She said, "It is well, my husband; go, and return in safety."

So he got in his boat and set sail for Maskat. After he had gone she got

in her boat and set sail behind him. In the middle of the sea her vessel

passed his, and he called out, "Who is that who is passing me?"

She replied, "It is I, Kitangatanga of the sea." She arrived first in

Maskat and found that house where he stopped and went and sat in it.

Presently her husband arrived, moored his ship and went up to the house.

When he saw that woman sitting there he was very surprised and said,

"How like you are to my wife whom I left in Kilwa, and also to that

woman I married in Zanzibar."

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