Charlie then asks Marston, whom he disdains for his originality to South African life, what he thinks occurred. Charlie sees the body with scorn and disturb, however Marston doesn’t see this look. Marston clarifies that he discovered Mary’s body on the veranda, however that he moved it inside as the canines were licking at the body. Marston didn’t know until some other time as he dozed late and was not stirred by Dick Turner. He at that point questions Marston regarding why he didn’t educate Slatter of the homicide himself. Charlie lands to the Turner homestead and finds a quiet Moses and a confounded Dick Turner. The weapon is uncovered to be a key part of the homicide. He has a sjambok (whip) he utilizes when cultivating and persuaded the Turners to get one. He has a temper and once murdered a local out of frustration. As Charlie approaches, the account movements to his story, clarifying how he began with nothing and turned into an affluent rancher. At the point when individuals wonder why he had done as such, it is proposed that the locals do have some feeling of commitment to in making the best choice, in spite of the white man’s conviction that they are altogether abnormal and insidious.Īt the point when Dick Turner comes back to his homestead and the dark police officers understand that he is damaged, they don’t contact him, as he is white, thus leave him for Charlie Slatter to support him. It is additionally uncovered that Moses surrendered himself eagerly. Because of conceivable tattle, Charlie composed a note to Sergeant Denham advising him regarding the homicide, at that point traveled the five miles to Dick’s ranch, assuming responsibility for the circumstance. Other account requests uncover that Charlie Slatter was the principal individual informed about the homicide, not the police or Dick’s partner, Tony Marston. Individuals presumed why, it is uncovered, however none challenged state anything.
Another is the reason and how Mary had figured out how to be killed in such a manner by her local worker. One inquiry is the reason Charlie Slatter took such direction of the occurrence. Nobody poses inquiries, yet a few inquiries cloud the homicide. In spite of the fact that some do in truth feel sorry for Dick Turner, they scorn Mary to the point of reasoning she had the right to be killed. Their absence of etiquette insulted their neighbors in the area and their feeling of white predominance.
Their home is viewed as a cabin, one comparable in configuration to even a portion of the locals’ homes.
The people group likewise loathes the Turners since they lived inadequately, and in some sense, as ineffectively as certain locals.
The Turners evaded their social obligations and never connected with different families, in this manner breaking the social code of the little white network. As the Turners are detested by a large portion of the network, nobody truly laments for Mary, either. Charlie Slatter, the Turners’ neighbor, handles the case himself, however the quietness of the network is apparently settled upon without him expecting to stating anything.Īdditionally, however the ranchers are amazed by the news, they are not stunned. Curiously, however one of their own has been killed, none of the white ranchers truly notice the homicide. The story at that point changes to the responses of “the locale,” the white cultivating network to which the Turners had a place. The declaration likewise makes reference to that the house worker, a local named Moses, has admitted to the wrongdoing and been captured. The section opens with a news cut-out declaring the demise of Mary Turner, spouse of Richard “Dick” Turner.