UJilly Cooper usandula ukupapasha inoveli yakhe yamva nje ethi Mount! kwaye ngoku usebenza kwincwadi entsha ngebhola ekhatywayo (ebizwa ngokuba yi-wait for it… Tackle) kodwa umfana oneminyaka engama-79 ucinga ukuba unexesha elinye kuphela lenoveli.
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Ukuthetha noClare Balding kuMnyhadala woNcwadi waseCheltenham, uthe, ndiza kuba neminyaka engama-80 ngoFebruwari. Ndingathanda ukubhala ezinye iincwadi kodwa ndicinge nje ukuba kungcono ndingavuya kakhulu.
Ngaphandle kokungena kwihlabathi lomdlalo omnandi, u-Cooper utyhile ibali ebengathanda ukulithetha malunga neqhawekazi lakhe uDora Belvedon. Ndifuna asindise iphephandaba lasekhaya kuba ndizimisele kakhulu ngamaphephandaba endawo - bangabagcini bokuziphatha kwethu kwaye bemba kwiindawo ezinje ngeStroud neCheltenham kwaye bafumana izinto ezimbi ezenzekayo.
Ayizukwenzeka ukuba amaphepha-ndaba endawo ayahamba kuba amapolisa axakeke kakhulu kwaye [amaphepha endawo] ayamangalisa kwaye azisa ubomi babantu kunye kwaye azisa uluntu kunye kwaye zivala nje ngokungathi zigeza, kubuhlungu kakhulu. Ke ndifuna [uDora] ukuya - kuRupert [Campbell Black] uzakuthatha iqela lebhola ekhatywayo ukuze alandele iqela lakhe lebhola.
Kwingxoxo yakhe noBalding, umbhali wenoveli kwezothando ukwatyhile ukuba wayekhe wahlaselwa ngokwesondo xa wayesemsebenzini. Ndiye ndatsiba kumyeni womphathi wam. Ibingelo tyala lam kodwa wenze ngelixa elayisha imoto. Bekungohlanu emva kwemini.
Esi sehlo samkhokelela ekubeni awushiye kwangoko umsebenzi wakhe. Khange ndinyonyobele. Ndivele ndathi ubudlelwane bezoluntu abuyonto kum ndahamba.
U-Cooper ukwala ukupapasha ngokwakho njengokupapasha okungenamsebenzi, ibinzana elisetyenziswe ngumyeni wakhe ongasekhoyo, umshicileli uLeo Cooper, kwaye wakhalaza ngeeleta azifumanayo kubabhali abafuna uncedo lokushicilela owabo umsebenzi.
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Andithethi ukuba ndikhohlakele kodwa yonke imihla ndifumana malunga nabantu abathathu bebhalela kum besithi, 'Jilly othandekayo, ndibhala incwadi, ungandinceda ndiyipapashe? Ngaba unganceda ukuyihlela? Ngaba uza kundifunela iarhente? ’Andinangxaki kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndixakekile, ngokwenene.