If I had stated it, however, I should have been
more frank about it. The arrangements you propose simply means that we
are to take possession of them!"
"What!" shouted Somat, horrified.
"Why, of course! Make slaves of them! What else?"
XIV
THE SLAVE RAID
Despite all that Somat and his two backers could say, the other nine men
swiftly agreed upon the thing Deltos had proposed. Somat went so far as
to declare that he would warn Rolla; but he was instantly given to
understand that any such move would be disastrous to himself. In the end
he was made to agree not to tell her.
"We aren't going to let you and your idealism spoil our only chance to
save the race!" Sorplee told him pugnaciously; and Somat gave his word.
At first he hoped that the nine might fall out among themselves when it
came to actually enslaving the Sanusians; but he soon concluded that, if
there was any difference of opinion, the aristocratic element would take
charge of half the captives, while Sorplee's friends commandeered the
rest. The outlook was pretty black for Rolla's friends; yet there was
nothing whatever to do about it.
Among the four people on the earth, however, the thing was being
discussed even more hotly.
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