3/20 "These are my children, given unto me by the great Sun-god. For what purpose have you of white skin dared invade the land of the Sun ?" "We knew nothing of your presence here, merely seeking a passage through these mountains northward." "But you killed the warriors of our nation; you have stricken the people of the Sun." "True, Daughter of the Sun; yet it was done only in self-defence. When attacked we struck hard blows." Her eyes glowed angrily, her face becoming cruelly hard. It is the land of the Sun," she said haughtily. "None have ever before ventured to do so, and found safe way back to their own. |