There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
ALAN PATON
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Alan PatonAlan Paton Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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Alan PatonAlan Paton For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
Alan PatonAlan Paton But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
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