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Plot Notes Page #s	Summary 9-19	 Ben du Toit went to a university with the narrator. They were close but as time passed they lost connection of each other. One day Ban had called the narrator asking to meet up with him at the Bakker’s bookshop, and when they did Ben was asking him if he could hold on to some stuff for him in case something happened. Two weeks after the narrator agreed, Ben was knocked over by a hit and run. That night the narrator opened the package he was given from Ben, and found papers torn from magazines, newspapers, letters, and photographs showing a dark picture of a girl, Melanie Bruwer. The day passes, and the narrator finds himself in a mix-up while attending a meeting in Johannesburg. 19-29	 After the narrator spends the night at Ben’s house one evening, Susan reveals a side of her that no one has seen yet. While Ben had gone to a school function, Susan and he had dinner and a talk. She then revealed after too many drinks that she had been unhappy with her life, and wasn’t satisfied, but when Ben returned home she went back to normal. Ben had also revealed that he knew he could be doing more with his life, but was content with the way things were. 29-39	 Within these pages, Ben managed to tell the narrator a flashback of his childhood and his family. He talked about the hard times his family endured on their farm during the drought. When they were forced to move, stress took over his parents, which lead to their deaths. Another memory was then recollected from the narrator of Susan kissing him on the forehead one morning, and nervously running away. Time passed and the package was once again examined, and Gordon Ngubene was brought up. When his son Jonathan was born, he was given good schooling until his bad ways took over, and his interests in school ended. 39-49	 Jonathan kept disappearing and the violent demonstrations kept occurring. After one of the worst, his parents set out to the hospital to find him but had no luck. Ben then hired a lawyer, Mr.Levinson to help. After many attempts the police finally said that he had died awhile ago, but Gordon still didn’t believe this had happened, so resigned his job and continued to search. 49-59	 In this section The Special Branch came and took Gordon away without reasoning. Emily and Be spend most of their time wondering about Gordon and Jonathan. Then, Ben finally decided to go to John Vorster Square himself. During his talk with Colonel Viljoen, Ben assures him that Gordon’s a good man, and there has to be a misunderstanding once again the Colonel says no and promises to have Gordon home. 59-69	During these pages, the Colonel began to interrogate Ben about Gordon’s behavior. When their meeting was finished, Ben wrote to Emily claiming Gordon was going to be home soon. Not too long after the letter was sent Emily showed up with news about a rumor she heard from a man about Gordon’s current status, and she told him the news about the findings of blood and teeth on Gordon’s pants that she picked up. 69-79	 These pages begin with a conversation between Ben and Susan’s guests about the topic with Gordon. The night ended well with the guests, but Ben seemed restless with thoughts of Gordon. When the case was present to a judge, the final jurisdiction stated no proof of assault. Ben didn’t hear from Emily again, but a night later Gordon was claimed to have committed suicide by hanging himself. 79-89	 In these 10 pages, Stanley and Ben got a feel for each other and got a chance to learn about one another. After some time chatting, Ben realized that he wanted to see Gordon’s body and when Stanley agreed to take him through the bad neighborhoods to get there, they went. 89-99	An old man that worked at the funeral home took them to Gordon’s body. Afterwards both men were confused and angry but carried off to Emily’s home. When conversation ended about the reality of Gordon’s death, Ben went off to Stanley’s place for a drink, and Stanley talked about how he stayed out of trouble in his childhood days. When night time came, Stanley took Ben home, but stated “I can’t keep on coming here like this. They’ll put their mark on you.” This shows that Stanley knows a little more about the problems going on in the community than Ben does. 99-109	Although Gordon’s funeral was supposed to be a peaceful time, it wasn’t. The people poured in because it had become such a big deal. The next day Dr. Suliman Hassiem had been detained, leaving Ben with the idea of calling Mr.Levinson, and going to court. The court case occurred, and gave out all the facts about Gordon’s death. 109-119	 The detainees were forced to sign the affidavits claiming Gordon was in good health and that they themselves were treated well. A young girl, Grace Nkoski, had also claimed to have been beaten during her stay. After a day in court, the woman named Melanie Bruwer confronted Ben, but suddenly disappeared into the crowd after a short chat. She saw him at the coffee shop 2 days later, and sat with him, mentioning that Stanley helped her a lot with her life. They had also talked a little about Gordon’s case, and what there is to do about it. 119-129	 At this time, the court stated that they believe after all the evidence that Gordon had committed suicide. After the case, Ben went back to Melanie’s to talk and have a drink. 129-139	 While at Melanie’s house, they talked about their pasts. When it got late, Ben left for home. The next day a picture of Emily embracing Ben flourished on all the newspapers and people were calling and telling him how ashamed he should be. Instead he didn’t listen, and just put their comments aside. 139-149	 Ben went to see Reverend Dominee that night, and discussed what he should do about what happened at court. He ends the conversation by saying, pray for me whatever happens now. The next day he went to Dr.Hertzog’s office and waited for him to arrive. After barging in his office, he asked him some questions, and refused to leave. 149-159	 While Ben was at Dr. Hertzog’s office he had interrogated him, and caught him in some lies. When he left and came home the colonel and some other workers came by, and searched his house. They had taken some of his journals and notes from his interrogation on Dr.Hertzog. This gave Ben the idea to build a device which would prevent anyone from finding his personal notes, and other secretive things. Ben goes through a weird phase, and begins to think about the world, and the way people are brought up to think and do things. He also started examining our culture and our law in his mind. 159-169	 Ben has a conversation with himself talking about races and their interactions with each other. He met up with Stanley the next day, and told him about the SB searching his house. Stanley warned him to be careful because they will always be watching and waiting for Ben to do something. 169-179	 Ben decided to go through with his plans and head back to court again, aside from all the people who disagree with him. While him and Emily visited the church and talked to the priest, they were told not to follow through with plans, and to accept what has happened. Back at Emily’s house, she gave Ben 2 pieces of crumbled old paper that Gordon had written while in jail. A man by the name of Johnson Seroke had given Emily the notes, which talked about how he missed his family. After this Stanley and Ben went to Stanley’s house where Ben was introduced to Julius Nqakula, Jonathan’s lawyer. 179-189	 Julius Nqakula was very drunk when meeting Ben, and he had said some ignorant things to him. Julius did finally agree to help Ben and Stanley. Back at Ben’s, Suzette had come by to visit and had explained why Ben shouldn’t keep going with the case. He ignored this and went to Melanie’s house where he talked to her dad while waiting for her to arrive. 189-199	 As Melanie gets on to something, Ben finds himself becoming more and more attracted to Melanie. Ignoring his childish feelings, he continued working. A man by the name Henry Maphuna came to visit Ben and told him about the case he went through with his sister. At this point Ben feels a little overwhelmed with everything that’s being put on him. 199-209	 Stanley took a visit to Ben telling him that he had business to do in Botswana and had to leave. Ben took a visit to Dr. Hassiem, the doctor also present at the autopsy, and revealed something to Ben, which Ben felt would really help the case. 209-219	 Ben was once again visited by the SB, and this time found out that they tapped into his phone lines. When they left Susan’s father came by to talk with Ben about the whole subject, but when Ben mentioned the SB, he didn’t want anything to do with the conversation anymore. Over the next couple days, Ben’s schedule became booked, and Julius was also taken into the SB. Ben’s house was wrecked, but his tool shed was untouched. He also had some time to meet Johnson, who gave Emily the letters, and asked him some questions, but promised not to mention his name in court. Ben ended up playing chess with Mr. Bruwer, feeling a little relief. 219-229	 Pretty soon wherever Ben went, he was being followed. His mail was checked and all of his friends and colleagues were interviewed. When Ben finally decided to confront the Colonel about this, the colonel denied it all, yet hinted at Ben to stop his work on Gordon’s case, but yet again Ben didn’t listen. 229-239	 That same night of his talk with Colonel, 3 shots were fired into the living room shattering the T.V. Ben decided to take his happenings to the press, but was then denied by Andries Lourens because he feared he would start chaos, and he paper would be out of business. Instead Ben went to the Sunday paper and put it in. There was a lot of debate on the paper, and Ben was confronted by Cloete saying he must stop the nonsense he’s causing. While checking his mailbox later in the day, Ben found a letter, and found out there was a bomb in it after taking it to the police. 239-249	 Ben had decided he was ready to quit until Stanley reassured him to keep going, and not to give up. He decided to leave the city, and go on vacation with Melanie and her dad. They had stopped at one of Mr.Bruwer’s friend’s houses and took a hike. That night on the hike, Ben had admitted to Melanie that he loved her. The next morning Melanie’s father had to be taken to the hospital for his nauseous feelings. This later lead him to a heart attack, but he was out of the hospital in no time. 249-259	 In this section, Levinson ended up leaving to Botswana, and became very well known over there for the stories he would tell. Ben also admitted his doings in the Sunday paper to the Cabinet Minister. The minister ended the interview by saying he was going to report to the SB and have them report back. The next day was Christmas, full of family members, and Stanley. Stanley had gotten too drunk and embarrassed himself and Ben. Pretty soon everyone had left the house leaving the two there themselves. An argument started and led to Stanley revealing that Emily had died. Her son Robert was shot, and when Emily heard the news she killed herself.

259-269 Susan made the decision to leave, and just take a little bit of time away from Ben, and stay with her mom. Johnson Seroke had died shortly after. He was shot 5 times when he opened the front door. One of Ben’s only hopes. He felt so alone the next couple of days. Then her went past Melanie’s, saw her there, and talked over coffee. 269-279	 Ben ended up staying with Melanie because they were both alone. That night Melanie ended up standing in the room Ben was in, naked. This ended up leading to the two having sex that night and the next morning. Three weeks later after Ben went home, Susan had returned. She had opened the mail up to discover a picture of Ben with this woman (Melanie). Shortly after Stolz was at the door willing to come to an understanding. 279-289	 Stolz had threatened Ben with the picture of him and Melanie, claiming if he’d agree to stop, then he would try to prevent the public from getting the picture. Melanie had also been accused of being an immigrant and was sent to London. She sent a letter to Ben through one of her dad’s old friends, while in London, but couldn’t do no more. 289-299	 In the letter to Ben it said, go on and keep trying to find justice. The next day Ben was called into the office because of the picture and decided to make things easier and resign. That night Susan had decided she was going to leave for good the next morning. Suzette had decided to visit Ben, telling him how she didn’t agree with him, but understood him. Mr.Bruwer had gone back t the hospital for hid health, but Ben was denied in the room. Ben decided to go to Soweto to find someone to talk to, hopefully Stanley. 299-309	 On Ben’s trip to Soweto for Stanley, he stopped at his house, but was denied entrance by a woman who claimed ‘they’ are looking for Stanley and would see Ben. While Ben was walking back to his car, he was attacked, but luckily got away. The next day Suzette came by to talk to Ben, and he revealed where he kept all of his work. It didn’t take long for someone to throw his papers all over the garage. He got them together and got them to the narrator.