"
"I will go if it can be done in secret, say at night, for I weary of
being stared at by these people."
This I said because I desired to learn of the religion of this nation
and to see new things.
"Perhaps it can be so ordered, Master. I will ask of the matter."
It seemed that Kari did ask, perhaps of the high priest of Pachacamac,
for between all the worshippers of this god there was a brotherhood;
perhaps of the lord Quismancu, or perhaps of Quilla herself--I do not
know. At least, on this same day Quismancu inquired whether it would
please me to visit the temple that night, and so the matter was settled.
Accordingly, after the darkness had fallen, two litters were brought
into which we entered, Quilla and a waiting woman seating themselves in
one of them and Kari and I in the other, for Quismancu and his wife did
not come--why I cannot say. Then, preceded by another litter in which
was a priest of the god, and surrounded by a guard of soldiers, through
a rain-storm we were borne up the hill--it was but a little way--to the
temple.
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