As she passed the new house of the Corn clan, the first angry blast of the storm met her, and she had to stop.

It filled her with lively satisfaction, however, to see how accurately she had regulated her movements.

She might get into the big house almost unnoticed, for the rain began to fall.
At the moment when Hayoue and Okoya found shelter in the caves of the Water clan, Shotaye dashed through the gangway of the building.

A tremendous shower was falling, and as soon as she entered the court she was drenched from head to foot, to the great delight of those who, well protected themselves, were standing in the doorways of their quarters.
One single voice called to her to come in, but she took no notice of it.
Blinded by the torrents of falling water, she groped her way along the walls, and finally stumbled into the open door of Say Koitza's home.

Not a single thread of her scanty clothing was dry; her hair, soaked and dripping, clung to her forehead and cheeks as if glued to the skin; water filled her eyes, nostrils, and ears.