Namhlanje, iincwadi zompheni wase-Gradening Genictive zaba sisiseko somsebenzi kwaye zimbalwa abantu abaziqhelanga umsebenzi wakhe, kodwa kaninzi silibala ukuba kuzo zonke iincwadi zombhali, enye okanye enye i-alamu yakhe, Uthando lwakhe. Yintoni eyamvumela uChristie uChristie waba ngulowo wam, ukuba aluthandi?
Intsapho yeAgatha yayiyithanda kakhulu kwaye ukufa koyise kusisityebi. Ekuqaleni uAgatha wayeyintombazana ethobekileyo nenentloni, eyazikhulula phakathi kwamanye amalungu osapho. Nangona kunjalo, kufanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba wayenomdla, wadlala kakuhle kwipiyano kwaye watsalela abantu abancinci ababedla ngokuthandana naye. UAgatha wayengengomda wentliziyo, kodwa ngaphambi komtshato kunye noChristidi, wakwazi ukuba nothando olusemibini.
Kwakulandela i-Archiballd, okokuqala wazama ukuba wayebhalele, nangona umyeni wakhe ekuqaleni wayiphatha le ntshukumo, kodwa kwakusemtshatweni wabo waba ngumbhali odumileyo wabacuphi edumileyo. Umtshato wakhe wafunda iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10, wawuthanda umyeni wakhe ngokunyaniseka kwaye wade wamxolela ukuba amnikele kwiqabane lakhe eGolf Naal, ukuba akazange afune uqhawulo-mtshato, awayengayifuni konke konke. I-Archibald yayithetha kakhulu ebomini bakhe kwaye ngokumka kwakhe waziva ukuba ulilo, ntombi yakhe eRosalind ayikwazanga kuzaliswa. Kodwa ibaluleke ngokwenene kubomi bokumkanikazi womkishi yayingumtshato wakhe wesibini, owenze ingxolo enkulu eluntwini.
UMax Mallova waba luthando oluyithandayo kubomi bombhali. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo wayenomdla, ecekeceke kwaye wajonga njengomntu onyanisekileyo wesiNgesi. Ukuthanda i-archeeogy kwaye ixesha elide wakhathala u-Agatha Cechsini, obonakala ngathi akanamdla kwinkanuko yakhe. Kodwa inyani kukuba umtshato onoMax unokuba sisikrelemnqa sokwenene: Kuluntu lwelo xesha uya kuthathwa nguMessia, kuba uMax wayeneminyaka eli-14, kwaye emi kwinqanaba eliphantsi lentlalontle. Ngelo xesha, imitshato enjalo evela kwinqanaba lokujonga isimilo sentlalontle kwezona nyawo ziphezulu zange zimkelwe.
Nangona kunjalo, esi sibini sisadityaniswa ngasese nomtshato e-Edinburgh. Mhlawumbi, kuba uAgata Chistie wayengumtshato owonwabisayo, kuba wayeyithanda iMax de kuphele ubomi bakhe. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo amthanda, kuba wabelana naye bonke ubomi bakhe, ezonwabisa, ehamba phezu kweembovane zeMbindi Mpuma, waza wagqithisela konke ukubaluleka komsebenzi wakhe onzima. Enkosi kuphela kuye, igama lakhe limi uthotho lwamagama ezona zakudala zakudala zabembi.
Singatsho ukuba u-Agatha uChristivie wafaka yonke into esibingelelweni sothando lwayo ngendoda yakhe, kodwa ukuba ebengakwenzi le nto, ngekhe kube ziincwadi ezibhalwe kakuhle kwaye zibonisa ngokugqibeleleyo ubomi bexesha labo.