Inqaku elithile lokungazithembi ligqugqisile yonke le noveli, ejongene nomba owoyikekayo wobukhoboka abamhlophe njengemvelaphi yophuhliso lwecebo layo. Kodwa akunakuphikwa ukuba ubulili kufuneka buhlale boyisa yonke into ukuze kugcinwe ubomi obubalulekileyo kwikamva lomfazi okhululwe kubukhoboka banamhlanje.
ULieutenant Cobos (osathandana nesithandwa sakhe sangaphambili, uSoledad), ufumanisa kwiphulo elichasene nentengiso yabasetyhini ukuba uthando lwakhe olulahlekileyo lunokufumaneka eRussia, kwindlela ekhohlakeleyo yobomi eyathi yamsa apho ezandleni zika. koosomashishini abonakeleyo nabangenasimilo.
U-Lieutenant Cobos uya kulo mhlaba unomkhenkce ukuze aqhubeke nokukhangela i-Soledad, ekubeni ngoku enemikhondo engenakuphikiswa yokuba uphi. Emva kwexesha lokubhideka kunye nosizi, ekuphela kwendlela yokubona i-Soledad kwakhona iba yeyona ndlela inokwenzeka yeCobos endala.
Okwangoku, uSoledad ukwixesha elibalulekileyo ebomini bakhe. Ukuxhatshazwa, ukuxhatshazwa kunye nokungabikho kokuqwalaselwa ngokupheleleyo njengomntu kuye kwinqanaba lokunikezela ebomini, ukulahlwa, ukuzibulala.
U-Lieutenant Cobos, kwelakhe icala, uyaqonda ukuba akazukuba naxesha lininzi ngaphambi kokuba umfazi awadibana naye ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini edlulileyo agqibezele i-doodle yakhe okanye abonakale efile. UCobos uya kwenza konke anako, uya kunyanzela zonke iintlobo zeemeko, uya kunikela ngako konke ekufuneni ...
Kunokuthiwa bobabini badibana kwakhona, kwaye ubumnyama bemilingo emibi, ukungabi nathemba kunye nokukruquka kuphelela ekunyukeni njengenkungu embi. Umbuzo ngowokuba ngaba ukusuka kuloo mzuzu ubomi obutsha bunokukhulelwa bobabini...
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