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Departure Looms Amid Farm Talks and Quiet Tension
Matheson contemplates leaving Bonfontein after a long visit as Herman Nel and family debate drought, railways, and car ownership. Honor’s growing influence and Oom Koos’s cautious welcome frame a tense, provinceward scene before a planned De Aar departure.
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Mra Nel
Cornelius
Matheson
Herman Nel
Mrs Nel
Herman
Nel
Lekker
Honor
England
Reail Herman Nel
Cornelius Ted Matheson
Wells
Mre Nel
Matheron
Rai
Dring
Freidia
Kriges
Krige
Cupy
Bonfontein
Kaffir
Oom Koos Marias
Oom Koos
Oom Ko
Andreas
Morre
Mynheer
Mathesa
Matheon
DeAar
Mrs. Krige