His ritual now well established, Pieter returns home and, filled with self-loathing, bathes himself. He considers going to Johannesburg to see a psychiatrist for his own willpower and religious belief are seemingly useless. Having finished bathing, he tells his wife that he intends to work in his study. He reads about other criminals and identifies with them, feeling pity for them and himself, who should now be among their number.
He is filled with a new humility and is helpful and courteous to Nella and others. He meets and talks with Abraham Kaplan in the street and compliments his daughter on her violin playing ability.
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