Where is that man?"
"With the army of Huaracha, Inca."
"So I have heard. I heard also that in the battle he hoisted a banner
with the sun blazoned on it, and that thereon certain regiments of mine
deserted to Huaracha. Now, why did they do that?"
"I understand, O Inca, that the kings of this land have many children.
Perhaps he might be one of them."
"Ah! You are clever as a god should be. Well, I am a god also and the
same thought has come to me, although as a fact I have only had two
legitimate sons and the others are of no account. The eldest of these
was an able and beautiful prince named Kari, but we quarrelled, and to
tell the truth there was a woman in the matter, or rather two women, for
Kari's mother fought with Urco's mother whom I loved, because she never
scolded me, which the other did. So Urco was named to be Inca after me.
Yet that was not enough for him who remained jealous of his brother Kari
who outpassed him in all things save strength of body. They wooed the
same beautiful woman and Kari won her, whereon Urco seduced her from
him, and afterwards he or someone killed her.
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