Chapter 17

XIV

--How good of you to arrive. I was summoning you just now," --said Saba Tamac to Son of the Condor.

---Thank you my father and our father. I come because I have to tell you the....

--Not ,now I have nothing to hear. You leave at this very moment with a detachment of the royal guard to receive the brother Litu Ratú, king of the Timotocuicas and his wife, my sister-in-law and her retinue. You will give him the honors and identify yourself as my future first son-in-law.

--That is precisely what I want to talk about," --tried to interrupt Son of the Condor.

--At this moment I have nothing to listen to. You comply immediately," --said Saba Tamac imperiously, making him a gesture of leaving with his hand.

The young man nodded without any other choice, going out to the parade ground to receive the detachment, but not before asking for a lightning bolt to enjoy it only for him.