He goes and visits his son in jail, and is frustrated by the lack of answers. Soon, Stephen learns the police have arrested Absalom for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. As Stephen continues to look for his son, he is panicked to learn the police are also searching for Absalom, and are tracing the same steps Stephen had taken to try to locate him. There is a headline in the newspaper: a local white man, Arthur Jarvis, has been shot and killed in a home invasion. Stephen finds Absalom’s girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child, and learns he’s been missing for days. From there, they trace his path across Johannesburg. His brother gives Stephen information about the location of Absalom. Stephen locates his brother John, who has become something of a corrupt bigwig, in order to find out where his son has gone. The next morning, they seek out Gertrude and find her. He eventually connects with Msimangu and other men of the cloth, where they assure him they will take him to his sister. Stephen journeys to Johannesburg for the first time, and he is overwhelmed by the experience. Additionally, he decides to seek out Absalom, who also left for Johannesburg and has not returned or written. Stephen decides to take his money, once saved to send his son Absalom to attend school, and go to Johannesburg to retrieve her. In Ndotsheni, South Africa, Stephen Kumalo, a church parson, receives a letter from a minister in Johannesburg, Theophilus Msimangu, telling him that Stephen’s sister Gertrude is ill.
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