96 VARIOUS OCCURRENCES DURING [1820. 
it their interest to throw the blame of the murder 
on nations more remote. 
Once at a public meeting called to consider 
whether they should go on a commando against a 
distant nation, Malalla, brother to the king, said 
to the assembly, " I will not go on a commando 
with you, you all speak as brave men here before 
the women, to make them think you are heroes, 
but before the enemy you are all women." 
