First, however, it
is needful that you should swear by the Sun that you will return thence
to Cuzco. Will you do this?"
Now as there was nothing I desired more than to return to Cuzco where
Quilla was, I answered that I would swear by my own god, by the Sun, and
by my sword, unless the Chancas detained me by force. Further, I prayed
him to set out his business.
He did so in these words:
"Lord, we have come to know, it matters not how, that the man who
appeared with you in this land is no other than Kari, the elder son of
the Inca, whom we thought dead. Now it is in the Inca's mind, and in the
minds of us, his councillors, to proclaim the Prince Kari as heir to
the throne which soon he would be called upon to fill. But the matter is
very dangerous, seeing that Urco still commands the army and many of
the great lords who are of his mother's House cling to him, hoping to
receive advancement from him when he becomes Inca."
"But, Priest Larico, Urco, they say, is like to die, and if so all this
trouble will melt like a cloud."
"Your sword bit deep, Lord, but I have it from his physicians that as
the brain is uncut he will not die, although he will be sick for a long
while.
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