Ikhosi yembali isibonisa abalinganiswa abahlukileyo. Kwaye uKumkanikazi uAlejandra wadlala indima ababhali-mbali ababenako ukuyilinganisa kule minyaka idlulileyo. Ngaphandle kokukhazimla, i-tinsel kunye neendima zokuthatha, u-Alejandra wayengumfazi okhethekileyo.
Indawo ye-Espido uyasifumana kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva Uguqulelo luka-Okthobha ikhokelwa ziiBolsheviks, apho isiqubulo esithi "Uxolo, isonka kunye nomhlaba" sele icacisa gca ukuba injongo yokususa yonke into eseleyo kubukhosi baseRussia Tsars.
UAlejandra, itsarina yokugqibela ifunyenwe ihluthwe bonke ubuqaqawuli bayo, amandla ayo kunye nefuthe layo. Ngexesha lakhe lokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba inqwelomoya ibhabhe (ethe yaphela ngesishwankathelo kwigumbi elingaphantsi lendlu), kwafuneka ajongane nokudibana nenyani ebukhali, apho inzondo ayenokuthi ayenze kubantu baseRussia abangazange wayeziva ngathi yeyakhe eqikelela eyona mpindezelo inzima.
Ingxelo ke ijolise ekuhambeni kwenkumbulo ka-Alejandra ngobomi bakhe, kwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala njenge inkosazana alix; kuzo zonke iimeko bezihlala; ngezibane zalo kunye nezithunzi zalo. U-Alejandra uveza yonke into athe wayifumana kwi-prism yokuba ngumgwebi wakhe kwisithunzi sokuphela okunokwenzeka.
Ngaphandle kwesiphelo sokufika kwakhe kwitrone yaseRussia ebembhalele, ngala maxesha apho inyani ibonakala ibuhlungu emzimbeni, uAlejandra wenza umthambo ekuziboneni. Mhlawumbi wayengazi okanye engakwazi ukuthetha konke okungaphakathi kuye, kodwa wayeqinisekile ukuba ulawulwa ngumoya wobubele. Umfundi umamela iimpikiswano zakho ngokusondela komntu wokuqala. Ngeli xesha, uKumkanikazi uAlejandra ucinga, ngokuqiniseka kobo busuku bumnyama, ukuba mhlawumbi wenza isicelo sakhe sokugqibela.
Ngoku ungathenga uMnxeba u-Alejandra, inoveli yamva nje ka-Espido Freire, apha: