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.