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not get to his heart. He held her wrist with the knife still inside his hand. She punched him hard continuously with her other hand, but he did not let go. As he rose to his feet, he got hold of her other hand. She kicked him, but it seemed to have no effect on him. She started giving him head-butts until he released the grip and staggered back.
    The Wovamee broke out one of the tusks from the legs of the table and ran toward Gbangba. The chief could now see the figure in a blurred manner, approaching him forcefully, but he instinctively dodged her, grabbed her by the neck and twisted it. He continued squeezing her neck until he was positive she was dead, then he opened the door to his chambers and fainted.
    His servants , on seeing him, went to inform the Omees. These men then sent the message to the general who sent for the chief’s Tikpapa. The general got to the chief’s home about the same time as the Tikpapa. They saw Obi, the Ikaza's son and friend of Gbangba, dressing the chief’s wounds.
    “The pins she threw at his eyes were poisoned as well as the knife. I suspect we can still treat it before— ” Obi began explaining before being interrupted.
    “If I want your opinion I’ll ask for it ,” the Tikpapa said as he surveyed the invalid's wounds. “He is right. He has been poisoned, but the antidote cannot be found in these parts.”
    “You are speaking rubbish , man. All Wovamees use ugra poison that can be cured by using aniye leaves,” Obi said angrily while applying pressure to his friend's shoulder.
    “Listen, you might be the son of an Ikaza but it does not put you in a position to interfere with things higher than your level.”
    The Tikpapa removed Obi's hands and started applying a mixture from the bark of a tree on the shoulder.
    “Everyone in this room should leave except the Tikpapa,” Vacoura, the general, ordered. “Whatever you have to say with the chief lying here, you say in front of me,” Obi said. “Whatever you have to do with the chief here, you do it in front of me, because I am not going anywhere.”
    “Look here young man, we are not prepared for contests, so for the last time as general of this province I am ordering you to—”
    “You are ordering me to what?” Obi interrupted. “We are wasting time. Let us send someone to get these leaves or else he will not make it—unless that is what you want.”
    “How dare you accuse us of such a crime,” the Tikpapa said.
    “If the Tikpapa said there is no cure, then there is no cure,” the general said.
    Obi ran to where Gbangba lay, used his elbow to push the Tikpapa away, and hefted the chief onto his shoulder. Before the general could reach him, he used his back to push the door open. On the other side of the door the chief’s wives were wailing and crying, while the Omees and the elders were talking amongst themselves. When they saw Obi with the chief on his shoulder, the Tikpapa on the floor, and the general trying to catch him, silence filled the room.
    “Great people of Alloida,” Obi dropped the chief on the floor gently as he spoke, “Chief Gbangba was stabbed in his shoulder and in the hand with a poisonous knife. The pin that entered his eye was also poisoned. The Tikpapa said the antidote is aniye leaves and it should be given to him before morning. Your general said I should drop the chief in the midst of his people so that everyone can witness his recovery while I go and get the leaves.”
    When he finished talking, he faced the general and Tikpapa along with every other spectator in the room.
    The General raised his head high and without looking at anyone and said, “Now that you have told them what I told you to tell them, go and get the leaves before the day is over.”
    Obi got the antidote for the poison and gave it to the chief. His convalescence took a short period but eventually Gbangba was himself again, though with only one eye—the other one was damaged beyond healing. The servant who introduced