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they say that Greatgrandmother Helena Susanna Delport

owned [ ] all the land between Kroonstad and Renosterspruit

after her husband died she remained there with two daughters

one of them my grandmother Anna Elisabeth

they say she married a middle-aged fellow Hennie Geldenhuys

[ ] so that the land could be worked [ ]

they say she was a diabetic [ ]

and one day she slipped into a coma

her two daughters came immediately from their respective

households [ ] to prepare for the worst

[ ] they say that within a day or two the first ampoule of insulin

arrived at old Dr Dykman’s consulting room

straight away he rushed out to the farm on the Kroonstad/

Viljoenskroon road to test the new cure

and on the way [ ] [ ] he rode past

the local attorney on the dusty farm road

they say immediately after the first injection

Grandma Lena showed signs of recovery

when she was shakily drinking some water she asked where the ink

on her right middle finger had come from

‘ask your husband’ they said

her daughter, my granny, said

the next morning she went to town to cancel

the will that made over all the land to Stepgrandfather Hennie

[ ] [ ] sixteen years later she died [ ]

Grandpa Hennie had usufruct until his death

after a year with his new wife [ ] he moved to town [ ]

he said Grandma Lenie cooks soap in the yard at night they said