“uflorence masebe uzolingisa indawo kagloria owesifazane okhaliphile, osezingeni eliphezulu futhi onemali. ugloria odume igoli lonke ungumngani weqiniso owazana nonomsa kudala besakhula,” kuchaza okhulumela lo mdalo. uflorence uthe ukuba ngomunye wabalingisa kulo mdlalo kuyisibusiso kakhulu kuyena njengoba uqukethe izingqalabutho emkhakheni wezokulingisa. ihlo lo mdali labuka zonke izinto ayekade ezidalile, futhi kulo mzuzu, amehlo akhe ama kancane emahlathini nezintaba, umqondo wakhe uphenduka. lapho amazwi akhe ekhishwa, emahlathini acinene, nasezintabeni, kwavela uhlobo lwesidalwa esasingafani nezake zavela ngaphambili: “kwakuyizilwane zasendle” ezazikhulunywe ngumlomo kankulunkulu. nakuba zaziphuzile kakhulu ukufika, zanikina amakhanda azo, zatshikizisa imisila yazo, ngasinye sinobuso baso obuhlukile. ezinye zazinesikhumba esinoboya, ezinye kungathi zinezembatho zempi, ezinye zaziveza amazinyo azo acijile, ezinye kwakungathi ziyamamatheka, ezinye zazinemiqala emide, ezinye zazinemisila emifushane, ezinye zazinolaka zingenakwesaba, ezinye zazibuka ongathi ziyesaba, ezinye zazigoba ukuze zidle utshani, ezinye zigcwele igazi ngasemilonyeni, ezinye zigxumagxuma ngemlenze emibili, ezinye zihambahamba ngezinselo ezine, ezinye zibuka le kude ngaphezu kwemithi, ezinye zazilinda emahlathini ukuze zihlasela ngokuzumisa, ezinye zabezifuna imihume ukuze ziphumule, ezinye zazigijima zitshakadula emathafeni, ezinye zizingela emahlathini…; ezinye zazibhonga, ezinye zihlaba umkhulungwane, ezinye zikhonkotha, ezinye zikhala…: ezinye zazisho nge--soprano, ezinye zibhodla, ezinye zinamaphimbo agcwele, ezinye zanamaphimbo acacile amnandi…; ezinye zabe zibukeka kambi, ezinye zizinhle, ezinye zazinyanyisa, ezinye zithandeka, ezinye zazisabisa, ezinye zikhohliseka ngendlela ethandekayo…. zilandelana zeza ngaphambili. uyazibona ziphefuzela, zikhululekile, zingenandaba nakancane nezinye, zingabukani ngisho nangeso …. ngasinye sasinempilo ethile umdali asinike yona, nobudlangudlangu bazo, nobubheva, zavela emahlathini nasezintabeni. zazidelela uwonke wonke, ziqholosha ngokuphelele—ubani owazenza obasi bangempela basezintabeni nasemahlathini? kusukela ngesikhathi ukuvela kwazo kumiswa umdali, “zathatha ngokubanga” amahlathi, futhi “zathatha ngokubanga” izintaba, ngoba umdali wayeseyibekile wayivala imingcele futhi wanquma isikalo sokuphila kwazo. yizo zodwa ezabe zingamakhosi angempela ezintaba namahlathi, futhi yingakho zazinobudlavudlavu kangaka, zidelela kakhulu. zazibizwa ngokuthi “izilwane zasendle” ngenxa nje yokuthi, ezilwaneni zonke, kwakuyizona ezazinobudlangudlangu, ziyizibheva futhi zingafuyeki. wawungeke uzifuye, ngakho wawungeke uzigcine, uzikhulise, zazingena kuphila ngokuzwana nesintu noma zisebenzele isintu. kwakungenxa yokuthi wawungeke uzigcine uziphathe, zazingeke zisisebenzele isintu, ingakho kwadingeka ukuthi ziphile ngokuqhelelana nesintu, futhi umuntu wayengeke aze asondele kuzo. ingoba zaziphila kude ngokuqhelelana nesintu, futhi umuntu engenakusondela kuzo, ingakho zakwazi ukufeza umsebenzi ezaziwunikwe umdali: ukuqapha izintaba namahlathi. ubudlangudlangu bazo kwavikela izintaba namahlathi, futhi kwakungu kuvikeleka nesiqinisekiso esihle kakhulu sokuphila nokwanda kwazo. ngesikhathi esifanayo, ubudlangudlangu bazo kwagcina futhi baqinisekisa ibhalansi phakathi kwezinto zonke. ukufika kwazo kwaletha usizo nokusimama ezintabeni namahlathi; ukufika kwazo kwafaka umdlandla nobungqabavu obungenamkhawu ezintabeni namahlathi athule futhi angenalutho. kusukela kulesikhathi kuqhubeka, izintaba namahlathi aba indawo yazo yokuhlala unomphela, futhi zazingasoze zize zilahlekelwe amakhaya azo, ngoba izintaba namahlathi avela futhi abakhona ngenxa yazo, nezilwane zasendle zazizokwenza umsebenzi wazo, ziphinde zenze konke ezazingakwenza ukuwalondoloza. ngokunjalo, izilwane zasendle zazizogcina ngokuqikelela imiyalo yomdali ukuthi zibambelele zigcine indawo yazo, futhi ziqhubeke zisebenzise lemvelo yazo yobulwane ukugcina ibhalansi phakathi kwazo zonke izinto ezibekwe ngumdali, nokukhombisa igunya namandla omdali!