Nkhani ya zaka khumi ndi zinayi za Johnny Marlowe m'ndende chifukwa chodula mwana wake.

Alonda aŵiri analoŵa m’chipinda changa pamene wachitatu akudikirira pakhomo. Mlonda woyamba anandikankhira chammbuyo pamene mlonda wachiwiri analowa m’chipindacho akukokera kavalo wamtali kwambiri wowonda. Malingaliro anga anathamanga. Kodi ichi chingakhale chiyani? Ndinkachita mantha komanso ndinasokonezeka maganizo. Ndinakumbukira nthaŵi zambiri pamene alonda anandimenya ndi zibakera, nsapato ndi ndodo. Mlonda woyamba anandikankhira kumbuyo pa thabwa langa. Kavalo wochekacheka anakankhidwira patsogolo panga. Panalibe kothawira ndiponso kunalibe kothawira! Mtima wanga unathamanga kwambiri! Mlonda woyamba anandigwira kumbuyo kwa mutu wanga n’kundikokera kutsogolo, n’kundikankhira pahatchi yocheka matabwa. Mantha analimba! Amandigwilira? Mlonda wachitatu anaponya maunyolo kwa mlonda wachiwiri. Alonda awiri aja adandiyika maunyolo m'manja mwanga kenako adalumikiza maunyolo ku akakolo anga ndikumangirira maunyolo kotero kuti adandimanga manja ndi miyendo kupindirira pahatchiyo. Ndinayamba kupemphera kwa Mulungu kuti andichitire chifundo. Ndinadziwa kuti ndatsala pang’ono kugwiriridwa. Ndinali wolakwa…