d wide nose gave a very look.He breathed
heavily,and it was said that,when he slept.his
wives and children in their houses could hear
him breathe. When he walked ,his heels
hardly touched the ground and he seemed to
walk on springs,as if he was going to pounce
on somebody. And he did pounce on people
quit often. He had a slight stammer and
whenever he was angry and could not get his
words out quickly enough, he would use his
first. He had no patience with unsuccessful
men. He had no patience with his father.
Unoka,for that was his father's nname,had
died ten years ago. In his day he was lazy and
improvident and was quite incapable of
thinking about tomorrow. If any money came
his way,and it seldom did,he immediately
bought gourd of palm-win.called round his
neighbours and made merry,he always said
that whenever he saw a dead man's mouth he
saw the folly of not eating what one had in
one's lifetime. Unoka was, of course, a
debtor,and he owed every neighbour some
money.from a few cowries to quite
substantial amounts.
He was tall but very thin and had a slight
stroop. He wore a
Hagged and moumful look except when he
was drinking a playing
On his flute. He was very good on his flute, and his happiest moments
Were the two or tthree moon after the harvest
when the village.
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