Inkuru y'imyaka cumi n'ine Johnny Marlowe afunzwe azira gukebwa umuhungu we.

Abazamu babiri binjiye muri kasho yanjye kuko uwa gatatu ategereje umuryango. Umuzamu wa mbere yansunitse inyuma ubwo umuzamu wa kabiri yinjiraga muri kasho akurura ifarashi ndende, yuzuye uruhu. Ubwenge bwanjye bwarashize. Niki gishobora kuba? Nagize ubwoba kandi ndumirwa. Nibutse inshuro nyinshi abarinzi bari barankubise inshyi, inkweto n'inkoni. Umuzamu wa mbere yansubije inyuma ku gitanda cyanjye. Ifarashi isunikwa imbere yanjye. Nta hantu na hamwe nari kwiruka kandi nta buryo bwo guhunga! Umutima wanjye warakaye cyane! Umuzamu wa mbere yamfashe inyuma y’umutwe anjyana imbere, anjugunya hasi ku ifarashi. Ubwoba bwaratewe ubwoba! Bagiye kumfata kungufu? Umuzamu wa gatatu yajugunye ingoyi ku izamu rya kabiri. Aba barinzi bombi bashyize amapingu ku kuboko kwanjye hanyuma bahuza ingoyi n'amaguru yanjye bayizengurutse amapingu ku buryo naboshye amaboko n'amaguru nunamye hejuru y'urusenda. Natangiye gusenga Imana imbabazi. Nari nzi ko ngiye gufatwa kungufu. Nari nibeshye...