Summary

In Chapter 2, Hurston returned to visit with Kossula, and brought a basket of peaches as a gift. Kossula selected four of the best looking peaches and gave them to Mary and Martha, his twin great-granddaughters, who were also at his house that day. Hurston reported that “the old man’s love of these children was quite evident,” and he spoke to them affectionately as he doted on them (25).

When they settled in to talk, Hurston reminded Kossula that he had been speaking of his grandfather’s compound, and about the chief who lost his wife. Kossula said that he remembered where they left off, and, indeed, that he remembered “everything since I de five year old” (26). He resumed talking about his grandfather, who was an officer of the local king. Kossula told Hurston how whenever a man in his tribe killed a leopard...