This is what she said:
"'Tell my father, King Huaracha, that I have fulfilled his oath, but
that I cannot marry Urco. Therefore I seek refuge in the arms of the
Sun, as the oracle Rimac foretold that I should do, having to choose
between this fate and that of death. Tell my Lord-from-the-Sea what has
befallen me and bid him farewell to me. Still say that he must keep a
good heart, since I do not believe that all is ended between us.'
"Then we were parted and I saw her no more."
"And did you hear no more, Kari?"
"I heard much, Lord. I heard that when Urco learned that the lady Quilla
had vanished away into the House of Virgins, whither he might not come,
and that he was robbed of the bride whom he desired, he grew mad with
rage. Indeed, of this I saw something myself. Two days later, with
thousands of others I was in the great square in front of the Temple
of the Sun, where the Inca Upanqui sat in state upon a golden throne to
receive the praise of his people upon his safe return after his long and
hard journey, and as some reported, to lay down his lordship in favour
of Urco; also to tell the people that the danger of war with the Chancas
had passed away.
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