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A Royal Burial

           Themajoritywereyoungnatives,someresignedandmute,othersgivingafewgroans.Thewivesalldressedasforafête,andwhomustperish,hadbeenchosenbythequeen.

           Oneofthesevictims,shewhoborethetitleofsecondwife,wasbentonherhandsandknees,toserveasaroyalfootstool,asshehaddoneintheking’slifetime.Thethirdwifecametoholdupthemanikin,whilethefourthlayatitsfeet,intheguiseofacushion.

           Beforethemanikin,attheendoftheditch,apost,paintedred,rosefromtheearth.Tothispostwasfastenedawhiteman,whowasgoingtobecountedalsoamongthevictimsofthesebloodyobsequies.

           ThatwhitemanwasDickSand.Hisbody,halfnaked,borethemarksofthetortureshehadalreadysufferedbyNegoro’sorders.Tiedtothispost,hewaitedfordeathlikeamanwhohasnohopeexceptinanotherlife.

           However,themomenthadnotyetarrivedwhenthebarricadewouldbebroken.

           Onasignalfromthequeen,thefourthwife,shewhowasplacedattheking’sfeet,wasbeheadedbyKazounde’sexecutioner,andherbloodflowedintotheditch.Itwasthebeginningofafrightfulsceneofbutchery.Fiftyslavesfellundertheexecutioner’sknife.Thebedoftheriverranwavesofblood.

           Duringhalfanhourthevictims’criesmingledwiththeassistants’vociferations,andonewouldseekinvaininthatcrowdforasentimentofrepugnanceorofpity.

           AtlastQueenMoinimadeagesture,andthebarricadethatheldbacktheupperwatersgraduallyopened

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