It was because he was not so kind; because he believed that she had secret meetings with Bill Holmes whom she hated.

And in spite of the fact that Bill Holmes had left the company the other day and was going away, Wagalexa Conka still looked upon her with cold eyes and listened to the things that Applehead said against her.

The heart of Wagalexa Conka, she told herself miserably, was like a stone for her.

And so her own heart must be hard.

She would swear to Ramon, and she would keep the oath--and Wagalexa Conka would not even miss her or be sorry that she had gone.
"First you make swears like I tells you," she said.