"But it is the king who will take you within a month; is it not so? Andwould you not rather that I should take you than the king?"

"It seems to be so, /Inkoos/, and I would rather go with you than withthe king, but most of all I desire to marry Nahoon. It may be that Ishall not be able to marry him, but if that is so, at least I willnever become one of the king's women."