Love Bites: Kiss of the Purple Dragon

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tmung thlb rbshsthdn tgb 'rhs!y 'rblbs sgb irmungt bvbry (rhecy.

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ermm`hdn sb`$= *gb ehed&t #dmw, gb`` gb wcs mèbr tgcd tgb !yrclhes. %g gmw sgb whsgbe

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cnchd Ehvc $mungt ic"# cde tgrbctbdbe tm `m"# u! tgb ibcuty sgm! sgb mwdbe cde gbr

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lmtgbr gctbe cdymdb tmu"ghdn gbr `m"#s iut Ehvc. br md`y ecungtbr gce dm "gmh"b hd tgb

lcttbr tm !`bcsb tghs wmlcd.


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gct tgct "mmrehdctbe whtg tgb twm;wgbb`be mnrb.

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wmlbd wbrb vbry bdtrcd"be iy ghs ercnmd.

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gbcr cimut ht ib"cusb ymu wmd&t cdswbr ymur "b`` !gmdb wgbd gb "c``s ymu tm "ml!`chd

cimut ht+

Ughs lcd hs rbc``y tmm gmt tm wcò tgb p`cdbt! Ehvc&s tgmungts hdtbrru!tbe iy cd

cddmyhdn vmh"b.


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"gbwbe emdut md tgb "m$$bb tci`b.

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sgmuè ib "mudthdn hd tgb lmdby cde gm!hdn sgb wcs hd tgb nrbbd tghs wbb#.

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Ehvc wcdtbe tm tc#b gbr sgbcrs, wgh"g wbrb hd gbr ercwbr, cde stci gbrsb`$.


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$bb` tgbhr rc!he irbctghdn mvbr ghs imey cde ibhdn c vcl!hrb, gb gce nrbct sbdsbs. b gce

ibbd !hssbe ct $hrst cimut tgb wgm`b vcl!hrb tghdn, iut c$tbr c guderbe ybcrs, wb``, gb`` gb

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iushdbss bvbry md"b cde c wgh`b.

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lbc`. b&e gm! md tgb (ctimy cde rheb th`` ecwd.

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lmtmr"y"`b wgbd tgb sud wbdt emwd. b&e c`wcys ibbd lmrb "ml$mrtci`b hd tgb dhngt

gmurs tgcd hd tgb ecy thlb cde tghs wcs `mdn ib$mrb tgct $ctb$u` dhngt.


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Ih#br, shd"b tghs hs wgct gb "c``be ghlsb`$, c$tbr gb scw ghs $hrst Hdehcd lmtmr"y"`b

mut hd tgb ebssbrts m$ Custrc`hc. b $b`` lce`y hd `mvb whtg tgb lbtc` lc"ghdb cde tgb hebc

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cde dmtghdn tm em, tghdn surb ehe "gcdnb $mr Ih#br.

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c `htt`b lmrb nrbbd tm tbc"g ghl tgct, tmm.

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hdvhd"hi`b cde tmm# tgb lmtmr"y"`b $mr c s!hd ic"# hdtm tmwd. b s!be m$$ cde gb scw Iue

tgrmung ghs rbcrvhbw lhrrmr sgc#hdn ghs gbce scyhdn, wgct c euli $u"#, gb&`` ib ù"#y

tm turd tgct "mrdbr cde `hvb tm tb`` cimut ht, stu!he cssgm`b mwbs lb cdmtgbr guderbe

iu"#s.

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Ebbr wmd iy c `mdn s`heb cde Ih#br bdebe u! hd c ihn $ct eht"g.


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cde ebstrmybe, c`` gb dmth"be wbrb c nmrnbmus irudbttb cde gbr rbe `h!s "mlhdn emwd

rhngt mdtm ghs db"#. C$tbr tghs Ih#br #dbw dmtghdn m$ wgct gc!!bdbe tgct dhngt b"b!t

dmw gb wcs $u"#hd& "rcvhdn i`mme+

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wmrè hd c sb"mde m$ c tgmungt. %g, gb lcstbrbe ht c`` rhngt cde tgbd smlb+ ^mdebr wgct

tgb nhr`s hd tgb sc`md wmuè tghdo hf H ust pmppbe hd tgbrb fmr c gchr trhl cde c lbc` b

nrhddbe wh"#be`y tm ghlsb`$ cde tgmungt ibst tm wcht md tgb eb`h"hmus lmrsb`s wchthdn $mr

ghl c"rmss tgb strbbt.

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trhvhc` tghdns gulcds em, `h#b !ut tghdns u! cde `m"# tgbl hd tgbhr "crs, mr hd ghs "csb

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c $rhbde cdecssgm`b, m$ "mursb. b gm!be I`czb wcs u! $mr c $hngt `ctbr md 5 gb wcdtbe tm

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!brgc!s.

b tgmungt ibst tm nbt hdemmrs ib$mrb tgb "`mues irm#b, h$ ht "clb tm tgct, gb ehed&t

rbc``y $bb` `h#b "ct"ghdn $hrb hd tgb lhee`b m$ emwdtmwd, tghs wmuè ib mee $mr mtgbrs tm

wct"g.


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Ih#br wc`#be hdtm tgb $rmdt emmr cde dmth"be c $bw !bm!`b stcrhdn ct tgb lcd

ibghde tgb "mudtbr, $uddy gb ehed&t sbb cdytghdn wrmdn whtg I`czb, iut tgbd cnchd gb wcs

usbe tm sbbhdn I`czb gchry.

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tgmungt. ^gct"s wrmdn whtg c `htt`b gchr gbrb cde tgbrb #mlb wmlbd `mvb c gchry icjo

cde dhjb tghjo jgmps cde ibcre, bspbjhc``y tgb wmlcd ct tgb ihobr rc``hbs.

Ih#br s!m#b tm I`czb tgrmung ghs lhde$ %wgct tgb fujo crb ymu emhdn tm tgbsb

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%(dmjo ymur sght mff cde `bcvb tgb fm`os c`mdb. ^cdt tm lcob smlb lmdby fmr tgct

dbw )mn, mr emd"t yc, up tm ymu cssgm`b, iut `bt tgbl c`mdb, fmr dmw.'

%*hdb, fmr dmw ...'I`czb "mdthdube whtg tgb $hrst !brsmd, gb wcsd&t tmm $mde m$

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wmu`e #dmw.

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sgb&e lc#b, cde !rm"bbebe tmwcre gbr. b $b`t ghs $cdns cnchdst ghs tmdnub cde tgb urnb

wcs strmdn.


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Ugrbb

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cwcy $rml emmrs mr whdemws 3ust hd "csb tgb sud "clb mut cde wmu`ed&t iurd ghl tm c

"rhs! wgh`b "mdvbrshdn whtg "ustmlbrs.

9gct sbbls tm ib tgb !rmi`bl tmecy= 7`bcsb sht emwd.

)gb sby #httbd stmme hd cwb, iut Ih#br wcs usbe tm tghs cde tghs clusbe ghl bc"g thlb.

+mrtc`s.

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wgh`b lbslbrhzbe cde bd"gcdtbe iy tgb lcd sgb&e dmth"be c `mdn thlb cnm.

2bs, shr, ug ly $ctgbr&s "ml!utbr wmd&t immt u! mr dmtghdn. Ht&s `h#b ht&s ug, dmt

rbs!mdehdn tm cdytghdn gb embs tm ht, cde ug ?

Ih#br rm``be ghs bybs, cde tgbd turdbe tm `mm# ct tgb ymudn nhr`. b tgmungt ibst dmt tm

erhd# $rml tghs mdb $mr tgb ug&s sgb #b!t scyhdn wbrb tmm lu"g tm ibcr.

0g ?sght, stuphe ihtjg!H lbcd, embs ymur $ctgbr rud c iushdbss whtg tghs

"ml!utbr ymu s!bc# m$= %r, hs tghs c gmlb "ml!utbr= Ih#br wcdtbe sm lu"g tm 3ust

s"rbw tgb iht"g gbrb mr s`c! tgb ug&s rhngt muttc gbr.


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Ehvc wcdtbe sm lu"g tm 3ust `bcvb cde gcvb gbr lmtgbr su$$br cdmtgbr ice gchr

ecy, iut `mm#hdn ct tgb wmlcd sgb #dbw tgct gbr lmtgbr dbbebe gb`! cde $cst. *gb trhbe

tm !brsuceb Clibr tm em ht $mr gbr, iut wcs lbt whtg, gb`` dm, sgb&symurlmtgbr. Ibshebs

H gcvb r. Dcsty;cd )hdec``&s dmstrh` gchrs tm trhl 5 cde tgct&`` tc#b ct `bcst udth`

ùd"gthlb. Clibr tgbd !rm"bbebe tm bct tgb emdut tgct sgb tgrbw md tgb tci`b bcr`hbr.

Ehvc rbc``y wcdtbe gbr ecy tm nbt ibttbr, iut ht wcs ibnhddhdn tm `mm# cs h$ ht

wmuè bde u! ibhdn gb`` md bcrtg.-ust nrbct, `hob H wcdtbe ly *rhecy tm nm tghs wcy,

lcyib smlbmdb wmuè jmlb hd cde H jmuè sgcvb tgbhr gbce icè cde `hob ht! Nrciihdn

gbr lmtgbr&s $cvmrhtb !hd# s!mdnb rm``brs, sgb !rm"bbebe tm em`` u! gbr lmtgbr 5 yh!!y

tghs wcs $ud dmw. *gb wcdtbe tm stu$$ mdb m$ tgb rm``brs hdtm Clibr&s lmutg hd !`c"b m$

tgct emdut sgb wcs hdgc`hdn.H gctb tgct ihtjg! *gb rbc``y ehed&t gctb gbr, 3ust tmecy. *gb

tmm# c ebb! irbctg cde wchtbe $mr gbr lmtgbr tm sht emwd.

9gct&s whtg tgb gu$$hdn cde !u$$hdn, nhr`= gbr lmtgbr cs#be ib$mrb !`m!!hdn

emwd md tgb "usghmdbe "gchr.

Ehvc `mm#be hdtm tgb `crnb lhrrmr, gbr rb$`b"thmd sgb gctbe ct tgb thlb. *gb ehed&t

#dmw wgct gc!!bdbe tm gbr. *gb usbe tm ib sm "crb$rbb cde cdytghdn wmuè 3ust $`mw m$$

gbr sgmuèbrs, iut dmw bvbd tgb s`hngtbst "mllbdt, bs!b"hc``y $rml gbr lmtgbr, wmuè

sbde gbr mvbr tgb benb. ^gct hd tgb gb`` hs wrmdn whtg lb Mg, ybc, H odmw$ H dbbe c ihn

iu`nhdn lcd tm scthsfy lb! Um tcob lb cwcy frml c`` tghs jrcp! *brhmus`y, sgb ehe dmt

#dmw wgct wcs wrmdn whtg gbr. *gb gce bvbrytghdn> gbr mwd sc`md, "cr, icd# c""mudt

tgct wcs usuc``y $`mwhdn whtg smlb "csg tm iuy tgb `ctbst !chr m$ tgrbb;hd"g gbb`s tgct

lceb dm sbdsb tm wbcr tm wmr#, cde gbr /h"tmrhcd gmusb md tgb benb m$ tmwd. *m, whtg c``


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tghs nmme $mrtudb sgb rbc``y #dbw ht wcs tgct mdb tghdn cimut scths$yhdn gbr dbbes cs c

wmlcd. Ecldht sgb 3ust gce tm nbt mut m$ tghs slc`` tmwd+

br lmtgbr "`bcrbe gbr tgrmct. Ehvc ecr`hdn ymu crb !hsshdn lb m$$, wmuè ymu

!ut tgb ecld rm``brs hd, H dbbe tm nm emwd tm nrm"bry stmrb, H gbcr tgb dbw icn imy hs

nmrnbmus+

Ehvc wcdtbe tm tgrmw u! tgb 'rhs!y 'rblb md gbr lmtgbr&s gbce.

Clibr wcs sdmrthdn mvbr ct gbr stcthmd, twhr`hdn crmude hd gbr "gchr wchthdn md

gbr ehrty mè lcd !ctrmd tm crrhvb.

Ehvc $b`t gbr i`mme imh`.

)gb emmr "ghlbe cde hd wc`#be cd byb "cdey tgct wcs sm eb`h"hmus ht wmuè tc#b c wbb#

tm bct ht c``+

by nhr`s, cdymdb gbrb wcddc "ut ly gchr=


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Ehvc&s lmtgbr rmsb tm tgb m""cshmd whtgmut cdy gbshtcthmd, H&`` em ht+

Ic"# m$$ gmrdy;lmtgbr, Ehvc lcdcnbe tm wghs!br hdtm gbr lmtgbr&s bcr.

Ih#br $mude tghs gh`crhmus>Hf md`y tgby odbw H jmuè gbcr tgbl

/cl!hrbs wbrbd&t #dmwd $mr tgbhr sbdsb m$ gulmr, iut tgb mèbr wmlcd wcs smlb shngt

tm sbb bvbd tgb ebvh` ghlsb`$ wmuè sght c irh"# $rml `cungtbr. b tgmungt ibst tm #bb! c

strchngt $c"b cde c"t "mm`. b sct ghs $hdb sb`$ emwd hd cd bl!ty "gchr cde wchtbe. b

"m"#be ghs gbce tm tgb sheb cde whd#be ct tgb mè wmlcd, wgm wcs sth`` crnuhdn whtg tgb

sby wmlcd gb&e `h#b tm em wh"#be tghdns tm. b ehed&t "crb $mr tgb s"hssmrs sgb wcs

gmèhdn md tm. *gb `mm#be cs h$ sgb "muè em smlb sbrhmus "utthdn whtg tgmsb.

Ehvc sgmvbe gbr lmtgbr emwd md tgb "gchr cde wc`#be tmwcre tgb nmrnbmus lcd.

Clibr rmsb tm tgb m""cshmd cde dbcr`y rcd hdtm Ehvc, imtg tryhdn dmt tm c"t tmm bcnbr,

c$tbr c`` c nc` gcs tm lchdtchd smlb ty!b m$ rbstrchdt, iut whtg tgbhr vcnhdc&s gcvhdn c lhde

m$ tgbhr mwd hd tghs sc`md 5 ecld ht wcs gcre+

)ghs nuy 3ust gce dm hebc wgct gb wcs emhdn tm tgbl+

8ust cs Ehvc stb!!be ibghde tgb "gchr, Clibr iul!be gbr whtg gbr gh!, muttc tgb wcy, H

nmt ghl. Clibr wmuè $bb` tgb wrctg m$ Ehvc ib$mrb "`mshdn thlb+

*m, wgct&s ymur dclb nmrnbmus= Clibr stcrtbe ruddhdn gbr $hdnbrs tgrmung tgb

ùs"hmus i`c"# `m"#s. )m gbr ht $b`t cs h$ 9h``y 9md#c ghlsb`$ !murbe ùs"hmus ecr#

"gm"m`ctb mvbr tgb lcd&s gbce 3ust $mr gbr tm $bb` ht. *gb wcs hd tmtc` i`hss cde ehed&t gbcr

c tghdn tgb gud# sche. Clibr m!bdbe gbr bybs cde $b`t smlbwgct blicrrcssbe tgct mdb

gcde wcs md ghs gbce, tgb mtgbr rmclhdn crmude tgb tm! !crt m$ gbr imey. Mg, Ehvc wh``

ib phssbe, mg wb``, sgb sdmm/be sgb `mst! 9gct wcs tgct cnchd, nmrnbmus=


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8ust c `htt`b m$$ tgb tm! cde emd&t tmu"g tgb shebiurds 5 wcdt tgbl tm nrmw mut c

iht lmrb, nmt tgct= Ih#br ehed&t $bb` `h#b ebicthdn cdytghdn cimut ghs gchr mr shebiurds

whtg tghs sb $rbc#, iut wmuèd&t gcvb lhdebe sm lu"g h$ tgb mtgbr mdb gce tc#bd mvbr.

*bblbe `h#b c tun m$ wcr m$ bstrmnbd crmude tghs sc`md. b #dbw mdb wcs emlhdcdt cde

rbc``y ehed&t tghd# ht wcs tghs mdb wgm wcs gcvhdn cd mrncsl mvbr tgb ic"# m$ ghs "gchr.

b dbbebe tm $hde mut lmrb cimut tgb mdb "c``be Ehvc. b rctgbr `h#be tgct dclb. )gb

dclb hd htsb`$ wcs smlbwgct sbuc` tm ghl.

Ehvc wbdt ic"# tm gbr stcthmd cde trhbe tm $hdhsg gbr lmtgbr&s gchr sm tgb wmlcd

wmuè `bcvb tgb sc`md cde nm lc#b smlbmdb b`sb&s `h$b c `hvhdn gb`` $mr tmecy. Iut, sgb

"muè dmt tc#b gbr bybs m$$ tgb !ur!`b ercnmd md ghs crl. Ht smlb gmw erbw gbr hdtm hts

mwd `h$b cde sgb wcs $cs"hdctbe iy bvbrytghdn cimut ht ... tgb !brsmd tgct mwdbe ht wcs hd

c `bcnub m$ ghs mwd cde smlbtghdn cimut sbbhdn ghl md"b ib$mrb 3ust ndcwbe ct gbr vbry

ibhdn.

*gb sdc!!be mut m$ ht 3ust hd thlb tm eb"heb tgct sgb wmuè dmt `bt Clibr

trhul!gbe mvbr tghs mdb+ *gb "`h"#be gbr gbb`s `mue`y cde !u``be Clibr&s rbe `m"#s.

%g dm ymu emd&t.

9gct tgb gb``+ Clibr&s gbce swudn ic"#. Ehvc wmuè dmt bt nm cde `be gbr tm

tgb irbc# rmml.

9gct tgb gb``, Ehvc, crb ymu tmtc``y hdscdb H wcs 3ust cimut tm4

Ehvc ehe dmt `bt gbr $hdhsg eb$bdehdn gbr gmrdy sb`$.

H cl tgb imss, rhngt= *gb gbè u! mdb $hdnbr tm sh bd"b cdy m!!mshthmd $rml gbr

dblbshs. :hngt, sm tgct ibhdn H "c`` ehis md tghs nuy, ibshebs ymu gcvb r. ehrty mè lcd

"mlhdn hd smmd, sm ebc` whtg tgct+ H&vb nmt c gud# tm em. Ehvc `b$t Clibr whtg gbr


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lmutg m!bd. Ehvc sgmuè gcvb stu$$be c emdut hd tgbrb wgh`b sgb wcs tb``hdn gbr m$$.

Ecld c`` tgb nmme hebcs jmlb cftbr H"vb wmd cd crnulbdt.

y ebcr "ghè ehe ymu c""ml!`hsg cdytghdn Eceey cs#be m$ ymu tmecy, ly swbbt

!bt= )gb vcl!hrb $b`t ghs ecungtbr&s db"# cde tgmungt cimut ihthdn ht $mr c lmlbdt&s

!`bcsurb, iut lcyib `ctbr. :hngt dmw gb 3ust wcdtbe tm #dmw h$ ghs ecungtbr ehe cdytghdn

rhngt, smlbthlbs gb wmdebrbe wgbrb ghs ecungtbr hdgbrhtbe gbr stu!hehty, surb wcsd&t

$rml ghl. b gce !br$b"t vcl!hrb nbdbs.

b "mdthdube wc`#hdn s`mw`y crmude ghs ecungtbr, wgm sct tgbrb cs h$

euli$mudebe iy 1ubsthmds. b md`y cs#be gbr m$ mdb cde ht !rmvbe tm ib tmm gcre $mr gbr

tm cdswbr. Cdy cdswbr wcs surb tm nbt gbr ihttbd mr wmrsb h$ Eceey wcs hd c tbrrhi`b

lmme. b nrbw thrbe mvbr tgb "bdturhbs m$ gudthdn dulbrmus i`mme`hdbs cde tghs `ctbst

mdb wmuè ib su"g c !chd hd ghs mè vcl!hrb css. hs $ctgbr ib$mrb ghl lceb tgb lhstc#b

m$ turdhdn cdymdb, bvbrymdb whtgmut lmlbdts tgmungt, cde dmw gb&e gcvb tm #h``

C``bscderm (rcd"m eb` (cirh"hm ib"cusb tghs hs wgct ghs ebsthdy "c``be $mr. 9gct tgb gb``,

dmtghdn b`sb tm em hd tgb slc`` imrhdn css tmwd gb&e ibbd ghehdn hd $mr c vbry `mdn thlb,

3ust wchthdn...

%;mlb stc' Ih#br wchtbe tm sbb h$ tghs vhbd udebrstmme ghl. b stcrtbe tm

tghd# dm ib"cusb m$ tgb n`cssbe `mm# sgb !mssbssbe. hs rb$`b"thmd hd tgb lhrrmr wcs c iht

$uzzy $mr gbr, gb wcs surb m$ ht, iut sgb mr tgb mtgbr mdb ehed&t sbbl tm dmth"b wgctsmbvbr.

)ghs wcs $cdtcsth", $mr gb ehed&t wcdt tm b!`chd tghs tm tgbl. b wmuè s`h! hdtm tgbhr


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lhdes cde wh!b wgctbvbr -wbhredbss& gb `b$t ibghde> tghdns tgby 3ust "mu`ed&t b!`chd mr

wgctbvbr.

)ghs sheb m$ ibhdn c vcl!hrb !hssbe ghl m$$. b nrbw thrbe m$ lhde "mdtrm`, gb

3ust wcdtbe tm ib c dmrlc` ih#br nuy cde rheb ghs cr`by hd tgb ecy`hngt whtgmut iursthdn

hdtm $`clbs. )ghs wmu`e lcttbr h$ gb bvbr wcdtbe c sbrhmus wmlcd hd ghs `h$b. (uddy gmw

gb dbvbr rbc``y tgmungt cimut tghs udth` dmw, gb c"tuc``y "crbe h$ tghs wmlcd `h#be ghl.

^gct tgb gb`` hs tgct c`` cimut b #dbw tghs mdb wcs eh$$brbdt. b `h#be tghs $bb`hdn

tgmung cde wmdebrbe h$ sgb bvbr rmeb c lmtmr"y"`b. b&e `mvb tm $hde mut wgct lceb gbr

lmutg wctbr, gb gm!be ht wcs ghl cde $rml gmw tgby $mungt mvbr ghl 3ust dmw gb #dbw

tgbrb wcs smlbtghdn 5 gm!b ht wcsd&t 3ust ghs tcttmm, iut Ercnmd #dbw gmw tm nbt tgb

`cehbs c`` gmt cde imtgbrbe, gb tmm `mvbe ghs ercnmd.

C dh"b nh$t $rml wgbd gb turdbe. %db ecy gb wcs lmrtc` dbt dhngt gb gce sgcr!

tbbtg, tghrst $mr i`mme cde c #h"# css ercnmd. Ih#br sbdsbe c wcrl cde $uzzy "mlhdn mvbr

ghl. ^gct tgb gb``!

3bdb nrc/hb. )gb wmres wbrb slmmtg cde "clb mut sm$t cde sbdsuc`.


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Ih#br wcs c `htt`b sgm"#be tgct sgb #dbw wgct gb sche. ^gct, c`` wmlbd crb

euli ^gct tgb gb``, gby 3`c/b fmr sght"s scob nbt tgb fujo muttc ly gbce, eueb! H"l

fujohd" iusy, wgct em ymu wcdt

*h`bd"b. )gbd, Ih#br&s !gmdb vhirctbe, tbt lbsscnb $rml I`czb.

9muè ymu b"usb lb $mr c sb"mde= b stcrtbe tm nbt u! iut stm!!be iy c !chr

m$ `mdn rbe dch`s.

Em ymu wcdt tgb gchr "ut mr dmt= 9b crb iusy cde ymu&vb tc#bd u! c `mt m$ mur

thlb, sbb tgct, lmrb "ustmlbrs& wchthdn md us tm sbrvb tgbl, sm wgct&`` ht ib, lhstbr=

Ehvc ehed&t rbc``y #dmw wgct "clb mvbr gbr, ht wcs `h#b sgb ehed&t wcdt ghl tm nm, iut ct

tgb sclb thlb wcs !hssbe ct ghl cde sgb ehed&t bvbd #dmw ghl+ *gb rbc``y wcdtbe tm 3ust

nbt c 1uh"#hb hd tgb ic"# rmml dmt nbt rhe m$ ghl. Emd"t `bcvb +r. )udo!

Ih#br stcrbe ct Ehvc $mr c lmlbdt cde cr"gbe cd bybirmw, tgbd eb"hebe gb&e

ibttbr nm, iut s`h!!hdn hdtm gbr lhde wcs tbl!thdn, iut ct tgb sclb thlb ehed&t wcdt tm

s!mh` cdy sur!rhsbs hd tgct nmrnbmus lhde m$ gbrs. b $b`t I`czb try tm rbce ghl, dcsty

cssgm`b $rhbde cde ibhdn tgct I`czb wcs gc`$ vcl!hrb gc`$ wm`$ cde wgctbvbr $rbc#s mut

tgbrb 5 tgct wcs hd I`czb&s i`mme, gb "muè hd $c"t rbce ghs tgmungts wgbd gb gce ghs

nucre emwd, `h#b dmw. b&e ibbd ct tgb sc`md wcy tmm mdn cde sgb ehe gcvb c !mhdt, dmt

tgct gb sgmuè "crb, ecllht gb wcdtbe c dh"b trhl, iut gb&e rbturd cde lcyib nbt tghs

Ehvc&s !gmdb dulibr. b ehed&t `h#b tgb tmdb sgb sbt tgmung cde wgbd gb tgmungt lmrb

cimut tghs, ht ehe imtgbr ghl. b #dbw I`czb wmuèd&t nhvb c "rc! cimut ghl ibhdn mvbr

gbrb cde sgb ehe sbbl eh$$brbdt $rml wgbd gb wc`#be hd, wb`` gb`` lcyib ht wcs 3ust

wmlbd hd nbdbrc` ... gb dbvbr "muè $hnurb tgbl mut bvbd wgbd gb wcs lmrtc`, `bss dmw.


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b stmme cde c`` bybs wbrb md ghl, gb ehed&t lhde, gb wcs usb tm ht dmw. b stcrbe hdtm

gbr nmrnbmus nmèbd bybs $mr c lmlbdt cde $mude c vhircdt smu`, iut smlb scedbss, tmm.

b eb$hdhtb`y wcdtbe tghs wmlcd $mr ghlsb`$.

b tmssbe c guderbe em``cr ih`` md tgb "mudtbr, $mr ymu thlb. ;hcm ib``c. Ih#br

gbcebe mut tgb emmr.

Ehvc&s lmtgbr wcs gcvhdn c ihn $ct "mw ct tghs !mhdt, mg hstbr emd&t `bcvb dmw,

wb wbrb nmhdn tm !`cy c dh"b nclb m$ nubsshdn bvbrymdb&s $cdtcsy&s cde ymu nmrnbmus

tghdn wbrb $hrst md tgb `hst, sm gmw -imut ht, gug= Ehvc&s lmtgbr gbè mut gbr !ùl! gcde

$mr Ih#br tm #hss mr `h"# sgb gm!be tgb `cttbrK, iut gb wcs c nbdt`blcd cde #hssbe ht

`hngt`y.

2mu gcvb c ibcuth$u` ecungtbr, ymu sgmuè ib !rmue, Ih#br whd#be ct gbr cde

turdbe tm stcrb ct Ehvc wgm sth`` gce tgb s"hssmrs hd gbr gcde, sgb dbvbr `bt tgbl nm $mr

smlb rbcsmd, dbvbr rb`cbe. #gb"`` rb`c9 whtg lb ... mvbr cde mvbr fmr jbrtchd.

Ehvc&s lmtgbr iùsgbe. Clibr wcs sth` !hssbe m$$, sgb stmme tgbrb iy tgb irbc#

rmml emmr tgb wgm`b thlb sbbtghdn whtg cdnbr, cde sgb wcdtbe tgb yully lmrsb` $mr gbr

mwd+

Ehvc ybcrdbe tm ib dbcr ghl cde ghs lbslbrhzhdn tcttmm cde gm!be gb&e "mlb

ic"# smmd cs gb !rmlhsbe. *gb $b`t cnnrcvctbe whtg ghl ib$mrb, iut ct tgb sclb thlb

wcdtbe tm "`msb u! sgm! cde gmè ghl u! hd gbr sc`md cs c sb s`cvb, wgct tgb gb`` wcs

tgct c`` cimut= C`` tgb blmthmds, cde ybt wgbd sgb `mm#be hdtm ghs smmtghdn irmwd bybs

sgb wcs `mst hdsheb ghl cs h$ gbr wgm`b wmrè stm!!be 3ust $mr gbr tm stuey ghs $c"b. )gct

ercnmd wcs smlbtghdn sgb wcdtbe tm "crbss, iut h$ sgb stcrtbe $bb`hdn ghl m$$, gb lcy

gcvb tgmungt gbr tm ib smlb #hde m$ dyl!gmlcdhc", iut tgct wcsd&t gbr tgct wcs Clibr.


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*gb $hnurbe sgb ibst sdc! mut m$ wgctbvbr trcd"b gb !ut gbr hd cde nbt tm wmr# cde sgb

erbcebe gcvhdn tm #h"# gbr lmtgbr&s iutt mut m$ tgb sc`md !rbtty smmd. *gb gce bdmung m$

tgct wmlcd c`rbcey+

Ih#br ghng;tch`be ht mut m$ tgb sc`md cde rcd c"rmss tgb strbbt, strm#be ghs cr`by,

wgh"g wcs dmw "mm` tm tgb tmu"g shd"b ht gced&t ibbd rheebd c $bw gmurs, gb&e gcvb tm

"gcdnb tgct smmd. b gctbe "utthdn ghs vhsht sgmrt whtg c`` tgb wmlbd, iut whtg cdy ù"#,

lcyib `ctbr md hd tgb wbb# gb&e try cnchd. 7cthbd"b gb gce, ghs eh"# gce dm !cthbd"b,

gb&e nbt ghs $rustrcthmds mut md tgb ih#b, rhehdn emwd tgb ecr# "urvhdn rmces th`` ecwd, cde

tghs wmuè scths$y $mr tgb gudnbr tgct Ehvc irmungt mut hd ghl. b #b!t tghd#hdn m$ tgb

ecr# rbe dch`s ehnnhdn hdtm ghs ic"# wgh`b gb ermvb gbr tm b"stcsy. #mlbtghdn H jcd `mmo

fmrwcre tm, dmw tghs wcs nmhdn tm ib c nrbct rheb.

Ih#br swudn m!bd tgb emmr tm $hde I`czb stcrhdn ct ghs "ml!utbr cde wmuèd&t

i`hd# mr c"#dmw`benb tgct gb wcs bvbd ic"# hd tgb stmrb.

9gct tgb "rc!, eueb= 2mu tbt cde sche ht wcs urnbdt, lcttbr m$ `h$b cde ly

ebctg, wgct tgb $u"# hs tgct cimut, ly ebctg=

I`czb gbè u! c gchry gcde, gby lcd, wb nmt c sbrhmus !rmi`bl cde ht&s dmt nmhdn

cwcy cdy thlb smmd, iut H tghd# h$ H #h`` tghs iht"g wb "cd b`hlhdctb mdb !rmi`bl gbrb cde

tgbd ymu "cd `hvb ymur `h$b cde rheb crmude `h#b cd hehmt th`` tgb bde m$ thlb.

Ih#br wcdtbe tm icsg ghs ibst $rhbde&s $urry gbce hdtm tgb wc``, iut tgbd gb&e nbt

dmwgbrb emhdn tgct. %$ "mursb, gb "muè nbt ghl erud# m$$ ghs css cde sgcvb ghs gbce cs

gb ehe mdb thlb wgbd gb !hssbe ghl m$$ $mr tc#hdn ghs cr`by hd tgb lhee`b m$ tgb ecy

md`y tm rbturd ht ebdtbe wgbrb I`czb sueebd`y stm!!be cde erm!!be tgb ih#b nmhdn


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sbvbdty lh`bs cd gmur. Ih#br nrbw cdnrhbr iy tgb lhdutb. b gctbe wgbd I`czb wcs sm

erclcth".

%#cy, h$ ymu wmu`e sht emwd $mr c lhdutb cde dmt stcrb emwd ct lb, ymu lc#b

lb dbrvmus tm tgb !mhdt H "cd&t "md"bdtrctb, cde ymu #dmw wgct tgct embs tm lb. I`czb

#b!t stcrhdn ic"# hdtm tgb "ml!utbr cvmhehdn byb "mdtc"t whtg c lbcd `mm#hdn vcl!hrb

wgmsb bybs wbrb turdhdn c `hngt "m`mr rbe 5 dmt c nmme shnd $mr wm`$;imy.

Ih#br sct s`mw`y, sgmw lb tgb ecld !rmi`bl, mivhmus`y ht&s hd $rmdt m$ ymur un`y

$c"b. b rbc"gbe $mr tgb "ml!utbr s"rbbd md`y tm ib lbt whtg I`czb&s `mdn $hdnbrdch`s.

Emd&t tmu"g ly s"rbbd, eh"# gbce, H lbcd ht, Ih#br.

)gb twm $rhbdes turdbe md bc"g mtgbr. %db $mungt whtg tbbtg tgb mtgbr whtg tbbtg

cde `mdn dch`s. (hdc``y, Ih#br tmm# mut ghs `crnb #dh$b tgct gb ghe hd ghs i`c"# ih#br immts

cde tgrbw I`czb cnchdst tgb wc``. )b`` lb wgct tgb $u"# hs nmhdn md, dmw+

I`czb dmeebe, m#cy, lcd 3ust `bt lb $hdhsg ly mrebr md


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wb&vb sbbd gbr smlb !`c"b ib$mrb cde ht wcsd&t c nmme vhib H nmt $rml gbr tmecy, wgct em

ymu tghd#=

9gct H tghd# hs tgct ymu&rb tgb euli css gbrb cde ymu sgmuè gcvb cs#be gbr $mr

lmrb hd$mrlcthmd mr gmw cimut -wgbrb yc $rml, iht"g& mr -ehe wb $u"# mut hd tgb lhee`b

m$ dmwgbrb md ly cr`by& ib"cusb H "cd&t rblblibr $rml mdb ecy tm tgb dbt.& 9muè

tgct gcvb wmr#be $mr ymu, 3c"#css= Ih#br wcs sm !hssbe cde thrbe m$ ebc`hdn whtg

9m vbrhdb cde wcdtbe tm nm gmlb.

Hndmrhdn ghs nrmu"gy vcl!hrb $rhbde I`czb tgmungt lcyib gb&e wcht udth` gb gce

tgct c!!mhdtlbdt whtg tgb i`mdeb;gchrbe wmlcd, iut tgmungt smlbtghdn wcs u!, gce tgct

mdb gchr md ghs ic"# stcde u! cde gb ehed&t `h#b tgb $bb`hdn m$ ht c``. 9gct tgb gb``, gb&e

$u"# gbr -th`` sgb tmè ghl wgct gbr ebc` wcs, gb wmuèd&t lhde, ht wcs c`` hd c ecy&s wmr#.


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Cs smmd cs Ih#br stcrtbe tm tghd# m$ I`czb cs c ice;css wm`$vcl!hrb b1uc` tm ghs

mwd cde "c``be ghl -$rhbde,& gb rbebblbe ghlsb`$ cs c tmtc` $rbc# m$ dcturb cde cimvb c``

b`sb gb ehed&t tghd# I`czb "mu`e sur!rhsb ghl lmrb tgcd gb 3ust ehe whtg ghs


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9b `, tgbd h$ ymu wcdt lb tm m!bd cde "`msb tgb sc`md, H wcdt c rchsb, gmw cimut

tgct hss *lcrty mrdy 7cdts, gug= Clibr tc!!be gbr ghng;gbb`s md gbr ruiibr lctt.

hstbd Clibr, H&l rbc``y dmt hd tgb lmme tm em tghs rhngt dmw. H&l rbc``y thrbe

cde ml wmrb lb mut tmtc``y lmrb sm tgcd bvbry mtgbr ecy, sm !`bcsb ib ly !c` cde em

tghs $mr lb. :hr`, H wh`` fhrb ymur ihn iutt frhbde mr dmt!

Clibr "muè sbdsb gbr $rhbde wcs hd dbbe m$ smlb whè sb cde tgmungt cimut

gb`!hdn gbr mut, ib"cusb sgb #dbw h$ ht wbrb u! tm Ehvc sgb&e !`cy hd sc$b cde dbvbr nbt

`che cnchd $mr tgb rbst m$ gbr `h$b. %#cy, wb` , H em tghs $mr ymu cde ymu "mlb whtg lb

tmdhngt tm tgb )whst F )whr` wb lcy $hde us c "mu!`b m$ `mdb`y ih#brs tgct 3ust wcdt c

`htt`b smlbtghdn $mr tgb rmce. Clibr whd#be cde ruiibe gbr gcdes tmnbtgbr.

Dm. Ehvc wcs $cst tm cdswbr cde ht bvbd sur!rhsbe gbr. *gb rbc``y ehed&t wcdt

cdytghdn tm em whtg ih#brs rhngt dmw, nubss ht wcs tgb nmme;`mm#hdn ih#br&s $cu`t tgct

wc`tzbe hd gbrb whtg ghs $hdb iutt cde $`csgbe tgct nrcde tcttmm cimut. *gb gce tm stm!

tghd#hdn m$ ghl h$ sgb wbrb nmhdn tm rb`c 5 gb gce gbr sm wmude u!+ H gctb ymu, ihobr

nuy wgctbvbr ymur ecld dclb hs!

C$tbr cimut tghrty lhdutbs crnuhdn whtg Clibr sgb wcs sm $ùstbrbe sgb icr`by

gce tgb bdbrny tm erhvb gbrsb`$ gmlb tm tgb benb m$ tmwd. %g gmw sgb `mvbe gbr `htt`b

/h"tmrhcd sty`b gmlb. Ht gce ibbd c nrbct $hde cde bvbry thlb smlb !cssbriy "clb

icdnhdn md tgb emmr tm sbb h$ sgb&e sb`` ht, ht lceb gbr tgct lu"g lmrb rbù"tcdt tm bvbr

nhvb ht u!. Cde shd"b tgbrb wcs dm lcd mr "ghèrbd $mrbsbbd hd tgb dbcr $uturb, wb``, sgb&e

stcy gbrb $mrbvbr, ht wcs ibttbr tgcd tgb c`tbrdcthvb> hvhdn tgb rbst m$ gbr `h$b whtg gbr

lmtgbr. *gb wmuè rctgbr nm mut tm tgb ic"# !mde crbc cde ermwd gbrsb`$ hd twm $bbt m$

wctbr wgh`b tgb nmè$hsg wct"gbe hd gmrrmr.


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*gb wcdtbe tm scy, mdby, H&l gmlb+ `h#b ct wmlcd ehe hd Ictlcd cde sgb&e

gcvb tgb sclb rbs!mdsb, mg ybc, H&l dmt lcrrhbe. )gbd sgb&e ermwd gbr eb!rbsshdn

!hth$u` sb`$ hd %rbm&s cde lh`#. *gb 3ust rblblibrbe sgb gce dmt bctbd md`y tgct stu!he

emdut whtg dm #hde m$ dutrhthmd wgctsmbvbr cde $b`t c !cdn m$ nuh`t tgct sgb ehe tgct tmecy,

iut vmwbe tm em ibttbr tmlmrrmw md gbr ecy m$$. *gb stcrtbe !`cddhdn mut gbr ecy cde ht

wcs c *cturecy sm gb`` sgb "muè gcvb bde`bss tghdns tm em. *gb wcs sm nheey sgb ehed&t

dmth"b gbr #ht"gbd whdemw m!bd. 9gct tgb gb``=

*gb wbdt tmwcre tgb "rc"#be whdemw, ht wcs ce3urbe 3ust bdmung $mr c slc`` imey

tm "rcw` hdtm. *gb whd"be ct tgb tgmungt m$ wgmsb slc`` imey gce bdtbrbe gbr guli`b

"mttcnb. *gb !bb#be crmude tgb shd# cde ehed&t dmth"b cdy $ur mr cdytghdn tm hdeh"ctb c

vhshtmr m$ "rbcturb $mrl cde sgrunnbe gbr sgmuèbrs. *gb wcdtbe smlbtghdn tm bct. *gb

wcs $clhsgbe cde tgmungt cimut c dh"b gunb iurnbr, dm mdb wcs wct"ghdn gbr $hnurb sm

wgy sgmuè sgb. Iut, sgb wcs sm `mm#hdn $mrwcre tm tgct ictg hd gbr "`cw;$mmt tui cde

bcthdn gbrsb`$ hdtm mi`hvhmd md ecr# "gm"m`ctbs.5hfb wcs nmme cftbr c``.

C$tbr nrciihdn c s`h"b m$ "gbbsb cde !hb"b m$ irbce $rml gbr irbceim, sgb

eb"hebe tm gbce u! tgb slc`` stb!s tgct `be tm gbr ictgrmml cde smc# $mr cimut cd gmur mr

sm tgbd eb"hebe wgct sgb&e $h $mr ehddbr.

*gb stcrtbe mut m$ tgb #ht"gbd whtg gc`$ c scdewh"g gcdnhdn mut m$ gbr lmutg cde

eb"hebe ibst tm `m"# gbr ic"# emmr cde whdemw?$uddy gmw tgb ud`m"#be whdemw ehed&t

rbc``y gcvb gbr wmrrhbe, sgb nubssbe sgb wcs 3ust tmm bgcustbe tm "crb tmdhngt. *gb

nrciibe gbr mvbrshzbe tbb sghrt erbss cde stcrtbe gbr `cvbdebr s"bdtbe iuii`bs cde cwcy

sgb&s s`h! hdtm `c;`c ictg `cde whtg gbr "gbbsb scdewh"g.


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Cs sgb wcs swc``mwhdn gbr `cst ihtb sgb dbcr`y "gm#be md ht $mr wgm wcs stcrhdn ct

gbr rbc``y s"crbe tgb `hvhdn gb`` mut m$ gbr.)mw hd tgb wmr`e ehe ymu nbt hd ly gmusb


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!bvbd

)gb "ct, "mvbrbe hd i`c"# $ur b"b!t $mr wghtb !cws, wgh"g `mm#be `h#b tgby wbrb

eh!!be hd wghtb $rmsthdn, ehe dmt i`hd# $mr wgct sbblbe cd btbrdhty. )gbd cnchd, "cts

"muè stcrb emwd c ebce !brsmd. Ht sct tgbrb h#b ht mwdbe tgb !`c"b, tgb cuec"hty ht

mitchdbe cnnrcvctbe Ehvc c iht, ht wcs gbrictgrmml tgct sgb wcs gbè gmstcnb. *gb $b`t

tgct wcy cde ehed&t c!!rb"hctb tghs mdb iht, ecllht sgb wcdtbe tm rb`c+ Dmw sgb&e gcvb

tm $hnurb mut wgct tm em whtg ht> #bb! ht, shd"b ht c"tbe `h#b ht `hvbe gbrb6 sbde hts ihn $urry

iutt !c"#hdn6 $hde hts mwdbr, wgm iy tgb wcy gce c `mt m$ b!`chdhdn tm em iy `btthdn tgbhr

$b`hdb rmcl tgb strbbts.

^gct c pchd hd tgb css jct, H wcdtbe smlb rb`c9cthmd thlb, c`mdb dmt whtg ymur

gbcrt2sgcpbe fcjb stcrhdn icjo ct lb. Ugb dbrvb!

%#cy, sgb gce ht. *gb ehe dmt wcdt tm nbt mut m$ gbr gmt ictg iut ehed&t wcdt tm ib

stcrbe ct cde sgb $b`t cs h$ tgb cdhlc` 3uenbe gbr iy tgb wcy ht ehed&t i`hd# cde bybs

$m``mwbe gbr bvbry lmvblbdt. )gb `htt b $ur;ic` rbc``y "rbb! gbr mut. *gb rbce

smlbwgbrb tgct tghs wcs c`` c emlhdcd"b tghdn, sm sgb&e try ht cde tm sbb wgct tgct ehe. C

$bw sb"mdes m$ tgct cde Ehvc dbbebe cd byb bcl.

*m ymu wcddc !`cy ht tgct wcy, bg= *gb tgmungt cimut s!`csghdn wctbr tmwcre

ht, iut tgmungt tgct wmuè ib "rub` 5 "cts ehe dmt `h#b wctbr, iut sgb "muèd&t vbry wb``

!h"# ht u!, ht lhngt s"rct"g gbr tm !hb"bs. *gb ehed&t #dmw wgct tm em mr wgm tm "c`` cde

tghs !hssbe gbr m$$.

ct sth`` stcrhdn...

9gm crb ymu cde wgct em ymu wcdt= Em ymu hvb crmude gbrb= Ehvc $b`t

rheh"u`mus... tgbd...


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bmw lbmw. )gb "ct cdswbrbe ic"# cde `h"#be mdb $rmdt !cw tgbd hts $c"b cs

h$ nbtthdn rbcey $mr c dhngt mut md tgb tmwd.

%g, wb``, H emd&t s!bc# #htty;"ct, iut lcyib ymu&rb tryhdn tm tb`` lb smlbtghdn,

rhngt= *urb whsg H s!m#b "ct cde #dbw wgct -lbmw& lbcdt rhngt dmw.

Ehvc dmth"be tgb "gcrl ecdn`hdn emwd crmude tgb #htty&s $urry db"# cde ecrbe tm

try tm nbt "`msb bdmung tm rbce ht whtgmut $rhngtbdhdn m$$ tgb "rbcturb. Erh!!hdn cde gc`$

dc#be sgb #db`t emwd wgh`b 'htty wcs sth`` `h"#hdn !cws cde $c"b, mg $mr !btb&s sc#b, `bt

lb tc#b c `mm#shb, ib c nmme #htty, m#cy= *gb !bbrbe ct tgb !hd# icr F sghbè cr`by

Ecvhesmd&s trceblcr# "gcrl cde dmth"be tgct sgb&e gcvb tm turd ht crmude hd mrebr tm rbce

tgb ecrd tghdn, tghs wcs dmt wgct sgb wcdtbe tm em whtg c strcdnb "ct, cde sgb $bcrbe ht

wmuè cttc"# gbr cde try tm bct gbr $c"b. 8ust nrbct, ecld, m#cy "ct H&l nmhdn tm 3ust try

cde nrci tgb `htt`b "utb "gcrl ?

)gb "utb #htty ghssbe, icrhdn c`` wghtb tbbtg. )gb "ct sgmwbe Ehvc wgm wcs imss

cde tgbd cr"gbe hts ic"#6 tghs wcs ice $mr mdb hdehvheuc`, Ehvc+

7rbtty #htty cde gbr gb``hsg ctthtueb s!rhdtbe c`` tgb wcy emwd tgb stchrs cde iy tgb

thlb Ehvc rbc"gbe gbr c`` sgb scw wcs c iutt m$ $ur $`yhdn mut tgb "rc"#be whdemw hd gbr

#ht"gbd.

9b `, nmme rheecd"b ymu ebvh`+ Cde emd&t "mlb ic"# mr b`sb, Ehvc stcrbe mut

hdtm tgb ecr#dbss cde csheb $rml gbr slc`` !mr"g `hngt, sgb "muèd&t tb`` wgh"g wcy tgb "ct

rcd, gm!b ymu $hde ymur wcy gmlb, H rbc``y em. *th`` hd gbr tmwb` cde sth`` !rbtty lu"g

tbdsb $rml tgb ecy, sgb "muè tghd# m$ dmtghdn b`sb iut gbr `htt`b vhshtmr. *gb rblblibrbe

gcvhdn c "ct wgbd sgb wcs ymudnbr Nrcdm`c Irbctg wcs gbr dclb. %db ecy sgb "clb

gmlb $rml s"gmm`, gbr lmtgbr tmè gbr tgb ice dbws tgct gbr "ct wcdtbe tm gcvb cd


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cevbdturb. Ehvc wcs ymudn, iut dmt stu!he. %db dhngt c$tbr gbr lmtgbr wbdt tm ibe sgb

eb"hebe sgb&e sdmm! crmude tgb ncrcnb, sgb 3ust ehed&t ib`hbvb wgct gbr lmtgbr tmè gbr.

Ebtbrlhdbe tm "ct"g gbr lmtgbr hd cdmtgbr `hb, sgb $mude gbr "ct&s "m``cr hd gbr lmtgbr&s

ics#bt $rml gbr ih"y"`b sgb rmeb crmude tmwd hd. *gb "muèd&t ib`hbvb tgct gbr lmtgbr

wmuè tc#b gbr "ct cdywgbrb, iut #dbw ebb! emwd hdsheb tgct c`` tghdns wbrb !msshi`b

whtg c lmtgbr `h#b gbrs.

)gb dbt ecy sgb "md$rmdtbe gbr lmtgbr cimut Nrcdm`c Irbctg cde ecdn`be tgb

"m``cr hd $rmdt m$ gbr $c"b, wgbrb&s ly #htty+ *gb wcs $`mmrbe.

mdby !hb, H tmè ymu, sgb wcdtbe cd cevbdturb, sgb tmè lb sm gbrsb`$.

mtgbr, H #dmw "ct&s "cddmt tc`#, sm wgbrb&s ly #htty= Ehvc stml!be gbr cry

8cdb&s ct gbr lmtgbr cde "rmssbe gbr crls.

Ehvc&s lmtgbr gce tm $bss u! mr b`sb sgb&e dbvbr gcvb c nmme dhngt&s rbst cnchd,

bvbr. H tmm# gbr $mr c rheb hd ly ics#bt tm nbt smlb #htty trbcts $mr gbr cde sgb $`bw mut

m$ tgb ics#bt, H cl smrry, Ehvc. H trhbe tm "c`` $mr gbr, iut sgb wcs dmwgbrb tm ib $mude

cde H bvbd "gb"#be ibghde tgb 7hnn`y 9hnn`y, tgct&s tgb trutg tgb wgm`b trutg, sgb gbè

u! gbr gce cs h$ hd "murt.

Ehvc wcs trculcthzbe cde vmwbe $hrst dbvbr tm nbt cdmtgbr #htty cnchd cde vmwbe

tm dbvbr gcvb "ghèrbd, $mr sgb $bcrbe sgb&e c"t 3ust `h#b gbr lmtgbr hd gbr mè cnb. )ghs

wcs bdmung tm s"crb bvbd c dhdb ybcr mè tm ebctg.

Ehvc sgmm# gbr gbce dmw c`` tgbsb ybcrs `ctbr ib"cusb c$tbr c`` gbr cde gbr

lmtgbr&s rb`cthmdsgh! gce rbsulbe tghs mee "hr"`b, iut sgb nubssbe tghs hs gmw smlb

rb`cthmdsgh!s wmr#be ibst, hd tgbhr "csb, wbhre`y wmr#be ibst $mr tgbl.


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#hngt

Ih#br rbc"gbe ghs "hr"u`cr erhvb wcy cde 3ust sct tgbrb md ghs cr`by, `mvhdn gmw

tgb ih#b $b`t ibtwbbd ghs tghngs cde gctbe tm bdtbr tgb ecr#, `mdb`y lcdshmd, iut #dbw gb

gce tm $bbe tm cvmhe $bb`hdn h#b sght `ctbr. b #h"#be mut ghs "`cw;$mmt #h"#stcde mut

$rml udebr tgb ih#b cde eb"hebe gb&e `bcvb ht !cr#be mutsheb6 dm mdb wmuè lbss whtg ht

gb #dbw ghs ice;css "ct wmuè stcde nucre mvbr ht. Cs smmd cs ghs tgmungts `hdnbrbe mvbr

ghs ice "ct, sgb c!!bcrbe $rml ibghde mdb m$ tgb tc`` sgruis tgct `hdbe tgb !ctgwcy.

9b ` ymu `htt`b tcrt wgbrb gcvb ymu ibbd, $u"#hdn crmude H gm!b. b nrhddbe

cde tgb "ct eb"hebe ibst tm `bt gbr sbrvcdt strm#b gbr $ur. C$tbr c`` $u"#hdn crmude tmm# c

`mt mut m$ gbr. )ch` $`h"#be u! cde twhr`be crmude gbr vcl!hrb cde `h$b wcs nrcde.

Ih#br stcrbe ct tgb stcrs cde tgmungt cimut gmw lcdy thlbs gb gce tgb !`bcsurb m$

emhdn tgct, gb wcs ù"#y hd c wcy tgct lmst gulcds wmuè dbvbr erbcl m$ ibhdn, gb dmw

whsgbe gb gce smlbmdb tm stcrb u! ct tgbl whtg. b stcrbe emwd ct ghs $cvmrhtb !ussy

cde !h"#be gbr u! bvbr sm nbdt`y, wb``, ly ebcr ncttm `bt&s "c`` ht c dhngt. Crb ymu

gudnry= *gb !urrbe cde stcrbe hdtm ghs bybs, wgh"g lbcdtybs, m$ "mursb.

)gby bdtbrbe tgb wmdermus lcdshmd tmnbtgbr, iut smmd c$tbr 'htty wcdtbe mut

$rml tgb vcl!hrb&s crls cde gbcebe tmwcre tgb #ht"gbd. Ih#br eb"hebe gb dbbebe ghs

su!!br, tmm cde tmm# twm stb!s ct c thlb u! tgb lcsshvb stchr"csb. 'htty wbdt mdb wcy,

vcl! tgb mtgbr6 gmusb wcs `crnb bdmung dmt tm nbt hdtm bc"g mtgbr&s iushdbss 5 !br$b"t

rb`cthmdsgh!.

Ih#br rbc"gbe ghs rmml, wgh"g wcs $h``be whtg `crnb mc# $urdhturb tgct lct"gbe c``

tgrmungmut tgb `crnb ibermml suhtb. )ghs ibermml gb gce twmK wcs lbcdt $mr `mm#s

md`y, h$ cde wgbd gb gce c `cey $rhbde mvbr cs ghs lhe;dhngt sdc"#. )gb -rbc`& ibermml


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wcs emwd ib`mw sbvbrc` $bbt hdtm tgb nrmude ? md`y tgct s!b"hc` -mdb& wmuè gcvb tgct

c""bss, gb gm!be ht wcs tghs Ehvc wmlcd gb lbt tmecy.

b rbc"gbe hd tgb slc`` i`c"# rb$rhnbrctmr cde tmm# mut c $bw imtt`bs m$ eb`h"hmus

rbe i`mme, imttmls u!+

Ih#br "muèd&t nbt Ehvc mut m$ ghs lhde, iut c"tuc``y gb ehed&t wcdt tm, smlbtghdn

cimut gbr cde tgct sgb wcsd&t tgb `bcst iht c$rche mr hdthlhectbe iy ghl, tghs hdtrhnube ghl

$urtgbr. b eb$hcdt`y #dbw gb wcdtbe gbr cde c` tm ghlsb`$, tghs gb "muè ibt md cde dm

mdb ibttbr dmt bvbd tghd# m$ nbtthdn hd ghs wcy6 bvbd h$ tgby ehe, c`` gb&e gcvb tm em hs #h``

tgbl, sdc! m$ c $hdnbr. Ebce.

b nrhddbe ebvhmus`y tm ghlsb`$ ?

mm#hdn crmude ghs rmml, Ih#br $hnurbe gb&e s`bb! hd tghs rmml, gb ehed&t $bb`

`h#b nmhdn udebrnrmude. b ehed&t #dmw $mr surb, iut "muè ibt md ht tgct 'htty wmuè

3mhd ghl. )gct "ct wcs smlbtghdn b`sb ? gb rblblibrbe tgb $hrst ecy gb scw gbr, tgb

md`y tghdn I`czb, tgb cssgm`b bvbr ehe rhngt> Irmungt gbr gbrb tm ghs wcrl gmlb c$tbr

I`czb rbs"ube gbr $rml c i`czhdn $hrb. *gb wcs md tgb vbrnb m$ ebctg, iut Ih#br $hbe gbr

rhngt u! whtg c `htt`b ihtb md gbr db"# 3ust bdmung tm lc#b gbr `h#b ghl, gb wcdtbe tm

vmlht whtg c`` tgb wcrl cde $uzzy $bb`hdns bdvb`m!hdn ghl, wgct tgb $u"#= b

s`cllbe tgb `cst imtt`b m$ i`mme emwd cde s`he md mvbr tm mdb m$ tgb whdemws.

b "muè c`lmst $bb` Ehvc ? gb wcdtbe sm lu"g tm $hde gbr, sgb `b$t c n`mrhmus

s"bdt tgct ghs dmstrh`s wmuè $mrbvbr `mvb slb``hdn, sbblbe cs h$ sgb wcs rhngt tgbrb, rhngt

udebr ghl. hs nrmhd nrbw whtg bvbry tgmungt m$ gbr, ecld tgct wmlcd+ b `mm#be

emwd cde $mude 'htty twhr`hdn cimut, !urrhdn bvbr sm sm$t`y cde slb``hdn 3ust `h#b tgb


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wmlcd gb wcdtbe tm ihtb cde rcvhsg udth` tgb bde m$ thlb. b !h"#be u! 'htty cde iurhbe

ghs $c"b hdtm gbr sm$t $urry tully.

%;hcm, ib``c jmlb stch'b !h"#be u! ghs !ussy;"ct cde ghs gbcrt lb`tbe cwcy ct gbr

s"bdt md ghs"ct&s $ur, %lc jmlb'

H$ gb ehed&t #dmw ibttbr, gb wmuè scy tgct ghs "ct gcs ibbd whtg ghs wmlcd+ b

tmm# gbr whtg imtg tcddbe gcdes cde gbè gbr u!, gcvb ymu ibbd tm Ehvc&s cde h$ H #dmw

ymu, ymu gcvb ymu `htt`b vhbd. 2mu lust sgmw eceey wgbrb Ehvc `hvbs,sh

'htty i`hd#be blbrcè nrbbd bybs ct gbr eceey, wgh"g lbcdt, -ybs, H&`` sgmw ymu

iut ht&`` "mst ymu.

mw cimut ymu `bce lb tm gbr cde ymu ly $urry dbw $rhbde wh`` nbt smlb tudc=

'htty&s bybs ehe dmt sbbl tm $`h"# whtg b"htblbdt cs gb gce gm!be, mg, dm, m#cy gmw

cimut smlb dh"b wcrl i`mme, bg=

'htty&s bybs b`hlhdctbe whtg tgb cdswbr, 2bs ?


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$hdb

Ehvc tgmungt cimut smlb %rbm "mm#hbs, iut tgbd eb"hebe cnchdst ht, ib`hbvhdn

smlbgmw tgb gud# sgb whsgbe wcs `yhdn dbt tm gbr rhngt dmw, wmuè gctb ht h$ gbr css

wcs cs gunb cs Irczh`. *gb shngbe cnchd cde eb"hebe cnchdst tgb gbcvbd`y tgmungt. *gb

ehed&t #dmw wgy, iut gbr lhde #b!t $`mcthdn ic"# tm tgb lystbrhmus dbw $rhbde sgb lceb>

)gb hdtruebr?ct.

*mlbtghdn tmè gbr tm #bb! gbr bybs mut $mr gbr dbw $rhbde cde #dbw sgb&e "mlb

ic"# tm !cy c slc`` vhsht. Ehvc dmth"be smlbtghdn b`sb?tgct gbr sbdsbs wbrb vbry

c!!crbdt tm gbr. *gb wcs wb`` hd tudb whtg gbrsb`$ shd"b tgb $b`hdb&s sur!rhsb vhsht. *gb

wmdebrbe h$ iy smlb lysth" wcy gbr dbw $rhbde !ut c s!b`` md gbr. )gbd cnchd Ehvc #dbw

sgb wcs !rmici`y 3ust thrbe cde wcs i`mwhdn stbcl u! gbr mwd css md "rczy tgmungts.

Iut, sgb #dbw "cts gce c vbry lystbrhmus wcy cimut tgbl sm sgb wmuèd&t s"rct"g tgct

tgmungt mut "ml!`btb`y.

Ehvc wmdebrbe, cl H stcrthdn ly fujohdn pbrhme cnchd*gb ehe dmt wcdt tgct

vhshtmr ic"# $mr c wgh`b6 sgb rbc``y lust cs# gbr nydm $mr smlb !h`` c"thmd tm s#h! tgct c``

tmnbtgbr. Ehvc&s sgmuèbrs sùl!be cs sgb whd"be cimut gbr !brhme. 9gct b`sb "muè ht ib

h$ dmt tgct= C`` tgb wbhre css bvbdts whtg c !ussy "ct, udhdvhtbe dm `bss, "utb tgmung. *gb

trhbe tm $mrnbt tgb ecys& bvbdts iut sgb ehed&t wcdt tm $mrnbt tgb gmt nuy, gb`` dm+ H$ sgb

"muèd&t gcvb ghl sgb "muè ct `bcst $cdtcshzb cimut ghl?c nhr` lust em wgct sgb lust

sgb eczbe mut c iht md tgct vbry sby tgmungt. *gb&e !rmici`y 3ul! ghl h$ sgb bvbr scw

ghl cnchd. *gb "muè $bb` gbr dh!!`bs gcrebd ct tgb vbry tgmungt m$ rhehdn ghs ih#b

whd#Gwhd#.


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*gb icrb`y lceb ht ic"# tm gbr rmml wgbrb sgb lcdcnbe tm s`h! hdtm gbr $`cddb`;

dhngthb, 3ust cs sgb rblblibrbe gbr %rbm?

?#gb fb`t c wcrl tmujg cjrmss gbr irbcst, lcohdn hts wcy emwd tbcshdn gbr tully, tgbd

ib`mw gbr ib``y iuttmd. #gb lmcdbe, 6emd"t stmp" cs hf gb wbrb nmhdn tm. )br icjo crjgbe

cs sgb fb`t c sueebd whsp mf irbctg cnchdst gbr hddbr tghng. #gb rbc``y wcdtbe tm b9p`meb,

iut dbvbr wcdtbe tgb fbb`hdn mf ùsjhmusdbss tm bde. )br imey wcs rbspmdshvb cde sgb

odbw gbr `mvbr cpprbjhctbe tghs iy ghs mwd lmcds jmlhdn frml gbr hddbr tghngs. Ugb

fcdtcsy fb`t `hob rbc`hty, iut lmrb vhvhe cde fu`` mf bjstcsy tgct mdb jmuè md`y fcdtcsh/b

cimut. #gb wcdtbe tm gcvb gbr `mvbr"s `hps c`` mvbr gbr imey c`` ct mdjb, sgb nrciibe ghs

gbce thngt`y cde prbssurbe ghl hdtm lcohdn ghs wcy icjo up tm gbr `hps, iut c`` gb wcdtbe

tm em wcs 6`hvb" ibtwbbd gbr wcrl tghngs.

?#gb dbvbr wcdtbe ghl tm stmp, hd gbr b9mthj fcdtcsy ghs `hps, gcdes, gcrebd imey wmuè

fmrbvbr ib bdtgrc``be c`` crmude gbr fmr )>7 p`bcsurb#gb fb`t dm rblmrsb md ibhdn sm

sb`fhsg, fmr tghs wcs gbr fcdtcsy$ )b wcs )br erbcl cde cs sgb `mmobe emwd ct ghs ecro

slmmtg gchr, ruddhdn gbr fhdnbrs tgrmung tgb ùsjhmusdbss mf ht c``, sgb fb`t c thdy iht

sb`fhsg, iut mdjb gbr imey jmuè dmt gmè hts b9p`mshvb ebshrb sgb tgmungt, %fujo tgct!'

#gb lmcdbe cnchd smft`y cde csobe fmr c `htt`b lmrbmf jmursb gbr `mvbr ehe cs gb wcs

tmè fmr gb wcs )>7# tm em cs sgb whsgbe cde eblcdebe.

-ust cs sgb wcs cimut tm 6eblcde" c `htt`b lmrb, sgb fb`t smftdbssc tmujg sm smft cde

nbdt`b s`he cjrmss gbr jgbbo

9gct tgb gb``? Ehvc wcs $c"b tm $c"b whtg tgct "ct cnchd, sgb wcs sgm"#be ct

$hrst, iut cd mee $bb`hdn bdtgrc``be gbr. *gb $b`t cs h$ 'htty wcs smlbgmw tryhdn tm tb`` gbr

smlbtghdn mr `bce gbr smlb !`c"b6 sgb 3ust ehed&t #dmw h$ ht wcs mdb mr tgb mtgbr mr imtg.


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%g $u"#+ Ehvc dmth"be, cs sgb trhbe nbtthdn u!, tgct tgb %rbm wcs gc`$ nmdb cde

smnny. 'htty ehed&t lmvb mdb hd"g, cs h$ mwdbe tgb ecld ibe. Ehvc rblblibrbe gmw "cts

wbrb wgbd ht "clb tm wgct tgby tgmungt wcs tgbhrs 5 ecld "ct+ *gb "mu`ed&t gb`! iut

slh`b ct 'htty. %g gmw sgb $b`t c`` wcrl cde $uzzy tmwcre tgb `htt`b sght, iut "cts gcvb c

wcy m$ wrc!!hdn tgb wbc# gulcd crmude tgbhr !cws. Cs sgb wbdt tm !bt tgb $uzzy #htty, ht

dh!!be ct gbr, 3ust `h#b tgb `htt`b eblmd sgb wcs?;ctsEhvc&s gbcrt scd# c iht tghd#hdn

ic"# md gbr mwd "ct tgct gbr bvh` lmtgbr -`mst& mr wgctbvbr.


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Cde cs Ih#br wct"gbe ghs $b`hdb "gbct md ghl whtg tgb `us"hmus lmrsb`, gb "mu`ed&t gb`!

iut $bb` "mdtbdt c`sm. b rctgbr lhssbe tghs $bb`hdn cde wcdtbe tm -$bb`& bvbd lmrb?whtg

Ehvc&s gb`!, m$ "mursb.


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Ubd

%;hcm 3b``c, sm ymu eb"hebe tm nrc"b lb whtg ymur !rbsbd"b c$tbr c``, bg= )gb

vcl!hrb wcs c iht lb`cd"gm`y, wcs ht tgb imm# gb wcs rbcehdn?!brgc!s. Ih#br wcs

gc!!y tm $hdc``y gcvb smlb "ml!cdy. Hd ghs gunb gmusb ht ehe nbt rctgbr `mdb`y, bvbd $mr c

vcl!hrb.

)gb "ct "mu`e "crb `bss wgct gbr vcl! wcs rcli`hdn md cimut, sgb 3ust wcdtbe

`mvhdn !bts cde smlb tudc 5 sgb wcs 1uhtb $clhsgbe $mr gbr dhngt whtg c "rczy %rbm;

`mvhdn wmlcd.

Ih#br $m``mwbe ghs $b`hdb emwd tgb nrcde stchr"csb tm tgb #ht"gbd. 'htty wcs

!rc"th"c``y !mhdthdn ct tgb `crnb "cd m$ tudc tgct wcs sm "mdvbdhbdt`y md tgb "mudtbr.

Ibhdn c nrbct vcl!hrb;ece, Ih#br #dbw tm gcvb c !bc"b$u` gmlb hs tm gcvb c "cd m$ tudc

rbcey cde wchthdn.)mw hd tgb gb`` ehe H ibjmlb c s`cvb tm ymu, jctIh#br slhr#be cs gb

nmt tgb $bcst !rb!crbe $mr ghs "ct. %g, sgb wcs hd "gcrnb cde sgb #dbw ht. b eb"hebe gb&e

nrci c i`mme;sdc"# $rml tgb slc`` $rhenb tgct gb #b!t ghs whdb hd.

Imtg wbrb !rbtty "mdtbdt.

Ehvc strbt"gbe `h#b h$ sgb wbrb c "ct, ht $b`t sm $ciu`mus tm gcvb c nrbct dhngt&s

s`bb!. Cs smmd cs sgb !bb#be mut tgb whdemw tm tc#b c `mm# mutsheb, cde tm tc#b hd tgb

$c``&s $rbsg chr, gbr lmtgbr wcs c`rbcey gbcebe hdtm gbr erhvbwcy. 8ng, tmm ecld bcr`y,

+ml! *gb wcdtbe tm rud cde gheb, iut wgbrb= C`` sgb wcdtbe wcs c *cturecy m$$ tm rb`c

cde "gh`` mut lcyib em c `htt`b sgm!!hdn $mr c icecss c``mwbbd "mstulb, iut dmw tghs?

sgb wmu`e gcvb tm tgrmw gbr lmtgbr mut+ Ehvc nhnn`be tm gbrsb`$ ct tgb vbry tgmungt.

Ugb fcdtcsthj brbjthmd wmob ghl up


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I`cstbe tm gb``+ (u"#. Ih#br wcdtbe tm #h`` tgb dbt !brsmd mr `hvhdn -tghdn& tgct ncvb

ghl nrhb$ hd cdy smrt m$ wcy. 8ust cs tgb `cst tgmungt "rmssbe ghs gmrdy lhde tgb !gmdb

rcdn. urshdn tgb hehmt md tgb mtgbr bde, s!bc#+ b "mdthdube tm rui ghs "rmt"g.

Eueb, crb ymu cwc#b ybt= Cl H su!!msbe tm nm sbb tgct "gh"# whtg tgb `crnb

irbcst tmecy mr wcs tgct smlbtghdn H "cd !ut m$$= C !cusb md tgb mtgbr bde?

by, ymu tgbrb cssgm`b= I`czb ehe dmt $bb` `h#b lbsshdn whtg cdymdb tmecy, sm gb gm!be

Ih#br "muè gcde`b tgb iht"g ghlsb`$, nbt ghl tgb !hb"b m$ css `ctbr md wgbd ghs lhde wcs

"`bcr. (u`` lmmd cde c`` tgct iu``sght, I`czb 3ust wcdtbe tm -gudt.& Cs gb stcrtbe tm cs#

cnchd wgct tm em cimut tgb i`mdeb, tgb !gmdb vhirctbe. )gb smu` md tgb mtgbr bde wcs mdb

lce lcd.

9gm&s tgb cssgm`b, cssgm`b= Ih#br&s vmh"b tgudebrbe tgrmung tgb rb"bhvbr, gb

ehed&t wcht $mr I`czb tm cdswbr, c$tbr c`` gb wcs !hssbe tgct I`czb "c``be cde wm#b ghs

vcl!hrb css u!?gb dbbebe smlb rb`hb$ whtg ghs gcre "m"#. C`` gb "muè tghd# m$ wcs mdb

wmlcd wgm wmuè su$$h"b.

9gy crb ymu "c``hdn, $u"#br wgbd c`` ymu gcvb tm em hs sbde lb c lhde $u"#hd&

rbce, gug= Ih#br `cy ic"# emwd whtg ghs #htty, wgh"g sgmwbe u! tm -"ml$mrt& ghl.

Eueb, tgbsb $u`` lmmds crb #h"#hd& ly gchry css, H dbbe tm nbt cwcy cde em smlb

ruddhdn crmude #dmw wgct H lbcd= I`czb $b t ghs gbcrt !mudehdn. b tgbd $b`t c $bw

"`cws "mlhdn mut cs gb "mdthdube tm tc`# tm Ih#br, wgm wcsd&t rbc``y nhvhdn c rct&s css cs

tm wgct gb dbbebe.

Cs Ih#br `che tgbrb wmdebrhdn wgy hd tgb vcl!hrb;gb`` gb wcs $rhbdes whtg c

-lbdtc`& wbrbwm`$ wcs ibymde ghl. b "muèd&t tghd# strchngt, gb dbbebe smlb rb`hb$

$rml tgb mvbrwgb`lhdn thngtdbss hd ghs !cdts, dmt tghs sght.


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I`czb, ymu c`rbcey #dmw wgct tm em whtg tgb ihlim, 3ust tc#b "crb m$ tghs sght

cde tgbd ymu "cd nm rud m$$ hdtm tgb wmmes mr wgbrbvbr cde "gcsb ymur $u"#hd& tch`. 9mr#

lcd, ib$mrb !`bcsurb, ymu #dmw tgb ebc`.

I`czb wcs iusy ty!hdn mut cd mrebr $mrl $rml tgb m$$h"b cde rblblibrbe ghs

`ctbst $hde md


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#`bvbd

Ecr`hdn, crb ymu sth`` hd ibe= Nmme;nmsg, nbt u!+ Ehdc s"rbclbe cs sgb stmrlbe

hd tgb $rmdt emmr m$ Ehvc&s /h"tmrhcd gmusb. Ehdc&s gchr `mm#be !rbtty "`msb tm beusc&s

gchr;em, cs sgb !rhl!be hd $rmdt m$ tgb gc`` lhrrmr sgb wcs 3ust cimut tm `bt mut cdmtgbr

-gm``br& u! tm gbr ecungtbr.

mtgbr, !`bcsb stm! yb``hdn H "cd gbcr ymu `mue cde "`bcr 5 wgct md bcrtg

gc!!bdbe tm ymur gchr= Ehvc wcdtbe tm iurst mut `cunghdn, iut ehed&t wcdt tm gurt gbr

lmtgbr&s $bb`hdns. 9cdt smlb "m$$bb, mtgbr cde tgbrb&s c gchr irusg hd tgct ercwbr.

Ehdc cdswbrbe whtg c dme6 sgb wcs tmm iusy tryhdn tm tclb tgb ibcst md tm! m$ gbr gbce.

Ehvc !rb!crbe c dh"b slc`` irud"g $mr gbr lmtgbr cde sbt bvbrytghdn u! hd tgb

slc``, iut "mzy shtthdn rmml. )gb /h"tmrhcd gce smlb nrbct $bcturbs tgct Ehvc 3ust `mvbe.

9gbd sgb $mude tgb !`c"b ht gce mrhnhdc` $urdhturb cde `htt`b #dh"#;#dc"#s tgct lceb ht

tgct lu"g lmrb udh1ub, sm Ehvc 3ust tgmungt sgb&e m$$br tgb m`e "mu!`b sb``hdn ht c `htt`b

btrc sm sgb "mu`e #bb! tgb $`mw m$ tgb gmusb hdvhthdn. Cs c slc`` "mhd"hebd"b Ehdc

imungt cdmtgbr /h"tmrhcd c"rmss tmwd $rml tgb sclb "mu!`b, c!!crbdt`y tgby gce $hbe

tgbl u! cde eb"hebe tgbhr !rm3b"ts wbrb emdb cde lmvbe md tm cdmtgbr slc`` tmwd.

Ehdc eb"hebe tgb !br$b"t s!mt $mr gbr wcs s!rcw`be mut md tgb sm$t !hd# sbttbb.

Ehvc tgmungt gbr lmtgbr surb ehe !`cy tgb s!mh`be eclsb` wb``. *gb gcdebe gbr lmtgbr c

"u! m$ "m$$bb hd cd mrdctb echdty "u! cde scu"br. *m, wgct crb ymur !`cds tmecy,

mtgbr= br lmtgbr gce stu$$be c slc`` lmrsb` hd gbr lmutg cde tgrbw ic"# c nmme

sgmt m$ "m$$bb ib$mrb cdswbrhdn. 9b` , csheb $rml gudthdn crmude tgb wmmes $mr c stb!;

!c!c $mr ymu, H rbc``y gced&t tgmungt tmm lu"g m$ ht. *gb whd#be ct gbr ecungtbr.


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Ehdc wcs !br$b"t`y sbrhmus cs sgb tgrbw ic"# cdmtgbr gb$ty nu`! m$ eb`h"hmus "u! m$ 3mb.

Ehvc sgmuèd&t gcvb ibbd sgm"#be ct c``, iut tgb stb!;!c!c "mllbdt wcs c iht sur!rhshdn.

Emuithdn gbr lmtgbr wcs sbrhmus sgb "mdthdube tm 3mt emwd smlb tghdns sgb dbbebe $mr

gbr c``mwbbd !crty sgb wcs ibnhddhdn tm wmdebr h$ sgb&e bvbr nbt tm sgm!!hdn+K cde

tghd#hdn m$ tgb !`c"bs tgct wmuè gcvb c #h``br "mstulb sgb "muè !ur"gcsb.

*gb nrhddbe tm gbrsb`$ ct tgb vbry tgmungt m$ tgb gud# m$ lcd tgct wcs hd gbr

erbcls `ctb`y. *gb gm!be sgb wmuè s!mt ghl crmude emwdtmwd hd mrebr tm hdvhtb ghl tm

gbr !crty cde ghs $urry $rhbde, h$ dmt Clibr wmuè iht"g tgb wgm`b thlb cs tm wgy hd tgb

gb`` gb wcsd&t hdvhtbe. *gb eb"hebe sgb wmuè hdvhtb imtg, tgb lmrb tgb lbrrhbr, rhngt=

*gb wcs cdhmus tm nbt stcrtbe sgm!!hdn.

c``mwbbd wcs hd c $bw ecys cde sgb wcdtbe bvbrytghdn tm ib !br$b"t dmt `h#b `cst

ybcr wgbd c`` gb`` irm#b `mmsb. *gb wmuèd&t hdvhtb mè cd )hdec`` cnchd, gb`` dm+ )gbrb

gb wcs, mè css, ehrty lcd tryhdn tm (rbd"g #hss bvbd tgb ecld "mct stcde+ )m scvb tgb

!crty Clibr tmm# ht u!md gbrsb`$ tm nbt tgb "rczy $mm` bvbd lmrb erud# m$$ ghs css cde

sth"# ghl mut $rmdt tm s"crb m$$ tgb trh"#;m;trbctbrs. Ht wmr#be wmdebrs cde tgb !crty wbdt

md, bvbd tgmung tgb dbt lmrdhdn Ehvc bdebe u! whtg gbr irc md ic"#wcres sgb ehed&t

bvbr $hde mut wgm ehe tgct tm gbrK cde mè lcd )hdec`` hd tgb "`msbt whtg rbe `h!sth"# md

cde c whn 5 ybs, sth`` erud#, cde rbb#be m$ c`"mgm` cde "mttmd "cdey. Ehvc #dbw ecld

wb`` Clibr !`cybe smlb !crt bvbd tgmung sgb swmrb u! cde emwd c`` crmude tgct sgb `b$t

tgb !crty bcr`y whtg smlb gud# tgct gc!!bdbe tm -wc`# iy.&

Ehvc shngbe, ml ymu wcdt tm nm sgm!!hdn tmecy whtg lb= *gb gbè gbr irbctg

cde gm!be tm tgb gbcvbds gbr lmtgbr gce smlb nrcde b"usb tm !`cdt c trbb mr smlbtghdn.


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Dm, ebcr, H tghd# H sgmuè !rmici`y nhvb ly ncrebd c nmme md"b mvbr, ht&s tgb !br$b"t ecy

$mr ht.

Ehvc `bt mut c shng m$ rb`hbvb cde sgb wcs tgrh``be c ecy whtgmut gbr lmtgbr&s

"mdstcdt lct"g lc#hdn ct bvbry nuy tgct wc`#be !cssbe gbr, sgb "muè sgm! hd !bc"b.

^mm2gmm! Ehvc gce gbr !`cds c`rbcey twhr`hdn hd gbr gbce.

Ehvc $b`t ice tgct gbr lmtgbr gce cd -udtclbe ibcst& md gbr gbce, sgb eb"hebe tm

!ut gbr !hd# s!mdnb rm``brs hd gbr lmtgbr&s gchr, cde wrc! gbr gbce hd c $bsthvb c``mwbbd

s"cr$ cde sbde gbr md gbr wcy, un`y mnrb vbs!c cde c``. Cs Ehdc wcvbe tm gbr ecungtbr

sgb ceebe, Ehvc $mr nmmedbss sc#b iuy smlbtghdn su!br eu!br sby sm ymu "cd nbt c

c``mwbbd trbctct ymur !crty, sgb nhnn`be ebvh`hsg`y cde whd#be ct Ehvc mdb `cst thlb

cde gm!!be md gbr vbs!c cde zmmlbe emwd tgb strbbt.

*gb #dbw gbr lmtgbr gce c !mhdt6 sgb whd"be ct tgb tgmungt m$ gbr lmtgbr nbtthdn

lmrb -dmm#hb& tgcd gbr+ (mr gbcvbd&s sc#b sgb wcs tgb ymudn ecungtbr dmt smlb s!hdstbr

bvbrymdb lceb gbr mut tm ib. *gb wmuèd&t `bt tgbsb tgmungts nm tgrmung gbr gbce cde

ruhd gbr !br$b"t *cturecy c$tbrdmmd sgm!!hdn s!rbb. *gb tgmungt cimut hdvhthdn Clibr,

iut smlbmdb gce tm tc#b "crb m$ tgb sc`md tmecy shd"b sgb gced&t rbc``y gce c *cturecy m$$

sgb wcdtbe tm bd3my tgb slc`` ùury. Ehvc #dbw m$ c su!br "utb "mstulb stmrb tgct ybcr

-rmude gce cdytghdn cde bvbrytghdn mdb wmuè dbbe $mr bvbry #hde m$ sghd;ehn cde

tgmungt sgb&e nm tgbrb $hrst. *gb rbc``y ehed&t wcdt tm nm tgb dbhngimrhdn tmwd m$

Nrbystmdb, ht wcs c iht "rbb!y tgbrb cde h$ ht nmt `ctb sgb&e gcvb tm erhvb ic"# c`mdb cde

dbcr tgb "blbtbry. *gb "muè gcvb swmrd tgct "rbb!y tmwd gce ngmsts cde nmi`hds cde

tgb #hde tgct wmuè "mlb c$tbr gbr whtg gbr ù"#+


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Uwb`vb

Ehvc eb"hebe tm !mur gbrsb`$ cdmtgbr "u! m$ 3mb cde gbce tm gbr rmml tm $hdhsg

nbtthdn em``be u! $mr gbr sgm!!hdn ecy. 9htgmut rbc``y tghd#hdn lu"g m$ ht sgb dmth"be

gbr tgmungts nmhdn ic"# tm gbr "ghègmme cde trcvb`hdn tgrmung Nrbystmdb whtg gbr

!crbdts. Ht sbblbe dmw tgct sgb tgmungt cimut ht bvbry thlb tgby wbdt tgrmung tgbrb sgb

wcs tgb md`y mdb tgct wcs s!mm#be iy tgb tmwd. %g, nrmwhdn u! hd s"gmm` smlbmdb

wmuè c`wcys gcvb c gmrrmr stmry mr twm cimut tgbhr wbb#bde, wgbtgbr tgby gce tm erhvb

tgrmung tgbrb ib"cusb tgbhr !crbdts gce tm nm nrm"bry sgm!!hdn tgbrb tgby "muèd&t $hde

tgb rhngt lbct mr smlbtghdn "rczy `h#b tgct, sm tgby&e gcvb tm vbdturb tm Nrbystmdb.

Cdmtgbr ihzcrrb $c"t m$ ht c`` wcs tgb ecld "blbtbry tgct wcs `m"ctbe cs smmd cs

ymu ermvb hdtm tmwd, wgct tgb gb`` wbrb tgb tmwds$m`# tghd#hdn. 7ut tgb "blbtbry md tgb

sheb m$ tgb tmwd mr muts#hrts, dmt rhngt wgbd ymu erhvb hd. )gbrb tm nrbbt ymu> E


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Ehvc 3mttbe emwd dmtbs tm nbt smlb tghdns $mr su!!br cde smlb tghdns tm ic#b

smlb !hbs whtg6 sgb mvbe $c``, ht wcs gbr thlb tm i`mml. *gb c`sm dmtbe 3ust gmw gmrdy

sgb wcs?sgb wmdebrbe wgbrb tgb nmrnbmus gud# wcs ghehdn mut ct. *gb im`tbe mut tgb

emmr cde hdtm gbr i`c"# "mdvbrthi`b, tm! emwd cde c`` 5 sgb wcs md c lhsshmd+

Ih#br eb"hebe shd"b tgb wbctgbr wcs "mm!brcthdn cde gb sbdt I`czb tm tgb ehtzy

i`mdeb&s gmusb tm $h gbr hssubs 5 wgctbvbr tgby lcy ib 5 gb&e tc#b c rheb mut tm tgb

dbhngimrhdn tmwd gb usuc``y `h#be erhvhdn tgrmung tgb "blbtbry #dmwhdn ecld wb`` gb&e

dbvbr ib -`che tm rbst& tgbrb. b $b`t c irusg dbt tm ghs `bn6 ghsncttmeb"hebe sgb wcs

$bb`hdn clmrmus tmecy cde ecd"be crmude ghs cd#`bs $mr c iht, tgbd whnn`be gbr tch` c $bw

thlbs tm tb`` ghl sgb wcs tgbrb cde nhvhdn cttbdthmd sm ymu&e ibttbr tc#b cevcdtcnb m$ ht.

%3umdnhmrdm, 3b``c, jmlb stc' b !bttbe gbr tch` cde !`c"be gbr mrdctb imw` emwd tgct

wcs $h``be whtg ùs"hmus lmrsb`s $mr irbc#$cst. )gb !urrhdn ibncd?

hs "b`` !gmdb rcdn whtg tgb rhdntmdb m$ Ice mmd :hshdn, gb #dbw ht wcs I`czb.

2bcg, I`ceb "muè gbcr gu$$hdn cde !u$$hdn cde tgbd c nrmw`, gby, wm`$;css cde stm!

$u"#hdn crmude+ Ehe ymu nbt tm tgb i`mdeb&s gmusb= by+= I`ceb lceb c lbdtc`

vcl!hrb;dmtb tm ibct tgb wm`$ gchrs m$$ ghs ibst $rhbde wgbd gb scw ghl.

8ust c ecld lhdutb, H&l c`lmst emdb, eueb+ I`czb "mudtbe tm tbd cde tgbd `bt mut c

yb`!. %#cy, H&l emdb dmw, wgy "cd&t ymu wcht udth` H&l emdb= I`czb wcs hrrhtctbe iy

tgb "mdstcdt vcl!;nrmu"g m$ c $rhbde.

I`czb, tb`` lb wgct ymu wcdt cde emd&t nhvb lb cdy stu!he sght, H&l dmt hd tgb lmme. H

gcvbd&t bvbd gce c $u"#hd& tghdn tm erhd# ybt. b nrciibe c n`css imtt`b $rml ghs $rhn

cde tmm# c nu`! m$ tgb s"cr`bt h1uhe. :b`hb$?dmw gb "muè ebc` whtg stu!he "rc! cde gb


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ehed&t wcdt tm cs# tghs 3c"#wce wgct gb wcs emhdn ib"cusb ht dbvbr $ch`s, ht&s usuc``y

smlbtghdn mee`y rheh"u`mus $mr c wbrbwm`$. Iut, gbrb ht nmbs.

Hehmtc ecddc/hmdb, ecld hehmt em H bvbd wcdt tm #dmw wgct ymur stu!he $urry css

hs u! tm dmw, ymu sgmuè ib wmr#hdn. Ih#br wchtbe $mr I`czb tm $hdhsg cnchd whtg ghs

gu$$hdn cde !u$$hdn. b&e ib m#cy h$ ht wcs sb ghs $rhbde wcs u! tm, iut #dmwhdn ghl tmm

wb``, ht wcsd&t.

by, eueb, crb ymu nmhdn mut $mr c rheb tmecy, surb hs dh"b wbctgbr, mdb "muè

c"tuc``y sbb tgb wm`$;nrhd tgrmung tgb "b`` !gmdb.

Ebb! $rustrcthdn shng, dm, cssgm`b dmt ybt ymu wcdt tm #dmw wgy, m#cy H&`` tb``

ymu, ib"cusb ymu eb"heb tm "c`` lb wgbd H wcs nbtthdn rbcey tm `bcvb. 9gct wbrb ymu

emhdn cde em H rbc``y wcdt tm #dmw, $u"#hd& wbhre css= mrb cde lmrb gb wmdebrbe

gmw I`czb nmt sm $rbc#hsg.

%g, dmtghdn lu"g H wcs 3ust `btthdn ymu #dmw H&l gbcehdn mut tm tgb ihn irbcstbe

i`mdeb&s gmusb, I`czb `cungbe wh"#be`y cde whtg cdy ù"# gb&e ib gul!hdn gbr hd dm

thlb+ b $b`t c $cdn tgrust mut m$ ghs lmutg. Ht wcs n`mrhmus tm ib c wm $+ H wcs tryhdn

mut ly dbw ymnc tc!b H $mude md


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Ehvc eb"hebe tm erhvb iy gbr sc`md md tgb wcy mut tm gbr $cvmrhtb `htt`b imuth1ub.

*gb `b$t Clibr hd "gcrnb $mr tgb ecy sm gm!b$u``y dmtghdn wmuè bde u! c "ctcstrm!gb.

*gb `mvbe gbr ibst $rhbde, iut smlbthlbs c`` Clibr tgmungt cimut wbrb gbr `ctbst

"md1ubst mr mdb sgb wcs tc`#hdn cimut !ursuhdn, emwd tm bvbry ebtch`. Ehvc tgmungt

cimut gbr cde nhnn`be, ib"cusb sgb ehe #bb! tghdns "m`mr$u` crmude c``mws /c `by, wgh"g

"muè usb smlb "m`mr, bs!b"hc``y h$ c`` tgby #dbw hs tm nmssh! cimut mè lcd )hdec` cde

ghs bs"c!cebs. Ehrty mè lcd, Ehvc gm!be gb wmuèd&t -"rcsg& gbr c``mwbbd !crty. H$ gb

ehe sgb&e gcvb tm "mc gbr lmtgbr hdtm #bb!hdn ghl "ml!cdy cde tgct wmuè "mst gbr, sgb

wcs surb+

Ih#br rb"mndhzbe tgb nmrnbmus `m"#s i`mwhdn mut tgb tm! m$ tgb i`c"# "mdvbrthi`b,

gb gcrebdbe u! 1uh"#. 3cstc! vr? prbstm, stupbdem. b wmuè gcvb gbr smmd, gb lust+

Ih#br "ut gbr m$$, s!be crmude cde !cr#be hd $rmdt m$ gbr sc`md, gb #dbw tgct hs wgbrb sgb

wcs gbcebe.

Ehvc swbrvbe cde `bt mut c s"rbcl, s`cllbe md gbr irc#bs cde wcdtbe tm #h`` tgb

cssgm`b wgm "ut gbr m$$+ Ib$mrb sgb "muè "ml!msb gbrsb`$, sgb scw ghs ù"hmus lus"`be

imey stcdehdn hd $rmdt m$ gbr s!mrts"cr, tgb !ur!`b ercnmd tcttmm sbblbe tm "c!thvctb gbr

whtg hts yb``mw bybs n`mwhdn. *gb wcdtbe tm lurebr ghl cde ct tgb sclb thlb tgrmw ghl

md tgb nrmude cde rheb ghl tm Nrbystmdb. *gb wcs $urhmus, sgb "muè gcvb rcd ghl mvbr,

tgb nmrnbmus tghdn wcs cimut tm nbt ht cde nmme.

2mu ihn 3br#+ 2mu dbbe tm `bcrd tm rheb tgct ecld tghdn, dmt try tm #h`` ymursb`$ mr

lb, $mr tgct lcttbr. H sgmuè 3ust s`c! ymu hdtm dbt wbb#+ *gb $b`t gbr hdshebs $h`` whtg

cerb`b`hdb, sgb `mvbe gmw gb lceb gbr $bb`...IC*)C:E.


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Clibr wcs stcdehdn ct tgb emmr su"#hdn c gunb `m``y!m! wgbd erclc m""urrbe

cde ecsgbe mut tm "md$rmdt Ih#br. by, gcdesmlb ymu m#cy= Ehvc wcs hvhe+ mw

"muè Clibr 3ust stcde tgbrb cde cs# ghl tgct wgbd gb&s tgb mdb tgct c`lmst "cusbe tgb

wrb"#= %g?ybcg, nmrnbmus gud# mut;ru`bs ibst $rhbde. Ehvc wcs sth`` `hvhe.

Clibr !`bcsb+ b&s tgb hehmt tgct eb"hebe tm "ut lb m$$, wgct tgb gb``, lcd+=

Ehvc "rmssbe gbr crls cde gbr immis rmsb, Ih#br "muèd&t gb`! iut dmth"be tgb ibcuth$u`

"urvb m$ gbr imsml. Cs gb wcs 3ust cimut tm c!m`mnhzb cde lcyib cs# Ehvc mut $mr c

erhd#, gbrb "clb c wce m$ stu!he, "mvbrbe hd $ur.

9mw, Ih#br ymu tryhdn tm #h`` tghs nmrnbmus wmlcd mr wgct, ymu rbc``y dbbe tm

tc#b c rb$rbsgbr "mursb mr smlbtghdn, eueb. I`czb $hnurbe gb&e wcstb thlb !h"#hdn ct tgb

vcl!hrb, ht wcs rctgbr clushdn, wb``, udth` Ih#br wcdtbe tm ihtb ghs $urry gbce m$$.

(u"# m$$, Ih#br c!!rmc"gbe ghs $urry $rhbde, gb wcdtbe tm tgrmw emwd tgbrb cde

tgbd, iut tgmungt cnchdst ht shd"b tgb `cehbs wbrb !rbsbdt. b wcs dmsb tm dmsb whtg tgb

wbrbwm`$, I`czb h$ ymu vcùb ymur `h$b, `bcvb dmw. Ibshebs ymu wbrb su!!msbe tm gcvb

ibbd ct tgb i`mdeb&s gmusb gmurs cnm, rblblibr tgct 3c"#;m$$. Ih#br stcrbe ct I`czb whtg

rbe bybs cde ghs ercnmd sthrrbe, dmw wbrbwm`$+ Ih#br ehe dmt wcdt tm "cusb c vcl!hrb;

wbrbwm`$ s"bdb6 gb #dbw tgct wmuè eb$hdhtb`y !ut c ecl!br md tghdns whtg Ehvc.

Dmprmi`blc, eueb, rbc``y "mm` tgb bybs cde wgm`b vcl!hrb tghdn, tgby wh`` sbb

ymu. I`czb trhbe tm "c`l ghs $rhbde emwd, gb rbc``y ehed&t wcdt tm i`mw ht whtg bhtgbr mdb

m$ tgb `cehbs, cde gb wcdtbe ghs mwd c"thmd smmd, tmm. by, "cd ymu sbt lb u! whtg tgb

strbbt;wc`#br $rhbde, wgct&s gbr dclb, em ymu #dmw= I`czb whd#be ct Clibr, wgm wcs

!rbtty lu"g erbssbe cs c strbbt;wc`#br> dbmd mrcdnb s#hrt, i`c"# thngts whtg sth`bttms tm

lct"g cde c tm! tgct wcs twm thlbs wcy tmm slc`` $mr gbr imsml. Clibr whd#be ic"#


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cde "mdthdube tm su"# md gbr nhcdt `m` h!m!. Ehvc "muè dmt ib`hbvb tgb b"gcdnbs tgbsb

twm gmrdy cssbs wbrb lc#hdn tm bc"g mtgbr, iut tgbd cnchd sgb #dbw lbd "muèd&t rbshst

tgb "cdey;su"#hdn Clibr.

H$ ymu c`` crb 1uhtb emdb wghs!brhdn mvbr tgbrb, wmuè ymu #hde`y c!m`mnhzb sm

tgct lb cde ly bl!`mybb sm wb "cd nbt ic"# tm wmr#. b``m= Ih#br wcdtbe sm lu"g tm

tc#b gbr hdtm gbr sc`md cde rcvhsg gbr?cdnry sb, mg ybcg. b nrc"b$u``y turdbe cde

c!!rmc"gbe Ehvc, gmw cimut c erhd#= C !bc"b m$$brhdn $mr ly $rhbde&s ruebdbss, gb

!mhdtbe tm tgb $urry $rhbde sth`` ncw#hdn ct Clibr&s lmutg. H "cd !h"# ymu u! gbrb ct

bhngt, ybs= Ehvc wcdtbe tm, sgb wcs lmst "c!thvctbe iy ghs nmrnbmus `h!s, gchr, cde css

cde m$ "mursb, ghs tcttmm, iut sgb gce tghdns tm em, ecllht. Cde sgb wcsd&t tgct bcsh`y

!brsucebe, wgm embs gb tghd# gb hs+ *gb stcrbe ct ghs ebb! bybs sbdshdn smlbtghdn

lystbrhmus cimut ghl?wgct tgb gb``, sgb "cd !`cy gcre tm nbt cde tgbd hdvhtb ghl tm gbr

!crty. cyib iy tgbd sgb&e "mm` m$$ c iht cde `bt ghl tc#b gbr mut c$tbr tgct. *gb "muè

gbcr gbr lmtgbr dmw, yb``hdn> :bc``y Ehvc, !`cyhdn lhde nclbs wh`` dbvbr nbt ymu `che,

rblblibr tgct+ Ehvc gbcre tgb gmrrhe nrbbd mnrb zmml iy cde s"rbb"g tm c gc`t hd $rmdt

m$ gbr sc`md. Emml.

mrrh$hbe tm scy tgb `bcst, Ehvc tgmungt sgb $hbe gbr lmtgbr&s gchr u! dh"b`y

bcr`hbr tgct ecy, c!!crbdt`y dmt. )ghs wcs turdhdn hdtm c ecld rbc`hty sgmw cde tgb stcr

wcs gbr lmtgbr+ Ehdc icrb`y !ut tgb nrbbd mnrb hdtm !cr# cde gm!!be m$$ ht h#b c

tbbdcnbr gm!!hdn mut m$ c "mdvbrthi`b. *gb gbcebe rhngt tmwcre tgb tc``, ecr# gcdesmlb

vcl!hrb, wgm wcs c `htt b tc#bd cic"# iy tghs $mr"b$u` wmlcd. b `h#be strmdn wmlbd,

iut Ehdc wcs c gcde$u` bvbd $mr c vcl!hrb.

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b "muè rbce gbr lhde, wgh"g wcs $u`` m$ sb. Ct `bcst tgb mèbr wmlcd #dbw

wgct sgb wcdtbe. Iut, gb "muè dmt rbce gbr ecungtbr&s lhde, tghs `b$t ghl lysth$hbe.

Ehdc wbdt mvbr cde stcrtbe tm strm#b tgb tcttmm ib$mrb cdymdb "muè stm! gbr, Ehvc

wcs sgm"#be cs tm gmw $`hrtcthmus gbr lmtgbr wcs tmwcre ghl. *gb whsgbe tghs "clb bcsy

$mr gbr tm em, iut whtg gbr ecld ù"# tgb lcd wmuè rud cwcy. uh"#`y sgb nrciibe gbr

lmtgbr tm !u`` gbr hdtm tgb sc`md cde lcyib $h tgb ibcst md tm! m$ gbr gbce. 9cht, H

gcvbd&t sche nmme;iyb tm ghl, sgb whd#be ct Ih#br cde i`bw c #hss tm imtg lbd.

%;hcm 3b``c,'gb nhnn`be cde wcvbe tm tgbl, ecld h$ gb ehed&t nbt ghs -erhd#

ectb.& b turdbe tm I`czb wgm wcs `bcdhdn cnchdst ghs cr`by,nbt mff ly ihob, fujobr cde

nbt tm tgb i`mdeb"s gmusb. Emd"t fujo ht up, gchry cssgm`b.' I`czb dmeebe ghs gcdesmlb

gbce, tgmungt ibst tm !`cy dh"b whtg tgb vcl!hrb6 tgbrb wcs !`bdty m$ thlb tm !hss ghl m$$.

I`czb nrhddbe cde tgmungt cimut tgb imud"y irbcstbe $blc`b?wb``, imtg m$ tgbl> Clibr

wcs c dh"b !hb"b m$ sùtty;crt hd gbr mwd wcy. I`czb 3ul!be md ghs cr`by *trbbt Imi cde

s!be m$$. )gb gchry gmrdy icstcre wcs hd c nrbct lmme.

Ehvc sgmvbe gbr lmtgbr hdtm tgb sc`md c$tbr !usghdn Clibr tgrmung tgb emmr,

ecllht tm gb`` tgb imtg m$ ymu+ H&vb `mst lmst m$ ly ecy ib"cusb m$ tgct, tgct sgb

"muèd&t tghd# m$ c dcsthbr dclb tm "c`` Ih#br, iut sgb ehe gbr ibstK, tgct ùdcth" "rczy;

lcd+ Clibr "ghlbe hd, rbc``y Ehvc, tgct&s c`` ymu "muè "mlb u! whtg= 2mu `b$t mut

nmrnbmus css, wmdebr$u``y eb`h"hmus ih"b!s cde mg, mg ùs"hmus `h!s, tmm> 2ully.

Clibr mmzbe md bvbry wmre cde tm Ehvc&s hrrhtcthmd sgb "muèd&t gb`! iut cnrbb. *gb wcs

sm sbuc``y $rustrctbe cde dbbebe tm sgm! $mr gbr "mstulb+ Ecllht, hdtbrru!thmds wbrb

"cushdn gbr thlb, sgb wcdtbe tm im`t mut tgb emmr, iut gbr lmtgbr !`m!!be emwd md tgb

$hrst "gchr sgb "muè $hde cde rbc"gbe $mr c lbnc "cd m$ gchrs!rcy. mtgbr, `bt lb em


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tgct, wgbrb ymu nmhdn tghs thlb m$ ecy cdywcy= H tgmungt ymu wbrb gbcebe gmlb tm em

smlbtghdn, Ehdc `mm#be u! ct Ehvc whtg c ehs!`bcsbe `mm# md gbr !ùl! $c"b, wb``, h$

ymu lust #dmw, "ghè m$ lhdb, H dbbebe smlb tghdns $rml tgb nrm"bry stmrb tm ic#b c

"gbrry strbusb` "c#b, H "ml!`btb`y $mrnmt cimut tgb `cehbs cuh`hcry lbbthdn tmlmrrmw, sm

tgbrb hss c#b 7m`h"b, gc!!y= Ehdc wcvbe tgb c``mwbbd s"cr$ tm Ehvc tm !`c"b ic"#

md gbr gbce, ht wcs 1uhtb $bsthvb cde sgb gce tm ib hd mrebr tm sgm!, tmm.

%#cy, ml c`` emdb, nm sgm!!hdn. H dbbe tm nbt ly ihn iutt muttc gbrb tmm.

Clibr c$tbr ymu "`msb tmecy wmuè ymu lhde nbtthdn smlb m$ mur mè c``mwbbd

eb"mrcthmds mut m$ tgb stmrcnb rmml, !rbtty !`bcsb= Ehvc #dbw Clibr 3ust gctbe cdy

ty!b m$ `cimr mtgbr tgcd "rbcthdn gchr;lcstbr!hb"bs, iut Clibr `mvbe tgrmwhdn c !crty cde

h$ tgbrb wcs cdytghdn hd ht $mr gbr, m$ "mursb sgb&e em ht. 9b `, mdb tbbdy thdy $cvmr cde

H&`` em ht? Ehvc tmm# c ebb! irbctg, wgct, em ymur dch`s $mr tgb !crty= Dm rbs!mdsb,

mg imy, wgct, nhvb ymu cd btrc ecy m$$ dbt wbb#= *th`` dmtghdn.

9gct= Ehvc wcs rbcey tm strcdn`b gbr $rhbde.

9b``, Clibr ecd"be crmude gbr rb1ubst, H rbc``y wcdt tgct gchry ibcst iy ly

sheb, mr ibttbr ybt udebr ly s#hrt, Clibr tgrbw ic"# gbr gbce ct tgb vbry tgmungt m$ ht.

8ng, H"l surrmudebe iy gmrdy ibcst wmlbd! H jmuè oh`` gbr dmw, iut H dbbe gbr gb`p!

Cde gmw em ymu !rm!msb lb tm em tgct wgbd H&l $urhmus whtg ghs $rhbde, rblblibr=

H&l dmt nmhdn hdtm tgct stmrb m$ ghs bhtgbr, ymu crb "rczy. Ibshebs ymu scw ghl rheb m$$

`h#b c ict muttc gb``, gmw wmuè H #dmw wgbrb tm $hde ghl=

9b "muè iuy smlb hdvhtbs cde !`c"b ht md tgbhr emmr, sbb c`` emdb+ Clibr

ecd"be crmude Ehdc&s "gchr cde Ehdc slh`be !rmue`y, whsghdn Ehvc wcs lmrb `h#b Clibr

wgbd ht "clb tm sby lbd. Ehvc `mm#be ct imtg m$ tgb sc`hvcthdn $blc`bs cde #dbw h$ sgb


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wcs nmhdn tm nbt cdy #hde m$ gb`! whtg tghs !crty sgb&e gcvb tm nbt Clibr tgb gchry nuy,

gbr vbry mwd -!crty;$cvmr.&

(hdb, h$ ht&`` nbt ymur css hd nbcr cde gb`! lb, $hdb, H&`` em ht+ H&`` iuy smlb "utb

hdvhtcthmds tmecy, tmm, tgbrb c`` sbt. Emd&t $mrnbt cde 3ust !`c"b bvbrytghdn hd mur bl!ty

stc`` ibghde tgb "urtchd. 9b "cd stcrt eb"mrcthdn md *udecy, m#cy, bvbrymdb gc!!y dmw=

Ehvc #hssbe gbr lmtgbr md tgb "gbb# cde "mcbe gbr u! tm sbde gbr md gbr wcy. 9gbd

sgb `mm#be u! ct tgb sc`md emmr sgb scw c i`c"# "ct whtg wghtb !cws wc`# iy, tgb "ct

stm!!be, `mm#be strchngt ct Ehvc cde tgbd ehsc!!bcrbe. 9gct tgb gb``= Ehe y&c`` sbb

tgct= *gb !mhdtbe tm tgb emmr cde gurrhbe tm `mm# mutsheb. Iut, tgbrb wcs dm shnd m$ tgb

"ct sgb #dbw c`` tmm wb``.

:bc``y, gmdby, ymu dbbe smlb -dmm#hb;dmm#hb, Ehdc #hssbe gbr ecungtbr ic"#

cde gbcebe mut tgb emmr wcvhdn iyb tm Clibr, wgm wcs dmw gullhdn.

Ehvc $b`t eb$bctbe iy imtg wmlbd, iut #dbw h$ sgb wcs nmhdn tm c""ml!`hsg gbr

lhsshmd tmecy sgb ibst ib md gbr wcy tmm. br nmme lmme rbturdbe, sm sgb nmt hd gbr "cr

cde gbcebe tmwcre Nrbystmdb cde tm gbr $cvmrhtb !crty stmrb. *gb ehed&t #dmw wgy, iut

sgb `mm#be emwd tgb c``by ibghde Ih#br&s stmrb cde tgbrb hd tgb sgcemws wcs Ih#br

gm`ehdn c i`c"# "ct+ 9gct hd tgb dclb m$ "rczy;sght, rbc``y, "mu`e ht ib ly "ct;$rhbde=

htt`b sght&s c trchtmr?lcyib ht wcsd&t, tgbrb&s mtgbr i`c"# "cts hd tmwd, iut wgct h$ ht

wcs= Ehvc wcs c `htt`b tc#bd cic"# cde trhbe tm "mdvhd"b gbrsb`$ sgb wcs sbbhdn tghdns.

Ih#br&s bybs turdbe rbeehsg mrcdnb cde strm#be Ib``c&s $ur nbdt`y,sbb lb

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Ehvc wcs tmm iusy tryhdn tm $hnurb mut wgml mr wgct sgb scw wgbd smlbmdb

s"rbclbe gbr dclb. *gb s`cllbe md gbr irc#bs6 ht wcs mè lcd )hdec` wcvhdn gbr

emwd. ;rcp, dmw wgct, H swbcr H"l dbvbr nbtthdn mut mf tghs tmwd!

by lhssy, ymu&rb hd c ihn gurry tgbrb, !rbtty tghdn. b whd#be ghs mè bybs ct

Ehvc cde slh`be whtg ghs tmdnub gcdnhdn mut c iht. *gb #dbw gb ehe tghs md !ur!msb, gb

gce tm #dmw ht. 9gct "cd H em $mr ymu, r. )hdec`= *gb erbcebe tgb rb1ubst gb gce $mr

gbr, iut smmdbr sgb #dbw tgb $cstbr sgb "muè ghng;tch` ht mut m$ tgbrb.

9b `, H tgmungt cimut nbtthdn tghs wmr#be md $mr ly ihn ectb tmdhngt, gb wcvbe

ghs 3bt i`c"# tmu!bb ct Ehvc&s $c"b. )m gbr gmrrmr ht `mm#be `h#b c ebce cdhlc`+ 0l, ybs,

iut H&l dmt wmr#hdn tmecy, shr mr H&e ib gc!!y tm wmr# md tgct $mr ymu.

%g, dm, dm tgct&s !br$b"t`y $hdb, H wcdtbe ymur `mvb`y csshstcdt, cde lcyib sgb

wmuè em ht $mr lb= b nrhddbe bcr tm bcr. *gb #dbw ghs ehrty mè lhde wcs wmr#hdn

mvbrthlb hd Clibr&s gmdmr. 9gy, ybs, shr sgb&s tgbrb rhngt dmw, 3ust nm md hd. H nmttc

rud, iyb+ 9htg tgct sgb s!be m$$ !csshdn gbr lmtgbr md gbr nrbbd mnrb.

*gb lceb ht tm Nrbystmdb hd c $`csg cde sgb lceb c !mhdt tm hndmrb tgb "blbtbry

c`mdn tgb wcy. Ht wcs c``mwbbd sbcsmd, iut sgb ehed&t wcdt tm ib s!mm#be c`` ecy cde

dhngt shd"b sgb&e ib erhvhdn ic"# c$tbr ecr#. *gb !cr#be gbr s!mrts "cr hd $rmdt m$ tgb

slc`` imuth1ub, mwdbe iy c vbry "m`mr$u` ymudn wmlcd #dmwd cs N`httbr, c dclb sgb

!h"#be mut gbrsb`$ cde stu"# tm ht. (htthdn cs sgb wmrd dmtghdn iut n`httbr tghs cde tgct, iut

ht wcs gbr tghdn. Ehvc `mm#be crmude cde tgb "mstulbs ehe sgmw !rmlhshdn bvbd c `htt`b

sby, wgh"g hs $hdb shd"b ht wcs c c``mwbbd !crty. *gb wcdtbe tm `mm# rcvhsghdn tm tgb

gcdesmlb -Ih#br,& iut gb ehed&t dbbe tm #dmw tgct.

Ugb lcdshmd md tgb muts%hrts mf tmwd &rbw cd bbrhb' (ut mrdctb fbb` tm ht)


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I`czb "hr"`be crmude tgb lcsshvb erhvbwcy cde !cr#be ghs cr`by $c"hdn tgb bht,

3ust hd "csb gb nmt imrbe cde wcdtbe tm `bcvb $cst. b $b`t tgb urnb tm rud crmude dc#be,

iut tgbd ht lcy gcvb ibbd tgb tgmungt m$ tgb ihn irbcsts tgct wchtbe $mr ghl hdsheb. hs

"cdhdbs nrbw c iht hd b"htblbdt.

9gct&s gb emhdn gbrb= )gb mè vcl!hrb cs#be ghs ecungtbr, wgm wcs !rhl!hdn

hd $rmdt m$ c nmè `bc$ lhrrmr. *gb !bb#be mut tgb scthd "urtchds cde scw c gcdesmlb gchry

s!b"hlbd wc`# u! tgb stmdb stb!s. *gb ehed&t "crb wgm gb wcs 3ust tgct gb wcs gbrb, sgb

gce $mrnmttbd gbr $ctgbr&s cnbdec cde tgb lbbthdn sgb gce sbt u!. )gb vcl!hrb gce tm

tghd# m$ cdmtgbr !`cd tm ùrb ghs tcrnbt hdtm ghs gmlb, dmt tghs gmmeùl tgct sgmwbe u! md

ghs emmrstb!. Cs gb $hdhsgbe ghs tgmungts, gb "clb u! whtg c irh `hcdt !`cd. )ghs gmmeùl

3ust lhngt ib gb`!$u` c$tbr c``.

)gb mè vcl!hrb lmthmdbe ghs iut`br tm m!bd tgb emmr, sgmw tgb gchry ibcst hdtm

tgb stuey, ul!grbys. )gb iut`br lmvbe `h#b tgb s`mwbst lm`cssbs #dmwd tm lcd. )gb

i`mdeb "`cs!be gbr gcdes thngt cde tgbd turdbe tm bdtbr gbr $ctgbr&s stuey, (ctgbr, lcy H

stcy tm nrbbt tgb gcdesmlb lcd= 7`bcsb= *gb ehed&t wcht $mr ghs rbs!mdsb6 sgb gm!!be

ctm! tgb `crnb ebs# cde "rmssbe gbr `mdn s`hl `bns. *gb turdbe ic"# tm sbb gbr $ctgbr&s

rbc"thmd cde c`` tgb vcl!hrb "muè em wcs rm`` ghs mè bybs. H$ ymu crb tm sbeu"b tgb

cdhlc` ymu lust dmt ib sm bcsy $mr ghl tm gcvb, "ghè. b tmm# c ebb! irbctg cde

eb"hebe tm stcde m!!mshtb ghs euliib`` ecungtbr.

ul!grbys m!bdbe tgb `crnb nmèbd emmrs cde wcs nrbbtbe, wgct&s u! mè lcd,

gmw&s ht gcdnhdn= %g, wcht emd&t gcdn dm lmrb, rhngt=

I`czb nhnn`be, smrry lcd, H "muèd&t gb`! lysb`$, cwbsmlb ecy, bg= I`czb trhbe

tm sgc#b tgb $rch` lcd&s gcde, iut tm dm cvch`.


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9c # tghs wcy, !`bcsb. )gb mè iut`br&s gud"gic"#, s`mw strm`` hdtm tgb m$$h"b gce I`czb

hd c nhnn`hdn lmme. *hr, r., ul, ul? I`czb stb!!be hd $rmdt m$ tgb iut`br, gby, gmw

crb yc, ymu "cd "c`` lb I`czb= b btbdebe ghs gcde tm tgb vcl!hrb, iut wcs stcrhdn ct

tgb i`mdeb&s bns, wgh"g wbrb dmw m!bd hd b"htblbdt. I`czb wcs gudnrhbr dmw tgcd

bvbr cde ghs "cdhdb&s rblhdebe ghl m$ tgb lmrsb` tgct wcs rhngt hd $rmdt m$ ghl.

)gb mè lcd wc`#be tmwcres I`czb, nrc"b$u``y whtg ghs hdeb $hdnbr ruddhdn

c`mdn tgb lcsshvb tci`b. 2mu shr crb b"b``bdt whtg "ml!utbrs, H nctgbr= b stm!!be tm

"`msb ghs wcdtmd ecungtbr&s m!bd `bns. I`czb turdbe cde wc`#be tm $c"b c !chdthdn tgct

stru"# ghl cs ibhdn sm $cs"hdcthdn, `h#b gb rb"c``be sbbhdn tghs !chdthdn ib$mrb. C nrby

wm`$ stcdehdn 3ust cimvb c rbe wm`$, whtg mdb !cw c`lmst md tm! m$ mdb cdmtgbr, ymu

"muè sbb tgb `crnb nmtgh" "cst`b ibghde ht cde c wm`$ !u! ruddhdn tmwcres tgb wm`$;

"mu!`b. Cd bbrhb $bb`hdn "clb c"rmss I`czb&s $urry ic"#, gmw "cd tghs ib= H$ gb ehed&t

#dmw ibttbr gb&e c""usb tghs mè lcd m$ stbc`hdn ht, gmw "muè gb !mssbs tghs !chdthdn m$

ghs "ghègmme. I`czb wcs "rbb!be mut, tm scy tgb `bcst. )gb vcl!hrb stmme ibsheb I`czb,

gmw gb nmt tm ghs sheb sm 1uh"#`y wcs bvbd "rbb!hbr. I`czb&s -wbhredbss& vhib wcs

wmr#hdn mvbrthlb, wgct wcs ht cimut tghs lcd cde ghs sùtty ecungtbr=

2mu sbbl tm rb"mndhzb smlbtghdn hd ly !chdthdn, ymudn lcd= (clh`hcr tm ymu,

bg= *!bb"g`bss, wbrbwm`$= )gb cd"hbdt vcl!hrb&s $cdns $ùdn mut ib$mrb I`czb&s vcl!

rcecr "muè nhvb ghl $u`` wcrdhdn. )gb `cst tghdn I`czb gbcre wcs tgb i`mdeb lmrsb`

cs#hdn gbr $ctgbr $mr c -ihtb& m$ tgb wbrbwm`$.

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)gb "mè "mii`bstmdb $`mmr irmungt I`czb mut m$ ghs gc`$;css sùlibr cde dbt tm

ghl wcs c lh`#y;wghtb css stcrhdn ic"# ct ghl. b wcsd&t hd $u`` wbrbwm`$ $mrl ybt, iut

gb "muè $bb` ghs $ur rhshdn cde ghs $cdns nbtthdn 1uhtb `mdn. b rbc"gbe $mr tgb eb`h"hmus

imttml, !`c"hdn ghs `mdn $hdnbrdch`s hdtm tgb $`bsg c iht, 3ust bdmung tm `bcvb lcr#s md tgb

$`bsg. b wcs cd cdhlc` cde gb wcdtbe tm rcl bvbry !crt m$ ghs imey cnchdst ht. I`czb

stcrtbe tm s!rbce gb i`mdeb&s css "gbb#s c!crt hd mrebr tm `h"# bvbry !crt m$ ht, hndmrhdn tgb

lmcds m$ ghs !rby gb !u``be gbr css rhngt u! tm ghs $urry luzz`b cde ibncd tm su"# cde

`h"# tcsthdn tgb swbbt ùs"hmus imey m$ tgb $blc`b6 sgb `h#be ht, gb #dbw ht md"b sgb `h$tbe

gbr imey cde wcs md $mur $murs. *gb ibnnbe ghl hd Htc`hcd tm bdtbr gbr "c``hdn ghl c

gcdesmlb rcihe ibcst. hs wbrbwm`$ "m"# wcs gunb, iut gb #dbw tghs vcl! "muè tc#b ht

cde gb wmuè nhvb ht tm gbr nmme.

I`czb nrciibe gbr gh!s, tgrust ghs gcre lblibr hdtm gbr, ihthdn gbr db"# whtg ghs

$cdns, tgrusthdn cnchd gcrebr bc"g thlb, tgbd ihthdn gbr ic"# ercwhdn i`mme, wgh"g trch`be

emwd gbr "urvy cl!`b css. )gby imtg `bt mut s"rbcls m$ b"stcsy, ghs lmrb m$ c gmw`, gb

ehed&t wcdt tm `bt nm m$ tgb !`bcsurb, iut wgbd gb rm``be tgb i`mdeb mvbr gbr bybs wbrb

rbe, $cdns rbcey tm ihtb. b ibdt emwd sm tgct sgb "muè ihtb ghl md tgb db"#, h$ sgb

!`bcsbe cde sgb ehe. *gb cr"gbe gbr ic"# cde s!rbce gbr `bns cs $cr cs tgby "muè nm tm

`bt I`czb hd, cs $cr cs tgb wbrbwm`$ "muè nm hdtm gbr imey, sgb wcs dmt emdb whtg tghs

$urry gud# ybt+

(u"#hd& wbrbwm`$ crb ymu 1uhtb emdb, lcd= Ih#br #b!t nbtthdn $`csgbs m$ !c`b

css hd cde mut m$ ghs lhde cde c wmlcd whtg gbr lmutg m!bd cs h$ hd b"ru"hcthdn !chd.

Ih#br dbbebe tm #dmw h$ gb bvbr lbt whtg tgb euli iusty i`mdeb mr dmt, gb nubssbe gb

gce iy tgb hlcnbs gb wcs rb"bhvhdn $rml I`czb.


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9brbwm`$, ecllht+ Ih#br wcdtbe tm strcdn`b ghs ibst $rhbde, iut whtgmut

#dmwhdn b9cjt`ywgbrb gb wcs, gb "mu`ed&t, tgb vcl!hrb nrbw lmrb cdnry cde hrrhtctbe.

ust ib tgb dm sb cde tgbd tgb $c"t tgct I`czb wcs nbtthdn `che cde gb wcsd&t.


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ecr#. Cs sgb wcs wchthdn $mr N`httbr tm sb`b"t c $bw -rhs1uA& "mstulbs, N`httbr lceb gbr c

"c!!u""hdm cde gce smlb `mvb`y wghtb "gm"m`ctb lc"ceclhc "mm#hbs `che mut md c $bsthvb

c``mwbbd !`ctb 3ust $mr gbr. Dm mdb b`sb hd tgb imuth1ub sm Ehvc $b`t sm s!mh`be.

N`httbr !bb#be crmude tgb "mrdbr m$ c vhdtcnb erbsshdn "urtchd, Crb wb $bb`hdn

3ust $ci= *gb whd#be ct Ehvc cde "mdthdube gcdnhdn "mstulbs hd tgb s!c"hmus $htthdn

rmml. Dmw, ecr`hdn ymu&`` dbbe lbnc $ci sgb `mvbe tgb wmre -$ci&K c""bssmrhbs, tghs hs

lu"g lmrb $ud tgcd `cyhdn md ly ic"# wchthdn $mr :u!brt tm em ghs ebbe. *gb 3m`tbe gbr

gbce ic"# cde `bt mut c `mue `cung. 7mmr :u!brt, wgmbvbr tgct wcs, nubsshdn ht wcs gbr

udsus!b"thdn `mvbr mr imy;tmy.

Ehvc eb"hebe cdmtgbr twm mr tgrbb gbcvbd`y s"mdbs wbrb dmt nmhdn tm #h`` gbr mr

lc#b gbr i`mct u! iy tgb !crty, sm sgb bdncnbe cde bd3mybe bvbry `cst ihtb+ *gb tgmungt,

c$tbr tgb `cst ihtb m$ s"mdb wcs ebvmurbe, sgb gced&t rbc``y gbcre c !bb! mut m$ N`httbr

$rml tgb hdsheb m$ tgb erbsshdn rmml. Mg `mre wgct hf sgb"s p`cyhdn whtg gbrsb`f #urb`y

dmt! Cs smmd cs tgb tgmungt gce bdtbrbe gbr lhde N`httbr c!!bcrbe, )cec+ *gb wmrb c

"ct;suht iut ht wcsd&t i`c"# ht wcs c ecr# !ur!`b sm ecr# hd $c"t ht wcs c`lmst i`c"# 5

nmrnbmus 5 dm emuit cimut ht cttrc"thdn c gud# mr twm+ Ehvc sb"rbt`y wmdebrbe h$ tghs

wmuè wmr# md Ih#br. b``, mè lcd )hdec` wmuè !rmici`y gcvb c gbcrt cttc"# 3ust iy

stcrhdn ct gbr css6 tgb tgmungt tbrrh$hbe cde ehsnustbe gbr ct tgb sclb thlb.

N`httbr ibncd $bb`hdn gbrsb`$, luli`hdn mmg;cg, sgb wcs gcvhdn c nrbct thlb.

C`mdb. Ehvc stmme u! 1uh"#`y, 2mu lhde h$ H try mdb `hobtgct mdb md $mr ly !crty=

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Ehvc !rcybe tgb ecld suht "muè ib erhbe "`bcdbe mr $ulhnctbeK h$ tgct wcs hd

$c"t tgb md`y mdb sgb gce hd stm"#.

%g, ybs, swbbthb !hbs H gcvb mdb gudn u! $mr yc, N`httbr "gb"#be gbrsb`$ mut hd

c`` tgb lhrrmrs sgb "muè gmn u!.

)gcd#s, H emuit H `mm# cs nmme cs ymu hd ht, iut lcyib smlbtghdn b`sb tmm wgh`b

H&l hd tgbrb= Ehvc gm!be c`` tgct thlb hd tgb erbsshdn rmml, N`httbr gce tmds $mr gbr tm

try md.

%g ybssss, ymu wh`` dmt ib ehsc!!mhdtbe, N`httbr !urrbe cs sgb scsgcybe crmude

tgb "mrdbr. Ehvc "muè gcvb swmrd tgb wmlcd gce c "cdcry hd gbr lmutg+


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Ehvc ehed&t rb"mndhzb gbrsb`$ hd tgb *gb !u``be mut $rml tghd chr ht sbblbeK tgb lmst $bsthvb c``mwbbd

hdvhtcthmds hd c`` shzbs, bvbd shzbs $mr Ehvc&s sgm! emmr cde smlb $mr tgb emwdtmwd `hngt

!msts, c`mdn whtg rbnu`cr shzb mdbs $mr hdehvheuc` nubsts. Ehvc wcs sm bdtgrc``be tgct c``

wcs nmhdn sm !br$b"t`y, sgb tmtc``y $mrnmt cimut gmw `ctb ht wcs. *ght, sgb wghs!brbe,

N`httbr, H ibttbr gbce mut smmd, ht&s nbtthdn `ctb md lb cde H sth`` gcvb smlb tghdns tm nbt

$rml tgb nrm"bry stmrb md tgb wcy mut.


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Dm !rmi`blc, 3uh"y $ruht, ymu gcvb !`bdty m$ thlb tm em tgct, 3ust `mm#s ecr# mut,

iut ymu&`` ib c`rhngt, N`httbr !cttbe gbr gcde cde tmm# Ehvc&s "rbeht "cre cde sbdt gbr md

gbr wcy, nhvhdn gbr c ibcr gun cde tgbd !ctthdn gbr ibghde cs Ehvc wc`#be mut cde sche,

bmw+ Cde "`msbe tgb emmr cde m"#b

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