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Nahua ceased and sat down, and so great was the astonishment -- or rather the awe -- of the Council at the tale that she had told, that for a while none of them spoke. At length Dimas rose, and said:
"Maya, Lady of the Heart, and you strangers, you have heard the awful charge that is brought against you. What do you say in answer to it?"