Chapter 19 Summary

After work, as he leaves the station, Pieter meets Anna outside in the street and together they go for a drink at the Royal Hotel. They unburden themselves on one another: he tells her of his day and she tells him of her life. She adores him and tells him as much. They drink a succession of brandies and both are drunk when she realizes that it is seven o'clock and that she should have been home by six-thirty. Pieter escorts her home.

Returning to his own home, Pieter eats little, drinks more, telephones Kappie and tells him that he cannot come tonight but will do so the next evening. Then he leaves the house and walks away from van Onselen Street, towards the location and there, in a vacant lot, amidst the kakiebos weed has sex with Stephanie.

Chapter 19 Analysis

His resolve...