The White GhostChapter 9
Thank God, they finally made it! Everybody was pleased to meet Turtle's new wives, and John offered to let them stay in the tavern. Blue Jay and Redbird flatly refused to stay in the White man's house. They insisted on having their accustomed hut, and that fit in with what Turtle wanted, too. The two Nipmuck women looked over the hut that Turtle had been living in and snorted something to the effect of "What could you expect from a man?" They tore down what Turtle had built and assembled...