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She copied down the pertinent information about the estate open to the public—hours, days open—then looked at her watch. 'I will walk behind you,' the girl said, 'and come into Zimbabwe as if by accident. While Gloria’s mother had alife,Dougless thought with bitterness. Dougless smiled when they entered the room, and she remembered something she’d read in a guidebook.

Dougless stripped off her undergarments and stepped into the tub while Honoria picked up the modern clothes, examining each carefully, unabashedly curious. She tried to memorize what houses looked like and what the streets were like. It was the unusual man who followed the steps of Willem van Doorn, choosing the Cape once and for all as his future home and committing himself totally to its development. The librarian said some people believed you did, but there was no proof.