Moreover, he said that soon he
would be Inca and that then, if he must tear the House of Virgins stone
from stone, as Inca he would drag forth the lady Quilla and make her his
wife.
"Now at these words Upanqui stood up and rent his robes.
"'Must my ears be outraged with such blasphemies?' he cried. 'Know, Son
Urco, that this day I was minded to take off the Royal Fringe and to set
it on your head, crowning you Inca in my place while I withdrew to
pass the remainder of my days at Yucay in peace and prayer. My will is
changed. This I shall not do. My life is not done and strength returns
to my mind and body. Here I stay as Inca. Now I see that I am punished
for my sin.'
"'What sin?' shouted Urco.
"'The sin of setting you before my eldest lawful son, Kari, whose wife
you stole; Kari, whom also it is said you poisoned and who at least has
vanished and is doubtless dead.'
"Now, Lord, when I, Kari, heard this my heart melted in me and I was
minded to declare myself to Upanqui my father. But while I weighed the
matter for a moment, knowing that if I did so, such words as these might
well be my last since Urco had many of is following present, who perhaps
would fall upon and kill me, suddenly my father Upanqui fell forward
in a swoon.
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