Chapter+12

//Mrs.Ndlela, whom Msimangu and kumalo visted earlir in their search for Absalom, tells Msimangu that the police have visited her looking for Absalom and that she referred them to Mrs.Mkize. before Msimangu can slip out on his own to investigate, however, he runs into kumalo. he allows kumalo to come along. the two retrace their search, going first to Mrs.Mkize, then to Shanty twon, and then to the reformatory school,where the young man's assistant tells them that the young man seems troubled. Their last stop is alexanda, Where Absalom's girlfrined tells them that the police have visited her but that she does not knowwhy, and local woman says that the police seemed frustrated//.-//SCOTT-//