Yesterday Page #3

And the shitting would not stop.

Until my shift boss had had enough

and made me go to the doctor.

The doctor...

did tests.

And he said just like you said.

I hear your husband is back.

I hear he is sick.

What's the matter with him?

Tell me, when is he going back to work?

Why doesn't he come out of the house?

No one has seen him for days.

I hear things are not so good.

I must say, Yesterday,

you're doing very well.

Very well?

Your body is strong.

It is keeping the disease in check.

It is not my body.

It is here.

I have made up my mind.

How so?

Until my child goes to school...

I'll not die.

Your child?

Yes. My daughter, Beauty...

starts school next year.

I can't wait for that day.

Only then can this "thing" take me away.

No. I will not die till that day.

But my husband...

he is in great pain.

Is there nothing you can do for him?

Is there no medicine that you can give him?

I'll see what I've got.

- I am sorry.

- For what?

For...

Forget all of that.

That is all in the past.

You need to rest.

Rest now.

- May I come in?

- Of course, come in.

- I am not disturbing you?

- I am making dinner.

Who is it?

No one.

There is an urgent matter I need to discuss.

What is it?

- May we speak outside?

- Yes.

Come.

I wish the summer would hurry up.

I thought you should know

that everyone in the village is talking.

- Talking? About what?

- About your husband.

What are they saying about him?

They say...

he has the virus.

H.I.V.

- Is it true?

- It is true.

- I have it, too.

- You?

But why did you not say anything?

You heard what happened

to that woman in Bergville?

No.

There was this young woman. Very clever.

So much so that her whole village

helped save money...

to send her to university in Johannesburg.

She went there.

She was going to be a somebody.

But, she got AIDS.

And when she came home

to tell her mother and father...

everyone found out.

You know what happened?

They killed her.

Killed her?

They threw stones at her until she was dead.

Oh, my God.

- Is this true?

- It is true.

How long have you known?

Since the summer.

Since the summer?

What are you going to do?

He should not be able to stay here!

He will make us all sick.

No, no. He cannot make you sick.

That is not how it works.

- How, then?

- It is transmitted through blood.

Blood? What do you mean blood?

It lives in the blood...

and you can only get it

if it is transmitted into your blood.

"Transmitted"? What does "transmitted"

mean? You are confusing me now.

Passed into your blood.

By transfusion or sex.

Sex!

Which is why he must go.

What if he bleeds all over us?

Hey, come on now! Be reasonable.

How is that going to happen?

Be reasonable? Hey, listen here!

My daughter was playing there

the other day and she saw him.

She says that he is so thin

that the wind could blow him over.

What is so funny?

There is nothing to laugh about.

I will not let my daughter play there again.

Me, neither. He must go.

Your husbands are bringing it to you.

Yes, we get it from them.

You must see how she coughs. There she is.

As you can see,

we are already overcrowded.

There is no place for your husband.

He will have to go on the waiting list.

I'd like to help you, but it's out of my hands.

What about the one over there?

That bed is empty now.

That bed will be filled by tonight.

There is a waiting list...

as long as my arm. Both arms.

You do not understand.

My husband is very sick.

The people in the village are angry.

They want him gone.

Come. We shall put his name

on the waiting list.

Come.

What's going on? Just leave us alone!

Tell me, is this what causes your anger?

I am not angry.

Let's go.

Stop that!

Sorry, Mamma.

Mamma, people are coming.

Hello.

- What are you doing?

- I am trying to get this bonnet off.

- What for?

- I need it.

- Would you like us to help you?

- That would make me very happy!

Come, let's help her.

- They say you are building a hut?

- That's right, I am.

- What are you building it for?

- My husband.

Your husband?

The hospital is full,

so I have to build my own hospital.

- Your own hospital?

- It's what they want, isn't it?

I shall move him and look after him there.

- But...

- But what?

They don't want him in the village.

No matter how long it takes, I shall do this.

You are very brave!

I am not brave.

It is just the way things are.

We're almost done.

I need to rest.

Rest.

- How can this be?

- What?

Your daddy...

used to play in this field

when he was your age.

Used to run free...

as a leopard...

But now, I can't even walk...

half a kilometer.

It is not far to go now.

It is too far.

Beauty.

No, it's Yesterday.

Hello.

I have seen you come here every day,

since the winter.

I never knew your husband.

He was a very good man.

He did his best for us.

I could ask for no more, really.

School starts next week.

I know.

Is Beauty excited?

Yes. Me, too.

You are?

I never went to school.

I see.

I just want you to know...

when the end comes...

I shall love your daughter

as if she were my own.

Thank you.

Come and see what I brought you.

Yes, Mamma.

Come, sit next to me.

Open it and see.

Mamma, it's beautiful!

- Do you like it?

- Yes!

Do you like it a lot?

It's going to look nice on me.

Yes, it's going to look lovely.

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