At the
same instant Cunora saw what had been done; and uttering a single
piercing scream, fell fainting to the ground.
Heaped in front of the two prisoners was a large pile of pebbles.
There were thousands upon thousands in the heap. Before each man, at
a distance of a foot, was a large gourd-ful of water. To the
savages, these told the whole story; these, together with the tree
dragged to one side.
Corrus and Dulnop were to be buried in that spot every day for as
many days as there were pebbles in the heap; in other words, until
they died. Every night they would be dug up, and every morning
buried afresh. And to keep them from telling any of the villagers
where they had found the pyrites, they were to be deprived of water
all day long. By night their tongues would be too swollen for
speech. For they had been sentenced to the No Shade torture, as
well; their heads would be exposed all day long to the burning sun
itself.
XI
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
It is significant that Billie, because of her connection with the
bee, Supreme, was spared the sight that the doctor saw from Rolla's
point of view.
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