My telling can't hurt you in spite of what I have done and I promise to lie quietly in the dark": that is the way the novel begins; with Florens'voice, who was casted off by her mother in order to save her.
Ashike komatango lela onda ka nyengwa oku lididimika, nda tetwa ko ashike kehandu ndee handi mu nhukile noku mu ponda," Nashikaku ta dimbuluka oshiningwanima osho sha li she mu etela opo a lile okrismesa mokakuma.