Bab 49: 49th time

--Second edict,"-- cried Ruth Za Beru likewise, --"fifteen talents of gold to him who brings the head of Son of the Condor.

--Let us count the dead," --said Tanda, in a drunken gangetic voice and in a difficult balance; aware that her mother and sisters would also be counted, --"none of them can be missing.

III

The chaos in the street was total, the enemy troops dedicated themselves to looting and burning, stealing and destroying everything in the midst of a wave of murders. Tahirza watched the scenes in horror, standing in the middle of the mob. Hands grabbed the girl and pulled her into a humble dwelling. They were two young farmers. The woman looked at the girl and said to her husband.

--What a beautiful girl,"-- said the woman admiringly, with her husband's assent, --"what a way she is dressed!

The man looked at her and saw the seal on the inside of the doll.