Копи царя Соломона
We Give a Sign
"See,"criedScraggainhighglee,"sheshrinksfromthesightofmylittleplaythingevenbeforeshehastastedit,"andhetappedthebroadbladeofhisspear.
"IfeverIgetthechanceyoushallpayforthat,youyounghound!"IheardGoodmutterbeneathhisbreath.
"Nowthatthouartquiet,giveusthyname,mydear.Come,speakout,andfearnot,"saidGagoolinmockery.
"Oh,mother,"answeredthegirl,intremblingaccents,"mynameisFoulata,ofthehouseofSuko.Oh,mother,whymustIdie?Ihavedonenowrong!"
"Becomforted,"wentontheoldwomaninherhatefultoneofmockery. "Thoumustdie,indeed,asasacrificetotheOldOneswhosityonder,"andshepointedtothepeaks; "butitisbettertosleepinthenightthantotoilinthedaytime; itisbettertodiethantolive,andthoushaltdiebytheroyalhandoftheking’sownson."
