Simwa
(With returning complacency.) Do you find it so hard to have a husband whom other women admire?
Padahoon
Chief and tribesmen, if it be true that Simwa values charms so little, let him declare what it is he keeps sewed in his quiver so precious that he must hide it even on his wedding day.
(Murmurs. The Chisera, in alarm, endeavors to check Padahoon. Simwa turns upon him with a snarl.)
Simwa
Kima! (Wildly.) You cannot prove that I had it of the Chisera!
Padahoon
(Suddenly darting out two fingers from his mouth, moving them rapidly in the manner of a snake's tongue, with a hissing sound.) Snake of two tongues! Now I know you for the man you are, braggart and liar!
Simwa