PART 09

‘’Where are you going?,’’ he asked as he looked through her bag. she hoped that he would not see the money she had tied together in the bag. Whether he saw the money or not she could not be sure, but then the senior officer did something rash. He reached into his pocket and took out some money and squeezed them into her hand.

She wanted to refuse. Instinctively she thought it was evil accepting money from such a man. But she said nothing, gripped the tightly the money and pushed passed the military man. Then she started running, softly at first, then very hard. But the men let her run. Before long the maiden was running alongside her.