Ukufika kwesi sihloko, umbhali washiya yonke into eyayifuneka yenziwe nguAlicia ukuya kwelo lizwe. Kodwa U-Elena Medel ulungile ukuphazamisa yonke into ngaphambi kweWonderland. kuba ilizwe, eli bali, linyibilike langena ebunzimeni kwaye uAlicia akangekhe angene kwindawo enjalo.
Ngaphambili bendisazi ukuba enkosi kwintsebenziswano kunye UMaria hesse, lo mbhali ngoku uyothusa ngebali elinamandla, ngaphandle kwezithintelo. Incwadana enale ngcamango engabonakaliyo yomlandeli omncinci iqinisekile ukuba ukubalisa kukuzibophezela, ukuba akunjalo nenyaniso, ewe ngokuqinisekileyo njengemva. Umahluko phakathi kwento enye kunye nenye ulele kwisihloko semvakalelo kunye neemeko ezisusela kwi-melancholy ukuya kwi-euphoria ngaphandle komhlaba ophakathi.
Buyintoni ubunzima bosapho ebomini bethu, kwaye buyintoni ubunzima bemali ebomini bethu? Kwenzeka ntoni xa umama ethatha isigqibo sokungayikhathaleli intombi yakhe, kwaye kwenzeka ntoni xa intombi igqiba ekubeni ingayikhathaleli umama wayo?
Ngaba besiya kwahluka ukuba besizalelwe kwenye indawo, ngelinye ixesha, komnye umzimba? Kule noveli kukho abafazi ababini: uMaría, owathi ekupheleni kweminyaka yamashumi amathandathu washiya ubomi bakhe kwisixeko esisezantsi wasebenza eMadrid, kunye noAlicia, owazalwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu kamva kwaye waphinda indlela yakhe ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Siyayazi into ebahlulayo, kodwa… Yintoni ebamanyayo? Yintoni eyewabo, baphulukene nantoni?
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