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Outwardly he laughed to his wife, but he was brokenhearted as if he were dead. He called to his wife: Targuma (her name).  She laughingly answered and he said nothing. He called his father in law, Matli, and said that he would return his wife to him.

His father in law did not answer.

Badun said: I will return my wife and children to you.  You will be the one to look after them.  If I stay away too long, you should belive that I am already dead. [[strikethrough]] h [[/strikethrough]]

He did not reveal to his father in law his troubled mind. He said: Perhaps some day the people will be singing [[underlined]] kisa [[/underlined]] about me.

He did not follow his hot impulse to kill the datu's son, but kept it in his mind for a future date.

He said to his father in law: If I cannot remove my shame from that datu, I may as well be dead.

Badun prayed five times a day.

I shall now tell you the story about the son of the datu so you can understand it clearly.  The son of the datu [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] was known as far away as Manila.  One time the son of the datu went to Bilaan to buy goods (he was a vendor).

One boy went to Badun's house and told him that the son of the datu was in Bilaan.  He said:  You watch when the truck passes by.  I'm sure that the son of the datu is  a passenger in the truck.

The truck had left by the time Badun went to see if the datu's son was on it.

Badun was upset because he missed the datu's son, so he followed the truck to see if he could find that datu's son.  Badun said [[strikethrough]] : [[/strikethrough]] to his companions:  If we meet the datu's son we will not kill him immediately but will speak to him kindly.

Badun spoke so kindly to the datu's son, that he did not think that Badun had any bad intetnions toward him.  Badun said to the datu's son: Do you want to buy a big bull?

The datu's son said: If I can gain something I wil buyt it. If I can get the proper clearance I shal ltake the bull to Zamoognga.

Badun said:  You are getting a bargan. The bull is in perfect shape. Even if you took it to the Manila, it would be highly praised. If you don't have enough cash for the oull, I will mortgage some of your property for you.  I will help you in any way that I can. Don't be afraid. I shall be the one responsible for you.

The datu's sone went with him, and thought that all of Badun's intentions were for the best.