How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I thought: "This accident and the things which have come from it, are getting into the blood of the farm, and it is my fault. I must call in fresh forces, or the farm will run into a bad dream, a nightmare. I know what I will do. I will send for Kinanjui." (2.4.55)
The festering sore from earlier is ready to do some serious damage that no amount of acne cream can combat. The lack of balance left by the killing means that some justice has got to be meted out quickly or things will get really ugly. The Baroness calls in the big guns, aka, Chief Kinanjui who, luckily, makes house calls.
Quote #8
I told the people, slowly and in an effective manner, that the matter between Kaninu and Wainaina had been settled and the settlement put down on paper, Kinanjui had come over to certify it. (2.5.34)
The Baroness jumps in and serves her purpose as the final word of justice in the Kyama. She knows that the written word is very respected by the Kikuyu, so her trick of writing down the settlement beforehand guarantees that there won't be any more jibber jabber about how much livestock Kaninu owes Wainaina. The Chief's presence is like a tag-team combining with the written document, giving tribal power to the decision.
Quote #9
With the payment of this cow and her heifer calf the Shaurie shall be finally settled. Nobody, after this, must speak of it or mention it at all.
Quoting directly from the document deciding the settlement for Wanyangerri's being shot, the Baroness lets us have a little taste of the Kikuyu justice system. The dispute, or Shaurie, is never to be mentioned again, which is probably more for the Baroness' sanity than anything else.