“I did not.”
“Wha-at?”
“I did not, because I dare not.”
“Why?”
“Have you never heard of the custom of the Gondos?”
“No.”
“It is this: The chief calls a favorite to him and desires to honor him. He does so by giving him one or more wives—the more wives the greater honor.”
“Indeed!”
“If the favored one declines the honor, he insults the chief.”
“Well?”