“These are things which women are blind to, master; they are seen only by men. You must ask your poets to tell of them, for this is man’s talk, and no woman is versed in it.”

“Lavarcham!”

“Yes, master!”

“I shall take her away with me this day.”

“Master!”

“Bring her to the Red Branch at nightfall.”

“Master!”

“At nightfall, you hear me.”

“I will not do it.”

“What will you not do, slave, that I order?”