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...that she should also take it and go. She didn’t want to go, she didn’t even know how to wash.
She said that washing was hard for her, and she also didn’t know how to wash clothes on a washboard.
She said that she didn’t know what kind of person she was.
She saw clothes and a bag on the side of the room and that the owner of the house had said,
“By Allah, the one who bore me, if I had known before that your face would be like this,
I would never have let you enter my house.”
She said, “My father, my father, what are you saying to me?
Are you really my father? I was asking you.”
She said, “What kind of child are you? Is it because of me?”
She said, “No, I’m just saying it because of Allah.”
She said, “I’m tired, my son. Everything is gone.”
She said that she didn’t take anything from Makaranta, but she was the one who said it.
She said, “I didn’t hit him, and I didn’t beat him.
By Allah, I’m just saying it.
If I saw you, I would have told you, but I didn’t see anything.”
She said that she was the one who went to the bedroom and that she was the one who washed and ironed.
She said, “I tried my best, but I didn’t do it well.
I’m sorry, my dear. I was talking in the house, but my dear,
my master’s bedroom was the one we entered, and Yawmu was behind it.
My mother told me not to, but I went anyway.”
She said that the men said yes, but she said it was God’s will.
She said, “Go and tell Hajiya Yaya that I’m coming at the time when
the house will be empty so that she can go and return to England.”
She said that she had been waiting for a long time to go, and that Allah’s will was that
she had to wait. Every month she said it had to be done, and the maids came on a certain date.
She said that she didn’t have it in her to do it, and she also forgot that day.
She said that she was the one who told Tafi to go.
Aunty Mimi was at home, and she had told everyone that
she was the one who sent them.
She said, “Why are you asking me?
I was the one who told him to go and bring water.”
Yawmu said that the boss told him not to think about it,
and that he was the one who closed the door thinking about it.
She said, “Why are you asking me like that?
I was the one who told him to go because I was in a hurry.”
Since that day, she hadn’t slept, and she had spent two days without sleep.
She said that she was the one who told Hajiya Maska’s wife to go and tell the owner of the house that
she was the one who washed and ironed and that she was the one who did everything.
She said, “What am I saying?
You held my hand and I ran.
You came to meet me.
Kujeran’s father, Falon, was there, and Inata Dariya was there.
I said, 'What are you doing?' Kujera was sitting and laughing at me.”
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“Will you agree to that?” She said, “I agree, please.”
He touched her, and his hand touched her, and she screamed,
“Don’t, don’t touch me with your dirty hands...”
She said, “I also saw you crying bitterly.
Please, I’m begging you.”
She said, “Don’t go and tell anyone about this.
Please, you have to swear.”
She said that she was the one who washed and ironed the clothes in front.
She said that she was the one who was with him that night, and that they spent the night together until morning.
She said, “Let’s go.”
