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Show 1** Then he felt her soft touch upon his brow and she was beside him. "I am so glad you are alive," she whispered into his ear. "I x-xasn't sure when they carried you off. This evil was nlanned and carried out bv Kune, to whom I have been betrothed since my twelfth summer. His father is Heke, ranga-tira of our tribe. Kupe is mad with iealousv. I just learned that he has been spying on us for some time." "Why did you not tell me of Kune before this?" he asked in a hurt voice. "I feared that you would not return to see me." "And your feeling regarding this Kune?" "My spirit does not know his spirit. There is no uniting of our souls." She touched his face ever so lightly, and added, "vou are the one I x^rant. Yoxi are the one my soirit knows and to whom I give my soul." "My brother. What of mv brother, Ruruku.?" he asked. "He wanted to come to your aid from his hiding Place in the bushes, but T signalled him off. Later I talked with him and we discussed helping you in an escape attemnt, but vou are under |
