![]() The belligerent woman wore Nnakato’s cloth but had Babirye’s eyes. Kintu looked first at Nnakato and then at Babirye. You can have it all: man, marriage, home, and family.” You have complained and complained all our life but this is it. I never wedged a line between your children and mine. You said that our husband loved him more than he loved yours. You complained that he would be heir instead of your sons. All I had was that one boy, a single sprout, but you begrudged him. You had eight children with him I never begrudged you any of them. ![]() “Babirye, you wanted a piece of my marriage, I gave it to you. ![]() Nnakato walked to where Babirye sat and pointed at her while she counted on her fingers. When she asked whether her child had been properly wrapped, Kintu let her out. When the mourners returned from escorting Baale to the underworld, Nnakato had stopped crying. Nnakato, delirious, was locked up throughout the funeral. Ntwire had lulled him into a false sense of security.Īt the dawn of his wedding, Baale departed. Only the dead can try now.” He burned all sorts of herbs to wake up even the laziest family spirits.Īs Kintu watched Baale’s life ebb, the image of the shattered gourd that fell out of Kalema’s hand flashed in his mind. ![]() All day long, the healer called upon the winds of the family to intercede but in the end he confessed, “Whatever it is, it’s bigger than me. It took him by surprise yet it was no surprise. That is when Kintu knew-Ntwire had struck. ![]()
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