MD3PAD 346-348

[Toby G Levy]

        Mason cannot sleep and thinks of Rebekah, who has not "visited"
him since he was on St Helena.  The next morning before Dixon wakes,
Mason sneaks out of his room and visits the site of the massacre
alone.  It is the smell that affects Mason more than anything he sees.
He later remarks to Dixon that the settlers are foolish to think that
the debt is settled and the carnage will stop there.

        Dixon resolves to go see for himself. He does not know what to
wear in order not to attract attention. He decides to borrow Mason's
clothes.  He knows Mason does not like America, but he is trying to keep
an open mind. Dixon sees a great many bits of evidence of the horror and
thinks back to earlier sights of cruelty that he witnessed in South
Africa.  He would like to pray but does not want to call attention to
himself.  He feels very depressed.

        Dixon returns to their rooms to find Mason guiltily reading
"The Ghastly Fop." This was the book first mentioned derisively by
Maskelyne a couple of hundred pages back. This is also the same book
that is read to Jenkin's Ear in the Jenkin's Ear museum.

        Dixon is anxious to leave and Mason agrees. Once again they
speculate on who they are really working for and do not have an answer.
They hasten to return to Harland's farm.

Toby