![]() ![]() Immaculée’s fear overwhelms her and she spends all waking hours praying. When the pastor returns Immaculée begs and convinces him to move his wardrobe in front of the door to their bathroom so that when the searchers come back they will not discover the women’s hiding place.Īs the days go on and the women become accustomed to their cramped communal space, the terror returns when the pastor tells them that men will soon be back to search the house for them. The devil “whispers” (78) in Immaculée’s ear for the first time here he says that she can’t survive.įor the first time Immaculée turns to God to help her survive and push past these thoughts. They are the neighbors that Immaculée has grown up with her entire life. The next day there are hundreds of people around the house screaming for the death of Tutsis. ![]() The next morning the house is searched but Pastor Murinzi gets the Hutu searchers to leave. He tells them they must be completely silent so as not to risk discovery, and they spend a terrified night cramped together. ![]() ![]() Pastor Murinzi leads Immaculée and the other women down the hallway to his bedroom and then into a four-foot-by-three-foot bathroom. ![]()
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