after his father’s flight, entered Adinda’s house, and communicated to her his plan.
“Think of it,” said he, “when I come back we shall be old enough to marry, and shall possess two buffaloes!”
“Very well, Saïdjah, I will gladly marry you when you return. I will spin and weave sarongs[1] and slendangs,[2] and be very diligent all the time.”
“Oh, I believe you, Adinda, but. . . if I find you married?”
“Saïdjah, you know very well that I shall marry nobody but you; my father promised me to your father.”
“And you yourself?”
“I shall marry you, you may be sure of that.”
“When I come back, I will call from afar off.”
“Who shall hear it, if we are stamping rice in the village?”
“That is true, . . . but, Adinda, . . . oh yes, this is better, wait for me under the djati[3] wood, under the ketapan[4] where you gave me the melatti.”[5]
“But, Saïdjah, how can I know when I am to go to the ketapan?”
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