Then she cooked food for him, and when he had eaten she asked him, "What is the news of there where you have been?"
He replied, "I made a good voyage to Zanzibar, and there I met a woman just like you. I married her for one hundred reals, and stayed with her for two weeks. Then I went on to Maskat, and there I met a woman exactly like you and like that woman I married in Zanzibar. I married her, too, for a hundred reals, and stopped with her six months.
"Then I returned to Zanzibar and stayed with my wife there a few weeks, then set out for home, and here I am. Now what is the news here of this place whilst I have been away?"
That wife replied, "The news is this, my husband. I was angered because you put me in a hut without a door, so I made this underground door which you see there.
"Then, when you set sail, I set sail after you, and I passed you in the sea; and when you asked who I was, I replied, 'Kitangatanga of the sea!'
"I came first to Zanzibar, and it was I whom you married there for a hundred reals.
"When you left for Maskat, I set sail behind you, and arrived there first. It was I also whom you married in Maskat for one hundred reals. That is my news, my husband."
When her husband heard that, he said, "Indeed, this is true. Now I will build you a very fine hut with a door in it, so that you may go out when you please."
So he built her a splendid hut with a door and put her into it, and there they lived happily.
