Chapter XIV, Diamonds Summary

Pik Prinsloo is a working, licensed diamond digger. He renews his license faithfully each year, always sure that the big score is just around the corner, and willing to share that sentiment with anyone who will listen. That is how he finds the backer who helps him get to Swartstroom stream, and finally finds the diamond of his life. October 11, 1978, he finds a diamond he estimates at five carats, and it's registration brings Philip Saltwood from the Amalgamated Mining Company. Distant relative of the African Saltwoods, Philip comes from America. He works three weeks on and one week off, spending his time at the hotel in Venloo and on Sunday attending the church service. There he meets Marius van Doorn who invites him to come to dinner. Philip becomes interested in daughter Sannie, but she is already spoken for...