It Might Get Loud

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ONE FINE MORNING KARL HOFMEYR is called on his cell phone. Your brother is causing havoc, says the caller, you must come and get him. Who am I talking to? asks Karl. Josias Brandt, the man says, your brother is staying with us on the farm. (Karl hasn’t spoken to Iggy for a long time. His cell phone’s been beeping engaged.) Can I talk to Ignatius myself? Karl says. He doesn’t have a phone any more, says Josias, he’s chucked away his phone. (How would the man know that?) He’s giving us grief here, says Josias. What kind of grief? Karl asks (not that he really wants to know). He disappears and then when he comes back, he’s all over the place. He’s aggressive, he accuses me of all kinds of nonsense. They’re going to nail him, says Josias, I can no longer assume responsibility for his safety when he disappears like that. It’s a liability I no longer want to shoulder. (Liability. Nothing wrong with the guy’s command of language.) I’ll sort something out, Karl says. You’d better sort something out quickly, says Josias.

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