Therefore thwart her not lest ill befall us all, for she is a spirit and terrible.
She says that it is appointed that they shall go----" "And _I_ say it is appointed that he shall not go.

Let the other go if he desires." "Atene, be plain, what will you with the man called Leo--that he should become your lover ?" asked the Shaman.
She stared him straight in the eyes, and answered boldly--"Nay, I will that he should become my husband." "First he must will it too, who seems to have no mind that way.

Also, how can a woman have two husbands ?" She laid her hand upon his shoulder and said--"I have no husband.

You know it well, Simbri.

_I_ charge you by the close bond of blood between us, brew me another draught----" "That we may be bound yet closer in a bond of murder! Nay, Atene, I will not; already your sin lies heavy on my head.