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362 All the doors were closed and fastened, Except the principal doorway, And that was left without a guard.
 * Ollantay. And the servants?
 * Piqui Chaqui. Even the mice had fled and gone,

For nothing had been left to eat. Only an owl was brooding there, Uttering its cry of evil omen.
 * Ollantay. Perhaps then her father has taken her,

To hide her in his palace bounds.
 * Piqui Chaqui. The Inca may have strangled her;

Her mother too has disappeared.
 * Ollantay. Did no one ask for me

Before you went away?
 * Piqui Chaqui. Near a thousand men are seeking

For you, and all are enemies, Armed with their miserable clubs.
 * Ollantay. If they all arose against me,

With this arm I'd fight them all; No one yet has beat this hand, Wielding the champi sharp and true.
 * Piqui Chaqui. I too would like to give a stroke—

At least, if my enemy was unarmed.
 * Ollantay. To whom?
 * Piqui Chaqui. I mean that Urco Huaranca chief,

Who lately was in search of thee.
 * Ollantay. Perhaps the Inca sends him here;

If so my anger is aroused.
 * Piqui Chaqui. Not from the King, I am assured,

He cometh of his own accord; And yet he is an ignoble man.
 * Ollantay. He has left Cuzco, I believe;