Evening found Chris at the banks of the River Elim in Cape Fronds.
He had ridden hard to Cape Fronds, meaning to catch the train in the morning and continue his journey.
It would have been easier if he had ridden to Temple Town and taken the train from there, but he had not wanted to take that chance. He was still overwhelmed by Irving Agorkoli’s confession and death, and there was every probability that if he had gone to Temple Town the lure of his mother and sister would have been too great to resist.
Somehow, he was convinced now that indeed he had to make this journey, and see the girl who had been so badly wounded in that raid. He had to close that chapter of his life and try to get a modicum of peace from it.
That strange Effe woman had been right, of course, and Chris was just s
