Chipa

Behind her, clinging to another branch, Chipa spoke quietly.

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"Even now, by holding Chipa that way, you are threatening to murder again!"

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Yet there was no denying that Chipa was as smart and good-hearted as any Christian girl.

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It was a long trip down the mountain, not least because some of the men seem disposed to take out their anger on the girl, Chipa.

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A few moments later, Baiku and Putukam were leading Chipa down the mountain, out of Ankuash, out of Ciboa, to begin her moment of peril and greatness.

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While she was busy intercepting Pedro and Chipa, the mutineers had stripped Cristoforo to the waist and tied him to the cornerpost of one of their cabins.

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Chipa ran light as a deer across the clearing and dodged into the undergrowth at the forest's edge without so much as disturbing the leaves.

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But he could only follow Chipa, for he lost sight of Sees-in-the-Dark from the moment she moved away.

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Pedro got up at once and went to the door, but Chipa didn't move.

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Even without the scope, Chipa could see that Col-n was being flogged.

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