Isizungu sasinesisombululo esilula ebuntwaneni. Ngapha koko, ayizange ibe lilolo ngokupheleleyo. Umbono unokuphinda wakhe umzuzu kwaye ngolwandiso, umhlaba.
Umhlobo ocingelwayo wayengumfana othobekileyo ngemidlalo yakho kunye nemibono yakho. Umntu omthembela kubomi bakho bonke ngokhuseleko olupheleleyo kwimfihlo yakho. Umhlobo ocingelwayo, ogcinwe kwihlabathi labantu abadala, unokuba ngumhlobo wakho osenyongweni.
Este ncwadi Mntwana othandekayo , yantlandlolo ukusukela ngo-1927 yaza yafunyanwa ngenxa yoHlelo lwePeriférica, sisibongozo esiqinileyo esixhasa umhlobo ozicingelayo. Xa u-Agatha Bodenham eshiyeke yedwa emhlabeni, ugqiba kwelokuba ayakhe yonke into, akanakubuthwala ubulolo obumlawulayo.
UClarissa, umhlobo wakhe wobuntwana wokucinga, ubuya ngoku, wachacha ngokumangalisayo kwiimvakalelo zalaa minyaka intle. Ingxaki kukuba, kwiminyaka ethile, intelekelelo ibhalwe ukuba yi-pathological, ngaphandle kokuqonda ukubaluleka komntu ngamnye, nto leyo ekhokelela ekubeni umntu azame ukugcwalisa umhlaba wakhe ongenanto.
Kungenxa yoko le nto uAgatha engafuni ukutyhila ubukho obunje obuhamba naye, ngaphandle kwento yokuba kancinci kancinci ubukho bakhe buqikelelwa, uhlala noAgatha. UClarissa uzisa iimpendulo ukusuka ebuntwaneni kuwo onke amathandabuzo ka-Agatha. Kuyamthomalalisa kwaye kumncede aphumelele yonke imihla.
UAgatha ufuna uClarissa. Uhlala kwinxalenye enkulu yomphefumlo wakhe kwaye nayiphi na inzame yokuhlangana kwakhona ngokweemvakalelo kubonakala ngathi kukuhlaselwa komhlobo wakhe. Ukuhlalisana ngomlingo kobo buhlobo kwinyani yemihla ngemihla kufumaniseka kufanelekile. Apho abanye baya kubona kwaye babone iziporho kuphela, uAgatha ubona iqabane lakhe lomphefumlo. Ngombulelo kuyo unokuqhubela phambili, enze ubomi ngentando eqinisekisiweyo yobo bukho.
Isizungu sihlala sizama ukuzenzela indawo entsha, phakathi kwenyani eqhutywa ngamasiko, izithethe kunye neelebheli ezithanda ukudityaniswa ngokulula. Kodwa uClarissa uhlebeza cwaka, uthatha isandla sika-Agatha kwaye ugqithise ukuzola ukuze angazifumani eyedwa. Ngayo, uAgatha angaphila ubomi bakhe ngentando ebonisa ubungqina kuzo zonke iimeko ezibi.
Kodwa akukho mntu unokumazi uClarissa, akukho mntu unokufikelela kuloo moya wamava, phakathi kwenyani yabanye kunye nenyani eyakhiwe ngokutsha nguAgatha.
Ungayithenga incwadi Mntwana othandekayoInoveli yamva kaEdith Olivier, nantsi: