But this he was not allowed to enjoy, and furthermore, what would then become of that accomplice of hers?
The latter thought staggered her.
Shotaye was a very strange woman.

She was heartless, cold-blooded, merciless, remorseless, in everything that concerned her relations to others.

One person only she excepted in her selfish calculations, and that was her accomplice and victim, Say Koitza.

Happen what might, she could not forsake Say.

She must at all hazards go back to the Tyuonyi, call at her house, and find out from her whether or not anything had occurred that might jeopardize her plans and designs.