can takes off his jacket and places it in the wardrobe as he finishes the song. Then he turns and something on his desk attracts his attention.

CAN: Wait a minute! It looks like I have new correspondence. [He picks up and opens the envelope.] It's from Fort Hare! I hope it's what I think it is. Let's hear. [He reads aloud.]

Dear Mr Themba

I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 March. Curiously enough, your Provisional University Diploma arrived from Rhodes by the same post. [A wide smile spreads across can's face.] The certificate is herewith enclosed. We are very proud of your achievements as one of our former students. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours, especially your writing and teaching careers.

Yours sincerely

The Registrar

Isn't that brilliant? Finally, I’ll get a full teacher's salary, Annie. We’ll extend the House of Truth, and fill it with lots and lots of babies. Okay, I know you don't really like that last bit. You are not planning to have more than two kids. You want to be loved in marriage and not be seen as a manufacturing machine.

By the way, I promised to read a poem that I have dedicated to her. How I wish she was here to celebrate this moment with me. I want to read her the poem. I want to see her face blush with embarrassment. I want to see her lips gently spreading wide, and dimples appearing on her cheeks, and love shining through her eyes. I call it ‘Dedication’.

To you I find my heart forever bound

My entire world to you I dedicate

That so the ends Fate and I contemplate

Must flutter to this vision which I found

To you the powers that God has lodged in me

That so I find my strength to grow in love

In worship of your Maker here above

To you I read this vast eternity

To you, to you my love –