The Chisera

(Rising and going back to the feathering of the prayer-stick.) But I have heard the women gossiping at the spring—

Simwa

What did they say?

The Chisera

That Simwa does not believe in charms and scoffs at the gods.

Simwa

That was true (recovering)—once. But now that I am become the most notable arrow-maker in Sagharawite—

The Chisera

Now—now you do not scoff at the Chisera?