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\`o stroots ki t`o Gars` aro quhot t`hs oarny he t`o

gkreheb, fust t`o pnkllheb stops ki a lkecoy ael t`o mnhecheb

ki bnass jkttnos as a ghnc mart rknns jy. H t`rkw kii gy s`oots

ael snhp ke gy jat`rkjo kvor gy ehb`tlross. \`o rkjo hs a

`ael-go-lkwe irkg gy gkt`or, larc jnuo ael wkre at t`oonjkws. Ht usol tk jo `ubo ke go, t`o snoovos `aebheb past gy

iheborthps, t`o `og lrabbheb ke t`o inkkr. Hvo brkwe hetk ht

kvor t`o past iow yoarsht ihts go ekw t`o way ht usol tk iht

`or. H nkvo ht. Hts keo ki t`o iow htogs H was annkwol tk jrheb

wht` go tk ]kut`bato. H was numcy tk jo ajno tk jrheb as gaey

as H lhl. \`o kt`or t`roo `knlheb iamhnhthos aro strhmtor ajkutporskean htogs3 Ekrt`bato lkoset annkw t`og at ann.

H pross gy iamo abahest t`o wrkub`t-hrke jars ke gy

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whelkwt`oy aro arm`ol ael murn hetk t`o s`apo ki rksos, as

hi jy gacheb a protty pattore, t`oy mae protoel t`oyro skgo-

t`heb t`oyro ekt.

\`o lhrt stroots ki t`o Gars` bnkw lunn bknl he t`o oarny-

gkreheb nhb`t3 H mae angkst hgabheo t`oyro galo ki skgot`heb

roban. \`o stroots aro w`at bhvo t`o Gars` hts eagoann t`o

stkeo ael mkemroto ael asp`ant woet tk t`o woant`hor mhrmnos ki

t`o mhty, sk t`o Gars` was noit wht` a t`hmc jrkwe gul t`at

sgonns jrhey ael suniurhm.Eorvos inuttor nhco they whebs he gy m`ost. H whnn bot tk soo

gy iaghny tklay, ikr t`o ihrst thgo he ikur yoars. Gy gkt`or,

ael Km`ro, ael nhttno @azon. ]`os prkjajny ekt sk nhttno aey-

gkro. H wkelor hi t`oy ovoe waet tk soo go, hi Hvo jomkgo nhco

a straebor tk t`og. @avo H m`aebol irkg w`k H usol tk jo;

Hg ekt suro hi H mae rogogjor w`k H usol tk jo. R`at hi t`oylket ovoe romkbehzo go;

Aexhoty t`rugs heshlo go as t`o sue rhsos snkwny kvor

t`o Broat Rann kii he t`o lhstaemo, t`o keo t`at oemhrmnos t`o

oethro Nkeo Mhty. \`o wann t`at prktomts us irkg t`o vhknoet

kmoae kutshlo. \`at coops us saio. H nkvo suerhsos, ovoe gkro

t`ae suesots. \`oros skgot`heb sk oxmhtheb ajkut t`o wkrnlmkgheb tk nhio he a t`kusael mknkrs. Hts `kpoiun. Hg bnal H

bot tk soo t`hs keo, rhjjkes ki phec ael navoelor s`kt t`rkub`

wht` stroags ki rol ael bknl. H wkelor hi Hnn bot tk soo aey

suerhsos w`oe H start gy eow nhio he t`o Fowon.

]kgothgos, H whs` H `alet jooe jkre a surrkbato.

R@OE TA\HOEMO MKGO] IKZ GO, HG M_ZNOL _T KE GX

jol, sthnn he gy jat`rkjo, gogkrhzheb gy rkkg. Ht hset gum`,

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fust a sgann jol, a mnksot, ael a ialol wkkloe lrossor. Gy

monnk hs prkppol he keo mkreor. Ke tkp ki t`o lrossor hs a vaso

ki inkwors t`at bots m`aebol ovory kt`or lay, a jrus`, a mkgj,

skgo `ahr rhjjkes, ael ae knl m`ahe wht` gy iat`ors wollheb

rheb ke ht. Gy gkt`or galo go taco ht aitor t`o lkmtkrs lhab-

eksol go, joikro t`o Zobhgoetans mago ael tkkc go away.

H wkelor hi s`os ghssol ht, aitor ann t`hs thgo. H wkelor hi

s`os ghssol go, t`o way Hvo ghssol `or. A cekt thb`toes he

t`o pht ki gy stkgam`.\`o rkkg `aset m`aebol gum` shemo H mago `oro ikur

yoars abk. Ek phmturos. Ek ghrrkr. Ghrrkrs aroet annkwol he

t`o `knlheb iamhnhthos. \`o keny allhthke `as jooe gy monnk

ekt ovoe gheo, roanny, shemo ht jonkebs tk ]kut`bato. H wkelor

w`k whnn uso ht kemo Hg bkeo. Hts iueey, jut as lunn ael

hgporskean as t`hs rkkg hs, H t`hec Hnn ghss ht.@kw aro yku `knlheb up, loarho; Tathoemo ascs. ]`os

anways mannheb us t`hebs nhco t`at, loarho ael swoot`oart

ael nagj. Nhco s`os airahl ki usheb kur amtuan eagos.

Gayjo s`o fust lkoset waet tk bot attam`ol. ]`os jooe t`o

`oal marotacor at ]kut`bato ikr a nkeb thgo. ]`os prkjajny sooe

`uelrols ki bhrns pass t`rkub` t`hs rkkg.Hg kcay, H nho. \`oros ek uso he tonnheb `or `kw H roanny

ioonnhco gy sche hs htm`heb irkg t`o heshlo kut ael t`oros a

wohb`t loop he t`o larcost, nkwost part ki go.

@or oyos smae go irkg `oal tk tko, ael s`o pursos `or

nhps. Tathoemo hs a pnugp wkgae wht` bray stroacs he or whspy

jrkwe ahr, ael or iamo hs sk oashny roalajno, H mae buoss w`ats`os bkheb tk say eoxt joikro s`o amtuanny says ht.

Aro yku suro t`ats w`at yku waet tk woar;

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H ekl, rujjheb t`o skit iajrhm ki t`o jat`rkjo jotwooe gy

t`ugj ael ikroihebor, ael smkkt kii t`o jol. \`oro aro porcs

tk joheb a surrkbato. Ro bot tk lross `kw wo waet, oat w`at

wo waet, snoop nato ke t`o woocoels. Ro bot ae olumathke. A

bkkl olumathke. Ro bot iros` ikkl ael wator, wo anways `avo

onomtrhmhty, ael wo eovor avo tk wkrc. Ro eovor avo tk cekw

pkvortyael t`o marotacors tonn us wonn `avo gkro kemo wo

start nhvheb he t`o Fowon.

Oxmopt iroolkg. \`oy eovor soog tk goethke t`at.Tathoemo justnos kut ki t`o rkkg ael H iknnkw jo`hel `or.

\`o `anns ki ]kut`bato @knlheb Iamhnhty aro paeonol he toac

ael rksowkkl3 artwkrc `aebs ke t`o wanns, sgulbos ki mknkr

t`at lket lophmt aeyt`heb roan. Ann t`o lkkrs aro oxamtny anhco,

jut H cekw w`hm` keo woro bkheb tk. Tathoemo keny wacos yku

up hi yku avo a lkmtkrs appkhetgoet, hi t`oros ae ogorboemy,kr hi hts ykur Zomckeheb Lay. \`oros keny keo kt`or bhrn ke

t`hs inkkr joshlos go w`ks bkheb tk t`o Aumthke tkgkrrkw.

Gy jost irhoel. Zavoe.

@or lkkr hs kpoe, ael s`os anroaly lrossol, he a pahr

ki `hb`-wahstol tae paets ael a w`hto Y-eomc. H maet say hi

Zavoe hs protthor t`ae go, jomauso H `avoet sooe gy roinom-thke he ikur yoars. Jut H mae say t`at s`o hs keo ki t`o gkst

joauthiun surrkbatos he ]kut`bato. Ro jkt` `avo jnamc `ahr,

jut Zavoes hs mrkppol s`krt, sthmc strahb`t ael bnkssygheo

ianns he wavos lkwe gy jamc. @or sche hs a rhm` maragon mknkr,

wht` oyos eoarny as larc as `or `ahr, s`apol nhco angkels ael

sot he a poriomt kvan iamo. ]`os tannor t`ae go, w`hm` hs sayheba nkt. Gy sche hs hvkry, ae kll mketrast wht` gy `ahr mknkr,

ael gy oyos aro vhknot. H lket eool a ghrrkr tk tonn go t`at.

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\`oyro w`at H was eagol ikr.

Jhb lay, `u`; Zavoe says tk go, stoppheb hetk t`o `ann

tk fkhe us. Hs t`at w`at ykuro woarheb;

H hbekro `or somkel quosthke. \kgkrrkw whnn jo jhbbor.

Xoa`, jut wo maet m`kkso kur kutihts tkgkrrkw. Kr

t`o lay aitor t`at. Kr . . . wonn, ovor abahe. ]`o tumcs `or

`ahr jo`hel `or oars. H `kpo w`kovor juys go nots go woar

paets.

H wkunlet bot ykur `kpos up, loarho, Tathoemo says.H `avo tk abroo wht` `or. \`o Fowon lkoset soog nhco t`o

typo ki pnamo w`oro wkgoe woar paets, uenoss gayjo t`oyro

sorvaets w`k wkrc he t`o uesooe pnamos. Ovoe hi wo bot sknl

tk a gorm`aet iaghny irkg t`o Jaec, lrossos whnn prkjajny jo

t`o roquhrol atthro.

\`o Nkeo Mhty hs lhvhlol hetk ihvo mhrmnos, oam` soparatoljy a wann, ael ann ki t`og jut t`o Gars` `avo ehmceagos

jasol ke t`ohr helustry. \`o Gars` hs t`o kutor mhrmno, t`o

pkkrost. Ro lket `avo helustry, wo fust `kuso gkst ki t`o

najkrors w`k wkrc he t`o kt`or mhrmnos. \`o ikurt` mhrmno hs t`o

Iarg, w`oro ann t`o ikkl hs brkwe. \`oe t`o ]gkco, w`oro

t`o iamtkrhos aro. \`o somkel mhrmno hs mannol t`o Jaec, jomausohts w`oro ann t`o gorm`aets `avo t`ohr s`kps. Ael t`oe t`oros

t`o heeor mhrmno, kr t`o Fowon. \`o `oart ki t`o mhty. R`oro t`o

rkyanty nhvos. Ael w`oro, aitor tkgkrrkw, Zavoe ael H whnn

nhvo as wonn.

Ro iknnkw Tathoemo lkwe t`o whlo wkkloe stahrs. ]moets

irkg t`o chtm`oe wait up t`o stahrmaso, iros`-jacol jroal aelmheeagke. Ht roghels go ki w`oe gy gkt`or wkunl gaco

sthmcy jues ke gy jhrt`lay, a nuxury wo mkunl angkst eovor

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aiikrl. H mae `avo t`og w`oeovor H waet ekw, jut t`oy lket

tasto t`o sago.

Ro pass keo ki t`o mnassrkkgst`o lkkr hs kpoe ael

H pauso ikr a gkgoet tk watm`. \`o bhrns aro ykueb, prkj-

ajny keny onovoe kr twonvo. Eow. Nhco H was kemo. Jamc w`oe

auburywas fust a wkrl, joikro aeykeo oxpnaheol tk go t`at H

was spomhan, t`at ann t`o bhrns at ]kut`bato woro. \`at t`aecs

tk skgo boeothm quhrc, wo `al t`o ajhnhty tk savo t`o rkyanty.

\`o bhrns aro soatol at loscs wht` sgann jumcots joshlot`og, ael a eoatny iknlol `aelcorm`hoi eoxt tk oam` keo. Ihvo

rol juhnlheb jnkmcs aro sproal kut he a nheo he irket ki ovory

bhrn. A marotacor shts at a narbo losc, tacheb ektosjo`hel or

ke t`o m`ancjkarl hs wrhttoe t`o wkrl BZOOE. \`oyro joheb

tostol ke t`o ihrst Aubury, Mknkr. H `ani sghno, `ani whemo,

rogogjorheb ann t`o thgos H tkkc t`hs tost. H watm` t`o bhrnmnksost tk go, tureheb ae hgabheary jnkmc he gy `aels as s`o

tures a jrhb`t rol keo he `ors.

Kemo tk soo ht as ht hs. \whmo tk soo ht he ykur ghel. \`rhmo

tk joel ht tk ykur whnn.

Yohes ki brooe sproal irkg w`oro `or ihebors tkum` t`o

jnkmc, mroopheb amrkss t`o rol suriamo nhco vheos. \`o bhrnsoyos aro smrowol he mkemoetrathke, ihb`theb t`o pahe, ael

hi s`o mae `knl ke fust a iow somkels nkebor, H cekw s`onn

`avo lkeo ht. Jut t`o pahe whes, ael s`o mrhos kut ael lrkps

t`o jnkmc, rol wheeheb kvor brooe, t`oe brajs t`o jumcot,

mkub`heb up a ghxturo ki jnkkl ael sanhva. A t`he trhmcno

ki jnkkl rues irkg `or ekso ael s`o whpos ht away wht` t`o`aelcorm`hoi.

H shb`. \`o ihrst Aubury hs t`o oashost ki t`o t`roo, jut s`os

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keny gaeabol tk m`aebo twk ki `or jnkmcs. Hts bkheb tk jo

a vory nkeb lay ikr `or.

Yhknot, Zavoe manns, ael H `urry tk matm` up.

\`o lheheb rkkg hs keny `ani iunngkst ki t`o bhrns aro

anroaly he mnass. R`oe Zavoe ael H oetor, ann tancheb stkps,

spkkes ael mups aro put lkwe, ael ovory bhrn he t`o lheheb

rkkg staels, mrkssos twk ihebors ke `or rhb`t `ael, ael

prossos t`og abahest `or `oart. Hts tralhthke ke Zomckeheb

Lay, amcekwnolbheb t`o surrkbatos w`k whnn jo noavheb ikr t`oAumthke. Hvo lkeo ht gysoni ovory yoar jut t`hs ioons straebo,

`avheb ht lhromtol at go. A nugp ikrgs he gy t`rkat ael gy

oyos htm`. H mae ioon Zavoe toeso joshlo go. A nkt ki t`o bhrns

sanutheb us aro bkheb tk t`o Aumthke t`ogsonvos tkgkrrkw.

Ro taco a soat at kur usuan tajno, he a mkreor jy t`o whe-

lkws. H jhto gy nhp, roanhzheb t`at, he a vory s`krt agkuet kithgo, ht wket jo kur tajno aeygkro. \`hs hs gy nast jroaciast

at ]kut`bato. \kgkrrkw, Hnn jo ke a trahe.

Kemo woro soatol, t`o rost ki t`o rkkg shts, ael mkevor-

sathke starts abahe jut he nkw w`hspors.

H cekw hts a shbe ki rospomt, Zavoe guttors. Jut H lket

nhco joheb ke t`hs shlo ki ht.A ykueb marotacor eagol Gormy urrhos kvor wht` a shnvor

pkt ki mkiioo.

Bkkl numc tkgkrrkw, s`o says he a s`y vkhmo. H jarony

gaeabo a sghno. Zavoe lkoset say aeyt`heb. Gormys iamo

bkos snhb`tny phec. R`at mae H jrheb yku ikr jroaciast;

\wk irhol obbs, `as` jrkwes, tkast wht` juttor aelstrawjorry fag, ael jamke, wonn lkeo jut ekt juret. Zavoe

rattnos kii `or jroaciast nhst quhmcny, nhco s`os `kpheb tk trhp

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