"I am against giving Shyuamo any more ground than they have at present.

You have enough for yourselves, for your women, and for all your children.

Do more work in the field and do less penance; be shyayak rather than Koshare!" He rose and turned toward Tyope.

"Your woman belongs to our hanutsh, and I know that it is not you who feed her; and so you are, all of you.

You live from other people's crops!" Tyope looked up, and his eyes flashed; but in a quiet tone he answered,-- "Your woman is Shyuamo; you know best how it is." The other continued with growing passion,-- "And when your wife was from Tzitz everybody knew that it was not you who supported her, but that she maintained you!" Loud murmurs arose, and the Shkuy Chayan called Tyame to order, so that Tyope did not have time for a reply to this insulting insinuation.
Of all the clans represented three had yet to express their views.