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Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges hbm Mgeieh` Jcrmgb
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Kcpyrid`t : 940-8=080:1;4:
I[JB-8 8=080:1;49
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]`is jccf is mgmikhtgm tc t`csg w`c whef ib mhrfbgss, wg
hrg rghmy, kcog hbm aibm us.
Arhbfig & Mgeieh`
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Mgeieh`, peghsg, ycur arigbm,s`gs bct ib t`g `cspithe. Io
sc scrry tc tgee ycu t`ht s`g ecst `gr eiag ib t`g hkkimgbt.
[`g is mghm.
Hs `is aibhe wcrm rhbd ib oy ghrs hbm rikck`gtgmhrcubm ibsimg oy `ghm, I aget oysgea dc buoj, hbm h
aggeibd ca jgibd ahr hwhy hbm t`ibds bct jgibd rghe khog
cvgr og. I sthoogrgm scogt`ibd hjcut hdrggibd t`ht I
ubmgrstccm w`ht `g shim, t`ht I wcuem bct jg hecbg
tcbid`t, hbm I wcuem khee jhkf ehtgr acr ibstrukticbs. I
prgssgm t`g gbm juttcb cb t`g p`cbg.Acr h ocogbt bct`ibd `hppgbgm.
]`gb s`ckf jgdhb tc sggp t`rcud` oy oibm hbm t`gp`cbg seippgm arco oy `hbm hbm krhs`gm mcwb, ncibibd
t`g spieegm pgbs cb t`g aeccr, hbm h kry ca uttgr hbduis`
jgdhb gohbhtibd arco og hs I kceehpsgm tc oy fbggs. @ct
shety tghrs strghogm mcwb oy ahkg. I rceegm ibtc t`g agthe
pcsiticb cb tcp ca t`g pgbs hbm pgbkies bct khribd t`ht t`gypcfgm ht og ubkcoacrthjey. I scjjgm hbm whiegm wit`
tghrs rubbibd mcwb t`g simg ca oy ahkg ubtie I whs uttgrey
gx`hustgm hbm agee ibtc h aitaue seggp. Oy mrghos wgrg aueeca Arhbfig, w`c hewhys rgohibgm nust cut ca oy drhsp.
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\hrt I]`g Dires
]`rgg Ocbt`s Ghreigr
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K@H\]GZ CBG
[`g mrgw t`g kcvgrs tid`tgr hrcubm `gr `ghm hbm jurigm
`gr ahkg ubmgr h pieecw, tryibd tc s`ut cut t`g mhyeid`t t`ht
whs strghoibd t`rcud` t`g t`ib jeibms cb t`g wibmcws.Arhbfig!
T`y mcgs s`g `hvg tc thef sc mhob ecum3 Hatgrjgibd jgst arigbms acr virtuheey hee ca cur eivgs, hbm eivibd
tcdgt`gr acr t`g ehst aivg yghrs, ycum t`ibf t`ht it wcuem
sibf ib jy bcw t`ht I wcrf ehtg hbm I `hvg k`rcbik
oidrhibgs ib t`g ocrbibd, s`g t`cud`t tc `grsgea. Tgee,sgea-ibaeiktgm `ghmhk`gs jrcud`t cb jy tcc ouk` tgquieh
hbm jggr hbm ecum ousik jut w`c khrgs! H `ghmhk`g is h
`ghmhk`g rid`t3 Cbg ca t`g pitahees ca jgibd h jhrtgbmgrw`c sthys hrcubm acr t`g hatgr-phrtigs, s`g t`cud`t mryey.
Arhbfig! ]`ht hehro `hs jggb dcibd caa acr t`g
ehst aiatggb oibutgs!
[gvgb! [bcczg cbey ehsts acr sgvgb oibutgs, ycufbcw. Hbm I ho up. Nust gbncyibd t`g ehst agw bctgs ca t`ht
scbd,s`g shim wit` h soirf, t`g wcrms eifg siefy vgevgt,
hs s`g rceegm cvgr hbm stukf `gr `hbm cut arco ubmgr t`g
kcvgrs, jhbdibd hrcubm cb t`g tcp ca t`g hehro keckf ubties`g prgssgm t`g rid`t juttcb hbm t`g mghagbibd rhmic
stcppgm.Arhbfig kcuem `ghr `gr rccoohtg whef ib hbm
jgdib sthefibd hrcubm t`g rcco, sbhppibd up t`g jhojcc
s`hmgs cb t`g twc sohee wibmcws t`ht wgrg ocrg ca h
mgkcrhticb jut stiee outgm t`g eid`t. Mhob! Bcw oy gygs
wcuem stibd acr surg arco t`g jrid`tbgss w`gb I aibheeyubkcvgr oy `ghm, s`g t`cud`t rugaueey.
Ygs mghr. Zid`t hwhy mghr. Kcoibd mghr,Arhbfig shim ib h shrkhstikheey-swggt-aiatigs-`cusgwiag-
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scrt-ca why ht t`g mccr hs Mgeieh`s sievgr aehts mishppghrgm
arco `gr eioitgm vigw arco ubmgr t`g whro mhrfbgss ca
t`g aght`gr muvgt.Wd`, Arhbfig t`cud`t. [`g stggegm `grsgea hdhibst
t`g subs`ibg hbm aeubd caa t`g gxctik Ibmihb-gojrcimgrgm
muvgt ib cbg agee swccs` ib t`g ocst mivh ohbbgr t`ht s`gkcuem oustgr ht t`is ghrey `cur.
Arco jg`ibm squibtgm kecsgm eims, Arhbfig kcuemsgbsg t`g jrid`tbgss hbm `gr gygs rgjgeegm hdhibst it w`gb
s`g trigm tc cpgb t`go. Its eifg rippibd caa h Jhbm-Him,s`g t`cud`t tc `grsgea, hbm s`g tccf h mggp jrght` hbm
aeubd `gr gygs wimg cpgb.H``````````````````````! s`g `ceegrgm t`g
ocogbt t`g eid`t tcuk`gm `gr drggb gygs. It jurbs! It
jurbs! Io ogetibd, ogetibd, ogetibd, s`g w`ibgm ib `gr
jgst Tikfgm Titk` ca t`g Tgst ioprgssicb tc t`g cpgb
mccr w`grg s`g `cpgm it khrrigm ecum hbm keghr tc t`g
fitk`gb ht t`g ct`gr gbm ca t`g ecat.
Ycurg bct ogetibd! Dcm, ycurg sc gaaibmrhohtik! Mgeieh` `ceegrgm. Ycu prcoisgm ycum `gep
pikf cut scog kus`icbs acr t`g kcuk` hbm h bgw
ehops`hmg. Thbt gdds cr tchst3
Jeh`, gdds hbm tchst. Hatgr hee t`is tiog ycum
t`ibf s`gmstcp tryibd tc aggm og ib t`g ocrbibd, Arhbfig
t`cud`t hs s`g dehbkgm cvgr ht t`g keckf. 8>
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w`ieg s`g aget hrcubm ib t`g mrhwgr acr t`g eitteg rcubm
khrvgm wccm kcbthibgr.
It whsbt ecbd jgacrg s`g `ghrm Mgeieh`s acctstgpskcoibd mcwb t`g `hee tcwhrm `gr eitteg kcrbgr pigkg ca
`ghvgb ib t`gir s`hrgm ecat. [`g hppghrgm ib t`g mccrwhy
nust hs Arhbfig acubm t`g eid`tgr ht t`g jcttco ca t`gcvgrsizg drggb khbvhss jhd.
Mgeieh` sid`gm hs s`g krcssgm t`g rcco tc t`gwibmcw hbm krhkfgm it cpgb h eitteg tc egt t`g socfg cut.
[`g spgbt h oibutg sghrk`ibd t`rcud` t`g tcp mrhwgr ca t`ghbtiqug mrgssgr hbm gvgbtuheey khog cut wit` h ecbd
mgkcrhtgm wccmgb jcx. [`g seim t`g eim cpgb hs s`g whefgmcvgr tc t`g simg ca t`g jgm hbm eccfgm ht `gr rccoohtg
wit` h eccf t`ht h oct`gr oid`t divg tc h tggbhdgr t`ht s`g
`hm nust justgm rgaieeibd `gr phrgbts vcmfh wit` whtgr.
Arhbfig eccfgm mcwb hbm trigm tc twist `gr ahkg ibtc h eccf
t`ht shim t`ht s`g fbgw it, s`g fbgw t`ht s`g bggmgm tc puee
up `gr sckfs, hbm t`is dire whs dcibd tc rgacro. Ibstghm s`g
kcuem agge `gr ahkg twistibd hbm skrubk`ibd up ib whys t`hts`g fbgw wgrg kcoikhe hbm shrkhstik hbm bct t`g eghst jit
hpcecdgtik. [`g mgkimgm t`ht s`g jgst fggp eccfibd mcwb.
Arhbfig `hbmgm Mgeieh` t`g eitteg sievgr eid`tgr, h diat h
arigbm jcud`t ht t`g \crtcjgeec ohrfgt ib Ecbmcb, hbm s`g
usgm it tc eid`t h pigkg ca ibkgbsg. [ccb t`g skgbt ca
phtk`cuei oixgm wit` shbmhewccm whs mriatibd hrcubm t`grcco, khrrigm cb t`g kcce jrggzg kcoibd arco t`g cpgb
wibmcw.]`g hir whs k`ieey cb t`is ehtg suoogr mhy hbm it
wcuembt jg ecbd ubtie t`g eghvgs jgdhb tc k`hbdg tc t`g
jghutiaue rgms hbm crhbdgs t`ht ohmg Arhbfig whbt tc
spgbm t`g w`ceg mhy cutsimg cb hb cem wcce jehbfgt
rghmibd pcgtry ubmgr h krisp jeug sfy. [`g fbgw t`htMgeieh` wcuem jg h wieeibd phrtbgr sibkg s`g whs hesc h
dire w`c ecvgm tc jecw caa h mhy cr twc schfibd up t`g ehst
whro rhys ca suoogr.Arhbfig, ycu fbcw I `htg tc `hvg tc jg t`g drcwb
up hee t`g mhob tiog. Jut sgricusey, Dgcrdg3 Ycu wgrg
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tryibd tc aix og up wit` Dgcrdg3 @g khbt gvgb ohfg
jccfs`gevgs Arhbfig. [`g ehud`gm wit` t`ht ibagkticus
ehud` t`ht ohmg Arhbfig agge t`ht t`g mhy whs jgttgrherghmy, hbm t`ht gvgb ia it whs pcuribd rhib hbm t`g sfy
whs aheeibd, ia s`g kcuem `ghr t`ht ehud`, t`ibds wgrg rid`t
wit` t`g wcrem.Cfhy, Io dgttibd up. I shim wg wgrg dcibd
s`cppibd hbm wg hrg, Arhbfig shim, swibdibd `gr egdscvgr t`g jgm hbm puttibd `gr aggt cb t`g k`ieey aeccr t`ht
sggogm tc `hvg khud`t t`g mrhat kcoibd ib arco t`gwibmcw. C`, rgoibm og t`ht I `hvg tc pikf up scog
twggzgrs hbm t`grgs t`is hjsceutgey dcrdgcus sphrfey rgmbhie pceis` t`ht I shw t`g ehst tiog wg wgbt tc t`g ohee t`ht
I whbt tc drhj tcc.
Mgeieh` stcppgm pikfibd up t`g oyrihm ca kcecuraue
gojrcimgrgm hbm jghmgm kus`icbs t`ht `hm jggb t`rcwb
`hp`hzhrmey hee cvgr t`g aeccr w`ieg Arhbfig whs keiojibd
ibtc jgm ehst bid`t. [`g eccfgm ht Arhbfig wit` h rhisgm
gygjrcw.]`g rgoibms-og-ca-Mcrct`ys-s`cgs-arco-
Tizhrm-ca-Cz sphrfey bhie pceis`3 s`g hsfgm secwey,
divibd Arhbfig h oghsurgm eccf. ]`g cbg t`ht I shim I whs
dcibd tc juy hbm ycu shim it mimbt ohtk` oy `hir hbm whs
mgaibitgey tcc thkfy acr wcrf hbm I s`cuembtjuy it3 ]`ht
bhie pceis`3Arhbfig sht siegbtey, kcbmgobgm jy t`g duiety eccf
cb `gr ahkg.Tgee, ygs, t`ht cbg. Jut Mgei, ycur `hir whs pibf
ht t`g tiog hbm it mimbt dc ht hee. Hbm, wgee, Ivg jggb
t`ibfibd hjcut t`ht bhie pceis` hbm ycu wgrg rid`t. It whs
vgry prgtty hbm it ohtk`gs oy bgw jrh sgt t`ht I pikfgm up
ht t`ht eitteg stcrg ib @heiahx.Tgee, sibkg ycu put it eifg t`ht, Mgeieh` shim,
Io sgricusey juyibd it. [ibkg I shw it airst I khee mijs. I
ohyjg, oid`t, pcssijey, kcuem prcjhjey ht scog pcibt ibt`g auturg, egt ycu jcrrcw it, ia ycu jgd hbm ohfg og t`csg
k`ckcehtg k`ip phbkhfgs t`ht I ecvg. [`g turbgm, hbm wit`
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t`g jhkf ca `gr hujurb `hirgm `ghm bcw ahkibd Arhbfig,
s`g shim hs s`g turbgm t`g kcrbgr cut ca t`g rcco, Io
dcibd tc jrus` oy tggt` hbm ycum jgttgr dgt ycur jutt cutca jgm hbm dgt rghmy tc dc jgkhusg Iee prcjhjey`hvg tc dc
ib h eitteg ghrey tcbid`t. Hbm stcp kheeibd og Mgei!
Arhbfig soiegm tc `grsgea, stccm up, hbm mim hstrgtk` t`ht h ycdh ohstgr wcuem jg prcum ca. [`g phmmgm
cvgr ib `gr jhrg aggt tc t`g ehrdg kecsgt t`ht whscvgrstuaagm wit` kect`gs hbm trigm tc sgg ia `gr ahvcuritg
ahmgm phir ca nghbs wgrg stikfibd cut hbyw`grg t`ht whsghsiey hkkgssijeg. [`g spcttgm t`go krhoogm jgtwggb h
ehrdg krgho-kcecurgm swghtgr hbm h phir ca pibstripgm drgymrgss phbts hbm it tccf scog wcrf tc widdeg t`go cut ca
t`gir `csthdg situhticb. [`g drhjjgm h t-s`irt caa t`g
hbtiqug cvgrstuaagm hrok`hir ib t`g kcrbgr, dhvg it h quikf
sbiaa tc gbsurg t`ht it stiee `hm hbct`gr wghr ib it jgacrg it
bggmgm tc jg ehubmgrgm, seubd it cvgr `gr s`cuemgr cb tcp
ca t`g nghbs, phssgm ubmgr t`g pegt`crh ca skhrvgs hbm
jghms `hbdibd arco hrcubm t`g rcco, hbm `ghmgm acr t`gjht`rcco.
Mgeieh` whs sittibd krcss-egddgm ib cbg ca t`g dihbt
phphshb k`hirs ib t`g eivibd rcco hrgh ca t`g jrikf-wheegm
ecat aueey hjscrjgm ib h jccf wit` h stghoibd kup ca k`hi
tgh ht `gr aggt. Arhbfig whs surg t`ht t`g cbey pehkg ib t`is
kity t`ht `hm ocrg jccfs t`hb t`gy mim whs t`g pujeikeijrhry hbm, gvgb t`gb, s`gm jgt itm jg kecsg.
T`ieg skrujjibd `gr tggt`, s`g heocst ib`hegmscog tcct`phstg acho w`gb s`g summgbey rgogojgrgm
Mgeieh`s kcoogbt arco ghreigr hjcut Dgcrdg hbm `gr
misohy ht `is ehkf ca fbcwegmdg ib t`g jccfs`gea ohfibd
mgphrtogbt. ]`is whs h rubbibd ncfg wit` t`go. [ibkg t`gy
jct` bursgm suk` h jccf hmmikticb, hbm bc mcujt fgptK`hptgrs ib jusibgss, hbycbg t`gy mhtgm cr spgbt hby tiog
thbdcibd wit` s`cuem `hvg t`g fbcw-`cw tc ohfg
jccfs`gevgs. ]`gir kurrgbt eivibd sphkg `hm s`gevgs up hbmmcwb t`g whees w`ik` dhvg it h rustik, jc`goihb k`ik eccf,
hbm t`gy fbgw t`ht ubegss t`gy jct` quit t`gir ncjs hbm
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mgvctgm t`gosgevgs gbtirgey tc rghmibd t`gir gvgr-
ibkrghsibd kceegkticb, t`grg wgrg jccfs t`ht wcuem jg
rgegdhtgm hs mgkcrhticb cbey. ]`is ohmg Arhbfig agge htwibdg ca shmbgss acr s`g mghrey ecvgm tc rghm. ]`grg whs
bc fibm ca jccf t`ht ibtgrgstgm `gr ocrg t`hb hbct`gr hbm
s`g rgduehrey rghm gvgryt`ibd arco `istcry tc skigbkg hbmjicdrhp`igs hbm aikticb hbm hee t`ibds ib jgtwggb.
Hatgr quikfey jrus`ibd cut t`g ecbd thbdegm ogsst`ht whs `gr `hir hbm puttibd it up ib h trgbmy ogssy
pcbythie, s`g whs`gm `gr ahkg hbm t`rgw cb scog ohskhrh.T`gb s`g rghk`gm acr `gr gygeibgr ib t`g jhsfgt hjcvg t`g
tciegt, it heocst agee ib sibkg t`g gid`t cr sc vhricus jcttegsca subskrggb t`ht Mgeieh` `hm krhoogm cb t`g s`gea `hm tc
jg prgkisgey bhvidhtgm.
C`, Mgeieh`, oy pgrpgtuheey pheg arigbm,Arhbfig
dhvg h eitteg ehud`.
Mgeieh` whs mgaibitgey h subskrggb ahbhtik. Arhbfig
acbmey rgogojgrgm t`g wiem hbm krhzy vhkhticb t`gy `hm
thfgb tcdgt`gr tc Kujh, w`grg t`gy `hm jct` ecubdgm ibt`g whro Qhrhmgrc sub acr h wggf, hbm arco w`grg s`g
`hm rgturbgm `cog eccfibd thbbgm hbm trcpikhe, jut
Mgeieh` `hm kcog `cog eccfibd eifg `gr usuhe pheg hbm
krghoy-sfibbgm sgea. Arhbfig fbgw t`ht pgcpeg t`cud`t
t`ht `gr rccoohtg `hm spgbt t`gir gbtirg vhkhticb `imibd
ubmgr h wimg-jrioogm `ht ib t`g s`hmg, gsk`gwibd t`gsub. Jut ib rgheity it `hm jggb t`g [\A 8
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httirg. Tgee-aittibd nghbs t`ht ohmg ogb turb hbm sthrg hatgr
`gr hpprgkihjeg kurvgs w`gb wg phssgm, h pehib tcp, hbm
wgee-wcrb aehts w`ik` s`g wcuem kcbtibug tc wghr ubtie t`gsbcw sthrtgm aheeibd hbm gvgb jgycbm t`ht ia s`g kcuem.
Hrg ycu mrivibd cr ho I3
Iee mrivg. I fbcw `cw ouk` ycu ecvg tc phrf htt`g ohee, Arhbfig shim, thfibd t`g fgys arco t`g
`hbmohmg pcttgry jcwe cb t`g thjeg jy t`g gbtrhbkg hbmcpgbibd t`g mccr tc t`g sthirs. [ibkg t`gy cbey eivgm cb t`g
sgkcbm aeccr ca h twc stcry juiemibd t`grg whs bc bggm acrhb gegvhtcr.
Bc sccbgr `hm Arhbfig pus`gm t`g sthirwgee mccrcpgb hbm sogeegm t`g skgbt ca args` jhfgm jrghms, k`ggsgs,
hbm `cogohmg sukkuegbt scups ohfibd t`gir why up tc
`gr bcstries, `gr stcohk` drcwegm. ]`g bcisg scubmgm
scogw`grg jgtwggb t`g drcwe ca h ahois`gm eicb cb t`g
pehibs ca t`g [hvhbbh` hbm t`g mggp ruojeibd ca t`ubmgr
rceeibd ib t`g misthbt sfy. Mgeieh` `ghrm it hbm dhvg `gr hb
I-tcem-ycu-sc eccf hjcut `hvibd mgkeibgm `gr caagr ca accmghreigr.
Yh, yh. I fbcw. Arhbfig s`ccf `gr `ghm hs s`g
kcbkgmgm t`ht scog gdds oid`t `hvg jggb dccm hatgr hee.
Arhbfig sid`gm hbm trubmegm mcwb t`g sthirs hbm
cut ibtc t`g whro hatgrbccb hir t`ht `hm h kcce krispbgss
jgbght` its surahkg. ]`g sohee kcrbgr jcuehbdgrig jgecwt`gir ecat whs mcibd h stghmy jusibgss cb t`is kecumegss
mhy. Jusibgss ogb hbm wcogb sht ib wrcud`t ircb k`hirshrcubm tiby thjegs cb t`g simgwhef cutsimg, sippibd t`gir
tghs hbm kcaaggs, hbm kcbvgrsibd ib jgtwggb jitgs ca
jhdugttgs cr ackhkkih shbmwik`gs. Bikfy, t`g cwbgr ca t`g
jcuehbdgrig hbm hesc t`gir ehbmecrm, h stcut ohb wit` h
`ghm ca t`ikf drhyibd `hir, dhvg t`go h whvg hs t`gy wgrgsthbmibd cb t`g gmdg ca t`g rchm, ais`ibd cut t`gir
subdehssgs.
@gy, ia it isbt oy twc ahvcuritg tgbhbts,`g shimwit` h jrid`t soieg hs `g ohmg `is why cvgr tc t`go wit` h
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sohee sthkf ca mirty mis`gs t`ht `g `hm nust kceegktgm arco h
thjeg.
Bikfy whs t`g bikgst ehbmecrm t`gym gvgr`hm hbmcbg ca t`g ocst mgkgbt `uohb jgibds t`gym gvgr ogt.
Gvgry bid`t hatgr kecsibd, cb t`g s`crt whef tc `is khr, `g
`hbmgm w`htgvgr egatcvgrs wgrg ib t`g stcrg tc t`g`cogegss hbm `ubdry hbm `g whs h jid mcbhtcr tc eckhe
k`hritigs, ibkeumibd t`g [hevhticb Hroy t`ht rhb h`cogegss s`getgr h agw strggts cvgr. Mgeieh` hbm Arhbfig
hdrggm t`ht ia t`grg whs h `ghvgb t`grg whs h vgry bikgspct rgsgrvgm acr Bikfy. Eifg h kcbmc wit` hee-ibkeusivg
`cusgfggpibd sgrvikgs hbm h argg oibi-jhr t`ht ohdikheeyrgstckfgm itsgea.
Arhbfig, I nust jrgwgm h args` pct ca t`ht Jehkf
Nhvh t`ht ycu eifg sc ouk`. ]`g usuhe k`hi tgh acr ycu,
Mgeieh`3 Cb t`g `cusg, ca kcursg. I t`ibf ycu dires wcrf
tcc `hrm hbm tcc ohby ecbd `curs. @cw hrg ycu suppcsgm
tc aibm h bikg ohb, sgtteg mcwb, hbm ohfg scog jghutiaue
jhjigs, ia ycurg hewhys wcrfibd3 `g shim hs `g wibfgmdccm-bhturgmey ht t`go hbm egm t`g why ibtc t`g s`cp.
Ycurg prghk`ibd tc t`g k`cir, Bikfy. Ivg jggb
tgeeibd Arhbfig acr yghrs t`is wcrf t`ibd is acr t`g jirms
hbm wg s`cuem nust `urry up hbm wib t`g ecttgry.
Ht t`is, Bikfy k`ukfegm hbm shim `gm jggb pehyibd
t`g shog buojgrs acr bibgtggb yghrs jgkhusg h acrtubgtgeegr ht h kcubtry ahir `gm dcbg tc ib Wxjrimdg `hm tcem
`io t`ht t`gy wcuem jg t`g wibbgrs ib `is auturg. Bcw,hatgr hee t`is tiog, `g whs harhim tc pikf miaagrgbt buojgrs
hbm tgopt ahtg ib khsg t`g tiog s`g `hm acrgshw `hppgbgm
tc jg t`ht wggf. @g dhvg `iosgea h ogbthe fikf ib t`g
jg`ibm acr bct hsfibd `gr ia s`g kcuem kehriay nust `cw ahr
ib `is auturg s`g ohy `hvg jggb pggribd.]`gy spgbt h agw ocrg oibutgs khtk`ibd up wit`
Bikfy hbm t`gb t`gy `hm tc jg cb t`gir why.
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]`gy strceegm t`rcud` t`g ohee hbm stcppgm tc eccf
w`gbgvgr scogt`ibd khud`t t`gir gyg. Arhbfig pikfgm
t`go up hb ikg krgho kcbg tc sbhkf cb w`ieg t`gy s`cppgmhbm shim t`ht it shmey rgoibmgm `gr t`ht suoogr whs
heocst ht hb gbm. Mgeieh` dhvg `gr arigbm h syopht`gtik pht
cb t`g jhkf. [`g mimbt oibm t`g wibtgr hs ouk` hsArhbfig mim. \eus, Mgeieh` sgkrgtey suspgktgm t`ht t`g ikg
krgho whs rgheey tc sthvg caa t`g `ubdgr phbds arco bctthfibd `gr up cb t`g caagr ca accm ghreigr.
Wbacrtubhtgey, hs it turbgm cut, t`g rgm bhie pceis`whs bcw`grg tc jg acubm hbm Mgeieh` shim t`ht bgxt tiog
s`g wcuembt eistgb tc `gr rccoohtg hbm s`g wcuem nustjuy it. It whs seio pikfibds ht t`g stcrgs ib t`g ohee acr
kus`icbs hbm t`gy mgkimgm tc dc eccf gesgw`grg.
]`g eitteg stcrg t`ht whs aieegm whee-tc-whee wit` hee scrts caiopcrtgm ubiqug aibms hbm cbg-ca-h-fibm hbtiqugs, whs cbg
ca t`gir ahvcuritgs hbm t`gy ecvgm tc nust whbmgr hbm k`gkf
cut t`g whrgs.
Kcbsthbtibg, h kcwcrfgr ca Mgeieh`s hbm dccm
arigbm tc jct` ca t`go, whs hesc jrcwsibd t`g stcrg t`ht
hatgrbccb. ]`g t`rgg ca t`go stiee k`ukfegm w`gb t`gy
rgogojgrgm `cw Mgeieh` `hm ubwittibdey trigm tc aix upArhbfig hbm Kcbsthbtibg w`gb `g `hm airst aieegm t`g bursgcpgbibd cb t`g surdikhe aeccr t`rgg yghrs ghreigr. Bcjcmy
kcuem `hvg jehogm `gr. Kcbsthbtibg whs aivg aggt bibg
ibk`gs ca mhrf-`hirgm `ubfhouaaib eccfs oixgm wit` h
swggt sgea-mgprgkihtibd mispcsiticb hbm h phssicb acr
kritikheey hkkehiogm ibmgpgbmgbt aieo agstivhe ocvigs. @is
ibtgeeidgbkg hesc rivhegm t`ht ca t`g mcktcrs ht t`g `cspithe.It whs bct cutwhrmey cjvicus t`ht `g whs dhy hbm `gaibheey `hm tc thfg Mgeieh` hsimg hatgr s`g `hm spgbt wggfs
tryibd tc, ib w`ht s`g `hm t`cud`t whs hb gxpgrtey kcvgrt
ohbbgr, sgt t`g twc ca t`go up. Kcbsthbtibg hbm Gvhb `hm
jggb tcdgt`gr sibkg `id` sk`cce hbm Arhbfig hbm Mgeieh`
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rgduehrey `hm t`go hrcubm acr mibbgr hbm vikg vgrsh.
Kcbsthbtibg tcem t`go t`ht `g hbm Gvhb wgrg `cusg-
`ubtibd hbm `g whs nust mhymrghoibd hjcut aurbis`ibd itw`ieg `g jrcwsgm.
]`g dires jcud`t h sgt ca `hbm-gojrcimgrgm
rhibjcw-kcecurgm kus`icbs, put t`go cb t`g jhkf sght, hbm`ghmgm acr `cog. Mgeieh` `hm tc jg ht wcrf jy sgvgb
ckeckf hbm s`gm rgheizgm ht t`g khs` t`ht s`g `hmacrdcttgb tc switk` cvgr t`g ehubmry tc t`g mrygr. Hee `gr
skrujs wgrg stiee sittibd schfibd wgt ib t`g whs`ibdohk`ibg hbm s`g bggmgm tc dgt t`go mrigm ib h `urry.
Dccmbid`t, Arhbfig! Mgeieh` kheegm cb `gr whycut t`g mccr hbm rhb mcwb t`g sthirs.
[`g whs dcibd tc `hvg tc `usteg ia s`g `hm hby
`cpg ca dgttibd tc wcrf cb tiog.
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K@H\]GZ ]TC
It whs Ourp`ys Ehw t`ht t`g cbey hvhiehjeg phrfibd spcts
wgrg ht t`g jhkf ca t`g `udg `cspithe phrfibd ect hbm s`g
rhb hee t`g why tc t`g gegvhtcrs, stgheibd quikf dehbkgs ht`gr whtk`. [`g gxitgm cb `gr aeccr, cut ca jrght` hbm
swghtibd.Hbdgeh, t`g mhys`iat bursg t`ht `hm t`g shog
hssidbogbt hs s`g `hm acr `gr bid`ts`iat, tccf caa `gr
rubbibd s`cgs hbm r`yogm caa rgpcrt tc `gr. Hs Mgeieh`
eistgbgm, s`g rgheizgm t`ht s`g wcuem `hvg h `ghvigr t`hbusuhe phtigbt echm. [`g `cpgm t`gy wcuem seggp t`rcud`
ocst ca `gr s`iat hbm t`ht bct`ibd jhm wcuem `hppgb. [`g
ecddgm cb tc t`g kcoputgrs tc k`gkf ehj wcrf hbm t`gbmhrtgm caa mcwb t`g `hee tc dgt scog vithes mcbg hbm pcur
t`g gvgbibds ogmikhticbs.
[`g `ustegm dgttibd `gr wcubm mrgssibd k`hbdgs
mcbg, divibd cut bid`ttiog ogmikhticbs, `hbdibd bgw IQjhds hbm k`hbdibd jrigas. Hs s`g wgbt, s`g piegm gr k`hrts
ib h sthkf jy hb ubckkupigm kcoputgr hbm `cpgm t`ht s`g
wcuem dgt tc t`go sccb. ]`grg whs bct`ibd wcrsg t`hb t`g
wgg `curs ca t`g ocrbibd krggpibd cb ycu w`ieg ycursthkf ca k`hrts wgrg stiee sittibd t`grg ubtcuk`gm, Mgeieh`
t`cud`t.[`g whs ioogbsgey t`hbfaue t`ht hee ca `gr phtigbts
segpt wgee, hbm gxkgpt acr `hbdibd bgw IQ jhds hbm
hbswgribd h agw khee jgees, s`g `hm pegbty ca tiog tc aibis`
`gr k`hrts. Jy aivg-t`irty ib t`g ocrbibd, s`g whs sittibd ht
t`g arcbt mgsf wit` `gr aggt up cb h k`hir hbm stgheibddehbkgs ht t`g ]Q t`ht whs pehyibd t`g bgw gpiscmg ca
Mgxtgr.
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T`gb t`g bgxt s`iat ca bursgs khog cb ht sgvgb-
t`irty, Mgeieh` dhvg rgpcrt tc t`g cbgs bcw ib k`hrdg ca `gr
phtigbts, hbm gx`hustgmey whefgm tc t`g gegvhtcr. [`g whsdcibd tc seggp eifg h ecd, s`g t`cud`t, hs t`g mccrs kecsgm
hbm s`g aget it jgdib its mgskgbt. @gr gygs wgrg `ghvy hbm
jy t`g tiog s`g dct `cog s`g aget eifg s`g bggmgmtcct`pikfs tc prcp t`go cpgb. Hatgr thfibd h sgkcbm tc
ohfg surg Arhbfig whs shag ib `gr jgm, Mgeieh` krhwegmibtc `gr cwb jgm hbm agee ibtc h mggp seuojgr.
Mgeieh` whs cb bid`ts hdhib t`g bgxt bid`t hbm rceegm cut
ca jgm hrcubm acur ib t`g hatgrbccb. Arhbfig whs eyibd cb
t`g kcuk` aeippibd t`rcud` h ohdhzibg w`gb Mgeieh`
whefgm ib wit` h ohncr khsg ca jgm `ghm.
Ycu whbbh dc cut acr scog sus`i cr scogt`ibd3
Arhbfig hsfgm `gr.Mgeieh` ohmg h ahkg. Ycu fbcw I `htg sus`i,s`g
w`ibgm.
Arhbfig soiegm. I t`ibf t`gy `hvg k`ikfgb cr
scogt`ibd. I oghb ocst pehkgs `hvg k`ikfgb, rid`t3
Egtog thfg h s`cwgr hbm wgee aidurg it cut.
]`g `ct whtgr whs`gm hwhy `gr tirgmbgss hbm ohmg
`gr agge `uohb hdhib. Bid`ts`iats wgrg `hrm cb t`g systgo,s`g t`cud`t. Hbm s`g fbgw t`ht it wcuem jg h kcupeg camhys hatgr ubtie s`g whs jhkf cb h bcrohe seggpibd
sk`gmueg hbm bct sittibd t`grg ubtie acur ib t`g ocrbibd
prhyibd acr seggp w`ieg s`g ehud`gm `gr `ghm caa whtk`ibd
rgrubs ca TipgCut. [`g t`rgw cb h phir ca nghbs hbm h
wgee-wcrb Jcb Ivgr t-s`irt hbm `ghmgm jhkf tc t`g eivibd
rcco w`grg Arhbfig whs sittibd cb h phphshb k`hir rghmibdh vgry t`ikf jccf wit` h eccf ca mggp kcbkgbtrhticb cb `grahkg.
C` oy Dcm, Arhbfig, is t`ht Thr hbm \ghkg
hdhib3 Mgeieh` rceegm `gr gygs hs s`g `ghmgm tc t`g arimdg
acr h dehss ca k`ckcehtg oief.
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Ygs, hs h ohttgr ca ahkt, it is. ]`gy shy t`is is h
dccm jccf hbm I rgheey whbt tc aibis` it, ht scog pcibt, ib
t`is eiagtiog. Ycu fbcw, sc I khb shy, `gy I rghm t`ht ia itgvgr kcogs up.
Mgeieh` `hm tc ehud`. Arhbfig `hm jggb tryibd tc
rghm t`ht jccf acr heocst t`rgg yghrs hbm kcuem bgvgr dgtphst rghmibd aivg phdgs ht hby divgb tiog.
Arco t`g aeccr ht Arhbfigs aggt, h s`crt sbippgt ca[gxy Hbm I Fbcw It pehygm hbm s`g rghk`gm acr `gr kgee.
@gy `gybgss, s`g shim w`gb s`g put it tc `gr ghr.C`, yh3 Acr surg. Og hbm Mgee wgrg nust `ghmibd acr h
jitg, tcc. \izzh hbm wibds scubms, s`g phusgm hs s`geccfgm ht Mgeieh` wit` rhisgm qugsticbibd gygjrcws.
Mgeieh` dhvg `gr h t`uojs up. ]`ht scubms hwgscog!
Mgeieh` soiegm. [`g fbgw t`ht ribd whs rgsgrvgm
acr Kcbsthbtibg hbm `g whs hewhys h jehst tc `hbd cut
wit`. Mgeieh` t`rgw cb h k`ik jehkf jehzgr hbm rceegm t`g
kuaas hs Arhbfig drhjjgm h phir ca s`cgs arco t`g s`gea ht
t`g mccr.Io sthrvibd! Arhbfig drcwegm hs t`gy `ghmgm
cut.
Cvgr mibbgr, t`g dires tccf turbs sgbmibd aeirty dehbkgs tc hthjeg ca `ubfs hkrcss t`g rgsthurhbt hbm t`gy wgrgrgwhrmgm wit` h trhy ca mribfs s`cwibd up. ]`gy diddegm
hbm rhisgm t`gir dehssgs ib t`g mirgkticb ca t`g stums.
Ycu dires hrg tgrrijeg! Kcbsthbtibg pehyaueey
k`imgm t`go.
@gy, ia ycuvg dct it, aehubt it! Arhbfig ehud`gm
hbm tcssgm `gr jecbm eckfs cvgr `gr s`cuemgr.Hjsceutgey, Mgeieh` k`iogm ib hs t`gy keibfgm
t`gir dehssgs. Hbm ia ycu mcbt dct it, t`gb prgtgbm ycu
mc!
]c us! Arhbfig soiegm.
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T`ht Dcm `hs jrcud`t tcdgt`gr, egt bc ohb put
hsubmgr! Mgeieh` aibis`gm hbm t`gy jct` tccf h ehrdg
mribf.Kcbsthbtibg hbm Gvhb rceegm t`gir gygs.
]`csg pccr ogb mcbt sthbm h k`hbkg,
Kcbsthbtibg shim.Bct gvgb cbg sohee k`hbkg, Gvhb kcbkurrgm.Ib
ahkt, t`gy ohy bggm t`grhpy w`gb its hee cvgr.]`grhpy tc dgt cvgr cur hwgscogbgss! Arhbfig
pipgm up.]`gy hee ehud`gm hbm spgbt sc ecbd k`httibd cvgr
mibbgr t`ht Mgeieh` `hm tc rus` tc k`hbdg ibtc `gr skrujsw`gb t`gy dct `cog. [`g ygeegm h quikf dccmjyg cb `gr
why cut t`g mccr.
@hvg h dccm s`iat! Arhbfig `ceegrgm hs t`g mccr
kecsgm.
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cpgb. Mgeieh` thppgm `gr acct hbm aimdgtgm iophtigbtey
w`ieg s`g whitgm acr Arhbfig tc gxtrhkt t`g kcbtgbts.
Aibheey, Arhbfig pueegm cut h typgm egttgr hbm h soheephkfhdg ca w`ht eccfgm eifg ibstrukticbs ca scog scrt. @gr
ocut` ocvgm siegbtey hs s`g sfioogm cvgr t`g kcbtgbts ca
t`g egttgr, hmoiribd t`g aggeibd ca t`g wgid`t ca t`g `ghvy,hbm cjvicusey gxpgbsivg, stckf phpgr ib `gr `hbm.
T`ht is it3 T`c is it arco3 Arhbfig, w`ht is it3Mgeieh` kcuembt kcbthib `grsgea hbyocrg. [`g whtk`gm
Arhbfig eip rghm t`g egttgr jgacrg s`g aibheey `hbmgm it cvgrtc Mgeieh`.
Mgeieh` tccf it ib `gr `hbm hbm quikfey rghmt`rcud` it. ]`g egttgr whs arco h Oht`iemh Jrcwb, kurhtcr,
ht Eckfstcbg Dheegry ib Ecbmcb, hbm it whs hb hkkgpthbkg
egttgr ca scrts. Os. Jrcwb whs rgpeyibd tc t`g p`ctcdrhp`s
hbm egttgr t`ht Arhbfig `hs sgbt tc `gr ib t`g spribd. [`g
whs ocst gbt`usihstik hjcut oggtibd Arhbfig ib pgrscb hbm
vigwibd `gr pcrtaceic. [`g `hm ibkeumgm ib t`g gbvgecpg,
hbm t`us hkkcubtibd acr t`g t`ikfbgss ca it, hb caagr acrrcubm-trip hirahrg, ecmdibd ht `gr k`cikg ca hohzibd jgm
hbm jrghfahsts, hbm t`g cppcrtubity acr `gr tc s`cw caa `gr
whrgs tc scog vgry iopcrthbt pgcpeg. Arhbfig stccm
siegbtey hbm whtk`gm `gr arigbm hjscrj t`g egttgr, shw `gr
ahkg dc arco hwg tc surprisg, hbm t`gb tc scogt`ibd t`ht
jcrmgrgm cb misohy. Mgeieh` aibis`gm rghmibd hbm t`gbeccfgm ht t`g phkfhdg ib `gr ct`gr `hbm ib stubbgm
hohzgogbt hjcut t`g kcbtgbts ca t`g egttgr.I mcbt ubmgrsthbm, Arhbfig. Ib `grg it shys t`ht
t`is Os. Jrcwb kcbthktgm ycu jgacrg hbm t`ht ycuvg
herghmy sgbt `gr scog ca ycur wcrf3 T`gb mim hee t`is
`hppgb jgkhusg I mcbt rgogojgr ycu shyibd h t`ibd
hjcut it, hbm I wcuem rgogojgr scogt`ibd hs iopcrthbt hst`is3
]`hts jgkhusg I bgvgr tcem ycu, Mgee, Arhbfig
sthoogrgm. [`g tccf h jrght` hbm kcbtibugm. Hpphrgbtey,muribd h mibbgr phrty divgb ht h rgsimgbkg cb Tieeiho
[trggt ib Ecbmcb, t`g kurhtcr ca t`g dheegry, Os. Jrcwb,
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shw cbg ca oy p`ctcdrhp`s `hbdibd cb t`g whee hbm `hm
aheegb ib ecvg wit` it. ]`g cwbgrs ca t`g rgsimgbkg tcem Os.
Jrcwb t`ht t`gy `hm jcud`t t`g p`ctcdrhp` muribd t`girvisit tc Khbhmh ht h eitteg jcct` ht h agstivhe. It tccf scog
prcmmibd acr t`g cwbgrs tc rgkhee t`g gxhkt kity hbm agstivhe
w`ik`, hkkcrmibd tc t`g airst egttgr I dct, hkkcubtgm acr t`gmgehy ib kcbthktibd og. T`gb s`g wrctg t`g airst tiog, s`g
thefgm hjcut `cw ibkrgmijeg t`g p`ctcdrhp` whs. Hs s`gput it, it whs h rgohrfhjeg jehkf-hbm-w`itg s`ct ca t`g sfy
arco t`g vhbthdg pcibt ca scog thee drhss cb h whrosuoogr mhy. [`g whbtgm tc fbcw ia I whs ibtgrgstgm ib
ohyjg dgttibd scog ca oy stuaa sggb.Mgeieh` mimbtfbcw w`ht tc shy. ]`is whs suk` h
`udg mghe acr Arhbfig hbm ygt s`g `hm bgvgr shim h wcrm.
Cb cbg `hbm, s`g aget `urt hbm mishppcibtgm t`ht s`g whs
cbey aibmibd cut hjcut t`is bcw, jut cb t`g ct`gr `hbm, sc
prcum t`ht Arhbfig whs aibheey dcibd tc dgt t`g rgkcdbiticb
t`ht s`g mgsgrvgm.
Hs ia s`g whs rghmibd Mgeieh`s oibm, Arhbfig shim,I whs dcibd tc tgee ycu, Mgee, jut I fbgw ycu wcuembt jg
hjeg tc kcog wit` og hbm t`ht ycum pus` og tc dc. [c
jgacrg wg gvgb krcssgm t`ht ogssy jrimdg, I whbtgm tc
fbcw acr surg w`ht whs dcibd cb. I rgheey whbt ycu tc
kcog wit` og.
Arhbfig kcuem agge t`g tghrs wgeeibd up ib `gr gygshs s`g shim t`g ehst sgbtgbkg. Bct whbtibd Mgeieh` tc agge
duiety, s`g summgbey pus`gm phst `gr hbm ohmg `gr why tct`g jht`rcco sc s`g kcuem dgt h tissug hbm kry wit` t`g
mccr kecsgm.
Mgeieh` egt cut t`g jrght` s`g `hm jggb `cemibd hs
s`g whtk`gm t`g jhkf ca Arhbfig mishppghr ibtc t`g
jht`rcco. Arhbfig whs rid`t. ]`grg whs bc why t`ht s`gwcuem jg hjeg tc thfg t`ht fibm ca tiog caa wcrf. It whs
`hrm gbcud` acr `gr tc dgt h wggf caa tc dc cb h s`crt
vhkhticb.Ycu fbcw I khbt mc t`ht, Arhbfig. Jut ycu `hvg
tc dc. Its suk` hb hohzibd cppcrtubity. Caagrs eifg t`is
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mcbt kcog hrcubm gvgry mhy, ycu fbcw, s`g shim tc
Arhbfig t`rcud` t`g kecsgm jht`rcco mccr.
]`g t`cud`t ca `gr arigbm eghvibd hbm dcibd hee t`gwhy cvgr t`grg wit`cut `gr ohmg Mgeieh` ecbgey ibsimg, jut
s`g mimbtwhbt tc jg t`g cbg tc sthbm ib `gr why, hbm s`g
kgrthibey mimbtwhbt Arhbfig tc sgg `cw ouk` s`g wcuemjg oissgm. Tit` t`ht t`cud`t ib `gr oibm, s`g sht
mgtgroibgmey cutsimg t`g jht`rcco mccr hbm fbckfgmhdhib.
Its cbey acr h eitteg ecbdgr t`hb h ocbt`. Ycu khbdgt t`g tiog caa wcrf bc prcjego. Hbm ycurg t`g cbg w`c
hewhys shim t`ht ycu whbt tc sgg t`g ]cwgr ca Ecbmcb hbmJukfibd`ho \hehkg. Ycu `hvg tc dc, Arhbfig, ycu nust
`hvg tc, s`g shim airoey tc t`g mccr.
Arhbfig sht ibsimg cb t`g tciegt sght. Ygs, s`g
whbtgm tc dc hbm s`g fbgw t`ht s`g wcuem jg dgttibd cb
t`ht pehbg. @gr `ghrt `hm rhkgm hs s`g `hm rghm t`g egttgr
hbm `gr oibm whs aeccmgm wit` hee t`g hwgscog t`ibds t`ht
s`g wcuem sgg hbm mc w`ieg s`g whs t`grg. ]`gb aghr,hpprg`gbsicb, hbm mcujt krgpt ib, hbm t`hts w`gb s`g
sthrtgm hvibd sgkcbm t`cud`ts.
Aibheey, s`g cpgbgm t`g mccr.
Io dcibd tc dc.
Ca kcursg ycu hrg.
Hbm Io dcibd tc khee ycu gvgry mhy.]wikg h mhy.
]`gy `uddgm hbm `uddgm.
H khegbmhr bcw `ubd cb t`g arimdg hbm ghk` mhy t`ht t`gy
krcssgm caa wit` h rgm P jrcud`t t`go kecsgr tc t`g mhyt`ht whs kirkegm ib ygeecw `id`eid`tgr. Hee t`gir sphrg tiogwhs ghtgb up dgttibd t`ibds rghmy acr Arhbfigs trip. Ca
kcursg, t`gy mgkimgm s`g wcuem bggm h w`ceg bgw
whrmrcjg hbm t`gy spgbt h ect ca tiog sghrk`ibd acr t`g
pgragkt s`cgs cr ghrribds. Arhbfig kcuembt s`hfg t`g
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ubgxpehibhjeg aggeibd ca iopgbmibd mcco hbm trigm tc
httrijutg it tc `gr bgrvgs hjcut oggtibd t`g kurhtcr.
[cogtiogs, s`g wcuem eccf ht Mgeieh` hbm `hvg tcrgsist t`g urdg tc `ud `gr hbm tgee `gr `cw ouk` s`g oghbt
tc `gr, eifg tiog whs rubbibd cut acr t`go hbm s`g mimbt
whbt tc rgdrgt `hvibd bct shim t`g iopcrthbt t`ibds tc t`gcbgs s`g khrgm hjcut. It ohmg bc sgbsg hbm s`g kgrthibey
kcuembt tgee Mgeieh` hjcut t`g aggeibds t`ht s`g `hm jggb`hvibd sibkg s`g cpgbgm t`ht gbvgecpg. Mgeieh` wcuem thfg
it vgry sgricusey hbm wcuem aibm h why tc hkkcophby `grtc t`g WF, prcjhjey gvgb ia it oghbt ecsibd `gr ncj.
Arhbfig mgkimgm s`g `hm tc pehy it kcce hbm bct s`cw hbyocrg arhy tc `gr bgrvgs t`hb w`ht Mgeieh` wcuem t`ibf whs
bcrohe.
Muribd t`g wggf eghmibd up tc `gr mgphrturg,
Arhbfig sthrtgm `hvibd tgrrijeg bid`tohrgs, t`g fibm t`ht
whfgs ycu up ib h kcem swght, drippibd ycur pieecw cvgr
ycur ocut` tc stiaeg t`g skrgho. Ghk` tiog s`g trigm tc
rgogojgr w`ht `hm wcfgb `gr, jut s`g kcuem bgvgrrgogojgr hbyt`ibd spgkiaik. [cogtiogs, s`g wcuem `hvg h
aeggtibd ogocry ca whtgr, t`g scubm ca ecum ousik
pehyibd, cr h ohb wit` eid`t `hir, jut jgycbm t`ht `gr
mrghos rgohibgm stujjcrbey cut ca `gr whfibd drhsp.
It whs wit` h `ghvy `ghrt t`ht Arhbfig phkfgm `gr
suitkhsgs t`g mhy jgacrg `gr aeid`t. @gr seggp `hm jggbtgrrijeg ehtgey hbm s`g `hm mhrf kirkegs ubmgr `gr gygs.
[thbmibd ib t`g oimmeg ca `gr rcco, s`g kecsgm `gr gygshbm tccf scog mggp stghmyibd jrght`s hs s`g tcem `grsgea
acr t`g `ubmrgmt` tiog t`ht it whs hee ib `gr `ghm. [`g trigm
tc jeckf cut t`g ahkt t`ht s`g `hm trhvgeegm h ect ca tiogs
hbm `hm bgvgr `hm t`is aggeibd jgacrg. Ca kcursg, heocst
hee ca `gr trips `hm jggb wit` Mgeieh` hbm s`g trigm tckcbvibkg `grsgea t`ht it whs t`g ecss ca t`is shagty bgt t`ht
whs ohfibd `gr sc hbxicus.
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It whs t`g sgkcbm wggf ca [gptgojgr w`gb Arhbfig hbm
Mgeieh` mrhddgm t`g `ghvy suitkhsgs mcwb t`g sthirs tc t`g
whitibd vhb. ]`g ghrey ocrbibd hir stiee `gem t`g ehst `ghtca t`g suoogr sub hbm t`g acrgkhst whs keghr hbm subby
acr t`g gbtirg aivg `cur mrivg tc t`g hirpcrt. ]`g cbey ecusy
phrt hjcut eivibd ib h sohee kity ahr hwhy arco h jccoibdogtrcpceis, Arhbfig t`cud`t, wgrg t`g ecbd kcooutgs tc
dgt hbyw`grg.]c phss t`g tiog hbm mispge scog ca t`g shmbgss,
t`gy ohmg sohee thef hbm Arhbfig shbd tc t`g rhmic ib `grrhspy Nhbis Ncpeib vcikg t`ht jgecbdgm ib h socfy
jhsgogbt nhzz jhr. Arhbfig `hm h dccm ehud` ht t`g jcysw`c trigm t`gir jgst tc put t`g ocvgs cb t`go w`gb t`gy
wgrg eghvibd t`g ahst accm rgsthurhbt ht eubk`.
]`gy pueegm ibtc t`g hirpcrt phrfibd ect rid`t cb tiog hbmMgeieh` `gepgm Arhbfig thfg `gr euddhdg cut ca t`g vhb. It
whs h whro mhy wit` cptiohe wght`gr kcbmiticbs acr
aeyibd hkrcss t`g ckghb hbm eghvibd ycur jgst arigbm,
Arhbfig t`cud`t, hs t`gy ohmg t`gir why kecsgr tc t`g
hirpcrt mccrs. ]`gy fbgw it whs cbey acr aivg wggfs, jut it
sggogm eifg h ecbd tiog.
Ogehbk`cey oixgm wit` gxkitgogbt hbmhbtikiphticb ib t`gir `ghrts hs t`gy ohmg t`gir why tct`rcud` t`g seimibd dehss mccrs hbm ibtc t`g vhst `id`-
kgieibdgm hirpcrt tgroibhe. Arhbfig hbm Mgeieh` whefgm ib
siegbkg, ghk` euddibd h suitkhsg jg`ibm t`go, ubtie t`gy
khog tc t`g Ibtgrbhticbhe Mgphrturgs sgkurity dhtg, t`rcud`
w`ik` ycu kcuem cbey dc ia ycu `hm h tikfgt.
Arhbfig stcppgm hbm turbgm tc ahkg Mgeieh`. ]`gaggeibd t`ht it whs dcibd tc jg h why ecbdgr tiog hphrt t`hbnust aivg wggfs wcrfgm ht t`g gmdgs ca `gr t`cud`ts eifg
t`g arhygm trio ca hb cem jehbfgt. [`g k`gwgm ht `gr ecwgr
eip hbm eccfgm hrcubm.
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Its bct tcc ehtg, Mgee. ]`grgs h tikfgt kcubtgr
rid`t cvgr t`grg. Nust dc dgt h tikfgt hbm khee ib wit`
egprcsy acr t`g bgxt aivg wggfs, Arhbfig `hea-ncfgm, hsohee soieg cb `gr ahkg.
Mcbt tgopt og, Arhbfig, s`g ehud`gm hbm egt dc
ca t`g suitkhsg `hbmeg tc `ud `gr arigbm.]`gy `gem ghk` ct`gr ib h sbud gojrhkg acr w`ht
sggogm tc strgtk` acr `hea hb `cur jut ib rgheity whs cbey hoibutg.
Khee og hee t`g tiog, cfhy3 Hbm thfg ects capikturgs, Mgeieh` shim, sbiaaibd, hs h sibdeg tghr rceegm
mcwb `gr k`ggf.Ca kcursg, Arhbfig shim hbm, pehstgribd `gr ocst
jrhvg soieg cb `gr ahkg, s`g pueegm hwhy hbm dhvg Mgeieh`
h eitteg pehyaue pubk` tc t`g s`cuemgr tc eid`tgb t`g occm.
[`g tccf h mggp jrght`, rghk`gm acr t`g sgkcbm suitkhsg,
hbm jgdhb whefibd tcwhrm t`g dhtg.
C`, `gy Arhbfig! Mgeieh` kheegm cut. Arhbfig
turbgm hrcubm. Mcbt acrdgt tc `hvg h dccm tiog!Arhbfig dhvg `gr arigbm h eitteg whvg hbm h soieg,
hbm t`gb turbgm hbm aibis`gm whefibd tc t`g dhtg. [`g
rgsistgm t`g urdg tc eccf jhkf, bct whbtibd Mgeieh` tc sgg
t`g tghrs t`ht wgrg bcw stghmiey strghoibd mcwb `gr ahkg
hbm ehbmibd ib scat, ibhumijeg mrcps cb t`g aeccr ib arcbt ca
`gr.
Mgeieh` stccm cutsimg t`g hirpcrt ht ]groibhe 8 hbm
whtk`gm t`g pehbgs thfibd caa acr cvgr hb `cur, bct surg
w`ik` cbg khrrigm Arhbfig ib its jgeey. ]`g tghrs mim bct
stcp quigtey aheeibd t`g gbtirg tiog hbm `gr `ghrt `urt ocrghbm aieegm wit` ocrg ecbdibd wit` ghk` sgkcbm t`ht tikfgmjy cb `gr krhppy midithe whtk`.
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K@H\]GZ ACWZ
]`g mhys ca [gptgojgr phssgm jy og, scog quikfey, hbm
scog mrhddgm cb. ]`g cbgs t`ht I wcrfgm aegw jy acr t`gocst phrt hbm, it sggogm tc og t`ht hee ht cbkg, t`g eghvgs
wgrg summgbey crhbdg hbm rgm, w`ik` dhvg t`g ioprgssicbcb t`g ocrbibds w`gb t`g sub s`cbg mirgktey cb t`g trggs
t`ht t`g `iees wgrg hjehzg. Cbkg t`g trggs wgrg t`csg
vijrhbt kcecurs, it whsbt ecbd jgacrg t`gy wcuem hee turb
jrid`t ygeecw hbm t`gir eghvgs wcuem jgdib tc ahee caa ibrgkcrm buojgrs w`gb t`g wibm jegw t`rcud` t`go, kcem
hbm krisp. Tit` t`ht ib oibm, hbm `hvibd h acur mhy strgtk`
caa wcrf, I mgkimgm it whs tiog acr h bgw jccf hbm scogquigt rgehxhticb tiog.
]`g phrfibd ect ht t`g jccf stcrg whs nho-phkfgm
sc I whs acrkgm tc phrf hecbd t`g jhkf rcw, ib h spct t`ht
whs heocst tcc tid`t tc ait ib. I siegbtey kursgm t`g ngrf w`cmrcvg t`g eiog drggb [hbth Ag t`ht `hm phrfgm rid`t cb t`g
eibg.
It whs whro ibsimg hbm I kcuem sogee t`g kcaagg
hbm phstrigs kcoibd arco t`g kcaagg s`cp cb t`g ct`grsimg. H vhbieeh ehttg wit` mcujeg gsprgssc whs nust w`ht t`g
mcktcr crmgrgm hbm it whrogm oy `hbms hs I oghbmgrgmt`rcud` t`g hisegs. I soiegm tc oysgea kcbtgbtgmey hs I
sippgm oy ehttg. Wsuheey, I crmgrgm h sfibby vhbieeh ehttg,
jut wit`cut Arhbfig `grg tc divg og t`ht eccf, I gbncygm
gvgry ocogbt ca it, w`ip hbm hee, duiet-argg.
[cat nhzz pehygm w`ieg I tccf oy tiog jrcwsibd t`gcaagribds, secwey ohfibd oy why up hbm mcwb t`g rcws
hbm rcws ca jccfs, stcppibd tc rghm h sybcpsis w`gbgvgrhb ibtgrgstibd kcvgr khud`t oy gyg, cr h titeg t`ht `hm
prcoisg nuopgm cut ht og. ]`grg wgrg bc sgkticbs t`ht
mimbt ibtgrgst og hbm, hatgr hjcut hb `cur, hbm hatgr
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`hvibd tc thfg h whs`rcco jrghf w`gb oy ecbd-hdc mrhbf
kcaagg `hm rgqugstgm its gxit, I `hm h pieg ca sgvgb jccfs ib
oy hros. ]`is whs t`g phrt t`ht I acubm t`g tcud`gst, t`gk`ccsibd ca nust cbg. ]`is whs hesc t`g phrt t`ht khusgm cur
ecat tc `hvg suk` hb hjubmhbkg ca rghmibd ohtgrihe. I sht
cb cbg ca t`g `hrm wccmgb k`hirs hbm khrgaueey eccfgmcvgr oy sthkf ubtie I `hm it bhrrcwgm mcwb tc twc
pcssijieitigs. ]`g airst jccf whs writtgb arco t`gpgrspgktivg ca h mcd hbm scubmgm sc swggt t`ht t`grg whs
t`g mistibkt pcssijieity ca it jribdibd tghrs tc oy gygs. ]`gct`gr whs h bcb-aikticb hjcut t`g skigbtists ht KGZB hbm
t`g mishstrcus pcssijieitigs ca ohb-ohmg jehkf `cegs. ]gboibutgs ehtgr, I whs stiee bc kecsgr tc mgkimibd sc I ohmg
oy why tc t`g khs` wit` jct`. I heocst squghegm wit`
gxkitgogbt tc sgg t`g bgw Egcbhrm Kc`gb KM acr sheg hbm
I `hm tc mc scog sgricus rgsistibd tc bct jrghf cut ib h
`hppy mhbkg rid`t t`gb hbm t`grg.
]`g sub whs jrid`t hbm t`g sfy `hm h sohttgribd ca kecums,
scog ohrs`oheecw aeuaay w`itg cbgs, hbm scog sc wispy
t`ht t`gy heocst mimbt gxist ht hee. I aidurgm t`ht t`g phrf
wcuem jg prgtty jusy cb h bikg mhy eifg tcmhy, hbm surg
gbcud`, I `hm tc fggp stcppibd t`g vhb tc heecw pgcpeg,hbm mcds, hbm strceegrs tc dc jy jgacrg I kcuem aibheey phrf.It whs eukfy acr gvgrycbg t`ht Or. Kc`gb scct`gm oy
iophtigbkg wit` `is wgee-sghscbgm hbm drhvgeey krccbibd. I
gvgb ohbhdgm tc soieg ht h agw pgcpeg w`c mgkimgm t`ht
whefibd cb h mihdcbhe whs t`g jgst why tc dgt arco cbg
simg tc t`g ct`gr. Eifg sgricusey pgcpeg!
Het`cud` it whs ehtg [gptgojgr, t`grg whs stiee hbhohzibd oyrihm ca aecwgrs t`ht wgrg stujjcrbey rgsistibdt`g kcem hbm turbibd t`gir kcecuraue pgthes tc ahkg t`g
whbibd whrot` ca t`g sub. \ibfs, crhbdgs, purpegs, hbm
ygeecws wgrg ibtgrspgrsgm wit` miaagrgbt s`hmgs ca drggbs,
hbm oy gygs tccf ib t`g miaagrgbt vhrigtigs hs I ohmg oy
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why hecbd t`g pht`s t`ht wghvgm t`rcud` t`g aecwgrs. ]`g
pht`s sthrtgm egvge wit` t`g drcubm hbm rcsg ib h ehjyribt`
ca drhvgegm stgps hbm trhies t`ht wgbt hee hrcubm t`g gbtirghrgh sc t`g visitcr kcuem sgg ghk` pehbt hs t`gy ncurbgygm
hrcubm t`g `iee ubtie t`gy k`csg hb gxit pht`.
I mgkimgm tc gxit bghr t`g jhkf w`grg t`grg whs hbgopty sgt ca swibds, h agw wccmgb phrf jgbk`gs, hbm hb
cpgb gxphbsg ca drhss wit` t`g k`cikg ca sub cr s`hmg.Het`cud` sittibd ib t`g sub hppghegm tc og, I mimbtwhbt
tc `hvg tc spgbm oy tiog squibtibd ibtc oy jccf w`ieg Itrigm tc gbncy oysgea, hbm sc I sprghm cut oy rgm pehim
wcce jehbfgt ubmgr t`g s`hmg ca h ehrdg hbm kcecuraueohpeg. ]`g drcubm hrcubm og whs herghmy eittgrgm wit`
eghvgs ib krioscbs hbm thbdgribgs, ghk` cbg hs miaagrgbt hs
h sbcwaehfg.
I whs sc ibtc oy jccf, sc mggp ib t`cud`t w`ieg I
prckgssgm t`g ibtrikhkigs ca p`ysiks, prctcbs, hbm quhrfs,
t`ht I mimbtbctikg t`ht scogcbg `hm kcog tc sthbm ht oy
aggt. I aget h eid`t thppibd cb t`g jcttco ca oy sievgr aehthbm it ohmg og nuop hbm mrcp oy jccf. I sht up hbm put
oy `hbm tc oy acrg`ghm tc jeckf t`g eid`t t`ht whs
aietgribd t`rcud` t`g eghvgs cbey tc sgg [iocb, h khrmihk
bursg ht t`g `cspithe w`grg I wcrfgm, soieibd mcwb ht og.
[crry, `g shim wit` hb ghsy soieg, eccfs eifg I
ohmg ycu ecsg ycur phdg. I shim ycur bhog h kcupeg catiogs jut cjvicusey ycu wgrg caa ib ycur cwb eitteg
wcrem.C`, ygh`, I dgt eifg t`ht w`gb I rghm, I dugss, I
sthoogrgm.
I whs nust cut gbncyibd oy mhy caa, hbm t`is
dcrdgcus wght`gr, w`gb I eccfgm cvgr hbm spcttgm ycu
`grg.@g soiegm mcwb ht og.I phttgm t`g jehbfgt jgsimg og. @hvg h sght.
@g hkkgptgm oy caagr tc ncib og cb t`g jehbfgt hbm
wg dct thefibd hjcut wcrf, hbm kcwcrfgrs, hbmhspirhticbs, hbm jgacrg wg fbgw it, t`g s`hmcws wgrg
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strgtk`ibd ecbd hkrcss t`g drhss hbm t`g tgopgrhturg whs
jgdibbibd its gvgbibd mgskgbt.
Tgee, [iocb stccm hbm rhb `is `hbms cvgr t`garcbt ca `is pheg f`hfis, socct`ibd t`g ahjrik hs `g wgbt,
Io `hvibd h rgheey dccm tiog hbm I wcuembt oibm it
kcbtibuibd, Mgeieh`. [c, ia ycum jg up acr it, Io dgttibdprgtty `ubdry hbm I fbcw h drght eitteg pehkg t`ht ohfgs h
vgry spiky oghtjhee shbmwik`.I whs h eitteg khud`t caa duhrm hbm I prgssgm oy eips
tcdgt`gr w`ieg I turbgm t`g imgh cvgr quikfey ib oy oibm.T`ht t`g `gkf, I `hm jggb `hvibd h bikg tiog, tcc. I hdrggm
tc oggt `io ht t`g rgsthurhbt ib twgbty oibutgs sc wgkcuem kcbtibug cur kcbvgrshticb. @g soiegm, tccf oy
`hbm, hbm pueegm og ibtc h sthbmibd pcsiticb. Ht t`is
vhbthdg pcibt, I kcuem sgg `cw h dire kcuem dgt ecst ib t`csg
jhjy jeugs ca `is hs t`gy sggogm tc twibfeg hbm hjscrj t`g
ahmibd eid`t.
Wbtie ehtgr, t`gb, `g shim hs `g fgpt `cem ca oy
`hbm, eghbgm ib, hbm dgbtey jrus`gm `is eips hkrcss oyk`ggf. I kcuem agge t`g kcecur hbm whrot` risibd ib oy
ahkg hbm I `cpgm t`ht ib t`g rhpimey miooibd eid`t it
whsbt hs cjvicus hs it aget. Tit` h eitteg soieg `g turbgm cb
`is `gges hbm `ghmgm caa ib t`g mirgkticb ca t`g phrfibd ect.
I jgbt hbm kceegktgm oy jehbfgt hbm jccf, turbibd
t`is bgw mgvgecpogbt cvgr ib oy `ghm hs I whtk`gm [iocbmishppghr arco vigw.
Mim I rgheey whbt tc dgt ibtc h rgehticbs`ip wit` hkcwcrfgr3 Tgee, tc jg ahir, wg mimbt wcrf cb t`g shog
aeccr. [iocb whs h khrmihk bursg hbm I whs h surdikhe
bursg. Jut stiee, ia t`ibds mimbt wcrf cut, t`ht pehkg whs h
jrggmibd drcubm acr ruocurs hbm bc mhy wgbt jy wit`cut
oy cvgr`ghribd scog agstgribd dcssip hjcut scogcbg.Cb t`g whef tc oy vhb, I mgkimgm tc divg it h s`ct
hbywhys. [iocb whs sohrt hbm dccm-eccfibd wit`
ubthogm jecbm kures t`ht arhogm `is ahkg ib h why t`ht whsrgoibiskgbt ca Oik`gehbdgecs Mhvim. I t`cud`t t`ht t`grg
whs ocrg t`hb h eitteg rgsgojehbkg tc t`ht sthtug ib t`g jutt
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hrgh, tcc, hbm I kcuembt `gep jut bctikg it hesc `hm h rht`gr
bikg swhy w`gb `g `hm ohmg `is mgphrturg.
]`g vhb whs whro arco t`g sub pcuribd ib it hee hatgrbccb
hbm I shvcurgm t`g aggeibd ca t`g `ght ib t`g stggribd w`gge
pus`ibd t`g kccebgss cut ca oy `hbms. Jgacrg turbibd t`g
fgy ib t`g idbiticb, I dhvg oysgea h quikf eccf ib t`g
rghrvigw oirrcr hbm mgkimgm t`ht I eccfgm hkkgpthjeg.[iocb `hm surg eccfgm hkkgpthjeg, I t`cud`t, hbm soiegm
tc oysgea hs I mrcvg.
]`g rgsthurhbt whs jusy hbm wg `hm tc whit acr h agw
oibutgs jgacrg h thjeg cpgbgm up. It whsbt h vgry jid
pehkg hbm it `hm drght sgrvikg, mgeikicus accm, hbm h kczyhtocsp`grg. \htrcbs ca hee hdgs k`httgm bcisiey hee hrcubm
us hbm I khud`t sbippgts ca kcbvgrshticbs hjcut wcrf,ecvg, hbm t`g t`ibds t`ht thfg up t`g sphkg ib gvgrymhy eiag.
I crmgrgm t`g oghtjhee shbmwik` ht [iocbsprcoisg ca its
mgeikicusbgss hbm wg pikfgm up cur kcbvgrshticb w`grg it
`hm egat caa ht t`g phrf. I whs `hppy tc sgg t`ht it aecwgm
gaacrtegssey wit`cut t`g hwfwhrm siegbkgs hbm ecbd phusgst`ht `hppgb w`gb scogcbg is tryibd tc t`ibf ca w`ht tc
shy. ]`is whs h argqugbt ckkurrgbkg wit` og hbm mhtgs sc I
whs ocrg t`hb h eitteg jit peghshbtey surprisgm.]`g whitgr khog hbm mgeivgrgm cur imgbtikhe crmgrs
wit` h aecuris` hbm h Jcb Hpptit! hbm t`gb `g whs caa
tc oibdeg wit` t`g whitibd dugsts ht t`g mccr. Oy ocut`
jgdhb tc whtgr ht t`g sid`t cb oy pehtg. Oy shbmwik` casix dihbt oghtjhees, soct`grgm ib h spiky tcohtc shukg,
mrippibd wit` ogetgm k`ggsg, kcvgrgm wit` h dgbgrcus
`gepibd ca kcecuraue pgppgrs, cb h `cog-jhfgm jub, sthrgmup ht og.
]`is eccfs ahjuecus! Oy ocut` whs mgaibitgey
whtgribd bcw. I pikfgm it up, cpgbgm oy ocut` hs wimg hs
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it kcuem dc, hbm tccf h ehrdg jitg. I aget t`g nuikg rub mcwb
oy k`ib hbm I ehud`gm hs [iocb rghk`gm cvgr hbm phttgm
oy k`ib wit` `is bhpfib.]`is is hktuheey oy ahvcuritg pehkg. Its fibm ca
aubby t`ht Ivg bgvgr jrcud`t hbycbg `grg jgacrg.
I tccf hb gxtrh-ecbd tiog tc k`gw hs I sghrk`gm acrscogt`ibd tc shy tc t`ht.
Tgee, uo, t`hbfs acr t`g ibvitg. I t`cud`t t`htwhs h prgtty shag t`ibd tc shy.
@g whsbt fimmibd w`gb `g shim t`ht t`g oghtjheeshbmwik`, wit` its `ct pgppgr jegbm, whs spiky, hbm I whs
t`hbfaue acr t`g t`ikf hbm krghoy strhwjgrry oiefs`hfg I`hm crmgrgm. I duepgm it tc put cut t`g aehogs ib oy ocut`.
I kcuem agge t`ht oy ahkg whs whro hbm I whs hktuheey
sthrtibd tc swght. I rgheey `cpgm t`g ibtiohtg eid`tibd whs
mcibd h dccm ncj kcvgribd acr og.
Ycu wgrgbt fimmibd hjcut t`g `ctpgppgrs!
[iocb ehud`gm. I fbcw. \rgtty spiky, g`3
I agge eifg I s`cuem hsf ycu tc k`gkf ia oy eips hrgjeistgribd. Cr ohyjg k`gkf ia oy tcbdug is ogetibd hwhy.
I wipgm oy ocut` wit` t`g bhpfib hbm hktuheey eccfgm acr
jeccm.
Bcpg, t`csg prgtty eips caycurs hrg stiee ib pristibg
kcbmiticb. I kcuem k`gkf t`go cut kecsgr ia ycu whbtgm3
@g rghk`gm socct`ey hkrcss t`g thjeg hbm tccf oy `hbm.Bcw I rgheey kcuembt t`ibf ca hbyt`ibd tc shy.
[iocb kcuem sgg t`ht I whs aeustgrgm hbm dhvg og h s`ysgxy eitteg soieg.
[c, ycu shim t`ht Arhbfig is ib Gurcpg3 Gvgr jggb
t`grg ycursgea3 `g hsfgm, drhkicusey k`hbdibd t`g sujngkt.
Wo, bc. Jut I wcuem ecvg tc dc. Tgee, I hktuheey
`hvg h ecbd eist ca pehkgs I whbt tc sgg. Oy jukfgt eist crw`htgvgr ycu whbt tc khee it. Ycu gvgr jggb3
@g bcmmgm. Hatgr `id` sk`cce, jgacrg ubivgrsity, I
wgbt acr h suoogr.Tg k`it-k`httgm acr cvgr hb `cur, gbncyibd t`g
accm hbm ghk` ct`grs kcophby, ubtie I dehbkgm ht oy
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whtk` hbm rgheizgm t`ht it whs dgttibd kecsg tc bibg
ckeckf. Arhbfig `hm shim s`gm jg kheeibd hrcubm tgb hbm I
rgheey mimbt whbt tc oiss `gr khee hdhib. ]`g ehst tiogwgm thefgm, s`g tcem og w`ht hb hohzibd tiog s`g whs
`hvibd, hbm hjcut h duy t`ht s`gmogt w`c whs thfibd `gr
hrcubm hbm s`cwibd `gr t`g sid`ts. [`g `hm hesc tcem oghjcut h rcop s`gm `hm wit` h aeid`t httgbmhbt t`ht whs sc
bhud`ty it `hm ohmg og jeus`. I hesc rgheey whbtgm tc tgee`gr hjcut [iocb, dgt `gr ibput, hbm `ghr `gr squghe wit`
mgeid`t cb t`g ct`gr gbm w`gb I tcem `gr hjcut t`g eid`tfiss t`ht I kcuem stiee agge t`g rgobhbts ca jurbibd cb oy
k`ggf.[iocb whefgm og cut tc oy vhb hbm I ubeckfgm
t`g mccr hbm turbgm tc shy dccmbid`t.
I `hm h rgheey bikg tiog, I shim, hbm nust hs t`g
wcrms wgrg eghvibd oy ocut`, `g tccf h sohee stgp
tcwhrms og, put `is `hbms cb git`gr simg ca oy ahkg hbm
pehbtgm h airo fiss mirgktey cb oy eips. @g `gem og eifg
t`ht acr h agw sgkcbms, wit` `is jcmy cbey h kcupeg caibk`gs hwhy arco oibg. I kcuem agge t`g kecsgbgss hbm `ght
ca it. @g rgeghsgm og.
Iee jg ib tcuk`, `g soiegm hbm ohmg `is why tc
`is cwb khr t`ht whs phrfgm ib t`g bgxt rcw.
I stccm t`grg, spggk`egss, hbm kcopegtgey ubhjeg tc
ocvg acr ht eghst twc w`ceg oibutgs.Dgt h drip, Mgeieh`. ]`is is bct ycur airst rcmgc.
Dggz, I shim cut ecum tc t`g vhb hs I cpgbgm t`g mccr hbmkeiojgm ib.
Hee t`g why `cog, I t`cud`t ca t`ht fiss. Ca t`g aggeibd ca`is eips cb oibg hbm `cw I wcuembt`hvg oibmgm it dcibdcb h eitteg ecbdgr. Cr h ect ecbdgr. Eifg ohyjg hee bid`t
ecbdgr. I sthrtgm t`ibfibd t`ht I s`cuemvg put oy hros
hrcubm `is bgkf hbm `gem cb ecbdgr cr drhjjgm `is s`irt
hbm pueegm `io kecsgr. I sid`gm hjcut oissgm cppcrtubitigs
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hbm `ibmsid`t jgibd twgbty-twgbty. I whs sc mistrhktgm jy
oy duttgr jrhib t`ht I oissgm t`g cpgb phrfibd sphkg ib
arcbt ca t`g juiemibd hbm `hm tc kirkeg hrcubm. H soheesoieg pehygm ht oy eips hs I ubeckfgm t`g mccr hbm
mrcppgm t`g fgys ibtc t`g kcbthibgr.
Ht tgb-t`irty, I mgkimgm tc khee Arhbfig hatgr I drgwiophtigbt wit` whitibd jy t`g p`cbg. ]`grg whs bc hbswgr
hbm sc I egat h ogsshdg.@geec, Oiss Arhbkgskh. ]`is is Mgeieh`. Ycu ohy
rgogojgr og arco suk` t`ibds hs t`g rchm trip tcBgwacubmehbm, stuaaibd cur jrhs ib `id` sk`cce, hbm
dgttibd s`it-ahkgm ib Kujh. I egat h vgry vgry vgry dcrdgcusohb tc kcog `cog hbm rgvge ib ycur mgeid`t hjcut shim
ohb, hbm ycu mimbt gvgb khee! Ygs, t`ht whs og sid`ibd.
Io caa tcocrrcw sc khee ghreigr ib khsg Or. [gxy \hbts
t`ht I whbtgm tc tgee ycu hjcut whbts tc mc scogt`ibd.
Oiss ycu ects!
I mud t`rcud` oy jhd ubtie I acubm oy kgee p`cbg
hbm airgm caa h tgxt, tgeeibd `gr tc khee tcocrrcw, cr tgxt ogbcw. I whs vgry hbbcygm t`ht I `hm egat [iocb hbm `is scat
eips tc kcog `cog hbm s`g bgvgr kheegm. I pikturgm Arhbfig
ib scog puj, ehud`ibd hbm sibdibd ecumey wit` `gr bgw
ohb hbm arigbms, kcopegtgey cjeivicus tc t`g tiog, cr tc
t`g juzzibd ca `gr kgee p`cbg ib `gr pckfgt.
I segpt ehtg t`g bgxt mhy, hbm jy t`g tiog I put t`g fgtteg cb
acr h `ct kup ca tgh, t`g ehtg ocrbibd sub whs strghoibd
t`rcud` t`g s`ggr drggb hbm tgrrhkctth kcecurgm kurthibs,
rgaegktibd caa t`g surahkgs hbm ohfibd mhbkibd whvy eid`ts
cb t`g kgieibd hbm jccfs`gevgs.Mgspitg `hvibd segpt acr ocrg t`hb bibg `curs, I
stiee aget tirgm hbm drcddy hbm I whs mgjhtibd hjcut dcibd
jhkf tc jgm. I pikfgm up oy kgee p`cbg w`ieg I whitgm acr
t`g sievgr fgtteg tc w`isteg tc sgg w`ht I `hm oissgm w`ieg I
whs caa ib eh-eh-ehbm.
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I whs peghsgm tc sgg h agw tgxts arco [iocb. ]`g
airst cbg shim t`ht `g `cpgm t`ht `g `hmbt ohmg og
ubkcoacrthjeg wit` `is fiss hbm t`ht `g whs scrry ia `g`hm. ]`g sgkcbm cbg shim t`ht `g whs bct scrry t`ht `gm
fissgm og hbm t`ht `g wcuem mc it hdhib ib h `ghrtjght. ]`g
t`irm whs hsfibd w`ht I whs up tc tcbid`t wit` hb caagr camibbgr cr h ocvig. I hdrggm tc oggt wit` `io t`ht bid`t ht
gid`t acr mibbgr ht h stghf hbm k`ikfgb pehkg. Kcbsthbtibg`hm kheegm tc sgg ia wg kcuem switk` s`iats bgxt wggf sc `g
kcuem thfg hb gxtgbmgm vhkhticb tc Bihdhrh Ahees wit` `isjcyarigbm. I ohmg h ogbthe bctg tc k`gkf oy khegbmhr, jut
rgheey, I mimbt `hvg ouk` ca h sckihe eiag hbm it ocst eifgeywcuembt jg h prcjego. Bc wcrm arco Arhbfig. H quikf
dehbkg ht t`g eid`t cb t`g hbswgribd ohk`ibg s`cwgm og
t`ht it whs h stghmy rgm, sc bc ogsshdgs t`grg git`gr.
Kocb Arhbfig, I t`cud`t, w`ht is dcibd cb3
Hatgr s`cwgribd hbm mrgssibd, I mgkimgm tc dc cut
hbm dgt scog t`ibds wg wgrg rubbibd cut ca, eifg mis` schp
hbm kcopcst jhds acr t`g fitk`gb. Ocstey, I nust whbtgm tcstcp sthribd ht t`g sceim rgm eid`t hbm thfg oy oibm caa ca
t`ibds. I `cpgm t`is wcuem egssgb hee t`g jhm t`cud`ts t`ht
wgrg rceeibd hrcubm ib oy `ghm.
Kcbsthbtibg whs sc `hppy t`ht I whs switk`ibd
wit` `io t`ht `g gvgb vceubtggrgm tc dc s`cppibd wit` og.
I tcem `io I wcuem swibd jy hbm pikf `io up sibkg `g whscb t`g why.
Bc sccbgr `hm I sthrtgm t`g vhb, I rgheizgm t`ht I`hm egat oy kgee p`cbg sittibd cb t`g fitk`gb kcubtgr.
]`grg whs bc why I whs dcibd jhkf acr it hbm gvgrycbg
wcuem nust `hvg tc eghvg ogsshdgs hbm whit acr og tc khee
t`go jhkf ia it whs iopcrthbt.
Kcbsthbtibg hbm I phssgm suk` hb gbncyhjeg
hatgrbccb pikfibd up cmms hbm gbms, t`ht jy t`g tiog I `hm
mrcppgm `io caa ht `is sohee krhopgm hphrtogbt, I aget eifg
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h wgid`t `hm jggb eiatgm arco og. Arhbfig `hm jhrgey
krcssgm oy kcbskicus oibm acr heocst t`rgg w`ceg `curs
hbm t`ht whs nust w`ht I bggmgm.[c, ca kcursg hs it `hppgbs wit` Ourp`y hbm `is
mhob ehws, w`gb I dct `cog, t`grg whs h tgxt cb oy kgee
p`cbg hbm h vcikg ogsshdg cb t`g hbswgribd ohk`ibgarco Arhbfig. [`g shim t`ht s`g whs scrry t`ht s`g `hmbt
kheegm w`gb s`g whs suppcsgm tc, t`ht s`g whs `hvibdsuk` hb hohzibd tiog, hbm t`ht s`g wcuem khee og sccb.
[`g whs jrght`egss eifg s`gm jggb rubbibd, hbm s`g whskcvgribd t`g p`cbg hbm diddeibd wit` scogcbg ib jgtwggb
eghvibd t`g ogsshdg acr og. I swghr it scubmgm eifg hohbs vcikg ib t`g jhkfdrcubm hbm I `cpgm t`ht `g whs t`g
rghscb t`ht s`g whs sc `hppiey prgckkupigm hbm skhttgr-
jrhibgm.
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K@H\]GZ AIQG
Mibbgr wit` [iocb whs bikg hbm wg `hm bc s`crthdg ca
t`ibds tc thef hjcut. Tg eibdgrgm cvgr mgssgrt hbm kcaagg
ubtie t`g sthaa `ibtgm t`ht t`gy wgrg kecsibd. I sthrtgmwhefibd secwey tcwhrm t`g vhb hbm `g seyey tccf oy `hbm.
[ecwibd og tc h sthbmstiee, `g turbgm og tc ahkg `io. Oy`ghrt whs pcubmibd ecumey ib oy ghrs, hbm I jit oy ecwgr
eip, hs oy stcohk` mim wiem aeip-aecps, ib hbtikiphticb ca
w`ht s`cuem jg h vgry bikg fiss. @g whs sie`cugttgm jy t`g
eid`t ca t`g rgsthurhbt jg`ibm `io hbm I kcuem ghsiey ohfgcut `is ibkrgmijeg gygs hbm sgbsucus eips.
[krgw it,I shim cut ecum, gvgb t`cud` I `hm cbey
oghbt tc t`ibf it, hbm I rghk`gm jg`ibm `is `ghm, drhjjgm h`hbmaue ca kures, hbm I pueegm `is ocut` tc oibg.
@g rgspcbmgm jy seimibd `is hro hrcubm oy whist
hbm pueeibd og hdhibst `io. I egt oy aibdgrs twibg ib `is
`hir hs I aget `is scat ocut` ocvibd cvgr oy cwb, curtcbdugs oggtibd hbm rgtrghtibd hbm ocvibd ubtie I kcuembt
gvgb rgogojgr w`grg I whs, cr gvgb ohyjg w`c I whs.
Jrght`egssey, I pueegm oy eips arco `is hbm
swheecwgm `hrm. @is jrght` whs kcoibd cut ib rhddgm scatscubms hbm I fbgw t`ht ia I hsfgm, `g wcuem aceecw og
`cog. I rgheey whbtgm tc, hbm I whsbtgvgb surg w`ht whsstcppibd og. I `hm bc quheos hjcut thfibd `io `cog, hbm
wit` Arhbfig dcbg, wg kcuem jg hs ecum hs wg whbtgm, hbm
thfg up t`g w`ceg ecat wit`cut jgibd ibtgrruptgm. I `hm tc
jg `cbgst, t`ht it whs t`g w`ceg mhtibd h kc-wcrfgr t`ibd
t`ht whs t`g whee rid`t bcw, hbm I t`cud`t t`ht ohyjg cbgocrg mhtg oid`t jrghf it mcwb. Tit` t`ht ib oibm I pueegm
hwhy.I `hm h drght tiog. Dccmbid`t. I `hvg tc shy it bcw
cr I wcbt shy it ht hee,I shim jrght`egssey.
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@g soiegm dccm-bhturgmey hbm tccf oy `hbm ib `is,
rhisgm it tc `is eips, hbm pehbtgm h scat fiss t`grg. ]`gb `g
turbgm hbm whefgm tc `is Nggp.
]`g bgxt mhy whs t`g sthrt ca oy sk`gmuegm twc mhys`iats
hbm twc bid`ts`iats. ]`g mhys`iats ohmg og sc gx`hustgm
t`ht I kcuem jhrgey sit ib arcbt ca t`g ]Q ht bid`t, wit` oy
ocut` `hbdibd cpgb hbm oy gygs dcibd krcssgm, ubtie Idhvg up hbm wgbt tc jgm. ]`g bcroheey quigtgr bid`ts`iats
aegw jy wit` phtigbts t`ht hewhys sggogm tc jg nust cb t`g
vgrdg ca thfibd h kritikhe turb acr t`g wcrsg. T`gb I aibheey
krhwegm ibtc jgm hatgr t`gsg s`iats, I whs mghm tc t`g wcrem
wit`ib sgkcbms ca oy `ghm `ittibd t`g pieecw hbm I segpt sc
mggpey t`ht oy hehro wcrfgm its why ibtc oy mrghos
jgacrg I rgheizgm w`ht t`g bcisg hktuheey whs.
]`g cbey shvibd drhkg ca t`gsg mhys whs t`gbhud`ty tgxts t`ht I gxk`hbdgm wit` [iocb, w`c Im bct
`hm tiog tc sgg sibkg t`g bid`t cutsimg t`g rgsthurhbt w`gb
`g `hm ohmg og wghf ib t`g fbggs. Hs eukf wcuem `hvg it,
nust hs I whs kcoibd caa oy acur s`iats, `g `hm jgdub `is
rcubm ca s`iats, hbm sc it wcuem jg h agw ocrg mhys jgacrg
wg `hm hby tiog tc sgg ghk` ct`gr.
Arhbfig hbm I aibheey kcbbgktgm h kcupeg ca bid`tsehtgr.
Ia cbey ycu kcuem `hvg sggb `io, Arhbfig. Io bct
fimmibd hjcut Oik`gehbdgecs Mhvim. ]`ht hss! ]`g `hir!
[`g ehud`gm w`gb I tcem `gr hjcut [iocb.
C`, Mgee! Iodivibd ycu h virtuhe `id`-aivg arco
cvgr `grg hbm h fikf ib t`g hss tc dc acr it!
I ehud`gm, tcc, hbm tcem `gr Im egt `gr fbcw `cwt`ibds wgbt. [`g scubmgm sc `hppy hbm `gr stcrigs put h`udg soieg cb oy ahkg. [`g tcem og dimmiey t`ht s`g `hm
ogt t`g ocst hohzibd duy, h ousikihb, ht h eitteg hbtiqug
stcrg ib Ecbmcb.
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@gs sc dcrdgcus! ]httccgm, `ct, mim I ogbticb
`gs h ousikihb3
[`g mgskrijgm `io tc og ib gxpeikit hbm vivimmgthie, gvgry ehst ibk` ca `io, tc t`g pcibt w`grg I whs surg
t`ht I kcuem pikf `io cut ca h krcwm wit`cut gvgr `hvibd
ogt `io. I kcuem prcjhjey hesc pikf `io cut ca h krcwm cbh bumist jghk`. I heocst k`cfgm cb oy K`ggrics w`gb s`g
tcem og ca `is wiem hbtiks hbm prcwgss jgtwggb t`g s`ggts.@cey `gee, Arhbfig! I khb sgg w`y ycu `hvgbt
jggb kheeibd! I ehud`gm `hrm.I kcuem mgaibitgey sgg t`g hppghe hbm w`y `gr
kcbthkt wit` og `hm jggb egss t`hb stgeehr.@gy, mcgs `g `hvg h jrct`gr3 Ohyjg gvgb h kecsg
kcusib3 I wcuem jg wieeibd tc phy acr s`ippibd tc Khbhmh,
I hsfgm `gr, `hea-ncfibdey.
Tg `hm scog drght ehud`s hbm t`gb s`g `hm tc dc.
[`g prcoisgm tc khee sccb hbm wg shim cur dccmjygs.
I mim scog s`iat-switk`ibd tc `gep cut scog arigbms
hbm I whs bcw caa acr t`g bgxt t`rgg mhys, w`ik` I spgbtkeghbibd hbm mustibd. I kcuembt gvgb rgogojgr t`g ehst
tiog t`ht wgm mcbg t`ht hbm t`g jccfs cb t`g `id`gr
s`gevgs `hm h t`ikf ehygr ca must cb t`go. I sbggzgm hbm
kcud`gm oy why t`rcud` t`g k`crg ubtie gvgryt`ibd whs
keghb hbm sogeegm eifg pibg. Arhbfig kheegm rgduehrey wit`
upmhtgs hjcut `gr eiag t`grg hbm oy `ghrt whs kheogm hbmht pghkg.
Hatgr h jit ca wrgsteibd wit` oysgea, I kheegm [iocb. @g
pikfgm up cb t`g sgkcbm ribd hbm tcem og t`ht `g whs nust
dgttibd cut ca t`g s`cwgr. Mrippibd wgt [iocb! Yuooy!@gy, sc I whs wcbmgribd ia ycu `hm pehbs
tcbid`t3 I hsfgm quigtey, oy stcohk` mcibd aeip aecps.
Ia ycurg ibvitibd og cvgr t`gb I `hvg pehbs tc
kcog cvgr.
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I kcuem `ghr `io soieibd t`rcud` t`g p`cbg hbm
pikturgm `io sittibd ib nust h tcwge w`ieg `g thefgm tc og,
`is `hir mrippibd wgt. I `hm tc stcp t`csg visicbs ib h `urrysibkg Im`hm tc hsf `io tc rgpght `iosgea t`rgg tiogs bcw.
Hrg ycu `hvibd trcujeg `ghribd og3 `g aibheey
hsfgm.Wo, yh, its t`g p`cbg. Ycurg jrghfibd up. [c
ycurg kcoibd cvgr t`gb3 [tcp t`ibfibd hjcut [iocbsbhfgm wgt jcmy ubtie t`is kcbvgrshticb is cvgr, I tcem
oysgea.I ho. [gg ycu ib h jit.
Tg `ubd up hbm I jit oy eip. Im `hvg tc stcpt`ibfibd hjcut mrippibd wgt [iocb ecbd gbcud` tc aidurg
cut suppgr cr wgm jg ghtibd K`ga Jcyhrmgg cut ca h khb, I
t`cud`t.
I mgkimgm tc kccf suppgr ht oy pehkg t`ht bid`t acr
`io sc wg kcuem nust `hbd cut hbm dgt tc fbcw ghk` ct`gr.
I whsbt surg ia I whs rghmy tc thfg it tc t`g bgxt egvge hbm
egt `io dgt ibtc oy phbts. [cogtiogs, w`gb I eccfgm ht`io t`ht whs hee I kcuem t`ibf hjcut, hbm ct`gr tiogs I aget
eifg t`grg whs scog jhrrigr jgtwggb us t`ht I whsbtsurg I
kcuem gvgr dgt phst. Ocstey, I aget eifg I whs turbibd ibtc h
prumg acr bct egttibd t`ibds dc aurt`gr t`hb t`gy hm.
Ht sgvgb ckeckf, t`g juzzgr acr t`g mcwbsthirs mccr wgbt
caa hbm I egt [iocb ib. ]`g ecat sogeegm ca k`ikfgb hbm
muopeibds wit` nust h `ibt ca t`g kckcbut pig t`ht I `hm
kccfgm ghreigr, w`ik` whs bcw k`ieeibd ib t`g arimdg. I `hm
wrhkfgm oy jrhib tryibd tc mgkimg w`ht tc kccf ubtie I
sgttegm cb cbg ca oy ocst ahvcuritg kcoacrt accms.K`ikfgb hbm muopeibds whs h ohstgrpigkg ca oy ocoshbm s`gmthud`t og `cw tc ohfg it jgacrg s`g `hm ocvgm
hwhy wit` `gr bgw `usjhbm tc Tycoibd hbm prgtty ouk`
acrdct t`ht I gvgb gxistgm. Ohfibd it ohmg og agge wistaue
hbm `hppy hee ht cbkg, jut it whs scogt`ibd t`ht I ohmg
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rgheey wgee hbm I whbtgm tc scrt-ca s`cw caa oy kueibhry
hjieitigs.
]`g ahibt fbckf ht t`g mccr ohmg og nuop, w`ik` Ididdegm hjcut, hbm I hktuheey dct h agw juttgraeigs, w`ik` I
t`cud`t whs aubby hbm rimikuecus hee ht t`g shog tiog.
@g whs wghribd h bhvy s`crt-seggvgm stripgm pcecs`irt, nghbs, hbm h fieegr soieg. @g eghbgm ib tc fiss og
dgbtey cb t`g eips hs `g `hbmgm og h jctteg ca rgm wibg.Mibbgr sogees hohzibd, Mgeieh`.
]`hbfs. I `cpg ycu eifg k`ikfgb hbm muopeibds3 Is`cuem ohyjg `hvg hsfgm jgacrg. ]`g cbey pgrscb I gvgr
kccf acr is Arhbfig hbm s`gs bct ht hee pikfy. [`g prcjhjeywcuembt gvgb tgee og ia it sukfgm.
Ycurg rhojeibd, `g soiegm hbm tccf oy `hbm.
Yh, I ho. I mc t`ht w`gb I dgt bgrvcus.
I ohfg ycu bgrvcus3
I t`ibf t`ht it hktuheey turbgm `io cb ocrg t`ht I
t`cud`t ca `io ib why t`ht ohmg `io sggo eifg `g kcuem
jg wikfgm.Ycu mc ohfg og bgrvcus, I w`ispgrgm.
@g fissgm oy `hbm dgbtey, jut I kcuem agge t`ht
ubmgrbght` `g whs `cemibd jhkf h mgsirg tc mc ocrg.
Egts ght, I shim hbm I pueegm `io ibtc t`g fitk`gb.
Muribd mibbgr, [iocb hjsgbt-oibmgmey rhb `is
`hbm up hbm mcwb oy egd, cr strcfgm oy `hbm w`ik` sgbts`ivgrs ca peghsurg up hbm mcwb oy spibg. @g
kcopeiogbtgm oy kccfibd hbm, jgacrg I kcuem gvgb thfgcut t`g pig, wg wgrg cb t`g kcuk` ib h `ct-hbm-`ghvy
ohfg-cut sgssicb. @g fissgm oy bgkf hbm I ubmim t`g
juttcbs cb `is s`irt. Oy khrgaueey pibbgm up `hir whs bcw
oussgm hbm tcusegm arco `is whbmgribd `hbms w`ik` `hm
bcw acubm t`gir why tc oy jrghsts. @is tcuk` ohmg oy`hrm bippegs pcfg ht t`g ahjrik ca oy jeug mrgss. I ochbgm
hs `g dgbtey rhb `is tggt` mcwb cvgr t`g ahjrik hbm tghsgm
oy jrghsts t`rcud` oy jrh. Oy mrgss rcmg up hrcubm t`gtcp ca oy t`id`s hbm `is jcmy rgstgm jgtwggb oy phrtgm
egds, `is `ips dribmibd hbm ocvibd hdhibst oy ocist
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phbtigs. Nust hs I rghk`gm mcwb tc ubjukfeg `is jget, `is
p`cbg wgbt caa. @g stcppgm ocvibd hbm rghk`gm ibtc `is
pckfgt.Aukf,`g uttgrgm t`g kursg ubmgr `is jrght`.
I fissgm `is bgkf w`ieg `g thefgm, jut I whs dgttibd
t`g dist ca t`g kcbvgrshticb, hbm I whs hjsceutgey juoogm.@g whs jgibd kheegm ib tc wcrf. It wcuem sggo t`ht [iocb
whs phrt ca t`g kritikhe khrg tgho t`ht rgspcbmgm tc kheeshjcut phtigbts w`c wgrg dgttibd wcrsg. ]`g bursg t`ht whs
sk`gmuegm `hm nust kheegm ib sikf hbm [iocb whs eistgm htt`g jhkf-up acr t`ht bid`t. I kcuembt jgeigvg oy eukf.
Fhroh, I t`cud`t, w`ht mim I gvgr mc tc ycu3! @g `ubd uphbm put `is `ghm ib t`g krccf ca oy bgkf w`ieg `g
w`ispgrgm hpcecdigs ibtc oy ghr.
Jhjy, Io sc scrry. Mhob, w`ht tioibd!`g shim
hs `g s`ccf `is `ghm hbm eghbgm cvgr tc buzzeg oy bgkf.
Its aibg. Ycu cwg og. Hbm ycurg dcibd tccwg
og scog bgw jhttgrigs, tcc!
@g rhisgm `is gygjrcws hbm ehud`gm, prcoisibdt`ht `g wcuem mgeivgr, hs `g mim up `is juttcbs hbm rhb h
`hbm t`rcud` `is ubruey `hir tc try hbm thog it h eitteg jit. I
kcuem tgee jy t`g juedg ib `is phbts t`ht `g rgheey whs scrry
t`ht `g `hm tc dc hbm I jgeigvgm t`ht `g wcuem jg ocrg
t`hb wieeibd tc ohfg it up tc og. I whefgm `io tc t`g mccr.
Dccmbid`t, jghutiaue, `g shim. Hbm Io mhobscrry t`ht Io bct t`ht vijrhtcr. [c mhob scrry.
I ehud`gm hs `g oustgrgm up h vgry shm eccf, dhvgog h quikf fiss, hbm `ghmgm mcwb t`g sthirs. I kecsgm t`g
mccr hbm eckfgm it jg`ibm `io. Mhob, I t`cud`t, I `cpg I
khb aibm scog k`hrdgm jhttgrigs hrcubm `grg. ]`is ohmg
og soieg tc oysgea hs I timigm up t`g mis`gs hbm sthkfgm
t`go ib t`g sibf.
Hatgr t`ht bid`t, [iocb whs sc jusy wit` `is bgw pcsiticb
cb t`g kritikhe khrg tgho t`ht cur kcbvgrshticbs jgkhog
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skhttgrgm hbm aurt`gr hphrt. T`gb `g shim t`ht `g whs
dcibd cut ca tcwb acr h kcupeg ca ocbt`s tc tghk` t`g
prcdrho ht h `cspithe ib ]crcbtc, wg mgkimgm tc try hbmpikf it up w`gb `g dct jhkf rht`gr t`hb fggpibd it dcibd
ecbd misthbkg.
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K@H\]GZ [IP
Jy t`g sgkcbm wggf ca Cktcjgr, t`g bid`ts aget mgbsgr hbm
mhrfgr wit` sfigs t`ht rgoibmgm og ca jehkf ibf ib h keghr
dehss nhr. Ygeecw hbm jrcwb eghvgs eittgrgm t`g simgwhefshbm piegm up hdhibst t`g strggt kurjs hee cvgr t`g kity.
\gcpeg bc ecbdgr egisurgey strceegm t`gir why tc t`girmgstibhticbs, hbm ibstghm whefgm wit` jrisf phkgs hbm
`ghvy swghtgrs cr whro nhkfgts mrhwb tid`tey hdhibst t`g
k`iee. Hee hrcubm t`g ecat I kcuem `ghr t`g scat scubms ca t`g
cem ogthe rhmihtcrs divibd caa `ght.\gcpeg `hm jgdub tc `hbd t`gir @heecwggb
mgkcrhticbs, hbm arcbt yhrms wgrg aieegm wit` d`csts,
sfgegtcbs, hbm wispy spimgr wgjs t`ht swhygm ib t`gjrggzg. [ibkg wg eivgm ib h ecat, wg kcuem bgvgr `hbm cut
khbmy cursgevgs hbm sc wg jcud`t scog sukfgrs hbm k`ips
hbm dhvg it tc Bikfy tc divg cut tc `is kustcogrs. ]`is whs
t`g airst yghr t`ht Arhbfig `hmbt jggb hrcubm tc `gep oghbm Bikfy mgkcrhtg `is stcrg wit` spimgrs, crhbdg hbm
jehkf khts, hbm witk`gs.
]`cud` wg gxk`hbdgm ohby tgxts, og hbm Arhbfig
wgrg pehyibd p`cbg thd hbm `hmbthktuheey spcfgb ib cvgrh wggf. T`gb wg aibheey acubm tiog tc kcbbgkt, cur
kcbvgrshticbs wgrg rus`gm wit` bgit`gr ca us aibmibd t`gtiog tc dgt ibtc hbyt`ibd ib phrtikuehr jgacrg wg `hm tc
`hbd up. I fbgw t`ht `gr bgw pcrtaceic whs dcibd wgee hbm
Os. Jrcwb whs vgry peghsgm wit` `gr wcrf. [`g whs
wcrfibd `hrm w`ieg s`g whs t`grg hbm Ncbht`hb `hm
jgkcog scogt`ibd ca h pgrohbgbt aixturg ib `gr eiag ibGbdehbm. I whs sthrtibd tc dgt t`g aggeibd t`ht t`is oid`t
bct jg w`ht s`g whbtgm. It whs `hrm tc jrchk` t`g sujngktw`gb wg `hm cbey oibutgs tc thef hbm s`g whs rhojeibd
hjcut `gr hrt hbm I whs thefibd hjcut oy ncj.
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Muribd t`g ehst wggf ca Cktcjgr, I rgheey sthrtgm phyibdhttgbticb tc t`g khegbmhr. Arhbfig whs suppcsgm tc jg
kcoibd `cog hby mhy hbm I whitgm acr `gr tc khee hbm tgee
og `gr aibhe pehbs sc I kcuem ohfg t`g mrivg tc pikf `gr up
ht t`g hirpcrt.
@gr p`cbg khees ca ehtg `hm jggb dgttibd agwgr hbm
aurt`gr hphrt hbm I whs dgttibd kcbkgrbgm. T`gb wg mim
thef, s`g scubmgm prgssgm eifg scogcbg whs eistgbibd, hbms`g kcuembtshy w`ht s`g rgheey whbtgm tc. [`g shim w`ht I
whbtgm tc `ghr hbm quikfey ohmg gxkusgs tc gbm t`g khees.
Os. Jrcwb whbts og tc stikf hrcubm tc dgt scog
ocrg s`cts ca t`g sohee tcwbs jy t`g ckghb. Itee jg twc
wggfs ecbdgr bcw, s`g tcem og.
I sid`gm. [c itee jg oim-Bcvgojgr scogtiog
t`gb3
Yh. Iee egt ycu fbcw w`gb I `ghr t`g gxhkt mhtgsc ycu khb kcog hbm pikf og up. I rgheey oiss ycu, Mgee.
[`g scubmgm sc shm hbm tirgm.
Tgee, Io rgheey dehm t`ht gvgryt`ibd is dcibd sc
wgee. I fbgw ycu wcuem jecw t`go hwhy, Arhbfig. I oiss
ycu sc ouk`. I tccf h jrght`. Is gvgryt`ibd cfhy3
]`grg whs h ecbd phusg w`grg s`g whs kcvgribd
t`g p`cbg eifg s`g whs thefibd tc scogcbg.Gvgryt`ibds aibg. Io nust tirgm hbm dgttibd
`cogsikf. Iee khee ycu w`gb I khb. Dctth rub.
I `ghrm t`g keikf hbm s`g whs dcbg.
Gvgry tiog wg `ubd up, I `hm h `ghvy aggeibd ib
oy `ghrt hbm h mggp hbxigty t`ht ohmg og whbt tc nuop
cb t`g bgxt pehbg tc jg wit` `gr. ]wikg, I hktuheey `hm t`g
pehbg tikfgt jccfgm cb oy kcoputgr skrggb hbm I `hm tcwrgsteg wit` oysgea jgacrg prgssibd t`g khbkge juttcb.
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K@H\]GZ [GQGB
Jy t`g gbm ca t`g airst wggf ca Bcvgojgr, Imjhrgey `ghrm
arco Arhbfig ht hee. It whsbt eifg `gr tc bct khee acr sc
ohby mhys. [`g whs bgvgr cbeibg hbm mimbthbswgr hby ca
t`g gohies t`ht I sgbt. @gr kgee p`cbg whs dcibd mirgktey tc
vcikgohie wit`cut gvgb ribdibd hbyocrg, hbm bcw I whs`ghribd h ogsshdg t`ht it whs auee, sc I kcuembt gvgb eghvg
hbct`gr vcikgohie acr `gr. [`g `hmbt`hm rgpeigm tc h tgxt
ib cvgr h wggf. Oy stcohk` whs auee ca fbcts hbm I whs`hvibd h `hrm tiog seggpibd. I ehy hwhfg ht bid`t, turbibd
t`g t`cud`t ca kheeibd t`g pceikg cvgr hbm cvgr ib oy oibm.
Cb t`g gid`t` mhy ca bct `ghribd arco Arhbfig, I
mgkimgm t`ht I whs dcibd tc kcbthkt t`g pceikg cvgr t`grghbm egt t`go mc h wgeebgss k`gkf tc divg og scog pghkg ca
oibm. I mimbt whbt tc khee t`g dheegry hbm khusg prcjegos
acr `gr jy ohfibd it sggo eifg s`g oid`t jg ib trcujeg. Imhesc mgkimgm t`ht w`gb Arhbfig aibheey kheegm, I wcuem ygee
ht `gr hjcut `gr sgeais` whys, hbm t`gb prcoptey `hbd up
cb `gr. Oy s`iat krhwegm jy ht h sbhies phkg w`ieg I
whitgm tc dgt `cog tc khee hbm ohfg h pceikg rgpcrt.
]`g eid`t cb t`g hbswgribd ohk`ibg whs jeibfibd w`gb I
whefgm ib, hbm t`g s`ggr s`ckf ca it bghrey ohmg og trip
cvgr h strhy jcct ht t`g mccr hs I rhb acr t`g ohk`ibg hbm
prgssgm t`g pehy juttcb. Oy aibdgrs krcssgm ib
ubkcbskicus wis`ibd hbm hmrgbheibg sthrtgm kcursibdt`rcud` oy jcmy hs oy arhygm bgrvgs prhygm tc `ghr
Arhbfigs vcikg cb t`g rgkcrmibd. Jut it whsbt`gr. It whs
h ohb wit` h t`ikf Gbdeis` hkkgbt.
]`grg `hs jggb hb hkkimgbtht Jgoptcb Keiaas. Tg
ubmgrsthbm t`ht ycu hrg t`g bgxt ca fib acr h Oiss
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Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges. It is vgry iopcrthbt t`ht ycu ribd
ht cbkg.
]`g jeccm mrhibgm arco oy ahkg hbm oy `hbmstrgojegm sc jhm t`ht, hs I rghk`gm acr t`g phpgr hbm pgb
jgsimg t`g ohk`ibg, I spieegm t`g gbtirg kcbthibgr hbm pgbs
hbm pgbkies rceegm `hp`hzhrm hkrcss t`g aeccr. I `it rgpehyhbm wrctg Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbm t`g cvgrsghs p`cbg
buojgr t`ht `g egat. Hs I eccfgm ht t`g phpgr hbm tccf hstghmyibd jrght`, I mgkimgm tc khee t`g cpgrhtcr hbm hsf tc
jg phtk`gm t`rcud`. Hatgr h ecbd phusg, t`g khee kcbbgktgmhbm jgdhb tc ribd. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbswgrgm hbm I
rgheizgm t`ht t`is oust jg `is mirgkt buojgr.Wo, `geec, t`is is Mgeieh` Jcrmgb, hbm uo, ycu,
uo, egat h ogsshdg acr og tcmhy hjcut oy arigbm- hbm ht
t`g httgopt tc shy Arhbfigs bhog, oy vcikg khud`t ib oy
t`rcht hbm I trigm tc swheecw wit` oy mgsgrt mry ocut`
t`ht aget eifg it `hm kcttcb jhees ib it. Oy arigbm, Arhbfig, I
oghb, Arhbkgskh-Hbbh Mhbiges. Ycu, uo, kheegm og
ghreigr hbm Io kheeibd ycu jhkf, I stuttgrgm hbmsthoogrgm oy why t`rcud` t`g sgbtgbkg.
]`grg whs h ecbd phusg cb t`g ct`gr gbm hbm scog
s`uaaeibd ca phpgrs t`ht scubmgm ahr hwhy.
Ygs, I mim khee ycu. I ho vgry scrry, sc scrry tc
tgee ycu, wgee tc jg t`g cbg tc ibacro ycu t`ht, t`grg `hs
jggb hb hkkimgbt.I prckgssgm w`ht `g shim hbm I sthrtgm tc agge eid`t-
`ghmgm. I struddegm tc kcbtrce t`g s`hfg ib oy vcikg hbmacro h kc`grgbt sgbtgbkg. I ecst t`g jhtteg cb jct` arcbts.
I sgg. I oghbycu shim t`ht cb t`g ogsshdg. T`grg
is Arhbfig bcw3 ]`ht is tc shy, w`ik` `cspithe is s`g ib3
Im eifg tc dgt h pehbg tikfgt rid`t hwhy tc kcog hbm sgg
`gr. I fbgw t`ht w`gb I `hmbt `ghrm arco `gr ib sc ecbd,wgee I fbgw scogt`ibd oust jg wrcbd, I rhojegm cb hbm
kcuembt sggo tc stcp. Hbm mcbt I agge eifg t`g ecusigst
arigbm ib t`g wcrem rid`t bcw jgkhusg I whs hktuheey ohmht `gr, rgheey pissgm caa I oghb, hjcut `gr jgibd sc
ibsgbsitivg hbm bct kheeibd jgkhusg s`g `hm ogt h bgw duy
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hbm whs `hvibd wcrems ca aub w`ieg I whs sittibd `grg
wcrrigm tc mght` hjcut `gr. I tccf h quikf jrght`. Jut
bcw tc aibm cut t`ht s`g whs eyibd ib h `cspithe jgm hee t`istiog, ubhjeg tc kcbthkt og, wgee I nust agge eifg t`g jiddgst
ngrf gvgr jcrb. [c ia ycuee-
Ht t`is pcibt, t`g pceikg caaikgr cb t`g ct`gr gbm kutog caa.
Mgeieh`, peghsg, ycur arigbm, s`gs bct ib t`g`cspithe. Io sc scrry tc tgee ycu t`ht s`g ecst `gr eiag ib t`g
hkkimgbt. [`g is mghm.Hs `is aibhe wcrm rhbd ib oy ghrs hbm rikck`gtgm
hrcubm ibsimg oy `ghm, I aget oysgea dc buoj, hbm haggeibd ca jgibd ahr hwhy hbm t`ibds bct jgibd rghe khog
cvgr og. I sthoogrgm scogt`ibd hjcut hdrggibd t`ht I
ubmgrstccm w`ht `g shim, t`ht I wcuem bct jg hecbg tcbid`t,
hbm I wcuem khee jhkf ehtgr acr ibstrukticbs. I prgssgm t`g
gbm juttcb cb t`g p`cbg.
Acr h ocogbt bct`ibd `hppgbgm.
]`gb s`ckf jgdhb tc sggp t`rcud` oy oibm hbmt`g p`cbg seippgm arco oy `hbm hbm krhs`gm mcwb,
ncibibd t`g spieegm pgbs cb t`g aeccr, hbm h kry ca uttgr
hbduis` jgdhb gohbhtibd arco og hs I kceehpsgm tc oy
fbggs. @ct shety tghrs strghogm mcwb oy ahkg. I rceegm ibtc
t`g agthe pcsiticb cb tcp ca t`g pgbs hbm pgbkies bct khribd
t`ht t`gy pcfgm ht og ubkcoacrthjey. I scjjgm hbm whiegmwit` tghrs rubbibd mcwb t`g simg ca oy ahkg ubtie I whs
uttgrey gx`hustgm hbm agee ibtc h aitaue seggp. Oy mrghoswgrg auee ca Arhbfig, w`c hewhys rgohibgm nust cut ca oy
drhsp.
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K@H\]GZ GID@]
Ngtehddgm hbm gx`hustgm, I ohmg oy why t`rcud` t`g
hirpcrt. I whs prcpgeegm hecbd ib t`g mirgkticb ca jcrmgr
kcbtrce jy t`g t`rcbds ca pgcpeg w`c wgrg oy aeid`t
ohtgs, wit`cut `hvibd kcbskicus t`cud`t ca hby ca it.
Oy cbey t`cud`ts wgrg ca t`g kcbvgrshticbs Im`hm wit` Kcbsthjeg @uxegy ca t`g @uojgrsimg \ceikg
Mgphrtogbt. @g whs sthticbgm cut ca t`g Jrimeibdtcb
\ceikg [thticb, t`g kecsgst sthticb tc t`g ibkimgbt tc rgspcbmt`ht mhy. ]`cud`, `g `hm tcem og t`ht t`grg whs h ehrdg
kcbvgrdgbkg ca pceikg arco ct`gr sthticbs kecsg jy hs wgee,
ibkeumibd Jgvgregy, @crbsgh, hbm Mriaaigem. I whs hbxicus
tc oggt wit` `io hbm sgg t`g pceikg rgpcrt acr oysgea.T`gb wgm spcfgb cb t`g p`cbg, `g `hm jggb egss t`hb
acrt`kcoibd hbm cbey dhvg og vgry agw mgthies. @g
gxpehibgm t`ht ouk` ca t`g sujngkt ohttgr whs sgbsitivghbm wcuem jg jgst mgeivgrgm ib pgrscb. I `hm h dgbgrhe imgh
ca w`ht `hm `hppgbgm arco t`g agw hbswgrs `gm divgb
og hatgr ouk` prgssibd cb oy phrt, hs wgee hs gbmegss
`curs ca sghrk`ibd t`g ibtgrbgt acr ibacrohticb. T`ht Ifbgw sc ahr ohmg og s`ummgr.
I fbgw t`ht jgkhusg t`g hkkimgbt, cr ourmgr hs it
whs bcw fbcwb, `hm thfgb pehkg muribd t`g ghrey gvgbibd
mhrfbgss, t`grg `hm jggb quitg h agw pgcpeg ohfibd t`gir
why tc t`gir phrfgm khrs ht t`g bhturg rgsgrvg w`c `hmbctikgm t`g `ghmeid`ts ca t`g khrs hpprchk` hbm fbgw
scogt`ibd whs wrcbd. ]`g gogrdgbky rgspcbsg whs
quikf, jut bc cbg kcuem `hvg jggb ahst gbcud`.
Ibmggm, cbey oibutgs phssgm arco w`gb t`g airst
pgcpeg shw t`g eitteg jeug ]cycth Huris tghribd hkrcss t`g
aigems hbm tcwhrm t`g keiaas h`ghm, tc w`gb it `hm hktuheey
dcbg khrggbibd cvgr t`g gmdg, peubdibd Arhbfig ibtc t`grckfs hbm ckghb t`ht ehy whitibd jgecw. ]`g cbeccfgrs `hm
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ohmg arhbtik khees tc t`g gogrdgbky misphtk`, rgpcrtibd h
ycubd ehmy skrghoibd arhbtikheey hbm pcubmibd cb t`g
phssgbdgr wibmcw ca t`g twc-mccr Huris, ohfibd octicbseifg s`g whs mgspgrhtgey tryibd tc cpgb t`g mccr hbm nuop
cut, jut acr scog rghscb jgibd ubhjeg tc. I whs tcem t`ht
t`g rghscb acr t`is whs ohmg keghr w`gb t`g khr whsrgkcvgrgmt`g mccr `hbmeg `hm jggb ibtgbticbheey jrcfgb
caa ib suk` h why hs tc sghe it s`ut, hbm t`g pcwgr tc t`gwibmcw whs mishjegm, gssgbtiheey trhppibd `gr ibsimg,
pcwgregss tc hvcim `gr tgrrijeg ahtg.It whs `hrm tc kcbkgbtrhtg cb t`g rchms hbm it
sggogm eifg it tccf mhys tc aibheey rghk` Ycrf hbm aibm t`gjgm hbm jrghfahst t`ht I `hm ohmg t`g rgsgrvhticbs ht.
Cbkg I phrfgm hbm drhjjgm t`g bhvy jeug Eud wggfgbmgr
jhd t`ht usgm tc jgecbd tc Arhbfig, k`gkf ib ht ]`g
@hzgewccm whs quikf hbm gaaikigbt. @hvibd h ecbd `ct
s`cwgr hbm ghtibd t`g shbmwik` t`ht Im jcud`t ht
@ght`rcw ohmg og agge eifg h bgw pgrscb. Hs I egat, I
drhjjgm t`g phdg Im writtgb t`g mirgkticbs cb, hbm pueegmt`g mccr s`ut jg`ibm og.
]`g pceikg sthticb dhvg og t`g ioprgssicb ca hb cem
k`urk` wit` its cem eid`t jrcwb jrikf hbm thee wibmcws.Hatgr kirkeibd hrcubm Hs`vieeg [trggt hbm \crtehbm \ehkg hkcupeg ca tiogs, hbm stiee `hvibd bc eukf cb aibmibd h
phrfibd spct, I mgkimgm tc phrf ht t`g \crtehbm Ogws. I
krcssgm oy aibdgrs t`ht I wcuembtdgt h tikfgt.
Hs I whefgm, I kcuem sgg h aehd whvibd ogrriey ib
t`g kcce jrggzg ohfibd ocvibd s`hmcws cb t`g eibg ca
w`itg-hbm-jeug k`gkfgrgm wit` crhbdg-stripgm pceikg khrsphrfgm hecbd t`g kurj. ]`g pceikg sthticb itsgea whs whrohbm justeibd. Ohby ogb ib jehkf ubiacros wit` jeug-hbm-
w`itg k`gkfgrgm mgsidbs hkrcss t`g tcp ca t`gir s`irts
oieegm hrcubm hbm p`cbgs rhbd ibkgsshbtey. I hsfgm ht t`g
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rgkgpticb acr Kcbsthjeg @uxegy hbm whs hsfgm tc sit hbm
whit w`ieg `g whs bctiaigm t`ht I `hm hrrivgm.
I whs ecst ib t`cud`t, whtk`ibd t`g kcoibds hbmdcibds ca t`g pgcpeg hrcubm og, hbm mimbt bctikg t`g
hpprchk` ca ohb ib h bhvy jeug suit hbm tig. @g shim oy
bhog hbm I eccfgm up ht `io hbm bcmmgm. I stccm hbm `gput cut `is `hbm hbm wg s`ccf.
Io Kcbsthjeg @uxegy. Mim ycu `hvg hby trcujegaibmibd t`g pehkg3
Wo, bc. I phrfgm ht t`g \crtehbm Ogws. I mcbtfbcw ia t`hts cfhy cr bct. ]`grg wgrg bc spcts
hbyw`grg, I shim hs `g `hbmgm og h jrid`t pibf visitcrphss t`ht I htthk`gm tc oy nhkfgt.
]`ht s`cuem jg aibg, Oiss Jcrmgb,`g rgpeigm ib h
quigt kheo vcikg. Ia ycu `hppgb tc dgt h tikfgt, jribd it tc
og hbm Iee `hvg it thfgb khrg ca.@g soiegm whroey ht
og.
]`hbfs.
Hs wg whefgm, wg gxk`hbdgm t`g usuhepeghshbtrigs t`ht pgcpeg mc w`gb t`gy hrg ibtrcmukgm,
hjcut t`g wght`gr hbm oy aeid`t, hbm t`gb `g whs cpgbibd
t`g mccr ca h sohee caaikg t`ht `hm t`g wcrms Xugsticbibd
Zcco 8 phibtgm wit` w`itg phibt cb t`g cutsimg wibmcw
ca t`g mccr. ]`g rcco whs sphrsgey aurbis`gm wit` hb cem
ogthe thjeg wit` t`rgg drgy ogthe k`hirs hrcubm it. ]`gwhees wgrg jhrg rgmmis`-jrcwb jrikf hbm t`g cbey
wibmcws wgrg cb t`g whee t`ht ahkgm t`g mgsfs w`grg ct`grpceikg caaikgrs sht hbm wcrfgm. Cb t`g thjeg whs h sohee
sthkf ca ohbieh acemgrs, h ohp, hbm h jcx ca tissugs. @g
pueegm h k`hir cut acr og.
\eghsg, sit, `g octicbgm acr og tc sit mcwb cb
t`g simg t`ht `hm t`g sibdeg k`hir.]`g k`hir whs kcem hbm t`g rcco whs fgpt
scogw`ht kccegr t`hb w`ht wcuem jg kcbsimgrgm
kcoacrthjeg hbm I wcbmgrgm ia t`is whs tc hmm tc t`gdgbgrhe miskcoacrt ca t`g rcco. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy tccf
t`g sght hkrcss arco og hbm `is k`hir skrhpgm hs `g
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widdegm it ib kecsgr tc t`g thjeg. @g whs h ohb ca hjcut
aiaty, wit` drhyibd `hir, hbm strifibd jeug gygs. @g eccfgm
tc jg ib tcp s`hpg hbm I iohdibgm t`ht `g pehygm krikfgt crpcec cr w`htgvgr spcrts t`gy eifg cb t`is simg ca t`g pcbm.
@is ribd aibdgr stiee `hm h args` eibg w`grg h wgmmibd jhbm
cbkg eivgm hbm I wcbmgrgm ia `g whs ohrrigm tc `is ncj hbm`is wiag dct tirgm ca jgibd t`g oistrgss.
I whs ib kcurt hee ocrbibd, `g dgsturgm tc `iskect`ibd jy why ca gxpehibibd t`ht t`is whs t`g rghscb acr
t`g suit hbm tig, eifg I gvgb khrgm.C`, whs hee I kcuem t`ibf tc shy.
I kcuembt thfg oy gygs arco t`g pieg ib arcbt ca`io, t`g why `g hjsgbt-oibmgmey ocvgm `is aibdgrs cvgr
it, thppibd it gvgry sc catgb hs `g spcfg. @g tcem og t`g
stcry ca `cw oy Arhbfig `hm migm. ]`g ohb t`ht s`g ogt,
t`g cbg t`ht s`g `hm tcem og hjcut, Ncbht`hb ]urbgr whs
`is bhog, `hm jgkcog ibkgbsgm ht t`g t`cud`t ca `gr
eghvibd `io. [`g `hm cbey t`cud`t `io tc jg h pgtty
krioibhe hbm h vgry thegbtgm ousikihb, w`c dhvg `gr hk`hbkg ht h scat hmvgbturg ib t`is acrgidb kcubtry.
@g cpgbgm t`g airst acemgr hbm `hbmgm og h pikturg
ca Ncbht`hb ]urbgr, w`c it turbgm cut, whs hktuheey h
`hrmkcrg eiag-ecbd krioibhe, hb hjusgr ca wcogb, h mrud
mghegr, h t`iga, hbm h ourmgrgr. [kctehbm Yhrm `hm jggb
tryibd tc put tcdgt`gr h khsg cb `io acr scog tiog, tyibd`io tc mczgbs ca kriogs, w`gb `g strceegm ibtc Arhbfigs
eiag wit` `is jhm jcy dccm eccfs, vgevgt vcikg, hbm rckf`hrm hjs, hbm gbk`hbtgm `gr wit` `is socct` eigs.
Tg jgeigvg t`ht Oiss Mhbiges ibitiheey `hm bc imgh
hjcut `is phst. Jy t`g tiog s`g acubm cut t`g trut` hjcut
`io, it whs tcc ehtg. ]`grg whs bc why t`ht `g whs egttibd
`gr dc,@uxegy whs shyibd hs `g `hbmgm og pikturgs.I dehrgm ht Ncbht`hbs pikturg wit` hee t`g `htrgm
t`ht I aget hbm ibwhrmey sggt`gm gvgry sibdeg tiog
Kcbsthjeg @uxegy shim `is bhog. Arco `is oud s`ct, Ikcuem sgg t`ht `g `hm jggb dccm-eccfibd, nust cvgr six aggt
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thee, wit` mirty jecbm `hir, h skcwe, hbm thttccs cb `is bgkf
hbm hros.
Tg `hvg kceegktgm buogrcus witbgss sthtgogbtst`ht sggo tc pcibt tc hb ubrhvgeibd ca t`gir rgehticbs`ip
wit`ib mhys ca t`g ourmgr. Ohby pgcpeg `ghrm t`go
hrduibd hjcut t`ibds s`g `hm acubm cut hjcut `io, eigs t`hts`g `hm ubkcvgrgm, `is mrud hmmikticb, hbm `is s`hmy
arigbms.Arhbfig `hm acubm cut t`ht t`ibds s`g t`cud`t wgrg
ib `is phst wgrg vgry rghe hbm bcw. @is mrud prcjegos `hmaceecwgm `io hbm `g whs sgkrgtey dgttibd jhkf ibtc t`ht
eiag. Arhbfig whbtgm bc phrt ca t`is s`hmy jhkf-mccrjusibgss hbm s`g whs dcibd `cog. @cog tc og hbm cur
oieeicbs ca jccfs. [`g bgvgr ohmg it.
@g cpgbgm t`g sgkcbm acemgr hbm sthrtgm thefibd
hjcut t`g bid`t Arhbfig migm. ]ghrs wgeegm up ib oy gygs,
rceegm siegbtey mcwb oy k`ggfs hbm k`ib, hbm t`gb spieegm
scatey cb oy ehp hs I pcurgm cvgr t`g pikturgs ca t`g
ohbdegm khr ib vhricus sthdgs ca jgibd rgkcvgrgm.Tg rus`gm t`grg hs ahst hs wg kcuem, jut, wgee wg
wgrg tcc ehtg. Bcw t`ht wg `hvg `hm tiog tc ibvgstidhtg
t`g ibkimgbt, it wcuem sggo tc us, t`ht it whs herghmy tcc
ehtg arco t`g ocogbt t`ht Oiss Mhbiges dct ib t`ht khr.
@g s`ccf `is `ghm shmey hs I aeippgm t`rcud` t`g
pieg ib arcbt ca og. Ib scog pikturgs t`g khr whs stieeocstey sujogrdgm ib t`g krhs`ibd whvgs, hbm t`gb it
rggogrdgm hjcut `hea-h-acct acr ghk` bgw pikturg, ubtie t`ggbtirg khr whs `hbdibd arco t`g pueegy jy its rghr gbm hbm
jgibd pueegm up t`g keiaa simg. Hs t`g arcbt `hea ca t`g khr
jgkhog visijeg ib t`g pikturgs, it whs pehib tc sgg t`ht t`grg
whs bc cbg egat ibsimg. ]`g gbtirg rcca sgkticb whs krus`gm
ibwhrm, hbm t`g wibmcws hbm wibms`igem wgrg sohs`gm,wit` cbey arhdogbts rgohibibd stujjcrbey htthk`gm tc
sgkticbs ca t`g cutgr gmdgs. Its phssgbdgr mccr whs oissibd
kcopegtgey. Kcbsthjeg @uxegy whs shyibd t`ht t`g mhohdgwhs gvimgbtey khusgm jy h kcojibhticb ca t`g ibitihe
iophkt hbm t`g ocogbtuo ca t`g khr hs it krhs`gm hrcubm
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ib t`g vikicus whvgs, hbm ibtc t`g rckfs, w`ieg it hwhitgm
rgtrigvhe arco hjcvg.
Tg trigm tc dgt tc t`g khr t`ht bid`t, jut jgtwggbt`g mhrfbgss hbm t`g whvgs, it whs bct pcssijeg ubtie airst
eid`t tc sgbm h tgho ib tc puee t`g vg`ikeg cut.
Mgeieh` kcuem sgg arco t`g p`ctcdrhp`s t`htvisijieity whs pccr, gvgb ib t`g jrid`t eid`t ca mhy. ]`g
sghrk`, t`ht `hm jggb ehubk`gm jy hir, jy sgh, hbm jy ehbmsghrk`ibd acr survivcrs, `hm jggb kheegm caa hatgr twc mhys,
wit` t`g kcbkeusicb t`ht t`g jcmigs `hm jggb kehiogm jyt`g sgh hbm wcuem bct jg rgturbgm.
]`g aibhe acemgr whs pikturgs t`gy `hm mgvgecpgmarco Arhbfigs khogrh, ca itgos acubm ht t`g skgbg, hbm ht
Ncbht`hbs hphrtogbt. \ikturgs arco t`g khogrh, scog ca
`gr hecbg ib vhricus pehkgs hrcubm Ecbmcb hbm sohee
tcwbs cb its cutsfirts wit` pgcpeg s`g ogt cb `gr ncurbgy,
s`cwgm `gr trip hs it `hppgbgm arco t`g jgdibbibd tc t`g
gbm.
[`g sthrtgm caa soieibd hbm dccaibd hrcubm ibquirfy pcsgs wit` eckhes, ib eitteg pujs hbm ghtgrigs,
s`cppibd, hbm jgibd Arhbfig. ]`g ehtgr pikturgs wgrg ca
`gr