Indodakazi kaJulia yaqala futhi yaqala ukuvela ngenkulumo ekhombisa ukunikezelwa kumama wayo, kodwa wazama ukungaphawula ngokufa kukamama. Kulokhu wanikeza inhlolokhono esathunyelwa futhi wathi umculi uhlushwa izinhlungu, ngokomzimba nangokuziphatha. "Unamandla kakhulu. Wagcina kunjalo. Ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi ubhekene nobuhlungu obumangalisayo. Kwenzeka, umuntu uthi: "Ngilimale." Kepha ubuhlungu obunjalo umama bake babhekana nabo, kubonakala ngathi kimi ukuthi akekho owakhuthazele, "wabelana ngezinkumbulo zika-Aldonin.
UVera uphinde watshela ukuthi izinkinga ezingokomzimba zokuqala kwakuwukubhekana lula. Wayazi ukuthi angazithatha kanjani esesandla futhi ebekezelela, ngoba ngifuna ubuqotho ukubuyela emsebenzini futhi ngiphile, kepha izimo zazihlukile.
Khumbula ukuthi umlingisi ushonile ngenxa yengozi ehlekisayo: wadla unyawo kusethi yombukiso "owodwa kuya koyedwa", kepha akazange afake isikhalo ekunakekelweni kwezokwelashwa ngesikhathi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, uJulia wayeseziphuthumayo eziphuthumayo esibhedlela, kepha inqubo yokuvuvukala kanye nokutheleleka kwegazi akusakwazi ukuyeka, ngenxa yalokho, inhliziyo yomculi ayikwazanga ukuma. Ngokusho kwezihlobo, odokotela bakwenza okuhle kwabo.