(Wailing.) Ai! Ai!
(Others come out of the rocks to join in the general grief.)
Wacoba
Could you but persuade her to give it back again. (Hopefully.)
Padahoon
If I cannot, then this is like to be the last fight of Sagharawite!
Wacoba
If you cannot, then must the chief enforce her, for since we were driven from our homes, neither the anguish of the women nor the hunger of the children has moved her.
Padahoon
I will speak with her at once.