Chapter 24: After being released, the prisoners returned with looks that frightened the children. The village is filled with tense and unnatural silence. The village crier announces another meeting for the following morning, and the clan is filled with a sense of foreboding. The village gathers the next day. Okonkwo barely slept because of his excitement and anticipation. He thought is was all over no matter what was decided he would stick. He takes out his war dress and assesses his smoked raffia skirt, tall feather headgear, and shield as in pretty good condition. He thinks back to his former glories in battle and ponders that the nature of man has changed. The meeting is packed with men from all of the clan’s nine villages. The first speaker talks of how the damage aand how much was done fron the white man. Five court messengers approach the grounds ordering the meeting to stopped. When they finish what the yhave to say Okonkwo kills them with his machete and wipes off the remains of blood and departs when he was finished.