskat. At the end of that time he said, "My wife, I must now return home. I will stay a year, and then I will return to you."