I have only just come from there--
The palace was deserted quite,
No soul to tell me what had passed,
Not even a dog[FN#34] was there.



[FN#34] The Dominican text has misi, a cat, instead of allco, a dog.
Von Tschudi thought that misi was a word of Spanish origin. Zegarra says
that it is not. Before the Spaniards came, there was a small wild cat in
the Andes called misi-puna. But the Justiniani text has allco, a dog.



All the doors were closed and fastened,
Except the principal doorway,
And that was left without a guard.



Ollantay.

And the servants?



Piqui Chaqui.

Even the mice had fled and gone,