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Le ndlu, igumbi lokulala elinamagumbi amahlanu okulala kabini kwisakhiwo sikaCandela sango-1929, sasihleli kwimarike — kulungile, ukufaka iinzwane kufana nayo — ngaphezulu nje kwenyanga, kudweliswe URussell Miller kwaye UMary Beth Flynn , kaBrown Harris Stevens. Ngokwoluhlu, iyunithi ye-A-line yokuqala yobungakanani bayo kunye nokubekwa kwayo ukuze kufumaneke kwisakhiwo ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi. Kwaye akukho nzima ngendlela eyothusayo ukubona ukuba kutheni abanini behlala bejinga kwezi ndawo xa sele behleli. Luhlaza… nesidlo sakusasa.
Ilungiswe kwakhona ukubonelela ngoncedo losuku, nekhitshi elihle elinamaxesha avulekileyo kwigumbi lesidlo sakusasa eliqaqambisa ilizwe elinomoya-kunye-nesidlo sakusasa, i-co-op ikwagcina iinkcukacha ezininzi zakudala, kubandakanya umlilo weenkuni kunye neendonga ezenziwe ngeplanga, imigangatho enesitampu kunye nezinyuko ezigobileyo, ezigcwaliswe ligumbi likaCandela elisayina igumbi lempuphu elibekwe ngokulula phakathi embindini. Isakhiwo sinikezela, kwakhona, ezinye izinto zemveli ezingabathengi ezinokuthi zifumane umdla: ukhetho lweepesenti ezingama-50 kwaye akukho mithetho yomsebenzi wehlobo.
Ukuba abathengi, Alastair IBorthwick , Ophambili kwiibhanki zorhwebo kwihlabathi kwiBhanki yaseMelika uMerrill Lynch, kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, UJeanine -Obani okanye abangakhange benze nto ngcangco kunye noWill noKate ngexesha lotyelelo lwasebukhosini lwangoDisemba ophelileyo-banqwenela ukwenza naluphi na uhlengahlengiso olukhulu, baya kuba nakho ukuqala kwangoko. Siyathemba nje ukuba bayalishiya igumbi elingumgubo wesinyuko elingafakwanga. Umlilo ochanekileyo, nangona into inokwenziwa malunga nekhaphethi…
