I asked, seeing that he was older and stronger than myself,
and had his heavy whip and knife to defend himself against attack.
"Oh, don't be in a hurry to do it," he returned. "Wait for an
opportunity, even if you have to wait for days; and when it comes, do
to him just what he did to you. Don't warn him, but simply knock him
off his horse, and then you will be quits."
Now this shepherd was a good man, much respected by every one, and I
was glad that in his wisdom and sympathy he had put such a simple,
easy plan into my head, and I dried my tears and went home and washed
the blood from my face, and when asked how I had got that awful wound
that disfigured me I made light of it. Two days later my enemy
appeared on the scene. I heard his voice outside the gate calling to
some one, and peering out I saw him sitting on his horse. His guilty
conscience made him afraid to dismount, but he was anxious to find out
what was going to be done about his treatment of me, also, if he could
see me, to discover my state of mind after two days.
I went out to the timber pile and selected a bamboo cane about twenty
feet long, not too heavy to be handled easily, and holding it up like
a lance I marched to the gate and started swinging it round as I
approached him, and showing a cheerful countenance.
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