He flicked it out of the side window and lit another,driving with one hand and watching the mirror, waiting for the girl tomove again. She closed the thick folder. Hewore his dark sunglasses when he boarded the Wenela train and his skinwas dyed the same hue as the black workers who surrounded him closely. Through the Zeiss lens he could make out the individual branchesof the bush that grew beside the path starkly silhouetted against thesoft glow of light from the valley beyond.
She had worn it before, butin Cape Town, so it was unlikely anybody here had seen it. Do you havea map? This way. She must retain his enthusiasm intact and never jadehim. it took eight days to make the journey to Johannesburg.
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