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THE FRIENDS AND THE STRANGER
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ing her, her loquacious friend went on glibly. "Yes, yes, she will go; go, bathe yourself, Suki's mother, and when you return she will follow you. Go then, delay not."
Suki's mother hastened to perform her morning ablutions. When the friends were alone, Matangini spoke. "To what a depth am I fallen, Kanak!" said she.
Kanak returned with an impressive energy of manner, "Oh! Do not say nay—drink my blood if you do. Go—go now; in the evening I will see you—Be silent."
Kanak waited not for a reply, but taking her kalsi up in haste, she ran to the waterside to join Suki's mother and to perform her morning ablutions.
