Also he pointed out that he was hurt and
I who had been general under him was a prisoner and bound by my oath to
return to prison, so that the Chancas had lost their leaders.
After this we parted, I promising to work for his cause and to come to
see him again, if I might.
These matters finished I went aside with Kari to a place where none
could hear us, and there laid before him the offers of Larico, the
high-priest, showing him how the case stood. Of Quilla, however, I said
nothing to him, though it pained me to keep back part of the truth even
from Kari. Yet, what was I to do, who knew that if I told him all and he
became Inca, or the Inca's acknowledged heir, he would work against me
because of his superstitious madness, and perhaps cause Quilla to
be killed by the priests, as one whose feet were set in the path of
sacrilege? So on this matter I held my peace, nor did he ask me anything
concerning Quilla who, I think, wished to hear nothing of that lady and
what had befallen her.
When he had learned all, he said:
"This may be a trap, Lord.
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