Answer, and mark well my words, that you did not understand what I was doing, that you only did what I told you to do.

Lay all the blame on me." "But it is not true," the little woman objected.
"Never mind, provided you go free." "They, then, will kill you!" Say cried.
"Be not concerned about me; I will save myself." "How can you ?" "That is my secret; still this I will confide to you;" her whisper became scarcely audible as she added, "I shall flee!" "Whither ?" gasped Say in surprise.
"To the Tehuas! But, sa tao, be silent, as silent as the stone, as quiet as kohaio when in winter he is asleep.

Whatever you may hear, heed it not; what you may see, do not notice.

Deny everything you can deny, and what you have to confess lay on me.

Do as I tell you, sa uishe," she insisted, as Say moved uneasily, "and trust to me for the rest." Shotaye arose, shook her wet garments, and stepped into the outer room.
There she turned around once more, and repeated in a low but impressive voice,-- "Sa tao, trust in me, and believe also that Okoya is good, and Mitsha better yet.