Isingathekiso esiyimpumelelo phakathi kwamakhadi asetafuleni nalokho impilo enakho ekugcineni. Ithuba kanye nalokho okuhlongozwe yilowo nalowo wake wangena emdlalweni wempilo. Ukuhamba nge-bluffing kungaba umnyakazo ophumelele kakhulu kodwa kuhlale kukuhle ukukwazi ukukopela, inqobo nje uma bengebodwa.
Endabeni kaHugo, into yakhe ukuphakamisa njalo ibhidi ngisho nokuphula ideski uma kunesidingo. Ngoba kulokho kokubheka uzakwethu ongcono kakhulu esingaphokophela ngaye impumelelo ekupheleni kwegeyimu, umlingiswa wethu angakwazi ukukhipha amakhadi emkhonweni wakhe ukuze abaleke igeyimu eyisidina lapho umuntu evele ejikijela amakhadi ukuze aziphonse.
Futhi akukhona kuphela ngothando engibonisa ngalo ngabashadile. Kule noveli konke ukuhlangana kungamabhangqa asuka ezithandweni ezisafufusa, kusukela ebunganeni noma okwenzeka nje kwaqondana ngokuphelele. Futhi umbhali uthatha leli thuba ukuze aveze umphefumulo wabalingiswa bakhe ngohlamvu lwamaqiniso omlingo. Akukho ukuzenzisa, i-hitrionics noma ukwenza ngokweqile. Kuphela ukuzibophezela kombhali ukunikeza impilo yonke kulabo abahamba nathi ohambweni lobukhona babo. Futhi lokho kufinyelelwa njengokungathi besivele sazi umlingiswa ngamunye kokunye ukuphila. Ngoba imvelo kule noveli ifana nesipho sokuzwelana ngokushesha.
Ngokungangabazeki, abalingiswa abakulesi sakhiwo bahlanganyela nomuzwa omlingo wokuba iqiniso nokusondelana okusibekela kusengaphambili ukuthi siphile izigigaba eziqine kakhulu. Ngoba kancane kancane indaba iqhubekela phambili ekubanjweni kwazo zonke izinhlobo. Lokho kuyithuba, amakhadi abawadlalayo kanye nesibindi somdlali ngamunye ukwethula i-oda lakhe noma ukukhohlisa ipoker yabo.
Futhi kulezo, indima kaHugo isebenza njengezaba ze-biographical. Yonke into izungeza ku-Hugo ophila izikhathi eziyinkulungwane kanye nolunye usuku lwe-hustler yakudala kakhulu embhalweni. Insizwa ngesinye isikhathi inokukhanya kwayo kweqhawe (echaza iqhawe njenganoma ngubani ovele enze lokho angakwenza) kodwa futhi nangosizi lwakhe phakathi kwezinkulumo eziphikisayo. Isimilo sikaHugo sinakho konke ukuhambisana nokungqubuzana kwayo yonke indodana yomakhelwane.
Itulo libukeka njengesiphepho esizobamba u-Hugo. Abalingiswa abafana no-Cris noma uManolo basekela ukuvela kwezenzakalo okubabazekayo okubabeka phezu kwalasha angasoleki lapho indaba iqala. Umphumela uba ukuqhuma, okungokoqobo okugcwele i-dynamite ezisekelweni zayo futhi egcina iqhuma, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuyilapho iphinde iqhume ngaphakathi kumlingisi ofana no-Hugo owadlala amakhadi akhe kakhulu. Kungcono noma kubi.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "Amakhadi asithintayo", kaRamón Gallart, lapha:
