Lokho osekuveziwe njengokutholwa kwe-trilogy yomlando, ngaphansi kwalesi sihloko sokuqhubeka okusobala ku I-Villa yezindwangu, manje thola ukuqhubeka kokuqala ngokuhlukanise cishe iminyaka emithathu ukuze sikwazi ukugcina izinhlamvu, imvelo nezimo zintsha.
Yize ungasebenzi ngecebo lokuvela ngokuzalwa, njengoba kwenzeka kaningi kuziza ezikhuluma ngokuziphendukela kwemvelo, kulokhu ukuxhumana okwedlule kungumthombo lapho kuvela khona izisekelo ezilandisayo zibheke kulezo zimfihlo ezinkulu ezixhasa izehlakalo nokuthi ukuvala imibuthano.
Kungunyaka we-1916, maphakathi neMpi Enkulu. Umndeni ocebile waseMelzer kumele ubhekane nezinselelo ezintsha emhlabeni ohlukana phakathi nemashi ephoqelelwe ngokuqhubeka kwempi, ubumpofu obujwayelekile kanye nekhwelo lokusiza wonke amaJalimane alungile, kungaba amasosha noma umphakathi onamathuba okunakekela balimale noma bathuthukise imisebenzi ye-logistics bexhasa umbuso waseJalimane odinga ukusebenzisana kuwo wonke amazinga.
Ubukhulu bukaMarie obathandekayo, engxenyeni yokuqala abesevele ekwazi ukuzenzela ikusasa lakhe ngothando nentando eqinile, ngalesi sikhathi uthola ingqayizivele yowesifazane obhekene nempi lapho izinsongo zanda kubo. Futhi-ke, sithola uMarie ezimisele ukuqhuba ifektri yendwangu okunikezwa kwakhe umsebenzi, ukuchuma nodumo kusongela ukuwa okuphelele.
Usizi lumnyakazisa ngokuphelele lapho ethola ukuthi othandekayo wakhe uPaul Melzer uboshiwe. Ebhekene nokungenzeki kokwenza noma yini ukumkhulula, indima yakhe enhlokweni yefektri iba yindiza eya phambili, ukuzivocavoca ngethemba.
Isikhathi siyahamba futhi uPaul namanje akabuyanga ethunzini laleyo mpi yokuqala enenzondo eyazamazamisa iYurophu yonke. UMarie ngaso sonke isikhathi wayenakho lokho kuqina okwazi ukudonsela wonke umuntu, lowo magnetism owanqotshwa uPaul ngokwakhe, othandweni futhi wahehwa.
Kepha lapho engekho, umfana onjengo-Ernst von Klippstein uhlupha uMarie ngokucabanga kwakhe ngokudabukisayo ngesiphetho sikaPaul kanye nesidingo sikaMarie sokuzivumela ukuthi avikelwe nguye ukuze asinde okuzayo, ngenxa yakhe, ukuze kusinde okuningi abantu ababemzungezile nangenxa yakho konke okwakhuliswa ngabakwaMelzers iminyaka eminingi ...
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