| Bashorun’s
house. The chiefs sat down gazing disappointed. |
| BASHORUN: |
Comrades, this…(short of words)
I mean he gripped us. |
| AKINIKU: |
a single tree doesn’t make a forest. That man can’t
shrewdly act alone. |
| Bashorun: |
(complains) And I said the wall have ears. I do believe it leaked… |
| SAMU: |
I don’t think so. I made sure nobody heard or saw me. |
| Bisa
Enters. |
| BISA: |
(prostrates)
I greet you Bashorun. |
| ALAPINI: |
Spy. This is one of them. |
| BISA: |
No. |
| BASHORUN: |
What do you want? |
| BISA: |
No. |
| BASHORUN: |
What do you want/ |
| BISA: |
I’ve come to tell you that it wasn’t Kabiyesi
initiatives that led to the capturing of the emissaries. Personally, I
have the idea of going back to Oyo. |
| SAMU: |
(eagerly) |
| BISA: |
I was there when…when… |
| BASHORUN: |
(shouts) When what |
| BISA: |
Ologbo advised him. |
| BASHORUN: |
He’ll soon see our man. He’ll never poke..Again. |
| BISA: |
(bows) I greet you
Bashorun. |
| AKINIKU: |
Take this and take the exit. |
| (Bisa
leaves. The Chiefs begin to murmur) |
| fadeout |
