The Flame Tree
“He took a Panadol. His mother told him to stay in bed because she wanted to do a blood test later, just in case malaria was rearing its head. Lieutenant Nugroho was downstairs at the breakfast table, along with a policewoman and Reverend Biggs, discussing the raid on the church with the Williamses. Isaac listened through the bedroom’s open door.
“Aside from the ringleader, your former gardener, Tanto, no one recognized any other of the men,” the lieutenant said. He was speaking Indonesian, as w...ere Mary and Graham.
Graham Williams said, “They were from the Nahdlatul Umat Islam.” He’d learned to the say the name right. As a matter of fact, Isaac reflected, everybody in the compound was saying the name right. “Why don’t you question them? Bring in that Tuan Guru fellow of theirs for some questioning.”
The lieutenant did not reply.
Graham said, “You a sympathizer?”
“I’m no follower of the Tuan Guru Haji.”
“Then why not question him?”
“That would be difficult,”MoreLess
“Aside from the ringleader, your former gardener, Tanto, no one recognized any other of the men,” the lieutenant said. He was speaking Indonesian, as w...ere Mary and Graham.
Graham Williams said, “They were from the Nahdlatul Umat Islam.” He’d learned to the say the name right. As a matter of fact, Isaac reflected, everybody in the compound was saying the name right. “Why don’t you question them? Bring in that Tuan Guru fellow of theirs for some questioning.”
The lieutenant did not reply.
Graham said, “You a sympathizer?”
“I’m no follower of the Tuan Guru Haji.”
“Then why not question him?”
“That would be difficult,”MoreLess
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