Illustrations Derika Volpi and Paula Dubois | Translation Hettie Scholtz
I was in the botanical gardens in town when I saw an elderly lady, kierie in hand, slowly moving down a shrub-lined footpath. She was tall, elegant, with ice-white hair swept up in a loose bun, cutting a picture of dignified poise.
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