Chapter 1

Characters: Author

Detailed summary of main events: Talks about the land and what is around it and in it.

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Chapter 2

Characters: Stephen, wife, girl

Detailed summary of main events: A girl brings a letter to Stephen and he reads it. It is about
helping someone so he gets money and is ready to leave to go to the place.

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Chapter 3

Characters: Stephen

Detailed summary of main events: He is on his way to the place and he is on a train.

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Chapter 4

Characters: Mr. Mafolo, Mr. Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: He is in the city and was robbed of money at the bus. He finally
reaches the place where he set out to go.

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Chapter 5

Characters: Mafolo, Kumalo, priests

Detailed summary of main events: Kumalo is told about the girl that they are going to try and
help.

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Chapter 6

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They go and find a women who is bad and try to make her
become good again.

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Chapter 7

Characters: Kumalo, Kumalo’s brother

Detailed summary of main events: Kumalo meets his brother and they talk about the country.
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Chapter 8

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They keep asking and trying to find Kumalo’s son.

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Chapter 9

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They keep trying to find a place to stay.

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Chapter 10

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They find the house of where Kumalo’s son is staying and find a
girl there that tells them that he went somewhere and has not returned.

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Chapter 11

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: A man was killed by three men.

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Chapter 12

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: Police are trying to find Kumalo’s son and are asking people that
knew him more information about him.

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Chapter 13

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They talk about his son and what happened and are getting
ready t move some place else.

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Chapter 14

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: Kuamalo talks to his son who is in prison.
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Chapter 15

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They talk about what to do next and are very sad.

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Chapter 16

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo, wife of Kumalo’s son

Detailed summary of main events: They are talking to the wife of Kumalo’s son and she is very
sad.

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Chapter 17

Characters: Msimangu, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: They prepare the wedding for the son of Kumalo.

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Chapter 18

Characters: Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: Kumalo goes to the family of the man who was shot and killed
and talks to them.

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Chapter 19

Characters: Kumalo, Jarvis

Detailed summary of main events: They go to the police laboratory and talk about the ma who was
shot.

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Chapter 20

Characters: Kumalo, Jarvis

Detailed summary of main events: They are at the man’s house and they talk about his life.

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Chapter 21

Characters: Kumalo, Jarvis

 Detailed summary of main events: They go to the service and they are very sad. Jarvis talks about
the letters and how all the people should be stung up.

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Chapter 22

Characters: Absolam

Detailed summary of main events: Absolam is judged in this chapter.

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Chapter 23

Characters: People

Detailed summary of main events: Gold is found in a mine and people forget about the murder case
and try to get gold.

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Chapter 24

Characters: Jarvis

Detailed summary of main events: Jarvis goes back to his son’s house and reads a few books He
then leaves.

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Chapter 25

Characters: Jarvis

Detailed summary of main events: Jarvis goes to spend time at his family’s house.

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Chapter 26

Characters: People

Detailed summary of main events: There is a great voice changing the people’s mind about
something.

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Chapter 27

Characters: Kumalo, Gertrude

Detailed summary of main events: They return to their house and they read that a man was
murdered.

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Chapter 28
 Characters: Absolam, Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: Absolam is judged and is found guilty and will be killed.

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Chapter 29

Characters: Kumalo

Detailed summary of main events: Kumalp is very sad and goes away.

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