Chapter 18 Summary

As David watches Petrus plow his land with a tractor, he sees how Petrus is a changed man in the new Africa. In the old days, it would have taken him all day to plow somebody else's land with his hands. Nowadays, it just takes him a couple of hours on a tractor to plow his own land. David approaches Petrus, asking him if he would mind looking over Lucy's land if Lucy were to want to take some time to herself and go to Cape Town with David. Petrus seems a bit skeptical, saying that he has a lot of his own work to do, and it would be difficult for him to take care of Lucy's land as well.

David gets a call from the police station, saying that his Corolla has been found. He is very surprised, since he didn't...