SEVENTEEN - OIL AND LACQUER
it change.
And ot of ters, from along t strangers, too, mulefa eady.
I go? Mary said. hey all coming here?
Dont al, come you.
It seemed to ing, for to go and o expect. t t least, Mary estimated, o. tting sun spread its o oil, part warm fles horselike smell.
Atal urged ohe mound.
Mary said, is ell me!
No, no... Not me. Sattamax will speak...
Mary didnt knotamax, and tal indicated ranger to trunk ter of ole a glance t Mary respect, even ttle of meant.
tamax o speak, t of t. Mary stood close to tal nearby for reassurance; but s as if s school.
Sattamax began to speak. ones ricures of runk low and graceful.
e ogeto greet tranger Mary. to be grateful for ivities since sed until s especially tal, tranger Mary can noand us.
But to understand, and t , but s see it as il srument to look through.
And no o help us.
Mary, come here and join me.
S dizzy, self-conscious, bemused, but so and stepped up beside t ster speak, so she began:
You able. I came from a some of us are aeful for your . If to do it.
Sal, and s made her meaning
clear. It ure as to understand.
Sattamax said, It is good to o , I cannot see ualapi of ty-t taken care of trees prospered, tualapi came, our numbers and tant.
But trees began to sicken. e cended till of season, and some of trig find a cause for this.
to be sure, t so is t kno until you came. e terflies an