Yintoni esele ityhilwe njenge trilogy yembali efumanekayo, phantsi kwesi sihloko sokuqhubeka ngokucacileyo Ilali yelaphuNgoku fumana ukuqhubeka okuqala ngaphandle kweminyaka emithathu ukwahlukana ukuze sikwazi ukugcina abalinganiswa, iindawo ezikungqongileyo kunye neemeko zintsha.
Ngaphandle kokungajongani nesiqwenga sendaleko, njengoko ihlala isenzeka kwiziza ezijongana nokudaleka kwe-sagas, kule meko amakhonkco edlulileyo liqula apho kuvela iziseko ezilandelanayo eziya kwiimfihlelo ezinkulu ezithethelela iminyhadala kwaye ukuvala izangqa.
Ngunyaka we-1916, embindini weMfazwe Enkulu. Usapho olutyebileyo lwaseMelzer kufuneka lujongane nemiceli mngeni mitsha kwihlabathi eliwohloka kwimatshi yokunyanzelwa kwangaphambili kwempixano, ubuhlwempu ngokubanzi kunye nomnxeba wokunceda wonke umntu waseJamani olungileyo, nokuba ngowomkhosi okanye uluntu olunamathuba okunyamekela wenzakele okanye uphuhlise imisebenzi yokuqhutywa kwezinto uxhasa ubukhosi baseJamani obufuna ukusebenzisana kuwo onke amanqanaba.
Umlinganiso ophambili kaMarie othandekayo, owathi kwinxalenye yokuqala wayesele eyazi indlela yokuveza ikamva lakhe malunga nothando kunye nokuqina okuqinisekileyo, ufumana esi sihlandlo indumasi yomfazi ojamelene nemfazwe apho izoyikiso zanda kubo. Kwaye okwangoku, sifumanisa ukuba uMarie uzimisele ukuqhuba umzi mveliso wempahla eyolukiweyo obonelelo lomsebenzi, ukuchuma kunye nozuko lusongela ukuwohloka ngokupheleleyo.
Intlungu iyamnyikimisa ngokupheleleyo xa efumanisa ukuba uPaul Melzer wakhe othandwayo ubanjiwe. Ujongene nokungakwazi ukwenza nantoni na ukumkhulula, indima yakhe entlokweni yomzi-mveliso iba yinqwelomoya eya phambili, kukuzilolonga kwethemba.
Ixesha lihamba kwaye uPaul akakabuyeli emthunzini waloo mfazwe wokuqala unenzondo owagungqisa iYurophu iphela. UMarie wayehlala ekomelela okwaziyo ukuzoba wonke umntu, loo magnetism athe uPawulos ngokwakhe wanikezela kuyo, eluthandweni kwaye wayenomdla.
Kodwa xa engekho, umfana ofana noErnst von Klippstein uxakekisa uMarie ngokucinga kwakhe okumdaka malunga nemeko kaPaul kunye nesidingo sikaMarie sokuzivumela ukuba akhuselwe nguye ukuze aphile okuzayo, ngenxa yakhe, ukuze kusinde okuninzi abantu abamngqongileyo nangenxa yayo yonke into ephakanyiswe ngabakwaMelzers iminyaka emininzi ...
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli I-Daughters of the Fabric Village, ngu-Anne Jacobs, apha: