Zinthu zakuthupi zimatha kufikira, panthawi ina, tanthauzo la kukumbukira bwino kwambiri. Kusungunuka, kulakalaka kapena kukonda kumatha kuyika ndi fungo lawo zovala zomwe zimakhala m'matupi omwe kulibeko.
Ndipo izi zimachitika mosiyana kwambiri ndi munthu aliyense. Kwa Eleonora, zovala zake zambiri, zotetezedwa ku mothball, zimangokhala zakale zokumbidwa mlandu komanso zokhumudwitsa. Ambiri mwa ma bulauzi, masiketi kapena madiresi amakhala m'zipinda zanyumba ku Florence, komwe Eleonora adakhala nthawi yayitali.
Tsopano ndi mwana wawo wamkazi, a Corinne, omwe amakhala ku Italy, mwa njira ina amafunafuna kutali ndi amayi awo. Zinsinsi zawo, ngongole zomwe akuyembekeza komanso zolakwitsa zawo zimabisa njira yoyanjanirana.
Koma mayi samalola kutaya mwana wake wamkazi. Kuti adzilungamitse, zovala zake kuchokera ku Florence zimakhala zotumiza choonadi chake, pazoyendetsa zofunika zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti agonjetsedwe.
Kwa Corinne, kumvetsetsa kuti amayi ake a Eleonora ndi momwe aliri komanso kuti anali momwe analiri ndi phompho lamalingaliro. Kuphatikizika kwa otchulidwa kumapangitsa kumvera chisoni kotereku, kumakhala kovuta nthawi zonse pakati pa omwe amagwirizana ndi kuzolowera.
Kumvetsetsa mwina kubwera. Nthawi ina, pakati pa zovala zakale za amayi ake, mwina Corinne amatha kupeza uthenga wabwino, chikondi chenicheni momwe mayi ake amakondera.
Mapeto ake, ubale wapaderawu, wathunthu kwathunthu, umakhala wathu. Chikondi ndi chovuta, lingaliro la banja nthawi zonse limaganiza, panthawi ina, kuwonongeka kofunikira komwe chikondi ndi ufulu wa munthu aliyense sizingafanane.
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