Kwakuyiminyaka yokuqala yekhulu lamashumi amabili, uViolet wayehlala kamnandi esigodlweni sakhe nomyeni wakhe amthandayo ... Yayiqala kanjalo-ke indaba kaPerrault eyahanjiswa kuleyo minyaka yokuqala yamashumi amabili eNgilandi yeNkosi u-Edward VII. Kuphela sesivele sazi ukuthi uPerrault ukwazile ukuxoxa ngendaba yenkosazana ethembeke kakhulu sengathi ubengadonsa umthambo osuvele ukhona.Poe ukuguqula indawo ngayinye ibe yindaba emnyama.
Mhlawumbe yingakho uViolet egcina ebenza bube mnyama ubuntu bakhe, ehlushwa ilukuluku lokuhlanya mayelana nencwadi yezinganekwane ukuthi umyeni wakhe uyenqaba ukumboleka ngezikhathi zakhe zantambama zeholide netiye phambi kwefasitela elibheke emaphandleni.
Noma yikuphi ukukhathazeka kungagcina kuholele ekukhohlisweni. Kwenzeka kanjalo kuViolet omuhle, ogcina ethola amathambo akhe esibhedlela, ukuze afune ukuvuselelwa kwesizathu ngokuvalelwa kanye nokwelashwa okujwayelekile kwesayensi okuncane okunikezwe ukucatshangelwa komqondo njengesifo ngomqondo wokuthi kungenzeka manje.
Kepha uViolet ukwazile ukubaleka emoyeni bese ebuyela ekhaya (mhlawumbe ukuba kude nakho kwamnika ibhalansi yamakhemikhali edingekayo). Kodwa-ke, kufike umuntu ongamazi endlini yakhe ovusa izinsolo futhi ogcina ethatha ukukhukhuleka okubi kakhulu kunokwedelela okubi okwakumhluphe ngaphambi kokulaliswa esibhedlela.
Yize kungenzeka ukuthi uViolet wafunda okuthile esigabeni sakhe se-psychotic. Okungenani kuzomgcina ephapheme futhi esesimweni esingcono sokuzama ukuthola iqiniso ekubonisweni okungamanga kobuhlanya.
Kufike lapho angafika khona esiphethweni sokuthi akekho umuntu ohlanzekile kuleyo ndlu kunaye, ngenxa yezimpawu eziphenduke ubufakazi bokuthi konke okwenzeka kuleyo ndlu kungenxa yohlelo olukhulu olungagcina luphelile. impilo yakho.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Umqoqi wencwadi, okwakamuva okuvela ku-Alice Thompson, lapha: