Chapters 71 - 75 Summary

Mark gets ready Storm shows up, asking how she is supposed to see him off. He suggests a kiss, and a moment later, she is in his arms. He drives as fast as he can, listening to the conversation of the two men in the back. Sean tells Mark not to stop in any of the major towns so that the PM is not recognized, although at a roadside pump the proprietor notices them and warns the Action Committee in Johannesburg anyway.

Fergus is watching the Newlands Police Station through binoculars. He sees that the telephone lines have been cut, and the windows and doors are sandbagged. The police station is isolated. In Dunswart Station, the Transvaal Scottish get off the train, but the strikers are waiting for them. The troops are caught under fire from over a hundred locations and...