Four or five feet away
was the verandah from which a doorway led into one of the rooms of the
house where stood a table on which was food.
Kneeling on mats upon this verandah were--/two white women/--clothed
in garments of the purest white adorned with a purple fringe, and
wearing bracelets and other ornaments of red native gold. One of these
appeared to be about forty years of age. She was rather stout, fair in
colouring, with blue eyes and golden hair that hung down her back. The
other might have been about twenty. She also was fair, but her eyes
were grey and her long hair was of a chestnut hue. I saw at once that
she was tall and very beautiful. The elder woman was praying, while
the other, who knelt by her side, listened and looked up vacantly at
the sky.
"O God," prayed the woman, "for Christ's sake look in pity upon us two
poor captives, and if it be possible, send us deliverance from this
savage land. We thank Thee Who hast protected us unharmed and in
health for so many years, and we put our trust in Thy mercy, for Thou
alone canst help us.
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