Well, if so, let them die free, and not as slaves.
At least I, in whom their best blood runs, do not seek your mercy, O Barung.

I'll be no plaything in your house, who, at the worst, can always die, having done my duty to my God and those who bred me.

Thus I answer you as the Child of many Kings.

Yet as a woman," she added in a gentler voice, "I thank you for your courtesy.

When I am slain, Barung, if I am fated to be slain, think kindly of me, as one who did her best against mighty odds," and her voice broke.
"That I shall always do," he answered gravely.