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Maureen reflects on her tendency to believe all people share the same emotions, and how in the village men and women have different roles, different lives, because men go into town to earn money. She contemplates that there is nothing inherent to being human aside from biology, because circumstances and privilege dictate behavior. When she hears July's voice, Maureen remembers that she still has the keys for the bakkie. from when she retrieved the rubber mat. Maureen has never been inside July's hut, although Bam reports that it has articles from town...
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