Yeka odade abahle! Ngangiyithanda kakhulu endala, enamanzi, evuthiwe. Futhi wayenombono omuhle kakhulu - ukukhulula udadewabo omncane ngale ndlela, hhayi nomuntu angamazi emgwaqweni, okungenzeka ukuthi umuntu amxwaye, kodwa anikeze isoka lakhe elizama-neqiniso. Usisi omdala kusadingeka afundise omncane ukugunda isibumbu sakhe, kungaba nqunu njengesakhe, noma ukugunda izinwele eziseduze.
I-mulatto incane kakhulu, hhayi nje amabele akhe, kodwa futhi i-mink kanye nembongolo. Kanti ukhalo lwakhe lunjani, lufana nokhalo lwentuthwane. Sekukonke, ingquza eqinile yavele yahlanya kuDick onjalo. Kodwa kwakunguye yedwa owayebubula, futhi ingabe le ndoda yayiyipulangwe ngokuphelele, inomthondo onjalo kanye ne-mulatto eduze kwakhe? Angizange ngifinyelele ekugcineni, yonke into yayivuvukele futhi iqinile, ngicishe ngacwila izikhathi eziyishumi.