Atthisreply，theking，withoutalteringhispositionorexpression，said，”ThenwhoamI?”
TheKoordiraisedhiseyesforthefirsttime，andlookedatQuatKare，butsaidnothing；heonlypuffed——thepipedidnotseemtodrawwell。Atlengthafairvolumeofsmokewasemitted，andtheKoordiansweredbyaquestion：”IfyouareQuatKare，whydidyouhideyourself?whydidyounotpresentyourselfbeforemeatFashoda?thenIshouldhaveknownthatyouwerealive。”
QuatKareregardedhimfixedly，andherepliedslowly，”Whereareallmycattlethatyoustole?wherearethewomenandchildrenthatyoukidnapped?Iconsideredthatifyoutookmycattleandcapturedmypeople，youmightprobablytakeME，thereforeIdeclinedtheopportunity。”
TheKoordipuffedandpuffedvigorously，butthelongpipedidnotdraw；
somethinghadevidentlychokedthetube。