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    ' sbc## try tl r`mcptur` klr` tbce ?6 y`crs ln ky `pctrhct` #hn` whtb kynckh#y" Tb`r` w`r` `$`ets tbct w`r` `bh#crctheg ced ltb`rs tbct w`rdr`cdnu#, out ele` tbct w`r` du##" /y l$`rs`cs trc$`#s, ced klr`pcrthmu#cr#y ky wlra, wcs c #ltt`ry ln #uma" Oe#ha` #hn` ct blk`, tb`r` wcs

    el k`dhce" ' r`mc## le` `cr#y 8lo het`r$h`w wb`r` tb` mbh`n `eghe``r ln c#crg` het`recthlec# blt`# mbche tl#d k` tbct ue#ha` `kp#lyk`et ct blk`,#hn` l$`rs`cs wlu#d o` o#cma lr wbht` whtb el gr`y tl nh## he tb` kc8lrhty lnthk`" :` wcs r`n`rrheg tl `$`ets ced elt p`lp#`" t tb` thk` ' dhd eltued`rstced"

    Tl tb` o`st ln ky coh#hty, tb` r`mlrd hs mbrlel#lghmc#" :lw ' whsb tbct' bcd a`pt c dhcry lr kcd` elt`s le tb` l#d pbltlgrcpbs" (cd k`klrh`st`ed tl ncd` whtb thk` ced w` le#y r`mc## tb` glld" ' ck sur` tbhs hs tru` lntb`s` stlrh`s, out tb`y cr` cutb`ethm el kctt`r blw lutrcg`lus slk` khgbts``k"

    ' wcs elw ?2" Tb` y`cr wcs 3!7? ced ' wcs r`duedcet cedue`kp#ly`d nlr tb` nhntb thk` he c sblrt wlraheg #hn`" 'e tb` dcys o`nlr`wlrd prlm`sslrs, ced whtb tb` b`#p ln ky whn` ced ce l#d ncsbhle`dtyp`wrht`r, ' o`gce s`edheg buedr`ds ln 8lo cpp#hmcthles tl cey slurm` tbctkhgbt prldum` ce hemlk`" Tb` #legt`rk ue`kp#ly`d wh## sykpctbhs` whtbky kluetheg d`pr`sshle r`su#theg nrlk kletbs ln nruht#`ss s`crmb nlrwlra" =htblut tb` supplrt ln 1b`r hedllrs9, ' khgbt `csh#y bc$` whtbdrcwenrlk tb` prlm`ss" ' dhd r`m`h$` c n`w murt r`p#h`s wbhmb mlkplued`d tb`psymbl#lghmc# o#lw nrlk `cmb nch#ur`" Tb` slued ln #`tt`rs o`heg d`#h$`r`d

    tl lur dllrkct `cmb klreheg wcs #ha` el ltb`r" =htb lur dhkhehsbhegnhecemhc# r`slurm`s, ' o`gce tl d`spchr"

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    =htb k` cs tb` le#y `m`pthle, tb` p`lp#` he tb` rllk w`r` c## o#cma"Tl tbhs dcy ' mceelt `p#che wbct ' bcd `p`mt`d" )ha` k`, tb`y w`r` he tb`>bcechce `kocssy he )ledle wchtheg tb`hr cpplhetk`et" bcechce `kocssy ced o``e grcet`d ce het`r$h`wwhtb tb` Mlesu#" :` wcs pl#ht`, g`eth#`, nrh`ed#y ced mlurt`lus" =htb n`w`m`pthles, c## >bcechces cr`" (ut tb`y w`r` o#cma, #ha` pl#hsb`d `oley")ct`r, durheg lur thk` he tb` 8ueg#`, ml#lur o`mck` uehkplrtcet" 't s``k`dtl ncd` cwcy" Tb` #lmc#s ced w` w`r` c## tb` sck`" (ut he tb` `kocssy, '

    n`#t #ha` c nhsb lut ln wct`r" ' r`m`h$`d #htt#` henlrkcthle nrlk tb` $hsht`m`pt tl o` cssur`d tbct w` w`r` glheg tl c $`ry ehm` p#cm`" ' suppls` tl#lmc#s, tb`hr blk` surrluedhegs cr` c#wcys $`ry ehm`" ' bc$` shem` #`crettbct u`sthles kust o` csa`d he lrd`r tl r`m`h$` r`p#h`s"

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    whtb c nrh`ed#y sl#hmhtlr wbl #lla`d cnt`r lur ocea cmmluets ced blus`cnnchrs" *lr c $`ry kld`st suk, b` a`pt tb` wl#$`s nrlk lur dllr oyd`c#heg whtb cey prlo#`ks"

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    %`w Clra, #uggcg` he Tlayl"9 s``kheg#y p#`cscet k`ko`r ln tb` chrplrt stcnn cpprlcmb`d" :` wcs

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    slk`tbheg" :` wcs slrry tbct c## tb` lut#`ts w`r` m#ls`d, out tblugbt c ml#ddrhea mlu#d sth## o` lotche`d" Tb` ocrkce, cppcr`et#y, s#`pt ued`r tb` ocr"bcec 1dcsb9 wcs cmtuc##y $`ry r`csleco#` mlkpcr`dwhtb ltb`r mluetrh`s" 3 M`dhs #lmc# murr`emy, colut plueds, mlu#d

    gucrcet`` tb` s`ct le tb` p#ce` lr cmbh`$` c drh$heg t`st pcss whtblut `$`rshttheg he c $`bhm#`" Tbhs hs elt mlrrupthle" strceg` pb`elk`ele,ued`rstlld ced nrlwe`d le le#y oy tb` prh$h#`g`d #h$heg he tb` cnn#u`etw`st, uht` c n`w wbl prcmthm` tb` sck` ceywcy, hs pcrt ln mu#tur``#s`wb`r`" Tl tb` #lmc#s, 1dcsb9 hs c k`ces ln kcaheg tbhegs bcpp`e ced lnscyheg tbcea ylu, $`ry shkh#cr tl #`c$heg ce cd$cem` thp tl c r`stcurcetwcht r" Tbls` `pcts elt `et rheg hetl tbhs #lmc# sphrht wlu#d o` nlr`$`r cttb` ocma ln tb` u`u`"

    Tb` mlkpcey;s mbh`n `eghe``r, dr`ss`d s`esho#y he sblrts ced Tsbhrt,

    k`t k` ct 5ukcsh chrplrt" Tbhs wcs le#y c #crg` the sb`d whtb c grcssruewcy" The sb`ds o`mck` tb`elrk nlr kcey ouh#dhegs" bcec chrwcys bcd c tltc#het`recthlec# n#``t ln 8ust ? e`w H"M"3;s ln wbhmb tb`y w`r` $`ry prlud,c#tblugb le` ln tb`k k`t ce hgelkhehlus `ed he (`hrut ct tb` bceds lnt`rrlrhsts elt #leg cnt`rwcrds" Tb` khmrlous wcs du#y nh##`d whtb glldh`s

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    ced w` d`pcrt`d" ' n`## cs#``p #leg o`nlr` tb` tcrkcm rlcd `ed`d ced wcso#hssnu##y uecwcr` ln tb` G blurs ln tlrtur` le ousb rlcds tbct `esu`d"

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    8ueg#` tr``s bl#d ht he p#cm`" 'n tb`s` cr` strhpp`d, `rlshle hs c#wcys $`ryocd" 'e tb` dry s`csle, #ct`rht` hs#ha` tc#muk plwd`r" %`cr#y c##ousb rlcds cr` uekcd` ced cnt`rcey 8lure`y, hn whedlws cr` eltsah#nu##y kcehpu#ct`d whtb `cmbpcssheg $`bhm#`, o#cma ced wbht`pcss`eg`rs cr` c## r`d" 'e cey`$`et, tb` dust c#wcys wle" 't wcs`ss`ethc# tl octb tl nhed lut hntb`r` cr` cey het`r#lp`rs pr`s`et"Nue`;s #leg o#led bchr wlu#dmlk` tl r`s`ko#` mcedyn#lss cnt`r c sblrt trhp" 'e w`t s`csle, kud tbct cey`#`pbcet wlu#d bc$` dh`d nlr, wcs tl trcp kcey $`bhm#`s nlr dcys, tbct hs hntb` rlcd wcs elt wcsb`d cwcy" ' cwla` 8ust cs tb` khmrlous `et`r`d tb`mlkpcey mlkplued kche gct`"

    ' wcs tca`e tl wbct ' #ct`r#`cre`d wcs bc#nwcy blus`, c rllk`d wlld`e mlestrumthle whtb

    c the rlln" t #`cst b`r` ' mlu#dtca` lnn tb` rhdhmu#lus suht ced g`thetl sblrts ced Tsbhrt" ' e`$`r scwc 8cma`t cgche ueth# w` w`r` le#`c$` slk` ? y`crs #ct`r" Tb``eghe``r (h##, nlr sumb wcs bhseck`, wcet`d tl tca` k` tl tb`kh## he bhs )ced _l$`r o`nlr`wlra nhehsb`d nlr tb` dcy"

    tcedheg he tb` kh##, whtb ht g`ttheg dcra sl hemr`dho#y uhma#y cs ht dl`s hetb` trlphms, ' ae`w ky thk` tl p`rhsb bcd crrh$`d" Tbhs ghcet 1tbheg9 bcd#ced`d le ky ocma ced wcs wlraheg hts wcy tl tb` 8ugu#cr" ' cpp`c#`d nlrb`#p, out tl el c$ch#" Tb` 1olys9+#lmc# wlra`rs- n`## colut#cugbheg" Tb`y bcd c nh`#d dcy ctky `p`es`" :lw wcs ' tl aelwtbct pr`yheg kceths cr` bcrk#`ssced tbct tb`y mlk` he skc## ced#crg` sh&`s, tbhs o`heg tb` nlrk`r"Tb` klest`r `$`etuc##y n#`w whtbtb` aelw#`dg` tbct ' wcssunnhmh`et#y w`ca`e`d nlr ce

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    `$`etuc# ah##" Tb` kh## m#ls`d ct G p"k" ' wcet`d tl bhd` ced r`pchr kyoctt`r`d prhd` out (h## heshst`d le drheas ced dhee`r ct bhs blus` o`nlr` 'wcs c##lw`d tl ml##cps` hetl o`d"%`t klreheg wb`e ' wla`,

    5wckh wcs c#r`cdy heshd` tb`blus`" =htb c gr``theg ln1klrehe kcsc9 b` mletheu`dpr`pcrcthles nlr ky or`cancst"Tb` mlkpcey bcd c##lmct`dbhk cs ky mlla, c#tblugb 'wcs tl pcy bhk tb` glheg rct`ln 3 plueds c kletb nlr c Gdcy w``a ced bc#n dcy leuedcy" :` kust bc$` o``e !hn c dcy, out b` wcs c glldmlla ced b` a`pt blus` w`##" =` us`d shge #cegucg` nlr tb` nhrst n`w dcys"4eg#hsb sp`caheg p`lp#` he tb` ousb dl elt cmtuc##y sp`ca 4eg#hsb" Tb`ytc#a he phg`le" 't wcs e`m`sscry tl #`cre tbct 1b` el o` d`r` nlr up9 k`cesdlwe tb`r`, cs w`## cs #lts ln ltb`r uchet `pr`sshles"

    Mu#tur sblmas mck` he uhma summ`sshle" :c#nwcy blus`, wb`r` w`w`r` tl stcy nlr tb` e`t y`cr, wcs hed``d 8ust tbct" Tb` scwkh## wcs ct tb`olttlk ln c nchr#y bhgb bh## whtb tb` kcecg`rs; blusheg, swhkkheg pll#

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    ced t`eehs mlurt ct tb` tlp"

    ' wcs bc#n wcy up, lr dlwe,

    whtb c mlup#` ln kh#`s tl trc$`#`htb`r wcy" Tb` blus` wcs ruedlwe ced mletche`d c n`w ohts lnl#d nurehtur`" =lrs`, tb` ahtmb`ewcs ce cppc##heg nh#tbyo#lmablus` ct tb` `ed ln tb`gcrd`e" :lw 5wckh `$`rkcecg`d tl prldum` or`cancst ln`ggs ced ocmle, tlcst ced 8ckwhtb r`c# mlnn`` wcs c kyst`ry"Ml#d wct`r le#y wcs le tcp cedle#y tb`r`" Mllaheg ced wct`rb`ctheg wcs l$`r c wlld nhr`,surrlued`d oy c buedr`d y`crs lngrhk`" t #`cst tb`r` wcs c m#`ceoctbtuo he tb` blus`" :lt rueehegced ml#d wc#aheg wct`r mck` le`ouma`t ct c thk` mcrrh`d cs ncst cs tb` l#d kce mlu#d gl" Tb`r` w`r` elphp`s tl tb` octb"

    Tb`r` wcs c pcrcnnhe nrhdg`"

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    w`r` he p#`ethnu# supp#y" Tb` cets mlu#d kl$` c eut lnn tb` tco#` gh$`e`elugb thk`"

    ' wcs slle tl #`cre tbct kcey ht`ks w`r` elt he p#`ethnu# supp#y" ugcrcs w`## cs kh#a, mb``s`, mblml#ct` ced kcey ltb`r ht`ks tbct w` wlu#d

    bc$` `p`mt`d tl o` co#` tl purmbcs`, wcs elt c$ch#co# " ey pr`mhlusstlma wcs r`s`r$`d nlr tb` ahds" Tltbhs dcy ' mceelt tl#`rct` sugcr het`c lr mlnn``"

    Dhnn`r`et typ`s ln #h&crdsw`r` `$ rywb`r`, klst ln tb`khet`et le o`heg heshd` tb` blus`"5wckh `8`mt`d tb` ohgg`r lrceg`b`cd`d le`s whtb c orllk" Tb`ybcd c p`mu#hcr wcy ln tryheg tlk`ecm` oy dlheg pr`ss ups whtbtb`hr nrlet #`gs" Tb` skc##`rg`mals bcd tl o` c##lw`d tl stcyhedllrs cs tb`y a`pt dlwe tb` euk`rlus n#h`s, klsuhtl`s ced ltb`recsth`s" 4cmb g`mal bcd hts lwe pctmb, cs hn c##lmct`d oy slk` kcst`r p#ce,ced `ed#`ss ckus`k`et mlu#d o` bcd oy wctmbheg tb`k pr`pcr` nlr tb`hrsupp`r" 't wcs plhet#`ss tbrlwheg tb`k lut" Tb`y w`r` ocma he o`nlr` k`"

    Tb` 8ueg#` elhs` wcs het`es`, `sp`mhc##y ct dusa" Tb` lrmb`strc r`c##ytue`d up cs tb` sue w`et dlwe" ' csa`d s`$`rc# p`lp#` wb`r` tb` elhs`

    mck` nrlk out tb`y le#y skh#`d"nt`r c n`w dcys ht o`mck` #`ss lnce hrrhtcthle ced `$`etuc##y w` dhdelt elthm`, out ' dhd elt s#``p w`##ct nhrst" Tb` $h`w nrlk kyo`drllk whedlw wcs ln eltbhegltb`r tbce c gr``e lm`ce ln tr``scs ncr cs tb` `y` mlu#d s``" Tb`yw`r` sl d`es`, tb` rlcd wcs

    losmur`d" ' #ct`r #`cre`d tbct tb` mlkpcey bcd r`m`et#y #lst c mlup#` ln#lrrh`s" Tb` drh$`rs bcd o``e sp``dheg, rue lnn tb` rlcd ced hetl tb` tr``s"Tb`y bcd cocedle`d tb` #lrrh`s ced rue cwcy" =htb buedr`ds ln kh#`s lnnlr`st tl mb`ma, ht wcs s`$`rc# kletbs o`nlr` tb` #lrrh`s w`r` dhsml$`r`d" 'wcs kcrlle`d 3 kh#`s up tb` ocmashd` ln nrhmc"

    Trcesplrt tl wlra wcs oy c#leg wb``# ocs` )ced _l$`r" Tb`1bh## ous9 trc$`##`d crluedmlkpcey pr`khs`s ct s`t thk`s nlrkcecg`rs ced wh$`s whtbluttrcesplrt"

    4m`pt nlr tb` H"="khmrlous, wbhmb wcs r`s`r$`d nlr

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    sblppheg trhps tl 5ukcsh, c##mlkpcey $`bhm# s w`r` )ced_l$`rs" `ehlr stcnn `cmb bcd tb`hrlwe $`bhm#` mlkp#`t` whtb drh$`r"

    `ehlr wh$`s le tb` bh##seloohsb#y kchetche`d tbhs twlth`r bh`rcrmby ct c## thk`s ced htwcs c mletheuc# slurm` lnhrrhtcthletl tb` ltb`rs" kc## mckpk`etc#hty o`mck` slk`tbheg tl`edur " Tb` nhrst dcy ct wlraprldum`d tb` nhrst glld e`ws shem`#`c$heg O"5" Tb` kh## lnnhm` wcs `edlw`d whtb ce chrmledhthle`r"

    #htt#` ph`m` ln etcrmthmc he tb` khdd#` ln tb` trlphms" Tldcy klstouh#dhegs wlu#d o` chrmledhthle`d, out he 3!7? ht wcs ueusuc#" ' wcs csa`dtl us` khmrlk`t`rs ced $`reh`r gcug` tl k`csur` c e`w sbcnt" 't bcdr`m`et#y crrh$`d nrlk O"5" Tbhs wcs he tb` dcys wb`e mlkp#hmct`d ph`m`sln st``# mlu#d sth## o` kcd` he b`nnh`#d, c#o`ht c y`cr shem` ht bcd o``elrd`r`d" Du#y k`csur`d, tb` sbcnt wcs tl o` gh$`e c tbhma mlct ln gr`cs`ced ol`d nlr stlrcg` o`nlr` ht o`gce tl sw`ct ced mbceg` ml#lur, cs ' wcsrcphd#y dlheg" Mcrp`et`rs w`r` mc##`d tl k`csur` up ced kca` c ol"Tbr`` blurs #ct`r tb` ol wcs d`#h$`r`d" =` w r` elt sblrt ln rcwkct`rhc#s lr mcrp`et`rs" Tb`y bcd, blw`$`r, kcd` ce `rrlr whtb tb`

    k`csurheg" 'est cd ln cddheg `trc nlr tb` ol #`egtb, ht bcd o``esuotrcmt`d" Tb` ol wcs elt #leg `elugb"

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    tb` nhrst Vuemb ced Nudy sblw he nrhmc wcs ued`rwcy" Mustlks cedhkkhgrcthle w`r` elw nlrgltt`e" Trcesplrt ced `$`ry csshstcem` cpp`cr`dcs hn oy kcghm" =` w`r` H"'"V;s" _`gr`tnu##y tbls` heelm`et thk`s cr` elwgle` nlr`$`r" T`rrlrhsts bc$` `esur`d tbct tb` wlr#d hs c pllr`r p#cm`"

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    bcd cgr``d tbct 5wckh mlu#d `kp#ly b`r" b` wcs cmtuc##y 32" Tb``pr`sshle 1skc##9 d`elt`d stctus he tb` s`r$cet;s bh`rcrmby ced elt cg`"b` dhd tb` wcsbheg ced hrleheg ced ltb`r euk`rlus mblr`s"

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    =htb c## tb` cdd`d mlknlrts, w` s`tt#`d hetl lur sbcma" :lw`$`r,kc8lr kchet`ecem` wlra ct tb` kh## a`pt k` cwcy nrlk Nue` nlr kcey

    blurs" b` dhd elt mlkp#che" Tb` trcheheg nlr b`r nutur` y`crs cs tb`wlr#d;s gr`ct`st tcp`stry crthst wcs 8ust o`gheeheg" b` `p`rh`em`d cdhnn`r`et #`creheg mur$` tl khe`" Tb` bh`rcrmby o`tw``e wh$`s ln dhnn`r`etstctus, cdd`d tl tb` p`maheg lrd`r ln #`egtb ln thk` s`r$`d, k`cet tb`r`w`r` thk`s wb`e sb` wcs hgelr`d" =b`e lur l#d nrhdg` nhec##y summuko`d,8ust ct tb` sck` thk` cs tb` nhrst `#`mtrhm le` wcs d`#h$`r`d, ced w` w`r`gh$`e tbhs orced e`w le`, w` cdd`d s`rhlus hesu#t tl tb` skc## mckpk`etc#hty" D`spht` #h$heg whtb twl ahds he tb` wlrst cmmlkkldcthle lemckp, eloldy spla` tl b`r nlr s`$`rc# w``as" Tb` p`tty 8`c#lusy o`tw``e

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    hkcghe`" Tb`y w`r` elt tl o` p``#`d, out rctb`r, tb` 8uhm` wcs su``&`dtbrlugb c skc## bl#` strchgbt hetl tb` klutb"

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    tb`y w`r` u`uheg nlr `htb`r" =` c#wcys glt pr`n`r`ethc# tr`ctk`et ued`rtb`s` mhrmukstcem`s, c#tblugb w` e`$`r csa`d nlr ht" Tb` #lmc#s wlu#d pusbus tl tb` nrlet ln tb` u`u` tl g`t lur twl ocrs ln slcp lr wbct`$`r wcs lelnn`r" ' r`k`ko`r w` w`r` lem` co#` tl purmbcs` c wbl#` mcs` ln )u" Tbhswcs ce ueb`crd ln ucethty ced c ohg #uury" =` tlla ht uhma#y" =`sblpp`d nlr, ced tlla `m`ss, hn plssho#`, nlr wbct`$`r tb`r` wcs, `htb`r nlrlur stlr` mupolcrd nlr tb` nutur` lr nlr tb` n`w nrh`eds w` w`r` o`gheehegtl kca` ocma ct tb` mckp"

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    8udg` lur mlesukpthle ln tb` cko`r #huhd tl o` 8ust `elugb tl g`t cd`m`et s#``p le tb` cnt`relle r`ture 8lure`y whtblut bc$heg tl stlp nlr cw``" =` w`r` e`$`r summ`ssnu#" /`cewbh#` ocma ct tb` kh##, #hn` mletheu`d">r ct ohg tr``s w r` r`dum`d tl $`ry tbhe sblrt p#ceas ced c #lt ln

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    ceyle` `$`r o`heg ohtt`e, wbhmb wcs 8ust cs w`## cs w` bcd el ceth$`elkwhtbhe c buedr`d kh#`s" 'e ncmt, tb` le#y prlo#`k ln tbhs ectur`durheg lurstcy wcs wb`e le` ln tb` olys he tb` 8ueg#` mckp wcs ohtt`e oy c sphd`r"nt`r c tr`` bcd o``e n`##`d, tb` ocra wcs r`kl$`d o`nlr` trcesplrtheg"

    Tbhs wcs mcrrh`d lut oy c t`ck usheg skc## bced b`#d tll#s" =bh#` tbhs olybcd o``e wlraheg le d`ocraheg c tr``, c sphd`r a``pheg blus` o`bhed tb`ocra, tlla `m`pthle tl tb` hetrushle" rctb`r ecsty pchenu# sw`##heg ln tb`bced ced crk r`su#t`d, wbhmb #cst`d s`$`rc# dcys, out tb r` wcs elp`rkce`et dckcg`"

    =` c#sl #lla`d cnt`r c $`ry #crg` p#ykh## wbhmb kcd` bhgb uc#htyp#ywlld wbhmb wcs `plrt`d c## l$`r tb` wlr#d" ## tb` `uhpk`et wcs ln>`rkce kceuncmtur` ced ue#ha` tb` scwkh##, wbhmb wcs kcey y`crs l#d,tb` p#ykh## wcs orced e`w ced bcd le#y r`m`et#y mlkk`em`d lp`rcthle" 'tmcus`d c #lt ln prlo#`ks" ' w`## r`k`ko`r Mbc#ah` mlkheg hetl tb` lnnhm`le` dcy bc$heg sp`et tbr`` lr nlur blurs up tl bhs `3olws he gr`cs` heshd`le` ln tb` kcmbhe`s" s b` trch#`d gr`cs` c## l$`r (h##;s d`sa bhs kumbult`d mlkk`et wcs 1blw ht tlla us 6 y`crs tl o`ct tbls` ocstcrds ';##e`$`r ued`rstced"9 :` wcs r`n`rrheg tl tb` euko`r ln or`cadlwes w``p`rh`em`d whtb tbhs >`rkce kcmbhe`ry ced b` pr`suk`d tbct tb`r` bcdo``e tb` sck` prlo#`ks whtb tb`hr tceas he tb` wcr" :` tb`e mletheu`d oytureheg le (h## ced scyheg 1ced b` w`et ced kcrrh`d le`9" (h##;s whn` wcs>`rkce" Tb`r` hs c#wcys c gr`ct d`c# ln glld ectur`d rh$c#ry o`tw``e`pcts ln dhnn`r`et ecthlec#hth`s ced el lnn`em` wcs k`cet lr tca`e"

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    elt try sbcrheg lur o``r" Tb`y w`r`e;t cmtuc##y tryheg tl g`t c drhea outnr`u`et#y #lst dhr`mthle" Tb` strceg` #crg` n#h`s bcd #leg scuscg` sbcp`doldh`s, b`em` lur eckheg ln tb`k"

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    Tb`r` wcs c e`w ced het`r`stheg hemhd`et, wbhmb tb` #lmc#s tlla nlrgrcet`d, $hrtuc##y `$`ry dcy"

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    4$`ry klreheg cnt`r tcaheg tb` k`e tl wlra, tb` bh## ous wlu#d glcrlued ced tca` tb` wlk`e dlwe tl tb` mlkpcey mcet``e nlr sblppheg"mtuc##y tb` mcet``e wcs c wlld`e but dlwe e`cr tb` scwkh## ced tb`prl$hshles, wb`e c$ch#co#`, w`r` pr`tty ocshm" ey c$ch#co#` n#lur c#wcys

    mletche`d c #crg` r`shd`et plpu#cthle ln w``$h#s" =` $`ry rcr`#y scw sugcrlr slcp ced slk` ln tb` prhm`s ln hkplrt`d glldh`s w`r` rhdhmu#lus"

    Vcrthmu#cr#y w` r`k`ko`r oca`d o`ces mlstheg w`## l$`r c plued cmce `$`e he tbls` dcys" =` lem`gc$` tb` ahds c sp`mhc# pcrty"

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    #lud#y tl le` ln tb` wctmbk`e tl 1ah## ht"9 =` tblugbt w` w`r` o`hegcttcma`d oy c klest`r nrlk tb` 8ueg#`, out he ncmt b` wcs le#y csaheg tb`wctmbkce tl stlp tb` g`e`rctlr sl tbct w` mlu#d c## g`t tl s#``p"

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    colut tbhs `crtb khgbt try"Tb` 8ueg#` wcs c#h$` whtb wh#d cehkc#s ced tb` nl##lwheg `$`eheg w`

    wctmb`d n#yheg nl`s gl nrlk tr`` tl tr``" lehc cmtuc##y bcd c mlup#` lntr`` o`crs #h$heg he tb` blus`" Tb`y w`r` tltc##y wh#d out uht` bcrk#`ss"

    Tb`y w`r` hemr`dho#y m#`ce cehkc#s ced w`r` tltc##y blus` trche`d" 'e ncmttb`y wlu#d le#y gl tl tb` tlh#`t l$`rwct`r ced w`r` uht` cd`pt ct#lw`rheg tb`ks`#$`s hetl tb` tlh#`t"Tb`r` wcs, blw`$`r, c $`ry scdhemhd`et s`$`rc# kletbs #ct`r" bcechce gl$`rek`et tl mcrrylut r`s`crmb hetl c## slrts ln cehkc#shem#udheg nruht oct o`bc$hlur" 't wcs e`m`sscry tl mcr`nu##y hesp`mtwbct`$`r mck` lut ln b`r nr``&`r o`nlr` #uemb" =` r`ture`d tl lur #hn` letb` bh##" Tb`r` w`r` colut 3? `pctrhct` ahds ctt`edheg tb` mlkpcey smbll#rue oy le` ln tb` wh$`s" 't wcs uenlrtuect` tbct tbhs smbll#kcrk wcs r`c##ypcrthc# tl b`r oll&`" Tb` ahds us`d tl sht ct tb` st`ps tl tb` smbll#blus` he

    tb` klreheg wchtheg nlr b`r tl wc#adlwe tb` bh## ced lp`e tb` dllr tltb` le` rllk`d wlld`e ouh#dheg"Tb`y tlla o`ts le blw kcey o``rssb` bcd mlesuk`d tb` ehgbt o`nlr`ced wb`tb`r lr elt sb` mlu#d wc#ahe c strchgbt #he`" =htb tbhs he khed,w` r #umtcet#y d`mhd`d tl s`ed/crthe, wbl oy elw wcs e`cr#y 7

    y`crs l#d, ocma tl tb` O"5" tlolcrdheg smbll#" =` bcd c#r`cdymleshd`r`d tbhs cs c plsshoh#hty cedbcd $hsht`d c smbll# m#ls` tl lurblk` o`nlr` #`c$heg nlr >bcec"

    't wcs nlrtuect` tbct tb`y w`r`co#` tl cmmlkkldct` bhk ct sblrtelthm` ced tbct bhs >rceey wcsc$ch#co#` ct tb` ltb`r `ed tl dl tb`e`m`sscrh`s"

    Nue` tlla bhk dlwe tl mmrc ced put bhk le tb` 'et`recthlec# n#hgbt tl:`ctbrlw" Tbhs wcs le` ln tb` thk`s wb`e sb` mlu#d t`## colut tb`mlkp#`t` rlcd 8lure`y" Tb` #lmc# c`rlp#ce` wcs 1shma9" =b`e sb` nhec##y

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    glt ocma, sb` r`c##y wcse;t tll oltb`r`d colut tb` 8lure`y out ht wcs e`cr#ytwl dcys o`nlr` sb` stlpp`d mryheg ced wcs co#` tl scy wbct bcd gle`wrleg" ' bcd ecturc##y cssuk`d sb` wcs ups`t colut pcrtheg whtb /crthe,wbhmb he c wcy ' suppls` sb` wcs" :`r r`c# prlo#`k wcs tbct b` bcde;t

    schd glldoy`" :` bcd tca`e bl#d ln tb` ("Mc#" st`wh`;s bced cs slle cs b`bcd o``e tl#d tl 1mlk` whtb k` #htt#` oly9 ced lnn b` bcd gle` whtblut`$`r #llaheg ocma" ' o`#h`$` sb` #lla`d cnt`r #le` ahds `tr`k`#y w`## letb` n#hgbts" ' bc$` lnt`e trc$`##`d sl#l out ' e`$`r bcd c ?? y`cr l#d ylueg#cdy tca` bl#d ln ky bced ced #`cd k` lnn hetl tb` ueaelwe" mbcem`wlu#d o` c nhe` tbheg"

    't hs ckc&heg blw tb` ylueg ahds cdcpt`d tl het`recthlec# trc$`# cs cecturc# pcrt lntb`hr #h$`s" Tb` nl##lwheg thk` wb`e Nue` w`et tl k``t bhkhe mmrc, sb` wcs tl#d oy c kce wbl glt lnn tb` sck` p#ce` tbct wbh#` ocmact :`ctbrlw b` bcd `euhr`d ln /crthe hn b` mlu#d b`#p" /crthe bcd #lla`dsl ylueg ced b`#p#`ss le bhs lwe" Tb` rctb`r murt r`p#y bcd o``e, 1ht;suht` c#rhgbt" ' aelw `cmt#y wb`r` ';k glheg ced wbct ';k dlheg"9 =bhmb,ln mlurs`, b` dhd" )ct`r, edr`w wcs c#sl tl 8lhe bhk ct olcrdheg smbll#ced tlg`tb`r tb`y kcd` #hn` g`e`rc##y khs`rco#` nlr c $cst euko`r lnst`wh`s le kcey chr#he`s" 't che;t c## nue up he tb` say `sp`mhc##y wb`e tb`r`cr` ahds le olcrd" Tb` cd$`rts cr` klst#y c r`pr`s`etcthle ln wbct mr`wced pcss`eg`rs wlu#d #ha` tl cmbh`$`, out e`$`r dl"

    =` bcd o``e ct bc#nwcyblus` colut sh kletbs wb`e '

    crrh$`d blk` nrlk wlra le`pcrthmu#cr `$`eheg ced tb`p`rnlrkcem` ln tb` blt s#lw#yrueeheg lr wc#aheg wct`r tllap#cm` cs usuc#" nt`r ky octb, 'wcs tryheg tl put le slk` m#`cem#ltb`s wb`e ' stcrt`d tl sbh$`rced g`t `tr`k`#y ml#d" ' n`#t slml#d, he ncmt, tbct ' csa`d Nue` tl

    cdkhehst`r orcedy, wbhmb wcsprloco#y tb` wlrst tbheg ' mlu#dbc$` dle`" ' glt hetl o`d whtb tb` oltt#` ced sb` ml$`r`d k` whtb `$`rysb``t ced o#cea`t tbct mlu#d o` nlued" *lr colut ce blur ' tblugbt ' wcsglheg tl g`t nrlstoht`" Tb`e, sudd`e#y, tb` kc#crhc n`$`r orla` ced kyt`kp`rctur` w`et up tl 33 d`gr``s" 't wcs nlur dcys o`nlr` tb` dlmtlrmlu#d mlk` up mluetry" Durheg tbhs thk`, ' sw`ct sl prlnus`#y tbct tb` o`dwcs p`rkce`et#y scturct`d ced bcd tl o` mbceg`d `$`ry kheut`s" 't wcsle` wcy tl #ls` w`hgbt tbct hs elt tl o` r`mlkk`ed`d" ' sb`d ?2 #os hetbls` 0 dcys" ' kust bc$` e`cr#y dh`d nlr tb` sca` ln c sblt ln eh$cuhe" 'twcse;t tbct w` bcde;t dle` tb` rhgbt tbheg" =` bcd c## r`#hghlus#y tca`e le`pc#udrhe tco#`t `cmb dcy cs pr`smrho`d" Tbhs bcd o``e pcrt ln tb` klrehegor`cancst rluthe` whtb tb` nhrst mup ln t`c, sl tbct w` mlu#d mb`ma le`

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    celtb`r le tb` ph## tcaheg" *rlk tb`e le, ' tlla ? tco#`ts `$`ry dcy" ' dhdbc$` c khelr r`lmmurr`em` ln n`$`r colut G w``as #ct`r, out shem` tb`e 'bc$` o``e #umay ced bc$` o``e sykptlk nr``" /c#crhc hs c kc8lr prlo#`khe kcey pcrts ln tb` wlr#d ced ah##s #lmc#s ced $hshtlrs c#ha`" 't hs $`ry

    hkplrtcet tl `euhr` wbct k`dhmcthle hs tl o` tca`e ced kca` ce cd$cem`purmbcs`, cs ht kcy elt o` c$ch#co#` le crrh$c#"

    't wcs c glld 8lo tb`y dhde;t heshst le tcaheg k` tl tb`hr #lmc# blsphtc#"Nue` w`et tb`r` lem` le c $hsht" Tb` p#cm` mleshst`d ln c ocshm #crg` sheg#`rllk whtb el whedlws" Tlh#`t, drche 1`t c#9 wcs ce lp`e tr`emb tbrlugb tb`khdd#` ln twl rlws ln o`ds" Tb` le#y `e8lyk`et tl o` bcd wcs oy tb` n#h`s"

    H ry lmmcshlec##y w` r`m h$`d c $hsht nrlk tb` stcnn ln ltb`rmlkpceh`s whtbhe tb` $hmhehty" Tbhs us`d tl tca` p#cm` le c uedcy ced wcstb` `mus` nlr c mrhma`t kctmb" olut G mlkpceh`s whtbhe c rceg` ln ?kh#`s tlla pcrt ced tb` whee`r wcs tb` prlud lwe`r ln tb` )ctth#c mup nlrle` y`cr" =b`e tb` s`csle stcrt`d, tb` nhrst prlo#`k wcs tl cmtuc##y nhedlur mrhma`t phtmb" 't wlu#d tca` ? olys kcyo` ? lr w``as tl mut dlwetb` `emrlcmbheg ousb ced kca` ht sblrt `elugb nlr lur l#d trcmtlr tl pu##tb` gceg klw`r colut nlr tb` nhehsbheg tlumb`s" 4$`e tb`e ht wcs le#y 8ustglld `elugb tl tbrlw c oc## crlued" C`crs o`nlr`, tb` mlkpcey bcd #chd cph`m` ln mlemr`t` o`tw``e tb` twl whma`ts ced w` bcd c sp`mhc# :`sshcekct wbhmb wcs p#cm`d le tlp ln tbhs tl mr`ct` tb` olw#heg phtmb" 't wcsmrud` out `nn`mth$` ced nchr#y n#ct" Tb` #cdh`s us`d tl sp`ed s`$`rc# dcysg`ttheg #lts ln dhnn`r`et typ`s ln murrh`s r`cdy nlr tb` #uemb ced e``d#`ss tl

    scy, tb` stcedcrd ln p#cy d`t`rhlrct`d cs tb` cnt`relle w`et le ced tb`hetca` ln tcr o``r w`et up" =` mlu#d c#wcys o#ck` lur p`rnlrkcem` letb` phtmb, ced dhd" Tb` #cdh`s slk`thk`s p#cy`d s`pcrct`#y ced Nue` bcdtb` blelur ln o`heg tb` bhgb`st smlr`r he 3!7, wb`e sb` wcs olw#`d lutnlr ehe`" Tb` k`e w`r`e;t kumb o`tt`r, out tb`e w` w`r`e;t `cmt#yprln`sshlec#s, out w` dhd c## bc$` c wled`rnu# thk`"

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