Listen, that tale I told you is true, and yet I did not tell you all the truth.

Beyond that cliff live a people of great stature, and very fierce; a people whose custom it is to offer up strangers to their gods.

Enter there, and they will kill you thus." "What do you mean, woman ?" asked Leonard.
"I mean that if you hold your life dear, or her life," and she pointed to Juanna, "you will turn with the first light and go back whence you came.

It is true that the stones are there, but death shall be the reward of him who strives to steal them." "I must say this is cheerful," replied Leonard.

"What did you mean, then, by all that story you told me about a plan that you had to win the treasures of this people?
Are you a liar, Soa ?" "I have said that all I told you was true," she answered sullenly.
"Very well, then, I have come a good many hundred miles to put it to the proof, nor am I going to turn back now.