“We have discussed this matter that we talked about,” he said. “It is a strange thing, that white mems should work in our rice-fields, and some of my brothers are afraid that the white Tuans will not understand when they come back, and that they will be angry, saying we have made you work for us against your will.”
Jean said, “We will give you a letter now, that you can show them if they should say that.”
He shook his head. “It is not necessary. It is sufficient if you tell the Tuans when they come back that this thing was done because you wished it so.”
She said, “That we will do.”
They went to work next day. There were six married women in the party at that time, and Jean, and ten children including Jean’s baby. The headman took them out to the fields with two Malay girls, Fatimah bi
