"I am here because I like you, Geronimo," Kieta said, "and I like you
because you led us well. I know you bear me no ill will because I left
you and returned to San Carlos."
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Said Geronimo, "If you wished to follow me no more, your own path was
before you, and how can I bear ill will because you chose it? Have you
now returned to me and brought Martine with you?"
"We are here as messengers for a very gallant soldier," Kieta said.