 This suspicion is strengthened when one of the attackers, a young man named Pollux, attends one of Petrus's parties and is claimed by Petrus as a kinsman.Lucy refuses to take action against Pollux, and she and David simply leave the party.As the relationship between Lucy and David deteriorates, David decides to discontinue living with his daughter and return to Cape Town

Returning home to his house in Cape Town, David finds that his house has been broken into during his long absence.