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    V@IEO\ XBCAAY \RLMBF

    _@BE I _C\ AIVVAB

    V`b ffirst t`ieo I lce rbjbjhbr is bctieoc liocrbttb, w`be I wcs jcyhb t`rbbybcrs kaf. C w`kab keb. Reait.I hit ietkit cef stcrtbf l`bwieo. I `cvb ekifbcw`y. Liocrbttbs fket tcstb vbry okkf, cs yku jio`t ijcoieb. V`by hure.

    I rbjbjhbr tryieo tk obt krceob guilb. Tkurieo it ie jy jkut`. Caa kvbr

    jy nclb. Fbspbrctbay tryieo tk obt rif kn t`ct tcstb.

    It wcs bcray ie t`b jkreieo, cef bvbrykeb basb wcs pcssbf kut.

    V`brb just `cvb hbbe c pcrty t`b eio`t hbnkrb. \bbjs aimb ie t`ksb fcys

    t`brb wcs cawcys c pcrty t`b eio`t hbnkrb. I wcs ke aittab mif tijb, up

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    bcray cef wcamieo crkuef, caa hy jysban. I wcs hy jysban c akt w`be I

    wcs aittab. I fket t`iem tkk jcey pbkpab wbrb rbcaay mbbpieo ce byb

    jb. Bvbe t`be, I rbjbjhbr t`iemieo it wcs c aittab wbirf tk hb abnt ke

    jy kwe sk kntbe. Ij c pcrbet ekw. I `cvb twk mifs. Cef ekw, I t`iem

    it wcs rbcaaywbirf.

    Jy fcf wcs twbety w`be I wcs hkre, ebcr Jbahkureb, Custrc-

    aic. Jy juj wcs sixtbbe. V`by okt fivkrlbf c lkupab ybcrs cntbr t`ct.

    Ebit`br kn t`bj wcs t`b jkst rbspkesihab pbrske ke t`b pacebt. Jy

    fcf `cf c lrczy tbjpbr. @b okt ietk ffio`ts c akt, kntbetijbs nkr aittab

    tk ek rbcske. Cef cntbr jy pcrbets spait up, Juj `ueo kut wit` c

    sbribs kn bxtrbjbay s`cfy fufbs. _it` caa t`b t`ieos s`b wcs fkieo

    hclm t`be, cef t`b pbkpab s`b surrkuefbf `brsban wit`, skjbtijbs I

    lcet hbaibvb jy jkt`br is bvbe stiaa caivb. \`b wcs c friembr. Hkt` jy

    pcrbets wbrb. I ebvbr scw jy juj fk fruos, hut `br hkynribefs fif,

    ie nrket kn jb. \k w`k mekws w`ct s`b jio`t cvb hbbe up tk, hbsifbs

    t`b calk`ka. I fbffieitbay scw `br obt bxtrbjbay wcstbf. Tut it t`ct wcy.Ekt tk scy t`ct ekhkfy akvbf jb. I t`iem I wcs c akvbf l`iaf,

    nkr surb. I t`iem jy nct`br rbcaay akvbf jb. Cef jy jkt`br akvbs jb

    ielrbfihay. Caa t`b pcrtibs, t`b friemieo, t`b fruosbvbryt`ieo I wcs

    bxpksbf tkit wcset aimb bit`br kn t`bj wcs tryieotk eboablt t`bir

    l`iaf. Bvbrykeb wcs fkieo t`b hbst t`by lkuaf.

    Hut t`brb wcs c akt kn lrcziebss. Keb tijb, w`be I wcs chkut

    tbe, jy jkt`br cef keb kn `br hkynribefs wbet tk c pcrty. Nkr w`ct-

    bvbr rbcske, t`by befbf up tcmieo jb wit` t`bj. Ij surb t`is ouy

    wcs ekt tkk pujpbf chkut `cvieo c mif crkuef lklm-haklmieo `ij

    caa eio`t. Caa t`b cfuats wbrb ie t`b hclm kn t`b `kusb, ie t`b mitl`be.

    I wcs wctl`ieo V^ ie t`b aivieo rkkj. Hy jysban cocie. It wcs chkut

    8744 .., cef I wcs tirbf, cef I tkaf jy juj t`ct I wcetbf tk ok

    `kjb. \`b tkaf jb tk wcit, sk I wbet cef wctl`bf skjb jkrb V^.

    Cef t`be `br hkynribef lcjb ie. @b tribf hbieo nribefay. Akkm, Gcy,

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    `b scif, in ykurb tirbf, I lce oivb yku skjbt`ieo. \kjbt`ieo tk mbbp

    yku cwcmb. Its prbtty okkf. Yku gust lcet tbaa ykur juj chkut it. I

    tkaf `ij ek. I ebvbr aimbf t`b fufb.

    C ske cawcys mekws.

    Jy juj lcjb tk l`blm ke jb c hit actbr, cef I rcttbf `ij kut

    iestcetay. @b tribf tk oivb jb fruos! Cef `b tkaf jb ekt tk tbaa yku!

    V`brb wcs c hio ffio`t, cef t`be wb abnt. I lkuafet wcit tk tbaa jy

    fcf. I ebvbr scw jy jujs hkynribef cocie cntbr t`ct. Jy fcf wcset

    crkuef nkr c w`iab, bit`br. I t`iem `b wcs tryieo tk ffief t`b fufb. I

    rbjbjhbr t`iemieo ct t`b tijb t`ct t`brb wcs c fbffieitb pkssihiaity

    t`ct jy fcf wkuaf bef t`ct ouy.

    Vk hb `kebst, I fifet t`iem jul` kn it ct t`b tijb. It wcs keay

    w`be I okt kafbr t`ct I rbcaizbf w`ct c hio fbca it wcs tk kfflbr c l`iaf

    lrystca jbt`. Jy jkt`br scys s`b scw `br kaf hkynribef ekt tkk akeo

    cok, cef `b akkmbf rbcaay hcfek tbbt` cef s`it aimb t`ct. Retia s`b

    scw `ij, I hbaibvbf jy nct`br jio`t `cvb miaabf `ij.V`brb wbrb cawcys caa t`bsb wbirf aksbrs crkuef jy juj, aiebf

    up, tryieo tk nulm `br. Bvbe cs c mif I mebw w`ct wcs okieo ke. I

    `ctbf t`bj. Keb tijb, jb cef jy nribef wbrb rkaaieo c gkiet, cef

    keb kn t`bsb ouys orchhbf caa t`b wbbf, put it ie `is jkut`, cef ctb

    it. Yku ouys crb tkk ykueo tk sjkmb wbbf, `b scif. V`brb wcs c akt

    kn stupif s`it aimb t`ct. Cekt`br tijb, t`brb wbrb caa t`bsb fruem ouys

    kut ie t`b ocrcob. Gust `ceoieo kut. Fkieo ekt`ieo. I wcs t`brb, tkk.

    Jy juj wcs ie t`b `kusb. I wcs fkieo l`ie-ups, tryieo tk sbb `kw

    jcey I lkuaf fk, cef t`is keb fufb put `is `cefs kvbr jy `cefs sk I

    lkuafet obt fkwe. I stcrtbf nrbcmieo kut. I wcs lryieo. Obt kffl jb!

    I wcs prkhchay tbe. Jy fko lcjb tk jy rbslub cef hit `ij, cef t`be

    `b milmbf jy fko. I rce ietk t`b `kusb cef tkaf jy juj. I wcs tbaa-

    ieo t`b fufb, Yku hbttbr obt kut kn `brb. Ij okeec lcaa jy fcf, cef

    t`be wbaa sbb `kw tkuo` yku crb. @b hcrmbf rio`t hclm ct jb. Nulm

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    yku, yc aittab s`it! @b cltucaay okt ietk c vbrhca catbrlctike wit` c

    tbe-ybcr-kaf.

    V`brb wcs cekt`br ouy. V`brb wbrb aktskn kt`br ouys, hut t`is

    keb I cltucaay aimbf. @b ocvb jb keb `uefrbf Jctl`hkx lcrs, nrkj

    w`be `b wcs c mif. _`il` wcs quitb c slkrb nkr jb ct t`ct pkiet. Hut

    t`be keb fcy, I wcs lkjieo `kjb nrkj sl`kka, cef I scw `ij pus`

    jy juj kvbr ie t`b nrket ycrf. @crf. I rce ietk t`b ocrcob w`iab `b

    `bcfbf ietk t`b `kusb. I wcs rbcaay ietk Hrulb Abb, cef I `cf jcfb

    euel`ulmbrs kut kn c scwbf-kffl hrkkj `cefab cef c hilylab l`cie. I

    `cf prcltilbf, tkk. I mebw `kw tk usb t`bj c aittab hit. \k I orchhbf

    jy euel`ulmbrs cef lcjb ietk t`b mitl`be nrkj t`b ocrcob. V`b

    fufb turebf crkuef cef _@CJ!, I okt `ij labce, rio`t ke t`b nkrb-

    `bcf. @b wbet fkwe, sk ekw `b wcs ke jy abvba. _@CT!Cekt`br

    keb rio`t ke `is nclb. @b orchhbf jb. @b wcs okeec puel` jb. @b

    rbjiefbf jb `kw bcsy it wkuaf hb nkr `ij tk bef jy ainb. I cocie

    t`rbctbebf tk lcaa ie jy fcf. (Khvikusay, ct t`ct pkiet t`ct wcs jyok-tk jkvb.) @b t`rbw jb ke t`b orkuef cef stcrtbf ybaaieo ct jy

    juj. Ykurb c nulmieo ifikt! Ykur mifs c nulmieo ifikt! _brb nulm-

    ieo fkeb! Cef kffl `b wbet.

    \kjbtijbs I cj c aittab rbsbetnua kn jy jkt`br. Vk t`is fcy, I

    t`iem, s`b prkhchay fkbset uefbrstcef t`b sbvbrity kn skjb kn t`b

    t`ieos I bxpbribelbf ie jy l`iaf`kkf. @br ifikt hkynribefs nulm-

    ieo wit` jb, lkestcetay. Ekt tkk akeo cok, c rbpkrtbr wcs writieo

    ce crtilab chkut jb nkr B\TE(t`b jcoczieb), cef I wcs tcamieo wit`

    jy juj chkut t`b ouy w`k kfflbrbf jb jbt`. \`b tkaf jb, @b wcs

    okieo t`rkuo` c rbcaay tkuo` tijb t`be. I fket rbcaay obt ceory

    chkut ceyt`ieo ceyjkrb, bspblicaay w`be it lkjbs tk jy juj, hut

    t`ct wcs rbcaay, rbcaay `urtnua tk jb. @b wcs okieo t`rkuo` c tkuo` tijb;

    Crb yku rbcaay fbnbefieo `ij;Jy fcuo`tbr is six. In skjbkeb kfflbrbf `br

    lrystca jbt`, I wkuaf nulmieo bef t`bj. In I lkuafet fk it jysban, I

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    wkuaf ffief skjbkeb w`k mekws skjbkeb w`k wkuaf. V`by wkuaf

    fib, cef I wkuaf oacfay mekw t`ct t`by wbrb jurfbrbf hblcusb kn jb.

    Nulm, in I `cf tcmbe t`b jbt`, Ilkuaf `cvb fibf.

    Ct t`b scjb tijb, I nbba hcf nkr jy juj. \`b wcs t`b keb w`k

    cltucaay scif s`b akvbf jb. \`b wcetbf jb crkuef. \`b fif t`b hbst

    s`b lkuaf wit` t`b lirlujstcelbs s`b wcs ie, hbieo sk ykueo, cef

    hbieo ce calk`kail. V`cts c fisbcsb. V`cts ekt ykur ncuat. \`b `cf tk

    fbca wit` jy fcf, tkk. @ij nulmieo bvbryhkfy. @ij abcvieo br, cef

    jkvieo ie wit` Jcre, br hbst nribef. Jy jkt`br ebvbr okt kvbr t`ct.

    Vk t`is fcy, bvbe t`kuo` jy nct`br cef jy `can hrkt`br \tbvib crb

    hkt` okeb, jy jkt`br wiaa tbaa yku jy stbpjkt`br is t`b aulmy keb,

    hblcusb s`b okt jy fcf.

    Its wbirf t`ct c jce aimb jy nct`br lkuaf `cvb skjbkeb t`ct

    wkuaf stilm hy `ij, aimb jy juj. Xblbetay, jy jkt`br tkaf jb,

    Ykur nct`br wcs t`b jkst vikabet jce I `cvb bvbr jbt. Jcyhb `b

    wcs chusbf cs c mif. Ivb `bcrf t`ct, kvbr t`b ybcrs. _`k mekws; Cefybt I mekw t`ct jy jkt`br wkuaf `cvb stcybf wit` `ij. \`bf stiaa

    hb wit` `ij ekw. _`y; I lkuafet tbaa yku. @b wcs ekt c vbry okkf

    `ushcef, tk put it aio`tay. Hut cppcrbetay t`brb wcs ek lkjieo hclm

    nrkj ncaaieo ie akvb wit` `ij. It fkbset jcmb sbesb tk jb, hut `b

    lkuaf `cvb `cf jy jkt`br hclm w`bebvbr `b wcetbf `br. Lrczy cs

    `b wcs, jy fcf wcs c spblica ouy, cef ekt gust tk jy jkt`br. V`b nclt

    t`ct jy stbpjkt`br `cs cey nbbaieo nkr `ij ct caafbcf kr caivbis

    prkkn kn t`ct.

    KV@BX V@ CE BCVIEO V@CV LIOCXBVVB, t`b keay kt`br t`ieo

    t`ct stcefs kut nrkj w`be I wcs rbcaay, rbcaay ykueo is tbaaieo jy

    juj I wcetbf tk jkvb ie wit` jy fcf. \`b sct ke t`b lkul` cef

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    scif, @kw lkuaf yku fk t`is tk jb; I `cf c `ceo-up chkut t`ct nkr c

    akeo tijb. Aimb skjb`kw t`ct wcs jyncuat. I wcs ct jkst ffivb kr six

    ybcrs kaf w`be t`ct `cppbebf. Cntbr t`ct, I prbtty jul` aivbf wit`

    Fcf cef Jcre. Caa jy stuffl wkuaf hb ct t`bir `kusb, cat`kuo` jy

    juj cawcys `cf c rkkj nkr jb, tkk. Cef w`be jy fcf cef Jcre

    jkvbf fkwe t`b lkcst chkut tbe jiabs, tk \cefrieo`cj, jy juj

    jkvbf t`brb cs wbaa, hblcusb kn jb. \k I lkuaf lkjb cef ok w`brbvbr

    I wcetbf.

    I fket rbjbjhbr jul` nrkj hbnkrb I jkvbf ie wit` jy fcf.

    _`be I t`iem kn t`ct tijb, I gust t`iem kn fcrmebss, cef vikabelb. Jy

    juj cef fcf aivbf tkobt`br ie \t. Miafc, c sjcaa hbcl` tkwe ke t`b

    kutsmirts kn Jbahkureb. V`brb crb c huel` kn kaf Beoais` huiafieos

    t`brb, hut kt`brwisb its c akt aimb c sjcaabr vbrsike kn ^beilb Hbcl` ie

    Aks Ceobabs. V`brbs c rbcaay s`itty hkcrfwcam, cef puhs cef caa t`ct.

    Cef gust aimb beilb, t`brbs cawcys hbbe c akt kn smbtl`y stuffl okieo

    ke t`brb. I cssujb t`ct jy juj cef fcf wbrb ie t`ct w`kab \t. Miafcslbeb. Hbnkrb I jkvbf ie wit` jy fcf, t`brb wcs `brkie ie jy ainb. If

    jbt jkrb t`ce keb guemib ct jy jujs kusb. I lce rblcaa, ct keb pkiet,

    jy juj lryieo ie c lkrebr, cef skjb hkynribef scyieo Bvbryt`ieos

    okeec hb caa rio`t w`iab `bs s`kktieo up ie t`b aivieo rkkj.

    Jy fcf jkvbf tk \cefrieo`cj hblcusb t`cts w`brb jy stbp-

    jkt`br is nrkj. \`b `cf ncjiay t`brb. Its ekt ncr nrkj \t. Miafc, hut

    its c prbtty jbaakw tkwe. Yku lce jcmb it t`brb. Yku lce `cvb c aittab

    suhurhce ainb, in t`cts w`ct yku wcet. \k I fket rborbt t`b fblisike tk

    jkvb ie wit` jy fcf. @b prkhchay wcs t`b abssbr kn twk bvias. V`be

    cocie, jcyhb ekt. Ij stiaa ekt surb. Nkr jkst kn jy ainb I akkmbf up tk

    jy nct`br ijjbesbay, hut in `b wcs crkuef tkfcy, If hb c aittab rbsbet-

    nua kn `ij, tkk.

    Keb t`ieo Ij surb kn7 In I fifet `cvb jy nct`br crkuef jb,

    fkieo t`b t`ieos b fif, yku wkuafet hb rbcfieo t`is hkkm. I wkuafet

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    oba. I wcetbf pbkpab tk aimb t`b wcy I akkmbf. Vk aimb jb. \k hclm t`be,

    pijpabs nulmbf wit` jb, jcssivbay. K` jy Okf, Ivb okt cleb! It is vbry

    tkuo`, bjktikecaay, tk hb Gcske Baais tkfcy, hblcusb kn jy cjczieo cjkuets

    kn cleb!

    Ivb okttbe hbttbr chkut it, t`kuo`. Ekw; Ij hcaf. Nulm kffl.

    I wcs t`b kafbst, sk I okt w`kkpbf t`b `crfbst. Fcf ebvbr `it jy

    `can hrkt`brs, hut eujbrkus tijbs, `b ippbf jb upsifb fkwe hy jy

    abo, cef If hb fkieo lcrtw`bbas tryieo tk obt cwcy. I tkkm c nbw s`kts

    cakeo t`b wcy. C nbw milms, tkk. I wkuafet scy jy nct`br wcs chusivb,

    hut `b wcs c hio, strkeo fufb wit` c rbcaay lrczy tbjpbr. In `b `cf

    hbbe cltucaay tryieo tk `it jb, `b wkuaf `cvb miaabf jb. Okkf eio`t.

    Ij prbtty surb jy nct`br `it jy jkt`br. Keb tijb I scw `ij

    `kaf jy stbpjkt`br fkwe hy `br `cir, ie t`b mitl`be, cef scy, Fket

    yku bvbr nulmieo fk t`ct cocie, caa rio`t; Nulmieo aistbe tk jb! _`k

    mekws w`ct s`b `cf fkeb. Ct t`ct pkiet I `ctbf `br, hut I stiaa rbjbj-

    hbr t`iemieo `kw uelkka it wcs kn jy fcf tk fk t`ct tk `br. Hut t`cts`kw `b wcs. V`brb wcs t`is t`ieo t`ct wkuaf lkjb kvbr `ij, cef `b

    wkuaf gust secp cef stcrt obttieo vikabet. V`brb wcs ekt`ieo wkrsb

    t`ce `ij cpkakoizieo, cef jb hbieo tkk slcrbf tk scy, I fket cllbpt

    ykur cpkakoy. V`ct wcs t`b jkst ceekyieo pcrt kn it tk jb, w`be `b

    wkuaf lcaj fkwe actbr.

    In yku `cvb c tbjpbr crkuef ykur mifs, it wiaa ruh kffl. I uefbr-

    stcef t`ct ekw. Hut I cask uefbrstcef t`ct jy jkt`br wcsc mif. Cef

    jy nct`br wcset jul` kafbr t`ce t`ct. \ixtbbe cef twbety; Ykuvb

    okttc hb miffieo jb. In I `cf c mif ct sixtbbe, I wkuaf `cvb lcaabf t`b

    pkailb ijjbfictbay cef scif, \kjbhkfy lkjb orch t`is mif, hbnkrb

    it fibs.

    Jy fcf jkvbf ie wit` Jcre strcio`tcwcy cntbr abcvieo jy

    juj. V`ct wcs w`be I wcs chkut nkur. I jkvbf ie wit` t`bj prbtty

    skke cntbrwcrf, hut t`be I fifet rbcaay aimb it t`brb bit`br. _`be I wcs

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    six kr sbvbe, I rce cwcy, fkwe tk t`b pcrm wit` c sabbpieo hco. I cltu-

    caay jcecobf tk ncaa csabbp nkr c hit, hbnkrb I ocvb up cef wbet hclm

    `kjb t`ct scjb eio`t.

    Ct t`ct pkiet, jy fcf stiaa frcem c akt wit` `is nribefs. V`brb

    wkuaf hb pcrtibs. @b `cf c Nbrrcri t`ct wcs `is prifb cef gky. @b wcs

    cawcys ie nrket kn t`b `kusb wcs`ieo t`ct t`ieo. I rbjbjhbr `ij ie

    t`ct Nbrrcri, fruem, ie nrket kn skjbkebs `kusb, yieo hy cef `ittieo

    t`b lurh, rbca laksb tk c huel` kn pbkpab, cef t`be spieeieo kut cef

    fkieo hurekuts, wit` bvbryhkfy l`bbrieo. V`be jkjbets actbr `bs

    up cociest c trbb, vkjitieo, nrkj hbieo tkk fruem. I wcs stcefieo

    t`brb wctl`ieo wit` bvbryhkfy basb.

    It wcs jy stbpjkt`br, Jcre, t`ct jcfb bvbrykeb orkw up,

    stcrtieo w`be jy `can hrkt`br Abb wcs hkre. I fifet aimb `ij. Cs

    ncr cs I wcs lkelbrebf, `b wcs pcrt kn jy stbpjkt`br, cef jy stbp-

    jkt`br wcs tryieo tk tcmb jy fcf nrkj jb. Ij surb I jcfb Abbs ainb

    prbtty filuat. I cawcys tkaf ij b cf c jcssivb bcf, tk try tk oivb`ij c lkjpabx. Jcre cef I `cf it kut w`be I wcs chkut tbe. V`ct wcs

    w`be wb klicaay tkaf bcl` kt`br t`ct wb `ctbf bcl` kt`br. I `ctb

    yku! K` ybc`, wbaa I `ctb yku tkk! I rbjbjhbr t`iemieo, _baa, ekw

    its klica. Ocjb ke. Abts sbb in I lce obt yku kut kn t`b `kusb.Abb wcs nkur

    kr ffivb hy t`be.

    Kur jutuca `ctrbf wcs akeo-stcefieo, cef jy fcf fifet `bap

    jul` wit` t`ct. Jcre wcs c orkuefbf `ujce hbieot`b keay

    orkuefbf pbrske I `cf bvbr mekwe, ct t`ct pkiet. Bvbe in I `ctbf `br

    nkr it ct t`b tijb. _bf caa hb ie t`b lcr, cef s`bf hb scyieo, \akw

    fkwe, \tbvb! tk jy fcf. Cef jy fcf wkuaf scy, \`ut up, Jcre!

    Cef If hb aimb, Ybc`, s`ut up, Jcre! Lkjjke sbesb jio`t `cvb

    tkaf `ij t`ct `bwcs t`b keb w`k s`kuaf prkhchay s`ut up, hut t`ct

    t`kuo`t fifet milm ie nkr `ij. \k ie c wcy, `b jcfbjb rbsbet `br.

    V`b ceijksity fibf kffl w`be I okt kafbr. Hy t`b tijb I wbet tk Cjbr-

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    ilc tk smctb, I `cf stkppbf `ctieo Jcre. I rbcaizbf t`ct t`b keay rctik-

    eca ieubelb I `cf ke jy uphrieoieo lcjb nrkj `br, bvbe in I `cf

    rbhbaabf cociest it ct t`b tijb.

    Hut hy t`b tijb Jcre stcrtbf labceieo up jy fcfs clt, cef

    jcmieo us c rbca ncjiay, I cf carbcfy sbbe c akt kn s`it. If sbbe bvbry-

    hkfy sjkmieo wbbf. If sbbe bvbryhkfy fkieo wcy `bcvibr s`it t`ce

    t`ct ct jy jujs `kusb. Cef hblcusb If carbcfy sbbe it caa, t`brb wcs

    ek pkiet ie tryieo tk `ifb it. Ekw wb fket fk t`ct, Gcy, t`byf scy.

    Nieb, surbhut Ivb carbcfy sbbe yku fk it.

    Cef ceywcy, t`b pcrtyieo stiaa lketieubf ct jy jujs, in I

    wcetbf tk ok t`brb. V`brb wbrb wbirf pbkpab crkuef t`b `kusb. Akts

    kn kt fruem l`ilms. V`brb wbrb cawcys can-ffieis`bf friems nkr jb tk

    orch, in I wcetbf tk.

    \l`kka wcs ebvbr jy t`ieo. I okt bxpbaabf nrkj jy ffirst orcj-

    jcr sl`kka. It wcs c privctb sl`kka t`ct jy orcefjkt`br pcif nkr. Jy

    fcfs juj, Mct`y. \`b wcs t`b ffirst pbrske t`ct spkiabf jb, hblcusbFcf fifet `cvb s`it. Jy orcefjkt`br wcs t`b hrcies ie t`b ncjiay.

    \`b stcrtbf t`b ncjiay husiebss, Baaistrkeils. V`b stkrb t`ct `br `us-

    hcef cef jy fcf wkuaf bvbetucaay rue ietk t`b firt.

    V`ieos wbet skut` ct t`ct sl`kka w`be I secppbf c nct mifs crj

    furieo c bctbf fisputb kvbr c jcrhab. V`b mif tribf tk tcmb jy secmb

    byb. Renciray. I wcs ie t`b rio`t. Cef t`ksb jcrhabs wbrb bvbryt`ieo tk

    jbcaa fifflbrbet swiras, cef secmbs, cef jkkes cef s`it. @b pus`bf

    jb, cef Ij l`csieo `ij, cef puel`ieo `ij, cef t`be `b trippbf cef

    nbaa ketk c hbel`, cef I nbaa ke tkp kn `ij. @b wbet ietk s`klm. Cef

    bvbryhkfy t`kuo`t I fif it ke purpksb.

    Hbnkrb jy fcf lcjb tk pilm jb up, t`b `bcfjcstbr w`ippbf

    jb, wit` c lceb cef wit` c hbat. V`ct ouy usbf tk `it jb wit` t`b

    hbat quitb c akt. Keb tijb, t`b hbat jissbf jy css cef wbet crkuef jy

    abocef jief yku, I `cf t`b nuaa-ke s`krt-css c` ofcy jctb sl`kka

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    s`krts kecef I okt t`b w`kab kutaieb kn t`b hulmab ke jy smie. It

    turebf purpab. Yku lkuaf obt cwcy wit` t`ct s`it ie t`ksb fcys.

    I wcs ie t`b prielipcas klb w`be jy fcf crrivbf. V`b ouy

    stcrtbf tbaaieo jy fcf w`ct c tbrrihab l`iaf I wcs, c tbrrihab stufbet,

    hac` hac` hac`. (I wcset rbcaay c hcf mif. I gust wcset pcyieo cttbetike.

    Ct caa.) Cef jy fcfs rbhuttca tk caa t`is wcs tk scy, Yku tcam tk jy

    ske aimb t`ct cocie cef Iaa puel` ykur nclb ie, yku stupif luet. @b

    ievitbf t`b prielipca tk stbp kutsifb. V`brb wbrb jcyhb tbe mifs t`brb

    tk witebss t`is fispacy. V`by wbrb bxtrbjbay ijprbssbf.

    Lkjb ke, Gcy. Nulm t`is sl`kka. Jy fcf abf jb kut kn t`brb. It

    wcs cwbskjb. I `cf bxpbltbf caa `baa tk hrbcm akksb, ct jy bxpbesb,

    cs skke cs `b okt t`brb. It tures kut `b gust wcs scvieo t`ct up nkr t`b

    lcr. Yku nulmieo ifikt! `b scif, cs skke cs t`b fkkr sacjjbf s`ut.

    Caa yku bvbr fk is nulm bvbryt`ieo up! Yku mekw `kw jul` ykur

    orcefjkt`br pcif nkr yku tk ok tk t`is sl`kka;!

    I rbcaay fifet jbce tk hrbcm t`ct mifs crj. It gust `cppbebf.Cef t`ct wcs t`b hbst jcrhab, t`b secmb byb. Yku lkuafet bvbe huy

    t`bj. Yku `cf tk wie bj.

    I `cf tk jkvb hclm ie wit` jy juj tk ok tk t`b ebxt sl`kka,

    \cefy Vbl`. I wcs ektietk jkvieo hclm. Fcf wcs frivieo jb kvbr tk

    `br `kusb, cef I wkuafet tcam tk `ij. _kuafet bvbe akkm ct `ij. \k

    `b stcrtbf w`ippieo t`b lcr crkuef ie lirlabs. V`is wcs ekt c ebw lcr,

    cef it wcs ekt c spkrty lcr. It wcs c rilmbty kaf wcoke. Ce kaf JO.

    Ekt scnb ct caa. @b sjkmbf t`b tirbs uetia I cajkst lkuafet bvbe sbb

    `ij sittieo rio`t ebxt tk jb. _`be I ffiecaay fif, `b wcs sjiaieo ct jb

    t`rkuo` t`b sjkmb, uetia `b jcfb jb acuo`, tkk. @b fif caa t`ct gust

    sk I wkuafet stcy jcf ct `ij.

    Jy fcf fif `irb c tutkr nkr jb. It wcs c prkpbr kaf ouy, wit` c

    suit cef c hbcrf cef ce klb. @b wcs lrbbpy. I rbjbjhbr t`b ouy

    oivieo jb skjb tbst. Nkr w`ctbvbr rbcske, I wcs chab tk rbcf hbttbr

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    w`be t`by stulm t`is haub abes ie nrket kn jy nclb, cef cppcrbetay

    t`ct sbcabf itI wcs fysabxil. I t`iem hbieo ficoeksbf cs fysabxil gust

    ocvb jb ce bxlusb tk nulm kffl ct sl`kka bvbe jkrb, hblcusb ekw, its

    ekt jy ncuat. I wbet tk sbb t`b tutkr nkr chkut twk ybcrs. I ocvb it c

    prbtty okkf ok. Hut I gust lkuafet rbcf. Lkuafet spbaa. I t`iem kelb

    t`b tutkr befbf, t`ct wcs it. Jy pcrbets, cef jy tbcl`brst`by gust

    ocvb up. I gust nulmbf up ct sl`kka, caa t`b tijb. V`b keay lacssbs I

    bvbr pcssbf wbrb p`ys bf cef crt. I aimbf hkt` kn t`ksb, hblcusb t`by

    wbrb nue, cef hblcusb I fifet `cvb tk rbcf. Cat`kuo` bvbe t`ksb

    wbet wrkeo nkr jb. Keb tijb, I jcfb c pcpibr-jl` smctb rcjp

    ie crt lacss, cef t`be skjb css`kab wrblmbf it, rio`t kutsifb lacss, ie

    t`b lkrrifkr. Gust tk jcmb surb I fif ekt cvb bvbe t`ct keb begkychab

    `kur ie jy sl`kka fcy.

    I fifet `cvb jcey nribefs ct sl`kka. V`b nribefs I fif `cvb wbrb

    wcy kafbr t`ce jb. Fceey Lacpp cef Tbtbr Hrcjptke (yuprbca

    ecjb,Tbtbr Hrcjptke) aivbf fkwe t`b strbbt. Tbtbr `cf c hio eksb. @bwcs cawcys `uel`bf kvbr, cef `b wcs rbcaay iesblurb. @b lkuaf ebvbr

    obt cey fctbs. Fceey wcs `can chkrioieb, sk `b wcs tce cef okkf-

    akkmieo. @b wkuaf gust sacuo`tbr t`b l`ilms.

    Bvbe t`kuo` Fceey cef Tbtbr wbrb c nbw ybcrs kafbr, t`by

    wbrbet t`b kebs t`ct okt jb stcrtbf wit` pcrtyieo. V`by fifet bvbe

    friem kr fk fruos, ct abcst ct t`b tijb. Hbsifbs, cs Ivb scif, in I wcetbf

    skjbt`ieo tk friem, I lkuaf gust orch it ct jy jujs `kusb. @baa,

    t`brbs pilturbs kn jb friemieo l`cjpcoeb ie nrket kn jy fcf ct

    t`is hio t`rbb-fcy @baas Ceobas rcaay. Ij prkhchay chkut t`irtbbe ie

    t`ksb.

    V`cts crkuef t`b scjb tijb w`be smctbhkcrfieo rbcaay stcrtbf

    tk hblkjb jy t`ieo, cef iespirbf jb tk fbvbakp c aittab hit kn jy kwe

    pbrskeca styab. \`rbf V`rbcfs wbrb jy ncvkritb. V`by jcfb s`krts

    t`ct cltucaay cf t`b ip pcfs huiat ie. I wkuaf wbcr t`ksb caa fcy, wit`

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    jy mebb pcfs fkwe crkuef jy cemabs. Lkevbrsb Caa-\tcrs. Tuem rklm

    V-s`irts. \`it aimb t`ct. Ce CL/FL crjy gclmbt.

    I wcs t`b keay smctbr ie jy lacss. Bvbrykeb basb wcs c huel` kn

    jbtca`bcfs. I wcs cltucaay t`b pussy kn t`b lacss. Jy cir wcs stcrtieo

    tk orkw kut c hit hy t`be. I wcs t`b keay hky wit` hakef `cir, cef I

    wcs c prbtty okkf-akkmieo ouy. \k I okt jy css milmbf c akt. V`b jkst

    abobefcry jkjbet ie jy sl`kka lcrbbr wcs prkhchay t`b tijb I okt

    hbct up hy c huel` kn fufbs ie skjb lrilmbt ebts.

    V`brb wbrb jcyhb ffivb kr six kn t`bsb ouys. V`by wbrb lacss-

    jctbs kn jieb. Keb kn t`bj `cf carbcfy hbctbe jb up hbnkrb, nkr

    scyieo skjbt`ieo sjcrt. I wcs cawcys c sjcrt-css. V`is ouy wcs wcy

    hioobr t`ce jb, cef I just `cvb scif skjb sjcrt-css t`ieo tk `ij

    cocie, cef w`ctbvbr it wcs, it wcs kelb cocie t`b wrkeo t`ieo tk scy

    tk c hio, fujh mif. Bspblicaay keb wit` hio, fujh nribefs.

    V`by tkaf jb t`by wbrb okieo tk hbct jb up t`ct fcy, ct auel`-

    tijb. V`by usucaay ocvb jb c `bcfs-up ie t`b jkreieo, sk I wkuaf`cvb tk swbct it kut hbnkrb it `cppbebf. I mebw t`by wkuaf hb wcitieo

    nkr jb. I wcs ie t`b himb s`bf, rio`t cntbr lkkmieo lacss, akkmieo nkr

    t`bj t`rkuo` c wiefkw. Jbcew`iab, Gceb Lrkjhbro, jy ffirst rbca

    oiranribef, wcs wcamieo jy himb kut nkr jb w`iab I acif akw. I fif caa

    rio`t wit` t`b acfibs hclm t`be. I jcfb kut wit` c nbw fifflbrbet kebs,

    ie t`b pcrm cntbr sl`kka. I t`iem t`ct `cf c aittab hit tk fk wit` jb obt-

    tieo jy css milmbf rbpbctbfay. V`bsb ouys fbffieitbay fif ekt`cvb cey

    oiranribefs. Ceywcy, t`by meklmbf Gceb kvbr, rio`t ke tkp kn jy himb.

    I lcjb kut tk fbnbef `br `kekr, cef t`by caa gujpbf ke jb. V`be

    ietk t`b lrilmbt ebt I wbet. I okt hbct up nkr c w`kab auel` hrbcm. I

    gust lurabf up ie c hcaa cef t`by `cf ct it, nrkj hbaa tk hbaa. It wbet ke

    nkr sk akeo, t`by cltucaay stcrtbf obttieo tirbf. Gust tk jix t`ieos up,

    I rbjbjhbr keb ouy stcrtbf cijieo caa `is milms firbltay nkr jy hutt-

    `kab. _it` jb t`iemieo caa t`b w`iab,Xbcaay; Is ek keb okieo tk stkp t`is;

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    I usbf tk lut sl`kka caa t`b tijb. V`b tbcl`brs fifet wcet jb

    t`brb, cef I fifet wcet tk hb t`brb, sk t`ct wkrmbf kut nkr hkt` kn us.

    Hut w`be yku lut sl`kka, yku ebbf tk ffief skjbt`ieo tk fk caa fcy.

    Jkrb kntbe t`ce ekt, I befbf up ie t`is keb caaby, cakeb. I wcambf pcst

    it acst tijb I wcs ie Custrcaic. Its stiaa t`brb, hb`ief c Hky \lkut `caa.

    V`is pcrtiluacr caaby mief kn lurvbs, sk t`brbs c paclb ie t`brb yku

    lce ok w`brb ek keb frivieo pcst lce sbb yku. \cefrieo`cjs c sjcaa

    tkwe, cef in skjbhkfy spkts ykuscy, cekt`br mifs pcrbetst`byaa

    rct yku kut nkr surb. I nkuef t`is spkt keb tijb w`be I wcs kut wcam-

    ieo crkuef hy jysban. I wcs cawcys kut wcamieo crkuef, bvbryw`brb.

    Cef t`be bvbe jkrb sk w`be I okt ietk smctbhkcrfieo. Bvbry eio`t I

    wcs kut smctieo hy jysban.

    I wkuafet scy I fbffieitbay wcetbf tk spbef c huel` kn tijb sit-

    tieo skak ie ce caaby. Hut t`be cocie it wcset t`ct hcf, oivbe jy catbr-

    ectivbs. _`be I wcs ie t`brb, I usbf tk mief kn fiscppbcr ietk jy

    jief. If abt jy t`kuo`ts wcefbr cef rue caa t`bsb ijcoiecry slb-ecriks tk pcss t`b tijb. V`brbs cawcys hbbe ce betbrtciebr ie t`brb,

    akeo hbnkrb rcfik lcjb cakeo. _`ct I wcs rbcaay fkieo, jkrb t`ce

    ceyt`ieo basb, wcs ncetcsizieo chkut c fcy w`be I `cf c w`kab huel`

    kn nribefs crkuef jb, cef I wcs lkka cef cllbptbf. Cat`kuo` in yku

    `cf stujhabf ke jb ct t`b tijb, tk t`b uetrciebf byb Ij surb I gust

    akkmbf aimb c ykueo psyl`kpct` ie trcieieo.

    I bvbetucaay okt milmbf kut kn \cefy Vbl`, tkk. \kjbkeb tcuo`t

    jb `kw tk jcmb c aittab sjkmb hkjh. I wcset eblbsscriay c hio prcem-

    stbr, hut t`be cocie its ebvbr hbbe `crf tk obt jb ietbrbstbf ie skjb

    fbvicet hb`cvikr. Yku put c Tieo-Tkeo hcaa ie caujieuj nkia, cef

    t`be yku rkaa it up cef `bct t`b w`kab t`ieo wit` c aio`tbr. It jcmbs

    caa t`is sjkmb. Cef it stiems rbcaay hcf, tkk, w`il` is c eilb hkeus ct

    t`ct cob. \k I jcfb c huel` cef t`rbw t`bj ie t`b oiras tkiabts. I wcs

    ueakcfieo t`b acst kn jy crsbeca w`be c tbcl`br spkttbf jb. Cef t`be

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    keb kn t`b sjkmb hkjhs acefbf ke c rkaa kn tkiabt pcpbr cef it wbet

    up ie cjbs, sk I okt bxpbaabf nkr sbttieo t`b oiras hct`rkkj ke ffirb.

    _`il`, gust aimb w`be I hrkmb t`b nct mifs crj, wcset w`ct I wcs

    tryieo tk fk.

    Ct t`ct pkiet I wcs jktivctbf tk mbbp okieo wit` ce bfulctike,

    in keay sk jy nct`br fifet fiskwe jb. \k I lketieubf ke tk jy t`irf

    sl`kka, w`il` wcs lcaabf Frkjcec. I acstbf t`brb c lkupab jkrb ybcrs.

    Hut jy fcf wcset ietk sl`kka cey jkrb t`ce I wcs. @b wcs t`b keb

    tk scy, Its kvbr. Ykur orcfbs crb nulmieo tbrrihab. Yku s`kuaf gust quit

    cef obt c gkh.

    Cef cs skke cs I turebf sixtbbe, `canwcy t`rkuo` jy sblkef ok

    ct Ybcr Bio`t, t`cts bxcltay w`ct I fif.