Part 3: Chapter 7 Summary

Chapter 7 returns to the present, twelve years later, and continues with Munira's autobiography. Munira recalls that things were never quite the same after their adventure to the city. He has been held in the prison for 8 days, and still has not yet been called by the inspector. He demands to speak to the officer in charge, but is suddenly soothed. "Why my sudden doubt," he asks. "Everything is ordained by God. The vanity of man's actions divorced from a total surrender to the will of the Lord! We went on a journey to the city to save Ilmorog from the drought. We brought back spiritual drought from the city!"

A month after the journey to the city, the rain began to fall. School resumed, and Karega throws himself into his new career with a vengeance. He wants to take his mind...