42/49 Therefore listen to our speech kindly, and then open our hearts with your speech as a father should with his children." The old man was flattered by this address from his daughter, and glanced at Hayoue with the air of one who feels proud of the achievements of his child. The young man, too, bowed in approbation. Topanashka turned to Say, and said in an affable tone,-- "Speak, sa uishe; I am glad to listen." "Sa nashtio," she began, "Okoya is young, but he is no longer a child. So he has gone to that girl and may be with her at present. |