Chapter 29

His name is Dhar, and such a name is not to be spoken aloud, but whispered into a little hole dug in the ground, for Dhar is the devil of earth and heaven, arbiter of fate, giver of life and supreme spirit of death. Dhar brings the seasons and supports in his two hands the sun and the moon, and his eyes are the stars and the hairs of his head are the lesser ghosts and devils. Since the Inner N’gombi are a proud and warlike people, very sensitive to slight and very quick to avenge an affront, it was a little embarra…