Okoya is good; he will not betray anybody, and least of all his mother.

And hear my words,--Mitsha also is good; as good as her father is bad, as wise as her mother is foolish.

Even if Okoya had found the feathers, and had told makatza of it, she would keep it to herself, and the secret would lie buried within her heart as deep as if it rested beneath the nethermost rock on which the Tetilla stands.

And in the end let me tell you,"-- she raised her head defiantly and her eyes flashed,--"if Okoya likes the girl and she wants him, they are sure to come together.

You cannot prevent it; neither can Tyope, the tapop, the Hotshanyi,--not even the whole tribe! Those on high hold the paths of our lives; they alone can do and undo, make and unmake." Say wept no more.