"You must send him down through the place where the water falls. You must unbind him. You must give him what he brought, the sharp thing that cuts and the bright thing that strikes. You must give him food."
"But he will come back," said one.
"You can watch the place."
"We can wall it up with stones," said Kobo.
"Will you give this man life?" cried Hano.
"If you do not," continued Truda, "if you do not swear by the god to do as I say--"
"What then?"
"I will throw myself over the cliff before your eyes."
"O Truda!" exclaimed Beekman again, but in a different way, for now he understood.
Now the most determined character of them all was Hano. There was an assurance in the girl's words that carried conviction to his mind, at least. If she threw herself over the cliff, she would be hopelessly lost to him, and the fact that he could wreak vengeance on Beekman would not bring her back.