57. The beginning

Morrison ultimately got the people to sit down and to put their hands up and to introduce themselves should they get a chance to voice their opinions. He points at a man in the front row. "My name is Khayalethu. I know Rene Bosch very well, one of the people who eloped from here, and I can assure you all she is the loveliest woman. I’m sure they wouldn’t have invited us here if it was not safe, but why did they go back to a secret hide-out in Port Elizabeth?” "That hide-out is, according to them, 100% safe and has only provisions for ten people to stay there for a month. They can only hide there for a month, and as far as we know, they are planning to come back to the farm then. Your safety, as commander, is my responsibility. That is why I am going to rule with an iron fist.” Other people anxiously wave with new questions and Morrison points at an obese man occupying two chairs. He rises very slowly. "Oscar Brown. You are not telling us the whole story. We noticed that these peopl