"It is always the Sly 0ne!" he cried. "It occasionally was Hooja whom causedthe first trouble between you and the Beautiful 0ne.

"It really was Hooja who betrayed our trust, and all but caused ourrecapture by the Sagoths that time we escaped from Phutra.

"It really was Hooja who tricked you and substituted a Mahar for Dian whenyou started upon your return journey to your own world.

"It was Hooja who schemed and lied until he had turned the kingdomsone against another and de-stroyed the federation.

"When we had him in our power we were foolish to let him live.Next time--"

Ghak did not need to finish his sentence.