Yintoni embi eqala, embi igqityiwe. Inkqubo ye- imincili yasekhaya bathambekele ekungeneni kule mvakalelo. Usapho lukaJacobo luhlangana kwakhona ngokwemeko ethile. Mhlawumbi akukho namnye kolu sapho onokufuna ukuhlala phantsi kophahla olunye, iminyaka emva kokuba ulwakhiwo losapho ludilizwe kukungabikho kothando kunye neendlela ezonakalisayo.
Kodwa uJacobo akanandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokubuya noIrene, inkosikazi yakhe kunye noMiriam, isiqhamo esikude sothando lwabo olungasekhoyo, intombazana efikisayo ebuncinaneni enonxibelelwano oluncinci. Imeko-bume ngokwayo yokudibanisa usapho ayibonisi imisinga yolonwabo olutsha nokuba. IPortocarrero, Idolophu yesiporho yaseAlmería iphila kule noveli, ubomi obuncinci, obungaqhelekanga, kodwa ubomi emva kwayo yonke loo nto.
Nangona kunjalo, indlu esefama apho uJacobo, u-Irene kunye noMiriam bazama ukubethelela iphazili yobomi babo, baphela bephangiwe ngobunye ubusuku. U-Irene ubulewe kwaye uJacobo uvuka esibhedlele.
Ukuphuma kwakhe kwi-coma, uJacobo akasiqondi isizathu sokuba uphando olusemthethweni lukhombe kwintombi yakhe njengomququzeleli wohlaselo kunye nokubulawa kabini okwenziwe ngesiqingatha. Kodwa uJacobo ugcina intwana yokuxabisa, ukuthandabuza ukuba ngutata apho uluvo lokuba akunakuba njalo khona.
Kunye negqwetha lentombi yakhe, uqala ukuphanda idolophu encinci kunye nesiporho, efihlwe kwintlambo ejikelezayo, kumda wokuginywa kukucotha kodwa okuzinzileyo. Nangona kunjalo, kwimeko elula, phakathi kokuthula okuphezulu, ngamanye amaxesha kuhlaselwa ngengoma ethile yecicada, uJacobo noNora bazakufumana umkhondo wokutsala kuwo. Izithunzi zamathandabuzo zijinga phakathi kwabemi abambalwa basePortocarrero, de kube kubonakala ngathi bonke bayinxalenye yobubi bendalo, bazinza kwindawo engaqhelekanga kuloo ntlambo ilityelweyo.
Ungayithenga incwadi Ukhula, Incwadana yamva ka-Agustín Martínez, apha:
Inqaku eli-1 kwi "Ingca embi, ngu-Agustín Martínez"