INTERROGATIONSTHE ELDERS WALKED DOWN THE empty corridors, looking around them in amazement that the English elders would want such a huge intricate building just to discuss the people’s desires and problems. They reminded each other about the primitive inhabitants of the big eastern land who built in the mountains similar edifices that only a few elite people were allowed to enter. They spread out among the cells, each picking one of the forlorn parliamentarians to interview through the interpreters who were sent ahead to await them. Then, questioning finished, they reassembled to hear the news from each other.
Adamuka began: “I talked to a man named Buckingham. He showed me some of the currency that they call money, pieces of paper and small pieces of metals. It appears of little value c
