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I-Last Post kaFord Madox Ford iyinoveli ehlola izindikimba zothando,. Le noveli ilandela iqoqo labalingiswa lapho bebheka izigigaba zempi kanye nemiphumela elandelayo. Ibhalwe ngesitayela esingahlangani nesihlukene, Le ncwadi ifundeka ngendlela ehlukile futhi ehehayo ecwilisa umfundi osizini lwemizwa yangaleso sikhathi.

Le noveli iphinde ibe nokuzindla ngesimo sothando nezibopho ezisihlanganisayo. U-Tietjens uhlukene phakathi komsebenzi wakhe nomkakhe kanye nemizwa yakhe ekhulayo ngo-Valentine, futhi ukungqubuzana kwakhe kwangaphakathi kubonisa izingqikithi ezinkulu zokwethembeka nokukhaphela ezitholakala kuyo yonke inoveli.

Njengoba impi isiya ngasemaphethelweni, uFord ungena ekujuleni kwemizwa yabalingiswa bakhe, ekhombisa ukuthi bashintshwa kanjani ngokujulile ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. U-Tietjens, ikakhulukazi, uvela njengomuntu odabukisayo, indoda ehlaselwe izipoki zesikhathi esidlule futhi engaqiniseki ngekusasa layo.

Emakhasini okugcina, iFord iletha indaba esiphethweni esibuhlungu nesinamandla. Inoveli iphetha ngokuthi u-Tietjens emi yedwa ogwini lolwandle, ecabanga ubuze bempi kanye nokuba ntekenteke kwempilo yomuntu. Isikhathi sokuzindla ngokuthula kanye nokusula, isiphetho esifanele senoveli kokubili okuyindaba yothando engaphelelwa yisikhathi kanye necala elivuthayo lezinto ezesabekayo zempi.