MD3PAD 76-78

[Toby G Levy]

        Wicks philosophizes that death is "the Despair at the Core of
History" and that the resurrection of Christ is the reason for hope in
the study of history. I'm not sure exactly what this means in the
context of this story.

        Ethelmer makes a comment about man's inexhaustible inhumanity to
man and he is upbraided by Mr. LeSpark. Ethelmer quickly apologizes.

        Chapter 8 begins on page 77 with Dixon making his nightly tour
of the bustling Capetown nightlife. He is happy to be able to whistle
along to the tunes he hears played in the street.

vw#24: droster -  couldn't find it anywhere but drost is a dutch word
for a government official.

        After the nightly curfew cannon sounds, Dixon stays out in the
night as an "outlaw." He engages in many of the debaucheries offered,
thinking that the residents are acting as if it were the end of the
world.

        Mason contends that Dixon is not "tempted" by the sins of the
night because he is a willing participant, and Dixon argues that Mason
does not understand temptation because he is never tempted by anything.