around 1700 in what is today Cape Town
"On her wedding night she [Elizabeth] walked in on her husband [Willem Menssink] having sex with the slave woman Susanna. [...] It was the beginning of Willem's many, and sometimes bizzare, tricks and cover-ups. The next time Elizabeth caught him with Susanny, he pretended to be beating her. When she caught himwith two slave women in the stables, he explained that they were stealing and he wa smerely chasing them. But then Elizabeth woke up one night to find Susanna in bed with her and her husband. This time Willem was short of a quick excuse, so he lay absolutely still, drooling from the mouth pretending to be mad. Another time, discovered having sex in teh attic, he put a basket over his head and ran off, later denying that is was him."
Max du Preez: Of warriors, lovers and prophets. Unusual stories from South Africa's past.
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