The Lovers By Bessie Head
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- 'My own thoughts are not complicated,' he went on, still holding on to her hand. 'I thought I would find out how you felt about this matter. I thought I would like to choose you as my wife. If you do not want to choose me in turn, I shall not pursue my own wants any longer. I might even marry the wife my father chooses for me.'
- 'I am afraid of nothing,' she said.' Not even trouble or death, but I needs one time to find out what I am thinking.'
- He let go of her hand and so they parted and went their separate ways. From that point onwards right until the following day, she lived in a state of high elation.
- She was relieved, on meeting Keaja, to see that his face bore the same anguished look that she felt. He spoke first. 'I felt so ill and disturbed,' he said. I could do nothing but wait for your appearance.
- The second alternative was more difficult for the lovers. They could inform their parents of their love and ask that they be married He was not sure of the outcome but it was to invite death or worse. It might still leadd to the escape route out of the village as he was not planning for death.
- So appalling was the drama to the community that on the day Keaja was released from his home and allowed to approach the home of Tselane, all the people withdrew to their own homes so as not to witness the fearful sight.
- The legend was kept alive from generation to generation and so the hill stands to this day in the village of Otse in southern Botswana as an eternal legend of love. Letswe La Baratani, The Hill of The Lovers.
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