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skerieas wa nkoa
Cklia
–Ygu’ra sura ygu wklt tg dg tbis7„ ny wky gvarsaxad `ast
jriald ksoad na jgr wbkt saanad cioa tba niccigltb tina silea
I’d wkcoad tbrgumb tba dggrs gj tba limbtecu` wbara sba
wgroad—kld pckyad—tba scut,
Daz wks ny rgeo, Uba bacd na dgwl wbal cija mgt tgg sari.
gus# kld it wks gvar.tba.tgp sarigus kt tba ngnalt, Daz wks
sbgrt jgr Dasdanglk# wbieb cggsacy trklscktad naklt –gj tba
davic,„ Uba’d ebklmad bar lkna tba dky sba turlad aimbtaal#
glcy `aekusa bar pkralts rajusad tg cat bar dg sg `ajgra tbal,
Uariguscy# bar pkralts bkd lknad bar Vrileass wbal sba wks
`grl# `ut ij klygla gtbar tbkl tban triad tg ekcc bar tbkt# it
wks k `kr `rkwc il tba nkoilm, Daz wks erkzy `akutijuc# tba
sgrt gj `gsgny `k`a ygu rakd k`gut il kcc tba rgnklea lgvacs8
cglm# sicoy `ckeo bkir# bgurmckss mura# cams tbkt mg gl jgr dkys#
kld tba jkea gj k mgddass, Tba glcy prg`can wks tbkt sba ekr.
riad barsacj cioa k `ioar ebieo, Uba kcsg cioad tg tast.rida kcc tba
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–Lg# I’n lgt sura# Daz# `ut I bkva tg, Ug stgp ksoilm na
`ajgra ygu nkoa na ebklma ny nild kld I mg rullilm gut gj
bara cioa tba sekrady ekt wa `gtb olgw I rakccy kn#„ I slkppad
kt bar,
Uba lavar tggo ny drknk tgg parsglkccy# `aekusa sba mkva
hust ks mggd ks sba mgt, @gy# did sba avar, Kld sba bkd lgt kl
gulea gj sbkna jgr it,
–Kld ygu’ra rakccy wiccilm tg miva up ygur Z.ekrd tg k
tgtkc strklmar7 Ukls rgnklea7 Lg wililm# lg dililm# lg sixty.
lililm7„ Bar ileassklt quastiglilm mrktad gl ny ckst larva#
`ut I olaw it wks `aekusa sba cgvad na kld wkltad tg `a sura
I’d eglsidarad avarytbilm, ]a bkd mgla gvar kcc tba prgs kld
egls witb k la.tggtbad egn`# kld I rakccy didl’t tbilo wa
bkd nissad klytbilm, @ut tba ulolgwl wks wbkt wgrriad na
tba ngst,
–Il axebklma jgr ny ngtbar’s cija7 Il k bakrt`akt#„ I skid ks
I jgccgwad bar dgwl tba dkro egrridgr tbkt cad tg tba uldar.
`accy gj Jgrapcky# tba ecu` wbara sba wgroad, Jgrapcky8 tbkt
wks wbara ny cija wgucd ebklma, It wks tba pgilt gj lg raturl,
Ny ngtbar# Jkya# wks tarnilkccy icc, Uba bkd kcwkys bkd
k wako bakrt# kld it bkd prgmrassivacy mgttal wgrsa gvar tba
yakrs, Uba bkd lakrcy diad wbica mivilm `irtb tg na# `ut bkd
nklkmad tg `gulea `keo jrgn tbkt kld egultcass gtbar gpark.
tigls kld prgeaduras, Tbara wks lg `guleilm `keo lgw, Bar
cimbt wks jkdilm altiracy tgg jkst,
Uba wks sg wako kld jrkic kt tbis stkma tbkt sba wks `adrid.
dal# `ut lgt `ajgra bkvilm `aal il kld gut gj bgspitkcs sg
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naat its prgduetigl lun`ars, I lavar `cknad bin jgr tbkt, Uba
wks bis wija# kld ba tggo bis duty ks bar bus`kld vary sari.
guscy, Uba wks bis tg ekra jgr# hust cioa sba wgucd’va ekrad jgr
bin ij tba rgcas bkd `aal ravarsad, @ut lg hg` naklt lg bakctb
ilsurklea, It kcsg naklt wa wara jgread tg civa gjj tba nakmar
skvilms keegult ny jktbar bkd nklkmad tg tueo kwky jgr tbair
mgcdal yakrs, Armg# purebksilm bakctb ilsurklea wks k cuxury
ny pkralts egucd lgt kjjgrd, Jkltkstie situktigl# bub7
Tbilms bkd mgttal aval wgrsa, Jkya’s icclass bkd prgmrassad
tg tba pgilt tbkt k bakrt trklspcklt wks assaltikc il grdar jgr
bar tg egltilua civilm, Tbkt `it gj laws bkd tkoal k tgcc gl kcc
gj us# `ut lgla ngra tbkl Nkeo,
I’d wktebad ny jktbar dky il kld dky gut, Ba bkd `aal cgs.
ilm waimbt# bis prinkry eglearl jgr bis wija gvarsbkdgwilm bis
gwl ekra, Kld tba dkro rilms uldar bis rad ayas nkda it g`vi.
gus tbkt ba bkdl’t `aal mattilm ks nueb scaap ks ba sbgucd
bkva# aitbar, @a tbkt ks it nky# ba bkd kcwkys put gl k `rkva jkea
jgr ny ngtbar, Uba bkd keeaptad bar innilalt danisa# `ut
ny jktbar , , , ba sticc bacd gut bgpa, Tba prg`can wks tbkt bis
bgpa wks dinilisbilm, It wks oiccilm bis vary sguc tg wkteb bar
dia k cittca ngra akeb dky, I tbilo k piaea gj bin walt witb
avary cittca piaea gj bar,
I bkd wkcoad il gl bin gla limbt kjtar ny ngtbar bkd
jkccal jkst kscaap, Ba wks scunpad gvar il bis raecilar# bakd il
bis bklds# sbgucdars bakvilm jrgn bis disbakrtalad sg`s,
Ba bkdl’t naklt jgr klygla tg saa bin tbkt wky, @ut I bkd,
Lavar bkd I saal bin sg daspgldalt, Tbara wks tbis lkm.
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citarkccy ngurl binsacj tg daktb, Tbara wks lg dgu`t il ny
nild,
I bkd tg dg sgnatbilm, I wks dasparkta tg nkoa avarytbilm
`attar, Tg nkoa tban `attar,
Daz wks ny `ast jriald, Ny vary `ast jriald, I bkd kcwkys
sbkrad avarytbilm witb bar# sg sba wks wbgccy kwkra gj tba
situktigl, Dasparkta tinas ekccad jgr dasparkta naksuras# kld
kjtar saailm hust bgw dasparkta I bkd `aegna# sba bkd lkccy
tgcd na k`gut tba ngra sekldkcgus `usilass tbkt wks egl.
duetad `alaktb Jgrapcky,
Uegtt Ebristgpbar# tba gwlar# wks wbkt gla nimbt ekcc kl
kmmrassiva altrapralaur, @ksiekccy# ba wks k pinp# `ut lgt kly
rul.gj.tba.nicc pinp gl tba straats, Lg# ba’d murad gut k
wky tg tkp tba pgeoats gj tbgsa wbgsa pgeoats wara gvarffgw.
ilm, Bis wks k bimb.eckss gparktigl# kl kuetigl wbara wgnal
wara sgcd tg tba bimbast `iddar, Jgrapcky nimbt bkva `aal
tba jkea gj bis `usilass# `ut tba kuetigl wks bis `rakd kld
`uttar, It wks k `im jrkt pkrty gl tgp# egccama oids ldilm tbair
laxt bggoup kld mattilm sg wkstad tbay egucdl’t ranan`ar
tbair lknas# wbieb wks tba parjaet egvar jgr tba ralad as.
tk`cisbnalt uldarlaktb, Jrgn wbkt I uldarstggd# sgna gj
tba wgnal—nysacj ilecudad— wara pkrtieipktilm vgcultkricy#
wbica gtbars gwad Uegtt il sgna wky, Uaccilm tbair `gdias wks
tbair ckst.diteb ajjgrt tg rapky bin# aval tbgumb it naklt cgs.
ilm tbair jraadgn il tba prgeass,
Daz tgcd na tbkt tba ecialts wara kcwkys nal witb jkt `klo
keegults, Aval tba wgrcd’s riebast tyeggls bkd k tbirst jgr tba
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ffasb kld lavar bkva tg wgrry k`gut tbair saerat mattilm gut,
@ut it wks cueo gj tba drkw—I egucd ald up witb sgnagla mrk.
eigus kld oild# gr k tgtkc tyrklt wbg alhgyad dgnilktilm bis
prgparty, Ij bistgry wks kly ildiektigl# I’d ald up witb tba
ckttar, I bkdl’t axketcy bkd tba `ast gj cueo il ny cija# sg wby
sbgucd I `aciava tba pgwars tbkt `a wgucd mrklt na kly jkvgrs
lgw7
Ny ngtbar’s icclass bkd raquirad eglstklt skeriea lgt glcy
jrgn ny jktbar `ut jrgn na ks wacc, It wksl’t cioa I wks rasalt.
juc# ̀ ut ilstakd gj mgilm tg egccama# I bkd stkyad bgna witb bar
sg tbkt ny jktbar egucd wgro, Lgw tbkt ba didl’t bkva k hg`#
tbay skw lg raksgl jgr na tg jaac g`cimktad tg stieo krguld, I’d
lavar jact g`cimktad, Uba wks ny ngtbar# kld I cgvad bar, @a.
sidas# I sticc bkdl’t nkda up ny nild k`gut wbkt I wkltad tg
dg witb ny jutura klywky, Ygu’d tbilo k wgnkl gj twalty.
jgur wgucd bkva bkd bar cija tgmatbar# `ut lg# lgt rakccy,
It nimbt bkva `aal k pratty cgw ngva gl ny pkrt# mattilm
tbair bgpas up kld kcc# `ut cioa I skid# bgpa wks sgnatbilm tbkt
wks ckeoilm il ny bgusabgcd# kld it eartkilcy egucdl’t burt tg
miva tban k cittca, Ug I nklkmad tg sueeassjuccy eglvilea ny
ngtbar kld jktbar tbkt I bkd segrad k supar.swaat# kcc.axpalsas.
pkid sebgckrsbip tg LYQ, Yas# I olaw tbkt wksl’t sgnatbilm
tbkt wks cioacy tg bkppal kt tbis pgilt il ny cija# `ut ny pkr.
alts didl’t olgw# kld tbkt nkda kcc tba dijjaralea il tba wgrcd,
@ailm sg jkr kwky jrgn bgna naklt I wgucdl’t `a k`ca tg visit
ks gjtal# kld ks nueb ks it pkilad na tg `a kwky jrgn ny
dyilm ngtbar jgr sg cglm# it wks k`sgcutacy laeasskry jgr ny
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Tba dakc I bkd nkda witb Uegtt wks tbkt I wgucd kmraa tg
civa witb ny –gwlar„ jgr k parigd gj twg yakrs, Lg ngra# lg
cass, Kjtar tbkt# I wgucd `a jraa tg civa ny gwl cija, Axketcy
wbkt sgrt gj cija tbkt wgucd `a kt tbkt pgilt wks yat tg `a da.
tarnilad# `ut I bkd tg rankil pgsitiva, Pamkrdcass# twg yakrs
wks k snkcc priea tg pky tg alsura kly kngult gj tina jgr ny
ngtbar kld# uctinktacy# ny jktbar ks wacc,
Tba `kss egnilm jrgn tba ecu` nusie upstkirs pucsad
tbrgumb tba wkccs kld tggo gvar ny bakrt`akt# `ut I triad das.
parktacy lgt tg wisb I wks up tbara drgwlilm nysacj il `ggza
kld mggd tinas# cioa avarygla acsa wbg bkd lg ecua k`gut tba
saerat gutt tbkt axistad rimbt uldar tbair jaat, Tba wgnal
dgwl bara wara drgwlilm il sgnatbilm egnpcatacy dijjaralt,
]a stappad krguld tba ecu` dggrnkl bgcdilm k ZIV cist gl
k ecip`gkrd, Ba olaw wbg wa wara kld wby wa wara tbara# sg
ba cat us ilsida innadiktacy, I kcngst cgst ny larva ks wa nkda
gur wky pkst tba ergwd gj wgnal tbkt cilad tba bkccwky, Tbay
wara kl kssgrtad `uleb# sgna witb k ramkc kir k`gut tban kld
gtbars wbg cggoad cioa tbis wksl’t tbair rst tina kt `kt# `ut
parbkps it wks tba rst tina tbay’d nkda it tg tba `im cakmuas,
Akeb wgnkl bkd k lun`ar tkpad tg bar ̀ kra stgnkeb# kld tbay
wara stkldilm il jrglt gj k nirrgr tbkt cilad tba gppgsita wkcc,
–Twg. wky nirrgr#„ Daz axpckilad, –Akeb ecialt wbg egnas
il bks k writa. up gl avary mirc gl tba kuetigl `cgeo tglimbt,
Tbal tbay’ra bardad il bara cioa ekttca kld put gl dispcky jgr
tba bimb rgccars, It mivas tban kl gppgrtulity tg ebaeo gut tba
mggds sg tbay ekl daeida wbieb dasparkta mirc tbay nimbt wklt
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–Gb# busb, Ygu olgw I dgl’t nakl it cioa tbkt#„ sba skid#
tryilm tg nkoa na jaac `attar, –Ygu’ra wky tgg mggd jgr tbis
sgrt gj tbilm# kld ygu olgw it, Ygu’ra lgt tban,„ Uba ng.
tiglad tgwkrd tba gtbar wgnal il tba bkcc, –@ut I mat it,
Ygu’ra dgilm it jgr Jkya# kld tbkt bks tg `a tba ngst sacffass
tbilm I’va avar bakrd gj,„
Tbgsa gtbar wgnal egucd vary wacc bkva bkd tbair gwl
Jkya kt bgna# I tbgumbt ks I kvartad ny mkza sg ks lgt tg nkoa
aya egltket,
]a rakebad tba ald gj tba bkcc# kld Daz olgeoad gl tba
dggr, K vgiea yaccad jgr us tg egna il# `ut wbal Daz `keoad
gut gj tba wky kld ngtiglad tgwkrd tba altrklea# I pkl.
ieoad, Jucc.gl byparvalticktigl wks glcy ngnalts kwky# I hust
olaw it,
–Bay# cggo kt na,„ Daz jgread na tg jkea bar, –Ygu dgl’t
bkva tg mg il tbara, ]a ekl turl krguld rimbt lgw kld wkco
gut gj bara,„
–Lg# wa ekl’t#„ I skid# trangrs rkeoilm ny `gdy lg nkttar
bgw bkrd I triad tg stakdy ny larvas,
–I ekl’t mg il tbara witb ygu, Ygu’ra gl ygur gwl jrgn
bara gl gut#„ sba skid# ulk`ca tg egnpcatacy bida bar ramrat
kld wgrry,
I lgddad ny uldarstkldilm kld dueoad ny bakd sg sba
wgucdl’t saa tba takrs waccilm up il ny ayas,
Daz k`ruptcy bummad na tg bar ebast kld prketiekccy
squaazad tba kir jrgn ny culms, –Ygu ekl dg tbis, Bacc# nky`a
ygu’cc ketukccy mat sgna mggd sax gut gj it, Ygu lavar olgw,
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–Bk+ Lgt cioacy#„ I segjjad# kld nklkmad tg snica k cittca
`ajgra `keoilm gut gj bar skja an`rkea, –I’cc `a goky, Ygu hust
nkoa sura tba haro tbkt alds up witb na jgccgws tbrgumb gl
gur dakc, Ij ba dgasl’t# I axpaet ygu tg sald tba J@I il bara
witb muls k.`ckzil’,„
–Mirc# ygu kcrakdy olgw it, Kld ygu olgw tba dimits# sg ygu
`attar ekcc na witb stktus rapgrts gr I’n egnilm kjtar ygu, I
bkva tg mat `keo tg tba `kr lgw# `ajgra I cgsa ny hg` kld tba
ilsida seggp gl ygu, @ut ranan`ar tbkt I sgrt gj cioa ygu kld
sbit,„ Daz wksl’t gla jgr tba nusb# `ut I olaw tbkt wks egda
jgr I cgva ygu , Uba oissad ny ebaao kld skid# –Miva ’an bacc#
`k`a#„ ̀ ajgra swkttilm na gl tba kss kld turlilm tg wkco kwky,
Uba wksl’t jggcilm na, I skw tba wky bar sbgucdars eurcad
il kld sba dk``ad kt bar ayas witb bar lmartips wbal sba
tbgumbt I egucdl’t saa bar,
–I sgrt gj cioa ygu# tgg#„ I skid uldar ny ̀ raktb ̀ aekusa sba
wks kcrakdy gut gj akrsbgt,
I turlad tgwkrd tba dggr# psyebilm nysacj up `ajgra I cgst
ny larva kld `keoad gut, Gla tbgumbt gj ny ngtbar# kld I
olaw tbara wks lg turlilm `keo, Ug I gpalad tba dggr kld
nkrebad iltg tbkt gjea tg lkciza tba tarns gj ny egltrket,
Uegtt’s gjea cggoad cioa sgnatbilm I nimbt bkva axpaetad
jgr k Nkk oilmpil, Vcusb ekrpat egvarad tba ffggr# k `akutijuc
ebkldaciar bulm jrgn tba ealtar gj tba eaicilm# cimbtad mckss
eksas bacd vkrigus tbilms I kssunad egst k jgrtula# kld la krt
cilad tba wkccs, Eckssiekc nusie wkjtad jrgn ilvisi`ca spakoars
il kl kttanpt tg cura na iltg k jkcsa salsa gj saeurity, Tba
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`ut I olaw `attar, Ygu egucd put k suit kld tia gl k pim# `ut it
didl’t ebklma tba jket tbkt it wks sticc k pim,
Uegtt wks kt bis daso witb k eimkratta il gla bkld kld k
cgw`kcc gj wbisoay il tba gtbar, Bis jaat wara prgppad gl tba
daso wbica ba cgulmad `keo il bis ebkir# bis lmars diraetilm kl
ilvisi`ca grebastrk cioa ba bkdl’t k ekra il tba wgrcd,
Ba turlad tg cggo kt na kld mrillad `ajgra sittilm uprimbt
kld `uttilm bis eimkratta il k nkr`ca ksbtrky, –Kb# Ns, Tkc`gt,
I wgldarad ij ygu’d mrkea us witb kl kppakrklea tglimbt,„
Uqukrilm ny sbgucdars kld sattilm ny ebil# I cggoad bin il
tba aya, Tbis wks ny dakc# kld I wks il egltrgc ultic tba nglay
wks axebklmad, I wksl’t k`gut tg cat Uegtt Ebristgpbar tbilo
ba wks klytbilm gtbar tbkl tba niddcankl ba wks, –I skid I’d
`a bara# kld sg I kn,„
Ba stggd kld wkcoad tgwkrd na# lgt aval tryilm tg bida
tba jket tbkt ba wks ebaeoilm na gut jrgn bakd tg tga, –Tbkt’s
k vary mggd tbilm, I nimbt bkva bkd tg sald gut k sakreb.kld.
raseua takn tg trkeo ygu dgwl ij ygu bkdl’t sbgwl up, Ygu’ra
mgilm tg nkoa na k cgt gj nglay tglimbt,„
–Ekl wa pcaksa hust eglrn tba tarns gj ny egltrket7„ I
skid witb k simb, I didl’t trust bin# kld witb mggd raksgl, Ba
sgcd bunkls jgr k prgt witbgut kl gulea gj rangrsa, Bgw
egucd I trust klygla wbg did tbkt jgr k civilm7 Ij I’d bkd kly
gtbar kctarlktiva# I eartkilcy wgucdl’t bkva ̀ aal stkldilm tbara
kt tbkt ngnalt,
–Pimbt#„ ba skid# mgilm `keo tg bis daso kld gpalilm k nk.
lick jgcdar witb ny lkna writtal il `gcd `ckeo cattars kergss
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uisita jgr kcc wbg visit ny astk`cisbnalt, Tbay’ra tba ̀ im ̀ kccars#
tba acita cakmua gj maltcanal , , , k rakc lg.lglsalsa sgrt witb
ngra nglay tbkl tbay olgw wbkt tg dg witb, Tbair raksgls
jgr `ailm iltarastad il tba typa gj narebkldisa tbkt I dakc il
kra tbair gwl# kld I dgl’t pry ks cglm ks tbay’ra pkyilm,„
Tba glcy sgckea I tggo il kmraailm tg tbis# gtbar tbkl tba
jket tbkt I’d `a skvilm ny ngtbar’s cija# wks tbkt I olaw sgna.
gla witb algumb pucc egucd mukrkltaa tba pkygut raquirad tg
nkoa sura ny ngn mgt tba surmary sba laadad kld oaap bis
ngutb sbut k`gut it il tba prgeass, Lg gla witb tbkt nueb
nglay wkltad tba wgrcd tg olgw k`gut bis ilvgcvanalt il
sueb kl gparktigl, Kld I ngst eartkilcy didl’t wklt ny pkr.
alts tg ld gut k`gut it, Tbkt olgwcadma kcgla wgucd `a
algumb tg sald tban tg tbair mrkvas# tbara`y tgtkccy lamktilm
wbkt I wks tryilm tg dg jgr tban,
Tba gtbar paro# gr kt cakst I bgpad sg# wks tbkt klygla wbg
egucd kjjgrd tg dg tbis wgucd kcsg `a ralad algumb lgt tg
nkoa ny cija k tgtkc civilm bacc, I wksl’t lkçva? I olaw tbara
wara sgna twistad pagpca gut tbara witb sgna sieo jatisbas#
`ut I bacd gut bgpa lglatbacass,
–I kssuna ygu’ra sticc eggc witb ny twalty parealt eut7„ ba
ksoad# sbujffilm tba pkpars,
–Liea try, ]a kmraad gl tal parealt#„ I skid# lgt gla `it
knusad `y bis kttanpt tg bustca na,
–Pimbt# rimbt, Tal parealt, Tbkt’s wbkt I naklt,„ Ba mkva
na k wilo tbkt nkda ny soil erkwc# tbal ba pusbad tba egl.
trket kergss tba daso kld bkldad na k pal, –Hust siml bara , , ,
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juccy kwkra tbkt I wks simlilm kwky tba laxt twg yakrs gj ny
cija, It wks k snkcc priea tg pky,
Ubgrtcy kjtarwkrd# I wks usbarad iltg klgtbar rggn wbara
I wks tgcd tg strip dgwl kld put gl tba soinpiast `ioili tbkt
I’d avar saal, It rakccy cajt lgtbilm kt kcc tg tba inkmilktigl#
wbieb I mktbarad wks prg`k`cy tba pgilt, Tba nal wkltad tg
saa tba narebkldisa `ajgra tbay pkid tgp dgcckr, I mgt tbkt# `ut
it didl’t nkoa na jaac kly cass axpgsad kld vuclark`ca, Jrgn
tbara# k bkir kld nkoaup stycist did bar tbilm# nkoilm na cggo
sinpcy acamklt kld# surprisilmcy# lgt trksby,
Kjtar tbkt# Uegtt saeurad cueoy lun`ar sixty.lila tg ny
stgnkeb, I oapt ny bakd bacd bimb ks I hgilad tba gtbar wgnal
il jrglt gj tba twg. wky nirrgr, Tba wgrst pkrt wks tbkt wbica
Mgd glcy olaw wbg gr wbkt wks gl tba gtbar sida gj tba nir.
rgr cggoilm kt na# I egucdl’t saa tban, ]bkt I egucd saa#
tbgumb# wks nysacj, I wksl’t egleaitad `y kly nakls# `ut I
bkd tg kdnit tbkt I cggoad mggd egnpkrad tg tba gtbar
wgnal,
I bkd lavar eglsidarad nysacj drgp.dakd mgrmagus# `ut I
wks mggd.cggoilm, Ny `cgld bkir wks cglm kld tbieo, Ny ayas
waral’t klytbilm spaeikc# k ducc `cua# `ut glea upgl k tina
tbay bkd `aal jucc gj cija, Tbkt wks `ajgra ny ngtbar’s icclass
bkd tkoal k turl jgr tba wgrsa, I wksl’t parjaet il tba `gdy
dapkrtnalt# ̀ ut I wksl’t tgg jkt gr tgg soilly# kld I bkd eurvas
il wbkt I kcwkys inkmilad wara tba rimbt pckeas, Kcc il kcc# k
mggd sbgwilm# I bgpad,
Gla `y gla# tba wgnal wara puccad gut gj tba rggn, Kt
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tg `a pieoad, @ut tbal tbay ekccad ny lun`ar kld I nkda ny
wky tgwkrd tba skna `ckeo dggr I bkd saal tba gtbars `ajgra
na diskppakr tbrgumb, Glea I stappad ilsida# I wks cad tg tba
ealtar gj tba rggn, Kcc krguld na tbara wara snkccar kraks
witb mckss wkccs, Akeb rggn wks jurlisbad witb gla dincy cit
tk`ca cknp# k tacapbgla# kld k eusby rad vacvat ebkir, It wks
g`vigus tbkt tba glcy tbilm tba geeupklts gj tba rggns bkd il
egnngl witb akeb gtbar wks nglay—kld cgts gj it,
Tba rst rggn wks geeupiad ̀ y k sbaio witb dkro sulmckssas#
k cglm wbita bakddrass# kld k `usilass suit, Twg gj tba wgnal
wbg bkd `aal il tba bkccwky witb na akrciar wara gl aitbar
sida gj bin# sbgwarilm bin witb oissas wbica ru``ilm bis ergteb
kld ebast, I kvartad ny ayas il an`krrkssnalt# glcy tg `a
jkead witb k nkl il klgtbar rggn,
Tbis muy wks buma# cioa `im.ks.k.bgusa buma, Ba ranildad
na k cgt gj Hk``k tba Butt, K pietura gj Vrileass Caik ebkilad
laxt tg bin ffksbad kergss ny nild# kld k sbivar rkl dgwl ny
spila, I bkd lavar `aal gla tg inkmila nysacj ks Vrileass Caik
ks k ebicd# kld I ngst eartkilcy wksl’t mgilm tg stkrt lgw,
Il tba rggn laxt tg bin wks k tily muy witb twg buma
`gdymukrds stkldilm laxt tg bin, Tbair bklds wara ergssad il
jrglt gj tban# kld I inkmilad tbkt wks prg`k`cy tba ecgsast
tbay bkd avar egna tg ̀ ailm rackxad, Tba cittca muy bkd bis cams
ergssad kcc dkilty.cioa kld wks sippilm gl sgna jruity sgrt gj
drilo witb kl un`racck stieoilm gut gj it, Bis wbita hkeoat bulm
eksukccy gvar bis sbgucdars cioa ba wks hust tgg eggc tg ketukccy
put it gl, I muassad tba nkca vkriaty wks ngra bis typa, I
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tba pu`cie aya wbica saeratcy slakoilm sgnagla il tba `keo
dggr# ij ygu mat ny drijt,
I cggoad tgwkrd tba ckst rggn kld simbad ilwkrdcy wbal I
skw tbkt tba cimbt wks gut, Kppkraltcy wbgavar bkd `aal il
tbara bkd kcrakdy nkda bis sacaetigl kld cajt# wbieb didl’t miva
na nueb bgpa k`gut tba rankililm kssgrtnalt,
Kld tbal k snkcc grklma cimbt ffieoarad jrgn tba dkroalad
rggn cioa tba an`ar gl tba ald gj k raealtcy pujjad eimkratta,
I cggoad ecgsar kld egucd jkiltcy nkoa gut tba cilas gj k `gdy
sittilm eksukccy il tba ebkir, Tba mura caklad jgrwkrd k `it tg
rakdhust bis pgsitigl# mrkltilm na k `attar cggo kt bin# `ut lgt
algumb tg `a k`ca tg nkoa klytbilm gut,
–Maltcanal#„ Uegtt skid witb k eckp gj bis bklds ks ba ekna
tg stkld `abild na, –Tbis is tba cgvacy Dackila Tkc`gt# itan
lun`ar sixty.lila gl gur cist tglimbt, I `aciava ygu bkva kcc gj
bar spaes# `ut kccgw na tg bimbcimbt sgna gj bar lar kttri.
`utas,
–Jirst kld jgrangst# sba bks egna tg us gj bar gwl keegrd,
G`viguscy# sba’s spaetkeuckr tg cggo kt# wbieb ekl nkoa cija
illitacy aksiar jgr tbgsa gj ygu wbg raquira k pkrtlar tg kt.
tald sgeikc juletigls, Uba’s ygulm# `ut lgt tgg ygulm# sg ygur
jrialds kld jknicy wicc ld it ngra `aciavk`ca tbkt ygu bkva k
trkditiglkc typa gj racktiglsbip# ij tbkt sgrt gj tbilm is inpgr.
tklt tg ygu, Uba’s aduektad kld wacc.nkllarad# bks kcc bar
taatb# kld is il mggd bakctb, Kld tbara’s lg drum prg`can tg
`a `gtbarad witb# wbieb nakls lg datgx parigd tg bgcd ygu
`keo jrgn wbkt ygu rakccy wklt tg dg witb bar , , , kld tg bar,
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mrkda K virmil, Qlsucciad# ultguebad , , , pura ks tba jrasb.
jkccal slgw, Varjaet tg trkil# lg7 ]itb tbkt skid# cat’s stkrt tba
`iddilm kt gla niccigl dgcckrs# kld nky tba cueoiast `kstkrd
wil#„ ba lisbad witb k buma jkoa snica, Ba turlad tg wilo kt
na kld tbal stappad gjj tg tba sida,
Tba pcktjgrn tbkt I stggd gl il tba niddca gj tba rggn
`amkl tg ngva# kld kctbgumb it wksl’t axketcy gl wkrp spaad#
it sticc ekumbt na ulkwkras# kld I stun`cad k cittca `ajgra I ra.
mkilad ny `kcklea, Krguld kld krguld I walt wbica tba `id.
dilm prgeass `amkl, Tbara wara lg kudi`ca sgulds gj vgieas#
hust tba geeksiglkc ̀ uzz ks tba cimbts gvar tba dggrs iccunilktad,
I egucd saa tba nal pieo up tba tacapbgla `asida tban kld
spako iltg tba raeaivar `ajgra tbair cimbt cit up# sg I kssunad
tbkt wks tbair natbgd gj pckeilm `ids,
I bkd lg idak bgw bimb tba `ids wara mgilm, I hust bgpad
tbkt it aldad witb algumb tg pky jgr Jkya’s surmary, Kjtar k
wbica# tba sbaio kld tba tily muy drgppad gut# cakvilm Hk``k
tba Butt kld Nystary Nkl tg `kttca it gut, Uura# I bkd lg idak
wbkt Nystary Nkl cggoad cioa# `ut ba bkd tg `a `attar tbkl
drgwlilm il k pggc gj Hk``k tba Butt,
Tba ̀ iddilm ̀ atwaal tba twg gj tban ̀ amkl tg scgw dgwl#
kld I wks `aegnilm ileraksilmcy dizzy jrgn spillilm krguld
gl tba pcktjgrn, Il trutb# I hust wkltad it tg `a gvar witb sg
tbkt I wgucd olgw ny jkta kld egucd mat gl witb it, I wks sticc
saeratcy rggtilm jgr tba nystarigus strklmar,
Hk``k tba Butt’s cimbt wks tba ckst tg ffksb# kld I olaw tba
`id wks ̀ keo tg Nystary Nkl# ̀ ut ba wksl’t klswarilm, I stkrtad
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Nystary Nkl’s diraetigl, I olaw it wks g`vigus `y tba cggo il
ny ayas tbkt I wks pcakdilm witb bin# kld I bkd lg ecua wbkt.
sgavar ij it nkda k `it gj dijjaralea tg bin gla wky gr tba gtbar#
`ut I bkd tg try,
Tba saeglds tieoad `y kmglizilmcy, Avarytbilm saanad tg
ngva il scgw ngtigl# kld I jact cimbt.bakdad kld dizzy, I olaw
tbkt I wks mgilm tg pkss gut kt kly ngnalt ij I didl’t mat sgna
gxymal tg ny `rkil# `ut I wks bgcdilm ny `raktb# prkyilm tbkt
Nystary Nkl wgucd egna tbrgumb jgr na kld tbkt I wgucdl’t
ramrat wiccilm bin tg `a tba willar,
–It cggos cioa wa bkva k wil—„ Uegtt stkrtad# `ut k`ruptcy
stgppad wbal tba cimbt k`gva Nystary Nkl’s rggn cit up kld
tba `uzzar sguldad,
I sueoad il k nueb.laadad `raktb# jaacilm ny `rkil tilmca
witb tba cija.mivilm salsktigl, Ny bakd sbgt tgwkrd Hk``k tba
Butt, I simbad il raciaj wbal ba sbggo bis bakd kld wkvad bis
bkld disnissivacy il tba kir `ajgra strummcilm tg pusb gut gj bis
ebkir tg axtilmuisb tba cimbt gl tba tk`ca,
–Ygu bkva k law gwlar# Niss Tkc`gt#„ Uegtt eggad# k cittca
tgg ecgsa tg ny akr, –]by dgl’t ygu wkco gl gvar kld naat
ygur nkstar7„
–I’n lgt ekccilm bin nkstar#„ I saatbad# cgud algumb jgr
glcy Uegtt tg bakr na ks ba jgread na tg stap dgwl jrgn tba
pcktjgrn,
–Ygu’cc ekcc bin wbktavar ba wklts ygu tg ekcc bin ij ygu
wklt tba eggc twg niccigl ba hust pkid jgr ygu#„ ba ratgrtad#
mrk``ilm ny ac`gw kld muidilm na tgwkrd Nystary Nkl’s
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ac`gw gut gj bis mrip `aekusa bis nklbkldcilm wks lgt pkrt gj
tba dakc kld ba wks rakccy pissilm na gjj, Bgwavar# ba mrk``ad
na kmkil# ngra rncy tbis tina# kld puccad na jgrwkrd,
–]bkt7 Lgt algumb7 Mraady cittca tbilm# kral’t ygu7„
]itbgut mivilm na k ebklea tg raspgld# ba gpalad tba mckss
dggr tg Nystary Nkl’s rggn kld altarad witb na il tgw,
Tba gdgr gj eimkratta sngoa kttkeoad ny gcjketgry salsa#
`ut strklmacy# I wksl’t rapucsad,
–Niss Dackila Tkc`gt#„ Uegtt iltrgduead na tg tba mura
sticc sbrgudad il dkrolass, –Eglmrktucktigls gl ygur wil# Nr,
Erkwjgrd, I bkva k jaacilm sba’cc `a wgrtb avary pally,„
–Bkva tba egltrket salt tg ny kddrass#„ k daap# suctry
vgiea skid jrgn tba sbkdgws, Tba ebarry gl tba ald gj bis
eimkratta `ckzad kld cit up bis jakturas dincy `ajgra ba diskp.
pakrad kmkil, –Kld tkoa ygur bklds gjj ny prgparty# jgr
Ebrist’s skoa, I’n lgt pkyilm jgr dknkmad mggds,„
Uegtt racaksad bis bgcd gl na innadiktacy# kld I ru``ad kt
tba spgt gl tba `keo gj ny krn# olgwilm tbara wks mgilm tg
`a k `ruisa tbara `y ngrlilm,
–Ks ygu wisb,„ Uegtt `gwad ulearangliguscy, –Tkoa ygur
tina witb tba rggn# `ut `a ekrajuc—sba’s k jaisty gla,„
I wksl’t rakccy sura wbkt I wks suppgsad tg dg# sg I hust
stggd tbara kwowkrdcy jgr wbkt saanad cioa jgravar,
]bal I bkd k`gut eglvilead nysacj tbkt ba nimbt ketukccy
`a pckllilm gl tba twg gj us stkyilm tbara jgr tba durktigl gj
tba twg yakrs# ba lkccy simbad kld `uttad gut bis eimkratta,
Tba cimbt ecieoad gl# ngnaltkricy `cildilm na# `aekusa ny
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Ny stgnkeb ffippad# kld I swakr I tbilo ny bakrt soippad k
`akt , , , gr twg , , , nky`a tbraa,
Ba wks mgrmagus, Kld I wks bkvilm k rakccy bkrd tina lgt
gmcilm bin, Ba sinpcy skt tbara sniroilm ks I tggo bin il, Ba
wks drassad il k tkicgr.nkda suit# `ckeo gl `ckeo, Ba wksl’t
wakrilm k tia# kld tba tgp `uttgls gj bis sbirt wara uldgla tg
ravakc bis egcckr`glas kld k `riaj paao kt k seucptad ebast witb
k snkttarilm gj bkir, Ny ayas jgccgwad tba timbt taldgls gj bis
laeo tg bis prgnilalt hkw# sbkdgwad witb tba `amillilms gj k
`akrd, Bis cips wara sueeucalt kld tba parjaet sbkda gj daap
pilo# bis lgsa wks strkimbt kld parjaet# kld bis ayas , , , ny Mgd#
bis ayas, Lavar bkd I saal k bkzac sg iltalsa kld iljusad witb sg
nkly dijjaralt egcgrs# gr k nkl witb cksbas tbkt cglm, Bis dkro
`rgwl bkir wks eut sbgrt# cglmar gl tgp witb tba jrglt spioad,
Ba wks quita pgssi`cy tba ngst `akutijuc nkl I’d avar saal,
Ba rkisad bis bkld kld rkoad bis cglm lmars tbrgumb bis
bkir, ]batbar it wks il kmmrkvktigl kt ny gmcilm gr gut gj
bk`it# I bkd lg idak# `ut it wks saxy lglatbacass,
I stkrtad tg quastigl wby sgnagla wbg cggoad cioa bin
wgucd laad tg mg tg tba axtrana gj purebksilm k egnpkligl
wbal ba egucd g`viguscy bkva klygla ba wkltad, @ut tbal ba
gpalad bis ngutb# ranildilm na tbkt tbis wks lg jkiry.tkca
alegultar kld tbilms wara axpaetad gj na—tbilms I bkd tg dg
wbatbar I wkltad tg gr lgt,
–]acc# cat’s saa ij ygu’ra wgrtb it#„ ba simbad ks ba uldid bis
pklts kld puccad gut bis nkssiva egeo,
I cggoad kt bin dun`jguldad# `aekusa suracy ba didl’t
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–Gl ygur olaas# Dackila# gr tba dakc is gjj kld ygu ekl mg
bgna witb tba ckrd.kss il tba gtbar rggn, Ba rakccy saanad tg
wklt ygu#„ ba skid witb k saxy sniro wbica ba strgoad bis mcgri.
gus egeo, –Ubgw na ygur kppraeiktigl,„
Vrg`can lun`ar gla8 I bkd lavar mival k `cgw hg` il ny
altira cija,
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