Yayiyiminyaka yokuqala yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini, uViolet wayehlala kamnandi kwindlu yakhe enkulu kunye nomyeni wakhe amthandayo… Yile ndlela inokuba yaqala ngayo intsomi yePerrault eyasiwa ngenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ekuqaleni kweNgilane kaKing Edward VII. Kuphela sisele sisazi ukuba uPerrault wakwazi ukungena kweyona nkosazana ilungileyo ngokungathi wayenokuzoba umthambo owawusele ukhona.Beka ukuguqula umboniso ngamnye ube libali elimnyama.
Mhlawumbi kungenxa yoko le nto uViolet ephela esenza mnyama ubuntu bakhe, ekhathazwa ngumnqweno wokuphambana ngencwadi yamabali athi umyeni wakhe uyala ukuboleka ngemini yakhe yeholide kunye neti phambi kwefestile ejonge emaphandleni.
Nakuphi na ukuthabatheka kunokukhokelela ekulahlekeni. Kwaye ke kuyenzeka ku-Violet olungileyo, ogqibela ngokufumana amathambo akhe kwisibhedlele, ukuze afune ukusekwa kwesizathu ngokuzifihla kunye nonyango lwenzululwazi olunikezwe kancinci isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo njengesifo ngengqondo yokuba inokuba nayo ngoku.
Kodwa uViolet uyakwazi ukuphuncuka kwi-spiral aze abuyele ekhaya (mhlawumbi ekude nawo abonelele ngolungelelwaniso lweekhemikhali eziyimfuneko). Nangona kunjalo, kuye kwafika umntu ongamaziyo endlwini yakhe ovuselela ukurhanelwa kwaye ophela ethatha uhambo olubi ngakumbi kunobugwenxa obumphethe kakubi ngaphambi kokuvalelwa kwakhe.
Nangona uViolet kusenokwenzeka ukuba wafunda okuthile kwinqanaba lakhe lengqondo. Okona kuncinci kuya kumgcina ethe qwa kwaye ekwimo ebhetele yokuzama ukucalula inyani kwiimbonakaliso zobuxoki zokuphambana.
Ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba apho anokuthi ngokwenene agqibe kwelokuba akukho mntu usempilweni ngakumbi kuloo ndlu njengaye, ngenxa yemiqondiso ejike yaba bubungqina bokuba yonke into eyenzekayo kuloo ndlu ibangelwa yiplani ye-macabre enokuthi ekugqibeleni iphele. .
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Umqokeleli weencwadi, zakutshanje ezivela kuAlice Thompson, nantsi: