![]() ![]() She pays a visit to her lover, John Ford, the retired headmaster of the local school. The novel begins with Patricia contemplating her last day and night at the farmhouse. ![]() They are planning on going to Durban as well. Also at the farmhouse are Bheki, the black driver and handyman of sorts, and Beauty, the black housemaid who also acts as a nurse to Richard. She has a very unhappy marriage with Richard, for not only does he currently have dementia, but he has always been callous, lazy, and arrogant. Patricia has sold the farmland to developers and wishes to spend her twilight years in the Durban house by the sea. ![]() They are planning on leaving the next day for Durban, a seaside city, where there is another property that belongs to Patricia via her late father. Patricia and Richard Wiley, two older white South Africans, live on many acres of farmland in KwaZulu-Natal. ![]()
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