Nthawi Benjamin wakuda dziwani John mwamba kuti gawo lotsatira la Quirke lichitike mu kanema wowoneka kale San Sebastian, Sindinathe kulingalira momwe nkhaniyi ingayendere bwino. Chifukwa palibe chabwino kuposa nyimbo yomwe ikukonzekera chiwembu chodzaza ndi kusiyanasiyana ngati San Sebastián palokha, atangowaza ndi kuwala kwake kowala masiku abwino mwadzidzidzi adalowerera mumithunzi yomwe imatha kupandukira nyanja yake.
Atakokedwa ndi mkazi wake wokondedwa Evelyn kupita kutchuthi ku San Sebastian, Quirke wamatenda posakhalitsa asiya kusowa kolowera komanso wokhumudwitsa ku Dublin kuti ayambe kusangalala ndi maulendo, nyengo yabwino, nyanja ndi tsakoli.
Komabe, bata lonse ndi chisangalalo chonse chimasokonekera pomwe ngozi yabodza imamutengera kuchipatala cha mzindawo. Mmenemo amakumana ndi mayi waku Ireland yemwe amamudziwa bwino, mpaka pamapeto pake amaganiza kuti amuzindikira mtsikana wosauka, mnzake wa mwana wake wamkazi Phoebe.
Ngati kukumbukira, kapena kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso, musamunyengerere, angakhale April Latimer, yemwe akuti adaphedwa - ngakhale thupi lake silinapezeke - ndi mchimwene wake yemwe adasokonezeka pomufufuza mwankhanza komwe Quirke iyemwini adachita naye zaka zapitazo. Pokhulupirira kuti sanawonepo mzukwa, akuumiriza kuti Phoebe apite ku Dziko la Basque kuti akathetse kukayikira kulikonse.
Zomwe Quirke amanyalanyaza ndikuti aperekezedwa ndi Inspector Strafford, omwe samamukonda kwambiri, ndikuti, wopambana kwambiri adzachita ulendo womwewo.
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