Njengokuba siqhelekile (mhlawumbi singaqhelanga) ukudibanisa iinoveli zaseNordic kunye nohlobo lwenir, akukaze kube buhlungu ukuthatha uhambo kwezinye iindidi ezininzi eziphuhliswe ngempumelelo kunye neepeni ezilungileyo kulo naliphi na kula mazwe aseScandinavia.
UMarie Bennett ngumzekelo olungileyo wombhali okhoyo ngoku olima (ubuncinci okomzuzwana) umxholo ohluke kakhulu. Ukuthatha kwidolophu yakowabo, iMalmo esemazantsi eSweden, uMarie wasikhokelela kwi-1940.
Kule dolophu incinci yayihlala ngeloxesha uGeorg noKerstin, kwade kwasebusika ngo-1940 uninzi lolutsha lwaye lwaqeshwa ukukhusela ilizwe kumkhosi wamaSoviet owawuthi, phantsi kokhuseleko lobundlobongela obabusenziwa ekuqaleni kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, babecinga ukuba Ukuhlasela iFinland kwakuza kuyinika isikhundla esikhethekileyo kunye nezixhobo ezikhulu zokuzomeleza kwinto eyayiza kubakho kwiminyaka elandelayo.
Imfazwe yathatha iintsuku ezili-105, iFinland yaphulukana nenxalenye yezixhobo zayo kumaRashiya kwaye iSweden yakwazi ukukhusela umda wayo. Kodwa uGeorg nabanye abadlali beqela lakhe khange bavakalelwe kukuba uloyiso olungelolwabo njengolwabo. Bohlwaywe emva kokwala ukuthobela imiyalelo yabo engalawulekiyo, bachitha ixesha elininzi kwiinkampu ekusetyenzwa nzima kuzo.
UGeorg wayengafani xa ebuyela eMalmo kwiminyaka emithathu kamva. UKerstin wayebuva ubungqongqo basebusika enyameni yakhe nawo wonke umthwalo kuye. Kodwa kunye notshintsho oluphawulekayo luye lwamguqula waba ngumfazi omtsha, okhululiweyo, ohluke ngokupheleleyo.
Ukubuyela ezingalweni zikaGeorg kuthetha ukuyeka olona lonwabo lwendalo. Kwaye ukuphela kolo lonwabo kumenza azive umhlaba usiwa ngomqolo.
Iminyaka emithathu lixesha elide… Ekupheleni kuka-1943 uKerstin ubona uGeorg ebuya. Uyazi ukuba ebenexesha elibi kwaye ufuna indawo yokuhlala nothando kunakuqala. Kodwa ayisenguye laa mfazi ngewayemgone ngokuqinileyo kusuku emva kokushiya ...
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Kwihotele eMalmo, Inoveli yokuqala yokumangalisa kaMarie Bennet, apha: