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have climbed to the utmost heights. And so he regretted every day of his exile. His mother's kinsmen had been very kind to himand he was grateful. But that did not alter the facts. He had called the first child born to him in exile Nneka—"Mother is Supreme"—out of politeness to his mother's kinsmen. But two years later when a son was born he called him Nwofia—"Begotten in the Wilderness." As soon as he entered his last year in exile Okonkwo sent money to Obierika to build him two huts in his old compound where he and his family would live until he built more huts and the outside wall of his compound. He could not ask another man to build his own obi for himnor the walls of his compound. Those things a man built for himself or inherited from his father. As the last heavy rains of the year began to fallObierika sent word that the two huts had been built and Okonkwo began to prepare for his returnafter the rains. He would have liked to return earlier and build his compound that year before the rains stoppedbut in doing so he would have taken something from the full penalty of seven years. And that could not be. So he waited impatiently for the dry season to come. It came slowly. The rain became lighter and l cheap original louis vuitton handbagsyilai: ugg boots clearance On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaaocvf |
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