- judge: But didn't you lead Umokai on in order to get him to help you?
- Catherine Miles: I did not such thing! He acted on his own. And since he had nothing else to exchange, he offered his weapons, my cross, and himself as a slave, in order to own me. But Amaderi refused his offer, so Umokai challenged him to a fight. Amaderi wouldn't accept that either. I began to have a vague sense of foreboding at the long and terrible ordeal that was in store for me.
- Catherine Miles: Later I understood that what those savages did to me, was not considered by them to be an act of defilement or torture, but rather a religious ceremony and a cause for celebration. Now I was considered to be a woman, and Samadea could exercise his rights with me, now that the taboo of virginity had been removed.