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That I don't know."
You must guess," said Hoopdriver.
South Africa," she said. "I strongly incline to South Africa."
South Africa's quite a large place," he said.
But South Africa is right?"
You're warm," said Hoopdriver, "anyhow," and the while his imagination
was eagerly exploring this new province.
"South Africa IS right?" she insisted.
He turned over again and nodded, smiling reassuringly into her eyes.
"What made me think of South Africa was that novel of Olive Schreiner's,
you know--'The Story of an African Farm.' Gregory Rose is so like you."
"I never read 'The Story of an African Farm,'" said Hoopdriver. "I must.
What's he like?"
"You must read the book. But it's a wonderful place, with its mixture
of races, and its brand-new civilisation jostling the old savagery. Were
you near Khama?"
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