Then the old man raised his head, and spoke slowly and in solemn tones,-- "It is well; all you have said to me is well, my children.

The daughter of my hanutsh is a good girl, she is a handsome girl, she is a strong girl.

Therefore she is as a woman ought to be.

Okoya is like her; they belong to each other; and it is wise for a son of Tanyi to wed a daughter of Tyame.

The body must be as the heart; each must suit the heart and the body of the other, and since the two go with each other it is a sign that they are fitted to live together.