They do not run to headquarters for information; they make no effort at interviewing the officers; they simply and sullenly wait.
This patient waiting, however, is only on the surface.

In strictly intimate circles apprehensions are sometimes uttered and opinions exchanged.

But this is done in the clan, and rarely in the family.
In the present case it was not reticence alone that prevailed.

The conviction that great things might be brought to light soon, caused uneasiness rather than anything else.

Apprehensions were increased by the fact that only a part of the dignitaries of the tribe were doing penance.