"No, that is a boy's job." Okonkwo was specially fond of Ezinma. She looked
very much like her mother, who was once the village beauty. But his fondness only
showed on very rare occasions.
"Obiageli broke her pot today," Ezinma said.
"Yes, she has told me about it," Okonkwo said between mouthfuls.
"Father," said Obiageli, "people should not talk when they are eating or pepper
may go down the wrong way."
"That is very true. Do you hear that, Ezinma? You are older than Obiageli but
she has more sense."
He uncovered his second wife's dish and began to eat from it. Obiageli took the
first dish and returned to her mother's hut. And then Nkechi came in, bringing the third
dish. Nkechi was the daughter of Okonkwo's third wife.
In the distance the drums continued to beat.