For the present, all that could be done was to remain absolutely quiet and to wait.
Hayoue, on the other hand, was not so philosophical.

As he strolled down the valley, his mind was deeply agitated.

It seemed clear to him that a grave question had been propounded at the council, and it could only have originated through some deviltry on the part of the evil spirits of the Turquoise clan, Tyope and the old Naua.

This made him very angry, and he vowed within himself that when the time came he would take a very active part in the proceedings.
He would rather have commenced the fray at once by slaughtering Tyope and his accomplice; but then, it was not altogether the thing to do.
Neither would it do to go about and inquire at random.

Nothing was left to him but to have patience and wait.
Waiting, however, did not interfere with his disposition to talk.