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Chapter IX

           Andthen,suddenly,fromRed-Eye’scave,breaksawildscreamingandthesoundofblows.Heisbeatinghiswife.

           Atfirstanawedsilencecomesuponus.Butastheblowsandscreamscontinuewebreakoutintoaninsanegibberingofhelplessrage.ItisplainthatthemenresentRed-Eye’sactions,buttheyaretooafraidofhim.Theblowscease,andalowgroaningdiesaway,whilewechatteramongourselvesandthesadtwilightcreepsuponus.

           We,towhommosthappeningswerejokes,neverlaughedduringRed-Eye’swife-beatings.Weknewtoowellthetragedyofthem.Onmorethanonemorning,atthebaseofthecliff,didwefindthebodyofhislatestwife.Hehadtossedherthere,aftershehaddied,fromhiscave-mouth.Heneverburiedhisdead.Thetaskofcarryingawaythebodies,thatelsewouldhavepollutedourabiding-place,helefttothehorde.Weusuallyflungthemintotheriverbelowthelastdrinking-place.

           NotalonedidRed-Eyemurderhiswives,buthealsomurderedforhiswives,inordertogetthem.Whenhewantedanewwifeandselectedthewifeofanotherman,hepromptlykilledthatman.TwoofthesemurdersIsawmyself.Thewholehordeknew,butcoulddonothing.Wehadnotyetdevelopedanygovernment,tospeakof,insidethehorde.Wehadcertaincustomsandvisitedourwrathupontheunluckyoneswhoviolatedthosecustoms.Thus,forexample,theindividualwhodefiledadrinking-placewouldbeattackedbyeveryonlooker,whileonewhodeliberatelygaveafalsealarmwastherecipientofmuchroughusageatourhands.

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