Footprints

his home broken into; humiliation, vulnerability, blames a neighbor, awkward, conspiracy theory, sleeping poorly

footprints; Sakapate (the spirit)

clues, discovery, feelings of betrayal, threatening to leave

pg 128: "sick at heart, as if the idea of coming here had been a mistake from the start."

traditional trail!; denial, guilt, beating, IOU; "pour l'african, il fault le baton", (for the African, it is the beating)

Packer confronted Lucien, the thief, abused him

depressed by corruption

public vs private - no distinction; good insight

pg 136: good points; the ties that bind, while he is "an ill-cut patch sewn temporarily on to the tight fabric of relations in the village."

murder of fellow volunteer (after he left, but a result of a mishandling of a theft)

pg 139: corruption to us is reciprocity to them; "indignation gave way to envy."

development foiled but personal relationships did not

pg 140: "These thoughts came later." He needed reflection