21/39 With a nature as outspoken as that of Hayoue, it was impossible to wait without saying something to somebody about it. But to whom? Okoya would be far preferable, and he determined upon looking him up. His nephew was not in the big house, and Hayoue went out to the corn-patches. The Indian goes to his field frequently, not in order to work, but simply to lounge, to seek company, or to watch the growing crops. |