The next day the people of the Meburu, those that were regarded as the elders, those that had sent a message of their coming to see Prince Sando arrived the palace of Meburu and they were six in number. They were very old but not so old that they could not find their way to the palace. When they got there they were received warmly by the gate keepers and were taken to where Prince Sando was. Prince Sando on sighting them stood up to greet them but when they reached where he was they all began to bow before him. The prince did not want that; he did not want old men, old enough to be his late father's father bowing down their heads before him. But that was not what the elders asked him because they believed that even though there was nothing else that anyone ought to do concerning it it was
