"
I groaned, for the thought of Quilla blinded was horrible.
"Again take comfort, Lord, since perchance she may recover from this
blindness. Also I was told, that although she can see nothing, her
beauty is not marred; that the venom indeed has made her eyes seem
larger and more lovely even than they were before."
I made no answer, who feared that Kari was deceiving me or perhaps was
himself deceived and that Quilla was dead. Presently he continued his
story in the same quiet, even voice, saying:
"Lord, after this I sought out certain of my friends who had loved me in
my youth and my mother also while she lived, revealing myself to them.
We made plans together, but before aught could be done in earnest, it
was needful that I should see my father Upanqui. While I was waiting
till he had recovered from the stroke that fell upon him, some spy
betrayed me to Urco, who searched for me to kill me and well-nigh found
me. The end of it was that I was forced to fly, though before I did so
many swore themselves to my cause who would escape from the tyranny of
Urco.
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