She made straight for the group of girls and falling on her knees before
Nancy, touched her forehead to the ground.
"What is it, Onoye?" asked Nancy, blushing and paling and blushing again with some hidden emotion.
"Gracious lady, warn-ings," she began slowly, as if she had just learned the words from a book.
"What on earth?" Nancy asked.
"Gracious lady, warn-ings," repeated Onoye, in a monotonous voice.
"What do you mean, Onoye?" demanded Billie. "Don't kneel. Stand up and tell us all about it."
"No explaining words to make understanding. Make prayer to honorable Mees
Nancee."
"But what about?" asked Nancy, puzzled and troubled at the same time.
"Dee-vorce," answered Onoye, and then touching her forehead to the ground, she rose quickly and glided away.
It was so absurd that they were obliged to laugh, and yet they felt that the Japanese girl was entirely serious in what she was trying to tell.