"Secret!" She clapped her hands. Then somebody did appreciate her wonderful Captain. "Then we are your people. I shall call you Father for I love you just as much as I do Powhatan. Now you must tell me all about yourself before you become one of us. Tell about the fine Turkish lady, Tragabigzanda who looked out for you after the cruel Turks, too, put you in chains. She had dark eyes you say?" Then he liked them with dark eyes, and she liked that, but she did not like the idea of the lady, Tragabigzanda. "Was she very beautiful?"
"Oh, my yes."
"What were you to her?"
"A roving adventurer."
"Was she sad when you went away from her?"
"How should I know?"
"I will be sad if you go away from me. You will stay, won't you, a long time? Powhatan says you can live right by us."
Smith preferred to get himself home to Jamestown, for he felt surfeited with savage patronage. He was less pleased than he appeared by Powhatan's invitation.
"So soon? Have we not treated you like an honored guest instead of a helpless captive?"
"Indeed yes. But I am a man of affairs like yourself. I need to get back and get busy."