A hand touched her shoulder and she turned to see a tall broad-shouldered man with a golden beard.
The big man with the golden beard straightened up.
The brief frantic fight against the smiling man with the golden beard.
Another memory came to him then, of a man with a golden beard and eyes the colour of a clear summer sky.
An older man with longer hair and a golden beard, sitting on a rock and smiling at the kids.
What if a young girl resolved to grow a golden beard?
As the white man with the golden beard had warned her, she was Umlimo no longer.
He has a broad chest and a full, flowing, golden beard.
And Lonnie - a tall giant with a golden beard.
Beneath it he could see the tufts of the delicate golden beard she wore between her legs.