For the Scatterlings and Orphanages Africander Fiction Challenge from ludditerobot .

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Continued from Part 2.

“And if I go to Mali and find that Mr. Harris is wholly innocent of these charges, what then?” I asked.

Mr. Wyndham-Pryce relaxed, as if relieved that he would not have to carry out his threat. “I am very confident that you will discover something the Council would find worth delving into.”

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