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Scxg~trxb yrktitgk`s tiab` exkm Agò Fimbs Ubxsgk` i`d @bw Agò Fimbs

Ubxsgk`.

Ill xgojts xbsbxubd. @k ~ixt ke tjgs ~rhlgcitgk` mi hb xb~xkdrcbd, stkxbd g` i

xbtxgbuil sstbm, kx txi`smgttbd g` i` ekxm kx h i` mbi`s blbctxk`gc,

mbcji`gcil, ~jktkck~gò, xbckxdgò, kx ktjbxwgsb wgtjkrt tjb ~xgkx wxgttb`

~bxmgssgk` ke tjb ~rhlgsjbx i`d ck~xgojt kw`bx.

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Dbdgcitbd tk m hblkubd Siugkx. Mi tjbxb ilwis hb k`b mi` wgllg`o tk

sti`d ekx Jgs txrtj ̀ k mittbx wjit tjb ckst.

I`d tk m eitjbx —wjk gs srcj i mi`.



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_GTJKRT TJB G@^RT I@D B@CKRX IOBMB@T KE SKMB UBXW s~bcgil ~bk~lb, tjgs hkka ~xkhihl wkrld `bubx jiub ekr`d gts wi g`tk krx ji`ds. G` `k ~ixtgcrlix kxdbx, tjksb ~bk~lb ixb6

Im, wjk xbmig`s m hgoobst ei`.Miivgij Mkr`tig`, ekx tjbgx ck`sti`t b`ckrxiomb`t i`d ekx ~bxekxmgò

tjbgx g`gmgtihlb ubxsgk` ke “Krtliw Ci`k`” twk bixs iok g` Gllg`kgs.M eigtjerl, lkò-sreebxgò ~xkkexbidbxs6 Sjigì, I`ì, Siob, Tbd, i`d

Lg`di. Fbxbm, wgtjkrt wjksb ckm~rtbx bz~bxtgsb, G wkrld jiub hbb` sbxgkrsl

lkst.Dbxba, wjksb k~g`gk` ilwis mittbxs)

I`d, egìll, Bxgc _jgtxkca wjk ~b``bd tjb skò “Krtliw Ci ̀k`” i`dg`txkdrcbd mb tk i lkò-iok tgmb, wjb` mb` wbxb stgll mb` i`d txrtj i`dxgojt wbxb stgll ugxtrbs wkxtj dgò ekx.

Tjià kr ill. Mi tjb hxbid kr jiub cist r~k` m witbxs hb xbtrx`bd tk kr mi` tgmbs kubx.



“Hxiub mb` hlbbd i`d hxiub mb` dgb, i`d tjb ckwixd lgubs i sliub.

Hrt xbd tjb hlkkd tjit dbd tjb ~lig` — ̀ k ckwixd eglls tjb Krtliw‗s oxiub.”

— exkm “Tjb Krtliw‗s Lrllih”



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TJB _BIA EILL I@D TJB STXK@O CK@YRBX.

Tjit wis skmbtjgò tjb mifkx, @itji`gbl _glckca, jid hbb` ~kr`dgò g`tk Sji`b‗s jbid sg`cb tjb di Sji`b jid egxst lbet jgs mktjbx‗s jkrsb g`tkw` tk lgub k` tjb Dkrhlb Jkka Xi`cj. Jb jid hbb` i s~g`dl twblub bixsit tjb tgmb, `kt kld b`kroj tk r`dbxsti`d tjit tjb mifkx‗s wkxds wb`t i` erxtjbx tji` tjb wbi`lgò cilubs krtsgdb g` tjb hgo ckxxil.

Hrt g` tjb sgztbb` bixs sg`cb tjb` jb jid ckmb tk r`dbxsti`d yrgtb i ebw tjgòs. Jb r`dbxstkkd tjbm i`d mihb bub` ioxbbd wgtj tjbm — wjgcj dgd`‗t it ill bz~lig` wj jb wis lk~gò dkw` tjb jgll tk tjb xgubx wgtj tjb dblghbxitb

g`tb`tgk` ke g`tbxebxgò wgtj tjb mifkx‗s kxdbxs. Tjb xbhbllgkrs ebblgò g` jgscjbst wis i` rèimglgix k`b, i`d g` skmb ~ixt ke jgs hxig` tjit wkxxgbd jgm.

Tjb hxk`c obldgò jb wis xgdgò hkr`dbd dkw` tjb jgll wgtj i stgee stxgdbtjit mkxb tji` sigd jb wis`‗t tjxkroj hrcagò ekx tjb di. Sji`b ab~t i tgojt xbg` k` jgm. Jb wis`‗t g` tjb mkkd tk dbil wgtj i` ti`txrms exkm jgs jkxsb6jb‗d dbilt wgtj b`kroj ke srcj exkm ~bk~lb drxgò tjb list twk mk`tjs.

Ckwji`d Hiztbx Sjgxlb, xgdgò hbsgdb jgm, syrg̀ tbd e xkm hb`bitj i drst hlica jit hxgm. “_jit‗xb kr egorxgò k` dkgò;”

“Tjb‗xb mkugò krx cittlb, ixb`‗t tjb;”“Sbbms tk mb tjit‗s ~xkhihl wjit tjb mifkx kxdbxbd tjbm tk dk.”Tjb jkxsbs xbicjbd tjb ekkt ke tjb jgll i`d slkwbd tk i txkt. Sji`b oxr`tbd.

Twk mk`tjs iok, wjb` jb jid xbtrx`bd bixl exkm Xgcjmk`d i`d tjb liw scjkkl exkm wjgcj tjb mifkx jid sk hidl wi`tbd jgm tk oxidritb, jb jid`‗t



9> – A.M. _BGLI@D

bz~bctbd jgs xbisk`s ekx ckmgò jkmb tk hb r`dbxstkkd. Hrt, is ji~~b`bd skketb`, tjb mifkx jid srx~xgsbd jgm.

Sji`b jid sbb` tjb dgsi~~kg`tmb`t lrxagò g` tjb kld mi`‗s bbs1 jb jida`kw` tjit _glckca wis`‗t ji~~ wgtj tjb dbcgsgk`. I`d bt `kt k`l jid jgsdbcgsgk` hbb` iccb~tbd, hrt tjb mifkx jid ok`b sk eix is tk ji`d kubx tjbxbg`s ke tjb Dkrhlb Jkka.

“Wkr‗xb ekxbmi` `kw — gt‗s krxs tk xr`.”Tjit‗s wjit jb jid sigd, i`d Sji`b jid hblgbubd jgm — r`tgl gt jid hb-

ckmb clbix tjit tjgs ~xkmktgk` wis`‗t i oget. Gt wis i tbst.Gs gt i tbst G‗m eiglgò; Jgs exkw` dbb~b`bd.

Ijbid, wjbxb mb` exkm tjb `bgojhkxgò Hix M Xi`cj wbxb ~rsjgò Dkrhlb Jkka cittlb icxkss tjb xgubx, Sji`b ckrld sbb Fgm Mkxxbli twgstgò g`jgs siddlb tk lkka hica it tjbm. Bub` it tjit dgsti`cb tjb mi`‗s sckwl wis

ugsghlb. Jb lgetbd i` ixm i`d sjkrtbd skmbtjgò tk jgs mb`, tjb` oillk~bdkrt tk mbbt Sji`b.

Sji`b xbg`bd tk i stk~ i`d wigtbd. Hiztbx stk~~bd i ebw ebbt hbjg`d jgm.“_jit‗s tjgs;” Fgm cillbd hbekxb jgs jkxsb wis bub` tk i sti`dstgll. “Tjb

kld mi` dk`‗t txrst mb tk tiab cixb ke m kw` hrsg`bss;”“Gs gt krx hrsg`bss tk hb sjkugò krx ckws k`tk I`ì Cissgd‗s li`d;” Fgm lbi`bd hica g` jgs siddlb i`d xbstbd i ji`d k` jgs jkxsb‗s cxkr~.

“Icckxdgò tk @itji`gbl _glckca gt gs. Mihb jb dkbs`‗t ckmmr`gcitb wgtjjgs ekxbmi` is okkd is jb sjkrld.” Dbxgsgk` lrxabd g` tjb hica ke jgs oivb.

“Mihb.” Sji`b jid lgubd ixkr`d tjb Mkxxbli hks lkò b`kroj tk a`kw tjit tjb wgsbst wi tk dbil wgtj tjbm wis tk abb~ jgs tbm~bx tk jgmsble. Gt

wis`‗t Fgm‗s hrsg`bss tjit tjb mifkx jid`‗t sbb` egt tk tbll jgm ihkrt rsgò

Fgm‗s mb` tk sjkub Dkrhlb Jkka ckws k`tk Sr`dill li`d. Tjb k`l xbisk`jb jid dgsckubxbd tjbm it ill wis tjit jb i`d Hiztbx jid frst ji~~b`bd tk hboitjbxgò stxis exkm k`b ke tjb xgubx mbidkws.

Fgm s`kxtbd. “Dkbs`‗t mittbx ge kr‗xb ioxbbgò wgtj krx mifkx k` tjgsk`b kx `kt. Eimgl yrixxbls ig`‗t mrcj g` tjb wi ke m g`tbxbst. G dk`‗t cixbge kr lgab wjit jb‗s dkgò tk I`ì Cissgd kx `kt. Ill G a`kw gs, jb sigd mkubtjb ckws.” Jb lgetbd i egòbx tk tjb hxgm ke jgs jit. “ Idgós .”

Sji`b oxihhbd tjb hlica‗s xbg`. “Mkxxbli, wjit ji~~b`s hbtwbb` tjbDkrhlb Jkka i`d tjb Sr`dill gs `k`b ke krx ck`cbx`. Ok jkmb i`d tiabcixb ke krx kw` xi`cj.”

Hbjg`d jgm, Hiztbx‗s s~rx xkwbl fgòlbd, hrt jb dgd`‗t si i`tjgò. Hiz-tbx jid i jihgt ke abb~gò jgs kw` ckr`cgl k` wjb` tk s~bia.

I e lisj ke iòbx lgt r~ Fgm‗s bbs. “_jit dk kr tjgà G‗m txgò tk dk;



I MI@ CILLBD KRTLI_ – 99

Wkr mi `kt a`kw gt hbcirsb kr‗ub `bubx hbb` i`tjgò hrt _glckca‗s lgttlb~bt limh — hrt ge kr wi`t tk srxugub g` tjgs uillb, kr‗ub okt tk miab krxsble

mgojt rsberl.”“Tjit gs`‗t — ”“Wbij; Tjb` jkw ckmb xi`cjbs lgab I`ì Cissgd‗s ixb dgò; Ge kr‗xb

`kt rsberl tk @itji`gbl _glckca, kr dk`‗t sti g` tjgs uillb.”Sji`b lbt ok ke tjb xbg` i`d stxigojtb`bd r~. “Obt krt. G wi`t kr tk cxkss

tjit xgubx i`d abb~ k` xgdgò.”Tjb sjix~ clgca ke i ~gstkl hbgò ckcabd ~r`ctritbd jgs stitbmb`t. Hiztbx‗s

jkxsb wilabd ekxwixd twk stb~s. Fgm oli`cbd it Hiztbx, tjb` hica it Sji`b.

“_glckca wi`ts mb tk mkub tjksb cittlb. G‗m ̀ kt lbiugò r`lbss tjb obt mkubd.”“_b‗ll mkub tjbm,” Sji`b sigd.

Fgm jbsgtitbd, tjb` stixtbd tk wjbbl jgs jkxsb ixkr`d.“K`b tjgò mkxb — ” Sji`b stxigojtb`bd i lgttlb, syrixgò jgs sjkrldbxs.

“Ge kr g`tbxebxb wgtj tjb Sr`dill ioig`, hbgò rsberl tk tjb mifkx gs okgò tkhb tjb lbist ke krx ~xkhlbms.”

Fgm oiub jgm i jixd lkka, tjb` xkwblbd jgs jkxsb i`d oillk~bd hica tk jgsmb`, scittbxgò tjb jbxd ke Dkrhlb Jkka ckws is jb wb`t.

Hiztbx sjkubd jgs ~gstkl g`tk gts jklstbx i`d oli`cbd it Sji`b. “Tjgs iokkd tgmb ekx i yrbstgk`;” jb dxiwlbd.

Sji`b‗s bbs ekllkwbd tjb xbtxbitgò egorxbs ke tjb Hix M mb`. Skmbtgmbsjb dgd`‗t a`kw wjit ~kssbssbd jgm tk dk tjb tjgòs jb dgd. Tjb mifkx wkrld`kt hb ~lbisbd wgtj jgm. G` eict, jb wkrld hb dkw`xgojt erxgkrs. I`d wkxsb —

jb wkrld hb dgsi~~kg`tbd.“Jb.” Hiztbx lbi`bd hktj ji`ds ioig`st jgs siddlb jkx` i`d ~bbxbd g`tk

Sji`b‗s eicb. “Wkr‗xb okgò tk mkub tjbm cittlb wjbxb _glckca wi`ts ‚bm; Gag`d ke okt tjb gdbi tjit tjb wjklb ~kg`t ke jiugò tjgs lgttlb ixormb`t wis tkabb~ tjbm kee tjb Cissgd xiòb. Sjb‗s `kt okgò tk miab gt tgll wg`tbx ge wbabb~ sjkugò krx cittlb k`tk jbx xiòb lgab wb hbb` dkgò.”

“G a`kw gt.”“_gtj frst jbx i`d tjb kld mi` lbet k` tjb ~licb, G ci`‗t jixdl sbb tjbm

jiògò k` bub` tjxkroj tjb srmmbx.”Sji`b sjkt jgm i` iòx oli`cb. Jb dgd`‗t `bbd tk hb xbmg`dbd tjit ill

tjb Sr`dill jbl~ jid lbet. Gt jid hbb` h jgs kw` g`stxrctgk`s, twk wbbasiok, tjit jb‗d cixxgbd krt tjb mifkx‗s kxdbx ekx ill tjb ckwhks xgdgò ekx tjbSr`dill tk hb dgs~bxsbd — h wjitbubx mbi`s `bcbssix.

Jb jid`‗t lkkabd I`ì g` tjb bb sg`cb.“Mihb,” jb sigd. “Hrt tjb mifkx wi t̀s tjb citt lb mkubd, sk wb‗xb ok`ì

mkub tjbm.”



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“K`tk Cissgd li`d;”“^rsj ‚bm icxkss tjb xgubx.”

Hiztbx s~it i hxkw` stxbim ke tkhicck. “Tjit‗s Cissgd li`d.”“Tjit‗s xgojt.” Sji`b tgojtb`bd jgs xbg`s r`tgl tjb hi obldgò hicabd sbu-bxil stb~s. Jb lkkabd Hiztbx g` tjb bb. “Tjb` wb ~rsj tjbm hica icxkss.”

“Si ioig`;”“G sigd, ~rsj tjbm icxkss tjb xgubx, tjb` hxgò tjbm xgojt hica. Ge tjb

mifkx sis i`tjgò, kr tbll jgm tjb wbxb mkubd k`tk tjb Sr`dill.” Sji`bxkwblbd jgs jkxsb g`tk i lk~b, hrt `kt hbekxb jb siw Hiztbx‗s cxkkabd oxg`.

Tjb cittlb lkkabd r~ it jgm is jb xkdb g`tk tjbm, tjb ckws hiwlgò ekx

tjbgx cilubs. Tjb dgd`‗t jbsgtitb is tjb stxrò krt, jbidbd ekx tjb xgubx cxkss-gò. Sji`b wis olid1 jb wis`‗t g` tjb mkkd ekx i stxroolb.

Jb sjkrld jiub hbb` ~xkrd ke jgmsble, jb sr~~ksbd. Tjgs wjklb hrsg`bss wgtj I`ì Cissgd wis wxkò, i`d jkw ckrld jb sr~~kxt gt; Hrt `bgtjbx ckrld jb frstge wjit jb wis dkgò `kw.

Tjb mifkx wkrld`‗t r`dbxsti`d. Jb‗d sbb gt is dbegi`cb. I`d ge tjbxb wisi`tjgò blsb tjit Sji`b jid lbix`bd kubx tjb bixs, gt wis tjit jb wkrld

`bubx hb ihlb tk k~b`l dbe tjb mi` wjk jid ogub` jgm bubxtjgò.

Kld Dgbok Xkmiui wis wigtgò g` tjb hixìxd wjb` Sji`b i`d Hiztbx xkdb g`tk jbidyrixtbxs. Jb cimb ekxwixd tk tiab Sji`b‗s hxgdlb. “Tjb sbùkx

jb gs wigtgò ekx kr, mrcjicjk.”“_jit‗s jb wi`t;”Dgbok sjkka jgs jbid.Hiztbx swrò krt ke jgs siddlb. “Bubx obt tjb ebblgò tjit tjbxb ig`‗t mrcj

tjit kld mi` mgssbs;”“Wbij.” Sji b̀ dgsmkr`tbd i`d tkssbd Dgbok tjb xbg`s. “Tgb jgm it tjb xigl

ekx mb. G‗ll tiab cixb ke jgm g` i mg`rtb.”“Wkr ok`ì tbll jgm;” Hiztbx isabd.Tjit wis i yrbstgk` Sji`b jid hbb` isagò jgmsble ill tjb wi hica jkmb.

“Mihb.”“_jit‗xb kr tilagò ihkrt;” Dgbok isabd.Sji`b syrg`tbd it tjb jkrsb i`d it tjb lkò Exb`cj wg`dkws ke tjb mifkx‗s

keegcb. “_b mkubd skmb ke krx cittlb kee tjb Sr`dill.”“Jrj.” Dgbok sjkka jgs jbid. “G wkrld `kt tbll jgm, ge G wbxb kr. Tjit gs

k`l ckrxtgò txkrhlb.” I`d dgd`‗t Sji`b a`kw gt. Jb sjxroobd i`d trx`bd tk ok, cxkssgò tjb

hixìxd g` lkò stxgdbs. Jb tkka tjb ~kxcj stb~s twk it i tgmb. Tjb s~xiwlgò



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Sji`b stixbd hica, tkk xglbd tk cixb tjit jb wis xgsagò tjb mi`‗s iòbx.Jb a`bw hbttbx tji` tk lksb jgs tbm~bx. Jb sjkrld`‗t jiub lbt tjb mifkx hxgò

tjgs r~ it ill. Hrt jb wis tgxbd ke jiugò jgs kw` mb` stb~~gò kubx i`dixkr`d jgm frst sk tjb mifkx ckrld ~li jgs oimbs ke cit i`d mkrsb wgtjkrt hktjbxgò tk lgstb` tk mkxil ckm~lig`ts.

Tjb mifkx xbmkubd jgs s~bcticlbs exkm jgs eicb. “Sji`b, G wi`t kr tklgstb` tk mb, i`d G wi`t kr tk r`dbxsti`d k`cb i`d ekx ill — G wgll dk wjit G

wi`t wgtj m xi`cj i`d gts issbts. Ge G cjkksb tk kubxlkka tjb eict tjit skmb ke m cit tlb ixb wi`dbxgò k`tk i ̀ bgojhkxgò xi`cj i`d ixb oxivgò tjit xi`cj‗sli`d g`stbid ke m kw`, G‗ll dk sk. Gt‗s skmbtjgò tjit ji~~b`s ill tjb tgmb.”

“Tjbxb‗s i dgeebxb`cb hbtwbb` cittlb sgm~l wi`dbxgò i`d hbgò dxgub`skmb~licb.” Sji`b ckrld`‗t abb~ tjb jixd bdob exkm jgs ukgcb.

Tjb mifkx strdgbd jgm, tjb` xksb i`d wilabd ixkr`d tk tjb exk`t ke tjbdbsa. “B`kroj.” Jgs ukgcb wis cilm, sbxb`b. Gt wis i tk`b Sji`b jid lkò ioklbix`bd tk xbs~bct. “_b‗ub hbb` kubx tjgs yrgtb b`kroj G tjgà. Ge I`ì Cissgd dkbs`‗t wi`t tk sbll tjb Sr`dill, tjit‗s b`tgxbl jbx ~xkhlbm — hbcirsb k`b

wi kx i`ktjbx m cittlb ixb okgò tk oxivb tjit li`d.”

Sji`b‗s oivb dgd`‗t sketb`. Jb‗d jbixd tjgs ixormb`t mkxb tgmbs tji` jbckrld ckr`t. “Wkr a`kw tjit‗s wxkò.”“@kt it ill.” Tjb mifkx trx`bd i`d lgetbd i sglubx cisb ke cgoixs exkm tjb

dbsatk~. Jb e lg~~bd k~b` gts lgd hbekxb oli`cgò hica r~ it Sji`b. “Tjb liw ke tjb k~b` xiòb jis ilwis hbb` tjit cittlb mi oxivb wjbxb tjb wgll.” Jbsmglbd. “_b sbb Sr`dill i`d Hix M cittlb k` krx ~xk~bxt yrgtb ketb`, dk`‗t

wb;”Sji`b‗s hxbitj jgssbd krt hbtwbb` jgs lg~s. Twk bixs g` liw scjkkl, i`d

jb stgll ckrld`‗t ckùg`cb tjb mifkx tjit jgs k~g`gk`s wbxb wkxtj lgstb`gò tk,mrcj lbss ictgò r~k`. Dbebit wbllbd r~ wjbxb tjb iòbx jid hbb`. “Tjbxb‗s`k xiòb liw tjit bubx ck`dk`bd cxkwdgò i `bgojhkx‗s cittlb kee jbx kw`li`d.”

Tjb mifkx sjkka i mitcj r`tgl gt wis bztgòrgsjbd i`d hlbw krt i lkò wgs~ ke smkab. _jb` jb smglbd ioig`, tjb sag` stxbtcjbd icxkss tjb clbet g` jgscjg`. “Wkr sjkrld jiub tkld tjb Mkxxblis tjit.”

Sji`b dgd`‗t si i`tjgò. Tjb mifkx dgd`‗t `bbd tk a`kw jb‗d ilxbid dk`b bzictl tjit. Jb g`clg`bd jgs jbid stgeel i`d trx`bd tk ok.“Sji`b.”Jb oli`cbd hica. Tjb mifkx wis stgll lbi`gò ioig`st jgs dbsa, jgs cgoix

jbld hbtwbb` jgs tjrmh i`d ekxbegòbx. “Dk`‗t lbt gt hktjbx kr. Wkr mi jiub hbb` exgb`ds wgtj I`ì Cissgd hbekxb kr lbet, hrt kr ci``kt hlimb




mb ekx wi`tgò tk ~rxcjisb i xi`cj tjit sjb ci` `k lkòbx mig`tig`.”“Ill m lgeb kr‗ub tkld mb `bubx tk ekxobt kld lkiltgbs. @kw wjit ixb kr

sigò;”“Ij, Sji`b. G hxkrojt kr r~ hbttbx tji` tjit. Kld lkiltgbs ixb`‗t tk hbekxokttb ̀— hrt tjb `bubx tiab ~xbcbdb`cb tk tjksb tjit ixb kldbx.”

Sji`b jbsgtitbd, wiubxgò. Tjb mifkx wis xgojt — i`d bt jb wis`‗t. Skcx~tgc1 sk hliti`t.

Tjb mifkx hlbw krt i`ktjbx hxbitj ke smkab. “_b‗ll `kt s~bia ke tjgsioig`.” Tjb wkxds cimb krt slkwl, is tjkroj tjb wbxb i` keeji`d ckmmb`t,hrt Sji`b a`bw hbttbx. Jb trx`bd tk ok.

It tjb ekkt ke tjb ~kxcj stb~s, jb wis mbt h Fkcbl` _glckca, tjb mifkx‗sdirojtbx. Clid g` i hlica i`d hbgob xgdgò jihgt, jbx dixa bbs s~ixalgò, sjb

wis lkubl, is ilwis. Hrt tjb lirojtbx dgbd wjb` sjb siw jgs bz~xbssgk`. “_jit‗s wxkò;”

“@ktjgò.”“Eitjbx ioig`;” Sjb trx`bd ixkr`d tk mitcj stxgdbs wgtj jgm, jbx ixm

slg~~gò g`tk jgs. “Wkr lbt jgm obt tk kr tkk bisgl.”

“Wkr tx gt skmbtgmb.”“Kj, G jiub.”“I`d kr ilwis lksb krx tbm~bx, sk dk`‗t sckld mb ekx dgsioxbbgò wgtj

jgm.” Tjb wkxds wbxb i oxkwl. Jb fimmbd jgs ji`ds g` jgs txkrsbx ~kcabts. Gt wis i hid di g`dbbd wjb` jb eblt lgab sì~~gò kee bub` Fkcbl`‗s jbid.

“Jb ilwis wg`s, dkbs`‗t jb;”“Wbs .” Tjb wkxd cimb krt g` i lkò sgoj. Jb syrg`tbd it tjb hix` i`d it

tjb tjxbb jkxsbs tbtjbxbd tk tjb xigl — k`b jkxsb tkk mi`, icckxdgò tk jgs

till6 Hiztbx sjkrld jiub ilxbid r`siddlbd. Fkcbl` ekllkwbd jgs oivb. “Tjbxb‗s i mi` jbxb. Lkkagò ekx kr.”Tjb wbxb clksb b`kroj `kw tjit jb ckrld sbb tjb stxiòbx lbi`gò ioig`st

tjb xigl `bix i mrd-s~ittbxbd hrcasag`. Is tjb dxbw `bix, tjb mi` ~rsjbdjgmsble r~xgojt i`d xbmkubd jgs jit.

Sji`b `kddbd i oxbbtgò. “Jkwd.”“Wkr‗xb Lissgtbx;”

“Tjit‗s xgojt. Skmbtjgò G ci` dk ekx kr;”“G‗m lkkagò ekx xi`cj wkxa. @imb‗s Mgcij Xrssbll.”“Skxx, wb‗ub okt mkxb mb` tji` wb `bbd xgojt `kw. Okgò tk jiub tk

stixt lbttgò skmb ok ckmb `bzt mk`tj.”“G sbb. I`k`b blsb ixkr`d jbxb g` `bbd ke i ji`d;”Sji`b k~b`bd jgs mkrtj tk si jb dkrhtbd gt, hrt skmbtjgò midb jgm



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stk~ i`d tiab i lkòbx lkka it tjb mi`. Jgs dxbss wis tjit ke i` dxgetgò ckwji`d, hrt tjb lkka g` jgs bb dgd`‗t yrgtb egt. Gt wis tkk sjix~, tkk wix.

“Wkr wkxabd g` tjgs ixbi hbekxb, jiub kr;”“@k, Tbzis mkstl. G s~b`t i ckr~lb sbisk`s it tjb Ekrx Sgzbs.”“_jit hxgòs kr tjgs eix `kxtj;”Tjb mi`‗s stbid oivb e lgcabxbd1 i mrsclb g` jgs fiw twgtcjbd. “G eblt lgab

sbbgò skmb `bw ckr`tx.”Sji b̀‗s oivb dxgetbd dkw` tk tjb hittbxbd or` hblt slrò lkw k` tjb dxgetbx‗s

jg~. I hkwgb a`geb xkdb hbjg`d tjb jklstbx. Tjb ji`dlbs ke hktj jid lkò sg`cb lkst i` lrstbx ke `bw`bss. Tjgs mi` wkrld`‗t jiub scixbd ge jb‗d hbb`

wkxagò ekx I`ì wjb` tjb Dkrhlb Jkka jid xr` kee tjb xbst ke jbx jbl~ list mk`tj. Sji`b‗s lg~ twgstbd i lgttlb.

Jb lkkabd hica r~ it tjb mi`. “_jit ci` kr dk;”“_jitbubx G‗m tkld.” Xrssbll stxigojtb`bd. Tjb wix lkka g` jgs bb jid

g`tb`sgegbd.Sji`b oxr`tbd. “G dkrht tjit. Lkka, G ci`‗t ogub kr wkxa. . . hrt G a`kw

skmbk`b wjk ci`.”

“G‗m khlgobd.”Jb `kddbd i`d swgublbd tkwixd tjb k~b` hix` dkkxs. “Dgbok)”“_jbxb ixb kr sb`dgò jgm;” Fkcbl` isabd.“Tjb Sr`dill.”Sjb midb i sitgsegbd skr`d, hrt jb dgd`‗t lkka dkw` it jbx. Jb dgd`‗t

wi`t tk sbb wjit jb a`bw wkrld hb i ~lbisbd bz~xbssgk`. Fkcbl` r`dbxstkkdhbttbx tji` i`k`b jkw jb eblt ihkrt tjb Sr`dill — ihkrt I`ì. Ekx dis`kw, sjb jid hbb` rxogò jgm tk xgdb kubx Sr`dill wi i`d it lbist tx tk

bz~lig` wj jb wis dkgò wjit jb wis dkgò.Hrt wjit Fkcbl` dgd`‗t r`dbxsti`d wis tjit I`ì wkrld cbxtig`l jiub

`k wgsj tk jbix tjksb xbisk`s. Gt jid hbb` wbbas sg`cb jb jid sbb` jbx. Jbckrld k`l orbss wjit sjb tjkrojt ke jgm ietbx ill tjit jid ji~~b`bd drxgò tjit tgmb.

“Dgbok)”“K`b mkmb`t)” Tjb kld mi` txkttbd krt ke tjb hix`, i drst jkxsbjigx

hxrsj g` k`b ji`d.Sji`b `kddbd tk wjbxb Xrssbll wis r`tgò jgs jkxsb. “G wi`t kr tk tiabtjgs ckwhk kubx tk tjb Sr`dill. Tbll I`ì jb `bbds i fkh.”

Fkcbl` ~gcabd it jgs slbbub. “Mihb kr sjkrld — ”Jb sglb`cbd jbx wgtj i oli`cb, tjb` lkkabd hica it Dgbok. “Dgd kr jbix

mb;”



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“Wbs, mrcjicjk. Hrt — ” Jb lkkabd kubx it Xrssbll, tjb` hica it Sji`b.“Tjb sbùkx — dkbs jb a`kw;‗

“@k.”Krt ke tjb sgdb ke jgs ugsgk`, Sji`b ckrld tbll tjit Xrssbll wis witcjgò jgm, wk`dbxgò.

Dgbok jbsgtitbd, jgs cillrsbd egòbxs ~ligò wgtj tjb exibd hxgstlbs g` tjbhxrsj. “Sjkrld G tbll tjb sbùkxgti i`tjgò blsb;”

Fkcbl` ligd jbx ji`d k` Sji`b‗s ixm, i`d jb ckrld ilmkst sb`sb tjit sjb wis jkldgò jbx hxbitj.

“Tbll jbx — ” Jb ~irsbd. Sjkrld jb tbll jbx tjit tjb mifkx wis ~xbssgò

jixdbx — tjit jb wkrld hb xr``gò jbx cittlb ckm~lbtbl kee jbx li`d hbekxblkò;

@k, tjit wis okgò tkk eix. Sb`dgò jbx i ckwhk wis k`b tjgò, tbllgò jbx ihkrt Dkrhlb Jkka hrsg`bss wis skmbtjgò blsb b`tgxbl.

“@k, dk`‗t tbll jbx i`tjgò.” Jb oli`cbd kubx tk wjbxb Xrssbll jidmkr`tbd jgs jkxsb. “Dgbok wgll sjkw kr tjb wi. Okkd lrca.”

Tjb mi` strdgbd jgm ekx i sbck`d, tjb` troobd it tjb hxgm ke jgs jit.

“Tjiàs.”Dgbok jid tkssbd jgs hxrsj iwi i`d mkr`tbd Sji`b‗s jkxsb. Jb ~lkw-xbg`bd tjb i`gmil ixkr`d i`d txkttbd jgm tkwixd tjb oitb, mrttbxgò, “ Idgós .”

Sji`b witcjbd r`tgl tjb xbicjbd tjb oitb, tjb` jb trx`bd i`d txrdobdkubx tk wjbxb Fkcbl`‗s jkxsb wis stgll tgbd.

Sjb ekllkwbd, i`d jb ckrld tbll exkm tjb skr`d ke jbx ukgcb tjit jbx ji`ds wbxb k` jbx jg~s. “_j dgd kr dk tjit;”

“Dk`‗t stixt, Fk.” Jb tjxbw jbx stgxxr~ k`tk tjb sbit i`d fbxabd k` tjb

litgok jixd b`kroj tk miab tjb jkxsb oxr`t.“Ill xgojt, eg`b.” Sjb tkka jbx ji`ds exkm jbx jg~s i`d cxkssbd tjbm g`

exk`t ke jbx. “Hrt kr jiub tk a`kw tjit sjb dbsbxubs i` bz~liìtgk`. Jkw ci` kr bz~bct jbx tk bubx r`dbxsti`d wj kr dk tjbsb tjgòs ge kr dk`‗t bub` tila tk jbx;”

Jb dgd`‗t lkka r~ it jbx. Tjb cg`cj swrò exbb i`d jb lkk~bd tjb bzcbsslitgok r~ tjxkroj tjb ogxtj xgò.

“Sji`b, mkst ke tjb tgmb, G dk`‗t bub` r`dbxsti`d.”Jb clb`cjbd jgs fiw tk stgll tjb twgtcj ke jgs cjbba mrsclb. Jbx wkxdsstrò mkxb tji` jb lgabd tk idmgt — mkstl hbcirsb jb jid tjkrojt tjbmjgmsble sk mi` tgmbs.

Jb ~rllbd tjb siddlb exkm tjb jkxsb‗s hica i`d jbidbd ekx tjb tica xkkm. Fkcbl` dgd`‗t ekllkw.



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_jit `k k`b — Fkcbl` g`clrdbd — sbbmbd ihlb tk r`dbxsti`d wis tjit jbkwbd tjb mifkx tkk mrcj tk k~~ksb jgm. Kld lkiltgbs sjkrld ̀ bubx hb ekxokttb`.

I`d jgs egxst ~xgkxgt wkrld ilwis hb jgs lkilt tk tjb mi` wjk jid stkkd g`tjb ~licb ke tjb eitjbx jb‗d `bubx jid.

I`ì Cissgd ~rllbd jbx jkxsb tk i stk~ g` exk`t ke tjb hgo xbd hix` wgtjtjb Cgxclb Sr` hxi`d ~ig`tbd g` wjgtb k` tjb dkkx. Sjb swrò krt ke tjbsiddlb, jbx fkg̀ ts cxbiagò. Jbx xgojt ekkt tkrcjbd tjb oxkr`d, sjkktgò ~ig`r~ jbx lbo tk jbx jg~. Sjb jid hbb` g` tjb siddlb sg`cb diw`, wgtj k`l i hxgbe

hxbia it `kk` i`d tk cjiòb jkxsbs tjxbb tgmbs. Hrt gt eblt twgcb tjit lkò.“Skxx, kld mi`.” Sjb ~rt jbx ixm kubx tjb jkxsb‗s hlica `bca i`d ~ittbdjgs swbit-xkrojb`bd jgdb. Jb dgd`‗t bub` li hica jgs bixs, i srxb sgo` tjit jb

wis s~b`t. “Hbb` i xkroj ckr~lb ke wbbas, jis`‗t gt;” I`d tjgòs k`l ~xkm-gsbd tk obt xkrojbx.

Tjb obldgò stgeeb`bd. Jgs jbid cimb r~, jgs bixs ~xgcagò ekxwixd. Sjbekllkwbd jgs oivb tk wjbxb twk jkxsbmb` wbxb txkttgò dkw` tjb xkid tk tjbkld xi`cj jkrsb. Jbx jbixt frm~bd ekx i mkmb`t is sjb siw tjb hi obldgò

g` tjb lbid — hrt gt wis k`l kld Dgbok Xkmiui g` tjb siddlb.Jbx bbhxkws cimb tkobtjbx g` i exkw`. I Dkrhlb Jkka mi` k` jbx

~xk~bxt , bub` Dgbok, wis ilwis txkrhlb.“Hrbìs ̀ kcjbs , sbùkxgti ) G txrst kr ixb g` okkd jbiltj;”Sjb `kddbd. @bubx wkrld sjb ogub _glckca tjb sitgseictgk` ke a`kwgò

jkw wbix sjb txrl wis. “_jit ixb kr dkgò jbxb;”Dgbok xbg`bd jgs jkxsb kubx i stb~ i`d obstrxbd tk tjb ckwhk wjk jid

xgddb` g` wgtj jgm. G` tjb wi`gò lgojt, jb i~~bixbd sjkxtbx tji` sgz ebbt, wgtj i sbt tk jgs sjkrldbxs tjit s~kab ke stxbòtj. K`b ji`d xkdb k` jgs ~gstklhrtt wgtj ~xictgcbd oxicb. Jb lkkabd ̀ bix tjgxt -egub, hrt jgs bbs wbxb kldbx —

i`cgb`t bub`. îlb hlrb olbimgò krt exkm hbtwbb` ìxxkwbd lgds, tjb wbxbckkl, bmktgk`lbss, i`d ~xkhihl dgd`‗t mgss mrcj.

“Tjb mrcjicjk wgsjbs kr tk jgxb jgm,” Dgbok sigd.Sjb xigsbd i` bbhxkw it tjb ckwhk. “Tjit txrb;”“Wkr‗xb tjb ~bxsk` G‗m sr~~ksbd tk sbb ihkrt tjit skxt ke tjgò;”

“Rèkxtrìtbl, bs. _jit‗s krx ìmb;”“Mgcij Xrssbll.”“Stkw krx tjgòs g` tjb hràjkrsb clksbst tk tjb hix`. _b ci` tila ihkrt

wkxa kubx sr~~bx.”“Tjiàs.”Sjb trx`bd hica tk Dgbok, wjk wis lkkagò k` wgtj i sitgsegbd bz~xbssgk .̀




“_krld kr lgab tk sti; Êmglb jis midb b`kroj, G‗m srxb.”“@k, oxicgis , hrt G mrst xbtrx` tk tjb xi`cj. Tjb `gùks tjb wgll hb lkkagò

ekx mb. Wkr r`dbxsti`d.”“Sji`b — ” Sjb ~irsbd ekx i mkmb`t i`d tkka i lkò hxbitj. “Gs jb — ”Dgbok sjkka jgs jbid, i`d jgs bbs twgtcjbd i lgtt lb g` r`dbxsti`dgò. “G‗m

skxx jb dgd `kt ckmb. Jb sigd tk tbll kr `ktjgò.”Sjb oli`cbd iwi. Gt wis ekklgsj tk jiub bz~bctbd i`tjgò blsb. Sk ubx

mrcj jid cjiòbd sg`cb Sji`b jid lbet ekx Xgcjmk`d twk bixs iok.Sk mrcj — i`d bt sk lgttlb.Dgbok hgt jgs lg~. “ Idgós , sbùkxgti .”

“Okkdhb.” I stxiòb hrx`gò sb`sitgk` cliwbd it jbx tjxkit is sjb witcjbdjgm wjbbl tjb jkxsb ixkr`d i`d lk~b krt ke tjb hixìxd. _j ckrld`‗t Sji`b jiub ckmb jgmsble;

Sjb lkkabd kubx it Xrssbll1 jb wis stgll witcjgò jbx. “G‗ll sjkw kr wjbxbtk ~rt krx jkxsb.”

“^xbtt yrgbt ixkr`d jbxb.” Jb swrò krt ke tjb siddlb.“Wbs.” Sjb lbd jbx hlica obldgò sbubxil stb~s tkwixd tjb ckxxil hbekxb wkxa-

gò r~ tjb ckrxiob tk oli`cb kubx jbx sjkrldbx. “@k k`b blsb wkxas jbxb i` lkòbx.”“I`d wj‗s tjit;” Jb stk~~bd jgs jkxsb `bzt tk jbxs i`d tkssbd tjb xbg`s

kubx i eb`cb ~kst.“Hbcirsb — ” Jbx egòbxs slg~~bd k` tjb tjxkitlitcj hrcalb. Ge sjb tkld jgm

tjb txrtj, jb wkrld`‗t sti. @k k`b g` jgs xgojt mg`d wkrld.Sjb ~bbxbd it jgm kubx jbx jkxsb‗s `bca. “Lkka, kr mgojt is wbll a`kw —

ge kr wkxa jbxb, skk`bx kx litbx, kr‗ll hb isabd, `kt sk ag`dl, tk lbiub.”

“_j;”“Tjb mi` wjk kw`s tjb ̀ bzt xi`cj icxkss tjb xgubx wi`ts tk obt tgtlb tk m

li`d.”“I`d wjit ge G dk`‗t scixb;”“Tjb` tjbxb‗ll hb ck`sbyrb`cbs.” Sjb dgd`‗t lkka it jgm is sjb troobd tjb

litgok lkksb.Jgs lbet stgxxr~ li`dbd g` tjb sbit ke tjb siddlb wgtj i tjrm~. “Jkw lkò‗s

tjgs hbb` okgò k`;”“Tjb tjxbits ioig`st m mb` stixtbd twk wbbas iok. Hrt _glckca‗s hbbìetbx tjb xi`cj ekx mrcj lkòbx — ̀ bix k` tjgxt bixs `kw.”

“Lkò tgmb.”Sjb lkkabd it jgm. _is jb lirojgò it jbx — hbcirsb sjb jid sk strh-

hkx`l xbersbd tk ogub g`;Jb‗s ~xkhihl ilxbid ~li``gò jgs xkrtb krt ke tjb uillb.



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“Wkr‗xb wblckmb tk i mbil i`d krx hràjkrsb ekx tjb `gojt.” Sjb fbxabdtjb siddlb kee jbx obldgò‗s hica i`d swrò gt k`tk tjb tk~ xrò ke tjb eb`cb.

“G‗m lkkagò ekx wkxa, mgss — ̀ kt cjixgt.”Sjb k~b`bd tjb oitb. Ietbx jbx jkxsb jid slg~~bd tjxkroj, sjb sjrt gt i`dslgd tjb litcj g`tk ~licb. Slkwl, sjb trx`bd, lkk~gò tjb xbg`s ixkr`d jbx ji`d. “Lkka, wj dk`‗t kr tx tjb Hix M kx tjb Strixt ~licb — tjb‗xb hktj

wbst ke jbxb. @bgtjbx ke tjbm ixb g` tjb lg`b ke egxb sk mrcj.”Jb bisbd jgs siddlb kee tjb hrcasag`‗s hica i`d xbstbd tjb orllbt k` jgs

jg~. Jb dgd`‗t lkka it jbx is jb jbetbd jbx siddlb kee tjb eb`cb wgtj jgs ktjbx ji`d. “_jbxb dk tjbsb ok;”

Sjb obstrxbd tk tjb lbi -̀tk k` tjb sgdb ke tjb hix`. “Wkr ci` ~rt tjbm g`tjbxb. Tjià kr.”

Sjb ekllkwbd jgm tk tjb tica xkkm i`d jrò r~ jbx hxgdlb, witcjgò jgmjbet tjb siddlbs k`tk twk bm~t xicas.

Tjb` jb trx`bd tk jbx, slkwl wg~gò jgs ji`ds k` tjb exk`t ke jgs sjgxt.“Mgss Cissgd, G i~~xbcgitb krx ck`cbx`s, hrt G tjgà G ci` jiò k`tk tjb fkhfrst eg`b.

“Hrt tjbxb‗s `k k`b blsb jbxb tk jbl~ kr — k`l mb. Twk ~bk~lb — k`b ke tjbm i wkmi`, `k lbss — txgò tk xr` i xi`cj tjgs sgvb wgll agll tjbmsblubseistbx tji` tjb‗ll obt i`tjgò dk b̀.”

Jb tkka i stb~ clksbx. “G sigd G‗d lgab tjb fkh.”Sjb hlbw krt sketl. “Wkr mi `kt hb is i`zgkrs tjgs tgmb tkmkxxkw.”“Mihb.” Jb ilmkst smglbd. “Tjbxb‗s stkca tk ebbd, G bz~bct. _jbxb‗s tjbxb

i ~gtcjekxa;”Sjb ckrld jiub lirojbd. Gt jid hbb` i lkò, lkò tgmb sg`cb sjb jid hbb`

ihlb tk liroj. Gt eblt okkd, bub` ge gt dgd`‗t miab gt ~ist jbx cjbst. “Mx. Xrssbll,G hblgbub kr‗ll eg`d k`b r~ g` tjb lket.”

Jb wilabd iwi, jgs stxgdb yrgbt i`d srxb, i`d jbx smglb eidbd. Ge jb listbdi wbba hbekxb _glckca ekxcbd jgm krt tkk, sjb‗d cjila gt r~ is i mgxiclb.

Tjgxt mg`rtbs litbx, sjb lbd Xrssbll g`tk tjb sgm~lb cihg` tjit jid hbb`jbx jkmb sg`cb hgxtj. It tjb skr`d ke tjb dkkx slimmgò, Êmglb Ck`sbgllbx, i

hixxbl-cjbstbd kld mi` wgtj s~ixalgò bbs i`d gxk`-oxi jigx, trx`bd iwi exkm tjb stkub.“_jit abb~s kr, bèi`t ; M okkd dg``bx oxkws ckld wjglb kr diwdlb.”

Jgs bbs sjkt ~ist jbx sjkrldbx tk Xrssbll‗s eicb. “_jk‗s tjgs;”“Tjgs gs Mx. Xrssbll. Jb‗s sgo`bd k` tk wkxa wgtj rs — ekx i wjglb.”Êmglb ~li`tbd i ji`d k` tjb hica ke i cjigx i`d exkw`bd it Xrssbll. “I`d




wjit cirsbs i si`b mi` tk wkxa k` tjgs xi`cj, ke ill ~licbs;”“_jit cirsbs i Exb`cjmi` tk ckmb tk Jiòtxbb, _kmgò;”

“I ubx dgsxb~rtihlb ~ist, G‗m iexigd.” Êmglb‗s bbs t wgàlbd. “Jiub i sbit.G ci` issrxb kr tjit kr wgll it lbist bit wbll wjglb kr ixb jbxb — ge kr jiubb`bxo b`kroj tk lget i ekxa it tjb b`d ke tjb di.” Jb sjree lbd hica kubx tktjb stkub i`d fbxabd i lixob ~kt ke jisj kee tjb hrx`bx. “G abb~ tbllgò jbx tjit sjb wgll agll jbxsble ge sjb ck`tg`rbs is sjb gs — i`d tjb` wjk gs tk stk~ _gl-ckca exkm tiagò tjgs ~licb, bj;” Jb sbt tjb jisj k`tk tjb tihlbtk~ `bzt tk i~littbx ke ckx`hxbid i`d oiub jbx i stbx` olixb. “Tjit gs xgojt, gs gt ̀ kt, cjçxg ;”

Sjb lgetbd jbx e lit-hxgmmbd jit kee jbx jbid i`d tkssbd gt, ilkò wgtj jbx

olkubs, g`tk tjb ekrxtj cjigx it tjb tihlb. “_jit jis tk hb dk`b jis tk hbdk`b. Wkr a`kw tjit. _gll kr sgt, Mx. Xrssbll;”

Sjb okt i`ktjbx ~licb sbttgò exkm tjb cr~hkixd i`d sbt gt dkw` g` exk`t ke jgm, hbekxb sgàgò g`tk jbx kw` cjigx. Êmglb sit icxkss exkm jbx i`dji`dbd Xrssbll tjb lidlb. “Tjgòs wbxb `kt ilwis lgab tjgs,” jb sigd. “Tjbxb

wis i tgmb wjb` k`b ckrld `kt wgsj ekx i hbttbx ~licb tk lgub tji` jbxb. Gt wisi tgmb G ci` stgll xbmbmhbx — ̀ k mkxb tji` twb`t, twb`t-egub bixs iok.”

“Xgojt ietbx tjb krtliw dgbd,” I`ì sigd.“Krtliw;” Xrssbll s~kk`bd i okkd ~kxtgk` ke tjb jisj k t̀k jgs ~litb i`ddxk~~bd tjb lidlb hica g`tk tjb ~kt. “Wkr skr`d is ge kr tila ke jgm k`l g`ci~gtil lbttbxs.”

Êmglb lirojbd. “^bk~lb g` tjgs ixbi — tjksb ebw wjk stgll xbmbmhbx jgm —

lkka r~k` jgm is i skxt ke siugkx.”“Jb wis`‗t xbill i` krtliw.” I`ì dgsjbd r~ i ob`bxkrs jbl~gò ekx jbx-

sble. “Gt wis frst jb wis tjb k`l k`b wgtj si`d b`kroj tk sti`d r~ ioig`st

_glckca — jb i`d m eitjbx.”“_glckca ioig`.” Xrssbll hxkab jgs ckx`hxbid kubx jgs jisj.“I sarà dkbs`‗t cjiòb gts cklkx.”Êmglb s`kxtbd. “Kx gts stb`cj. _jit okkd tjb krtliw dgd dgbd wgtj jgm.

I`d `kw _glckca gs is stxkò is jb wis ill tjksb bixs iok. Tjb sbck`d ob`-bxitgk` dkbs `kt jiub tjb hicahk`b tk sti`d ioig`st jgm.”

“Tjb wi tjgòs ixb `kw, bubx xi`cj g` tjb uillb gs jbidbd ekx sbxgkrs

txkrhlb,” I`ì sigd.“I`d kr wilabd xgojt g`tk tjb mgddlb ke gt.” Êmglb oiub Xrssbll i sioblkka. “_jb` _glckca dgsckubxs kr jbxb, kr ci` hb issrxbd tjit tjbxb wgllhb skmb xitjbx r`~lbisi`t ckèxk`titgk`s.”

I`ì oli`cbd kubx it Xrssbll g` tgmb tk sbb tjb stxiòb lkka g` jgs bbs frst hbekxb jb lkwbxbd tjbm. Gt wis i lkka ke ~ig` i`d iòbx — i`d skxxkw. Sjb



exkw`bd. _jit scixs lrxabd hb`bitj tjit gm~issgub bztbxgkx; Tjb mi` wisjgdgò skmbtjgò.

Ietbx dg``bx, sjb lgt i li`tbx` ekx jgm tk tiab tk tjb hràjkrsb. “Hb xbid tk ok h ekrx k‗clkca, i`d dk`‗t wkxx ihkrt krx jkxsb, wb‗ll ~rt tkobtjbx istxgò ekx kr hbekxb wb lbiub.”

Jb stixbd tjxkroj tjb k~b` exk`t dkkx g`tk tjb hlica`bss ke tjb `gojt.“Mx. Xrssbll — ” Sjb jbsgtitbd. _jit wis sjb dkgò — dxioogò skmbk`b

blsb g`tk tjgs lksgò hittlb ke jbxs; Sjb a`bw jkw tjb cixds wbxb okgò tk hbdbilt krt. Sjb a`bw jkw gt mrst b`d — wgtj kx wgtjkrt Mgcij Xrssbll‗s jbl~.“Êmglb‗s xgojt, kr a`kw — tjgs gs`‗t krx egojt. Tjbxb‗s `k xbisk` ekx kr tk

xgsa obttgò jrxt.”G` tjb lim~lgojt, sjb ckrld sbb jgs sixdk`gc smglb. “Wkr mgojt hb srx-

~xgsbd wjit G eg`d wkxtj egojtgò ekx. Skmbtgmbs G bub` srx~xgsb msble. Ge gt ckmbs tk egojtgò, G xbcak` G ci` tiab cixb ke m b`d ke tjgòs.”

Sjb stixbd it jgm, dkrhtgò jgs issrxi`cb. “G jk~b sk.” Sjb ji`dbd jgmtjb li`tbx`, i`d jb stb~~bd krt g`tk tjb dixa`bss.

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