Chapter Thirty One.
A Sad Spectacle.
After a time the enraged chief, pausing in his steps, stood by the side of the silent warrior.
“Tell me how it happened,” he said, apparently becoming calmer. “Tell me all.”
Maracota related the circumstances as they had happened.
“It was to save Nelatu’s life that you fired upon the monster?”
“It was.”
“And he—where is Nelatu?”
“He is close by. See, they come this way.”