Chapter 47 THE ORDER OF THE COURT
The bailiff's name was Mr. Ekundayo. He was a small, damp, apologetic man, perhaps fifty, with a thin moustache and the permanently harassed air of someone who spent his life delivering unwelcome news. He came up the path with his hat in his hands, and he did not look at the stump, or the old women,...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 THE GATES
2. Chapter 2 THE LETTER BENEATH THE STAIRS
3. Chapter 3 THE PHOTOGRAPHS
4. Chapter 4 WHAT THE DETECTIVE BROUGHT
5. Chapter 5 THE LAST AGBODEMU
6. Chapter 6 THE WEST WING
7. Chapter 7 SMOKE 
8. Chapter 8 THE CODICIL
9. Chapter 9 THE DOOR BENEATH THE FLOOR
10. Chapter 10 A CLINIC IN IGBO-ORA
11. Chapter 11 THE GIRL IN THE WALLS
12. Chapter 12 WHAT TOLA SAW
13. Chapter 13 BABA GATE
14. Chapter 14 THE PAPER AND THE PRICE
15. Chapter 15 THE SIGNATURE THAT NEVER CAME
16. Chapter 16 THE BOY WHO REMEBERED
17. Chapter 17 THE WOMAN BEHIND THE BLACK DOOR 🚪
18. Chapter 18 FOLARIN'S CONFESSION
19. Chapter 19 THE SAFE UNDER THE STUDY
20. Chapter 20 THE LAST WITNESS
21. Chapter 21 THE FACE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
22. Chapter 22 THE GIRL WHO WAS NEVER BURIED
23. Chapter 23 THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END
24. Chapter 24 THE MEETING AT THE OLD RAILWAY STATION 🚉
25. Chapter 25 THE GRAVE OF THE FIRST OWNER
26. Chapter 26 THE MAN WAITING AT HOME 🏡
27. Chapter 27 THE CHAPEL OF BROKEN PROMISES
28. Chapter 28 AUNTY BISI'S CONFESSION
29. Chapter 29 THE TRUTH INSIDE THE BLUE LEDGER
30. Chapter 30 THE HOUSE THAT FINALLY LET THEM GO
31. Chapter 31 THE NAME BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
32. Chapter 32 THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WALKING STICK
33. Chapter 33 THE ENVELOPE WITHOUT A STAMP
34. Chapter 34 THE JOURNALIST FROM KANO
35. Chapter 35 DRUMS ON THE EVE OF THE FESTIVAL
36. Chapter 36 THE STUDIO IN IBADAN
37. Chapter 37 THE PAGE THAT WAS TORN OUT
38. Chapter 38 TWO WOMEN, TWO TRUTH
39. Chapter 39 WHAT THE LEDGER HID
40. Chapter 40 THE PROFESSOR COMES HOME
41. Chapter 41 THE FAMILY MEETING
42. Chapter 42 THE WOMAN IN THE DETENTION CENTRE
43. Chapter 43 THE WALL IN THE SERVANTS' WING
44. Chapter 44 BEFORE THE SUN,AT THE GROVE
45. Chapter 45 THE CHIEF'S OFFER
46. Chapter 46 WHAT SLEPT BENEATH THE SLAB
47. Chapter 47 THE ORDER OF THE COURT
48. Chapter 48 THE SILENT CLASSROOM
49. Chapter 49 TEA WITH THE CHIEF'S WIFE
50. Chapter 50 A HOUSE WITH NO DOOR
51. Chapter 51 THE LANTERN IN THE GARDEN
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