Zvichibva mundima iyi, Briony anorevei paanoti pamhedziso: ""Ndinoda kufunga kuti hakusi kushaya simba kana kuti kunzvenga, asi chiito chokupedzisira chomutsa, kumira pakurwisana nokukanganwa nokupererwa, kurega vadikani vangu vachigara ndokuvabatanidza pamugumo".
Context:Chikamu chokupedzisira, chine musoro unoti "London 1999", chinorondedzerwa naBriony pachake muchimiro chetsamba yezuva nezuva. Iye zvino ava nemakore 77, munyori wenhau anobudirira uyo achangobva kuwanwa aine chirwere chokurasika pfungwa chinonzi vascular dementia, saka ari kutarisana nokuderera kwepfungwa nokukurumidza. Muverengi anodzidza kuti Briony ndiye munyori wezvikamu zvakapfuura zvenovhero. Briony anopinda mutambo mukuremekedzwa kwake kumba kwemhuri yeTallis, uko vana veTallis vakakura vanoita The Trials of Arabella, mutambo uyo Briony ane makore gumi nematatu aive anyora uye akaedza zvisina kubudirira kuisa pamwe nevanin'ina vake muzhizha ra135. Leon naPierrot varipo, Jackson ava nemakore gumi nemashanu afa, uye Lola mupenyu asi haapo. Pakupedzisira, Briony anozivisa muverengi kuti Robbie Turner akafa ne septicaemia pamhenderekedzo dzeDunkirk, kuti Cecilia akaurayiwa mwedzi yakati gare gare apo bhomba rakaparadza Balham Underground station panguva yeBlitz, uye kuti nyaya yaBriony yekuvaona pamwechete muna 1940 yaive yekunyepedzera. Briony akapinda muchato waLola kuna Paul Marshall, asi anobvuma kuti akanga ari "mhofu" zvikuru kushanyira Cecilia achangobva kufirwa kuti agadzirise. Bhuku racho, iro raanoti nderechokwadi kunze kwekuti Robbie naCecilia vabatanidzwazve, kuedza kwake kwoupenyu hwose "kuyananisa" zvaakavaitira. Briony anoruramisa mugumo wake unofadza nokutaura kuti haaoni chinangwa chaizobetsera kupa vaverengi nhau "isinganzwiri tsitsi". Anonyora kuti, "Ndinoda kufunga kuti hakusi kushaya simba kana kuti kunzvenga, asi chiito chokupedzisira chomutsa, kumira pakurwisana nokukanganwa uye kuora mwoyo, kurega vadikani vangu vachirarama uye kuvabatanidza pamugumo".
Zvichienderana nendima iyi, Briony ari kutsanangura, semurondedzeri werinovel, chikonzero nei akagadzira chikamu chenhau chinosanganisira kusanganazve kwaRobbie naCecilia.