With the Indian the superlative of depravity is witchcraft.

Okoya revolved in his mind whether his mother was not perhaps his most dangerous enemy.
On the other hand, Say Koitza, when she began to question her son, had in view a certain object.

She was anxious to find out who the maiden was whose looks had at once charmed her.

Next she was curious to know whether the meeting of the two was accidental or not.

Therefore the leading question, "And you go with that girl ?" Under ordinary circumstances his affirmative reply might have filled her motherly heart with joy, for Mitsha's appearance had struck her fancy; but now it filled her with dismay.