On the contrary he appeared to Okoya, since the last interview, in the light of an important personage.

Okoya's faith in his mother was shaken before; now he began to think that Tyope after all, while he was certainly to him an important man, was not as bad as represented.

The Koshare also appeared to him in a new and more favourable light.

The adroit suggestion made by the woman that he should join the society bore its fruits.

Okoya felt not only relieved but happy; he felt elated over his success.