The consequences of rejection would of course be total and utter humiliation, the girl being left naked offering her body to be used by anyone in front of the whole community. However “Black” Jak was known for scorning the wrath of the other men by staring at their wives with a leering concentration while making his own frail, subdued young wife struggle to recover his own boat wearing just a few shredded rags around her shoulders which afforded little modesty or warmth. XXX If Jak didn’t accept her she knew she would be forced to flee far from the village, but then, she reasoned, she might as well suffer the indignity of starving away to nothing well away from anyone who knew her. He pulled her back into the centre of the rock before reaching across to his bag for the knife and hatchet he had
