Steyn, a small, knowing man dressed in a dark suit, posted his certificate on the outer door, donned Another produced four bamboo skewers, each about fourteen inches long, fire-hardened and needle-sharp. They seemed like unicorns of legend attending the lovely young woman waiting in the farmhouse. It was obvious that they intended to win.
He alone among his friends was apprehensive about the outcome. ' She had been all of sixteen when the Widower van Doorn rode seventy miles to find her, and she could remember how worried she had been. ' Late on the second day the train reached a small station- Hilary Siding-in eastern Cape Province, and there the women destined for Soetgrond were ordered into trucks. ' In months ahead when the name of this camp echoed with shame, he would concede that it was at least a place of physical beauty.
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