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She could no longer think, not evenabout the terrors of night. She just jogged along in a halfsleep,only waking to full life when Chielo sang.At last they took a turning and began to head for the caves. Fromthen on, Chielo never ceased in her chanting. She greeted her godin a multitude of names—the owner of the future, the messenger ofearth, the god who cut a man down when his life was sweetest tohim. Ekwefi was also awakened and her benumbed fears revived. Links of London Watches
The moon was now up and she could see Chielo and Ezinmaclearly. How a woman could carry a child of that size so easily andfor so long was a miracle. But Ekwefi was not thinking about that.Chielo was not a woman that night."Agbala doooo! Agbala ekeneoooo! Chi negbu madu ubosindu ya nato ya uto daluooo! …"Ekwefi could already see the hills looming in the moonlight. Theyformed a circular ring with a break at one point through which thefoottrack led to the center of the circle. discount links of london As soon as the priestess stepped into this ring of hills her voice wasnot only doubled in strength but was thrown back on all sides. Itwas indeed the shrine of a great god. Ekwefi picked her waycarefully and quietly. She was already beginning to doubt thewisdom of her coming. Nothing wouldhappen to Ezinma, she thought. And if anything happened to hercould she stop it? She would not dare to enter the undergroundcaves. links london friendship bracelet
Her coming was quite useless, she thought. As these things went through her mind she did not realize howclose they were to the cave mouth. And so when the priestess withEzinma on her back disappeared through a hole hardly big enoughto pass a hen, Ekwefi broke into a run as though to stop them. Asshe stood gazing at the circular darkness which had swallowedthem, tears gushed from her eyes, and she swore within her that ifshe heard Ezinma cry she would rush into the cave to defend heragainst all the gods in the world. She would die with her.Having sworn that oath, she sat down on a stony ledge and waited.