Bartolome Esteban Murillo Inmaculada Museo del Prado painting

Bartolome Esteban Murillo Inmaculada Museo del Prado paintingBartolome Esteban Murillo Inmaculada de Soult paintingGeorge Frederick Watts Sir Galahad painting
two women all in a moment. Then Yu shouted, "Victory!" and all his warriors shouted, "Victory!" and they turned and set off back to Farim, carrying their captives, but not their dead, for they had not lost a man.
The last warrior in line looked back down the trail. The Black Dog was following them. Its mouth dropped white saliva. At Farim they held a victory dance; but it was not a satisfactory victory dance. There were no dead warriors propped up, bloody sword in cold hand, to watch and approve the dancers. The two slaves they had taken sat with their heads bowed and their hands over their eyes, crying. Only the Black Dog watched them, sitting under the trees, grinning. All the little rat dogs of the village hid under the huts. "Soon we will raid Hoa again!" shouted young Gim. "We will follow the Spirit Dog to victory!"
"You will follow me," said the war chief, Yu. "You will follow our advice," said the oldest man, Imfa. The women kept the mead jars filled so the men could get drunk, but stayed away from the victory dance, as always. They met together and talked in the starlight by the drying racks.