This, she represented, had to be attempted when the Koshare were in their greatest power, and could only be effected by means of the owl's feathers.

By burying these feathers near the place where the Delight Makers used to assemble, Shotaye asserted that not only would the disease be eliminated forever, but the guilty one be punished according to the measure of his crime.
Say would not listen to any such proposals.

She saw no necessity for going any further in forbidden tracks.

Now that her health was restored, why should she attempt to harm a cluster of men to which her husband belonged, and thus perhaps imperil his life?
Shotaye met this objection with the assurance that the remedy was directed against the guilty ones only, and that she herself did not for a moment think that Zashue had participated in the evil manipulations against his wife; that consequently he was in no manner exposed to danger.

Say finally told her visitor that she would wait and see, and then decide.
Winter went and spring came.