Section 11, Pages 500 - 551 Summary

Two days pass before Jordan is sent to Mungo's camp to tell him the king gives permission for him to go and look for his wife. He also tells Mungo there had been rumors that he was involved in an I.D.B. sting where Hendrik Naaiman was injured. Rhodes defends Mungo against these rumors, and to Mungo's good fortune, Naaiman has been killed in a knife fight. As such, his innocence is presumed. Mungo tries not to show relief. He packs and leaves.

Louise, filled with guilt knows there is no going back. She heads for the Tati river, to follow it south until she finds Khama's people. By the third night she is lost, her mule is lame and her water bottle is empty. She wakes to the mule's fearful noises and smells cat immediately. Before she...