How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Ndotsheni is still in darkness, but the light will come there also. For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing. But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of the bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret. (3.36.56)
Alan Paton cannot deny that things are not looking good yet for liberal politics in South Africa. The narrator affirms that "light will come" to Ndotsheni some day—but he can't say when that will happen. So for now, while Ndotsheni has improved with the introduction of this new farming consultant, the contrasting areas of black and white residence will continue to be very different, according to the racist laws of South Africa.