biff brewster mystery #8 mystery of the caribbean pearls
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LUVQNSU KD QHN F@SECCN@M ZN@SOV
@ lerrkr-el`gn twem weth ` Fkmtemnmt`o `ffnmt, ` p`er kdl`tfhna co`fipn`ros fkvntna cy ` semestnr wkuoa-cn fo`el bulpnr,`ma ` l`llkth F`rec Emae`m whk rndr`ems drkl frushemg ` l`m`t thn fkll`ma kd vkkakksperets, fkmdrkmt Cedd Crnwstnr whnmhn on`vns hes Emae`m`pkoes hkln tk `mswnr `m urgnmt VKV drkl hes
umfon, Fh`rons Innmn.Innmn, km ` trkucon-shkktemg `ssegmlnmt em thn Mnthnro`mas,
@mteoons, snmas thn VKV em ` anspnr`tn, o`st-aetfh `ttnlpt tk s`vn `v`ou`con pn`ro deshnry cnokmgemg tk hes drenma, Crkl Rkki, drklcnemg st`inacy thenvns. Rkki, whk lust prkvn hes reght tk thnpn`ro deshnry fo`el wethem ` snt teln oelet, h`s lystnrekusoyaes`ppn`rna.
Cedd `ma Anrni, Crkl Rkkis snvnmtnnm-yn`r-koa skm,`ffeanmt`ooy ck`ra thn s`ln po`mn em Le`le `ma emmkfnmtoynxfh`mgn eanmtetens tk po`y ` bkin. Hkwnvnr, thn bkin c`fidernswhnm Cedd es ieam`ppna `t thn Weoonlst`a @erpkrt cy thnumsfrupuokus `avnmturnrs whk w`mt thn pn`ro deshnry.
Cut Cedd, mk str`mgnr tk lystnry kr fh`oonmgemg setu`tekms, usnshes hn`a `ma hes fkur`gn `t thn frufe`o lklnmts. Hes `avnmturnsem f`ptevety, hes usn kd vkkakktk nmgemnnr nsf`pns, hes rnpn`tna
fh`mgns kd eanmtety weth hes twem, Anrni, thner sn`rfh dkr thn okstpn`ro deshnry `ma ets reghtduo kwmnr, `ma thner dem`o treulph kvnrthner `avnrs`rens `rn fklpkmnmt p`rts kd thn t`on tkoa emLystnrykd thn F`reccn`m Zn`ros.
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CEDD CSNWVQNS LUVQNSU @ATNMQ^SNV
CS@REOE@M GKOA LEMN LUVQNSU
LUVQNSU KD QHN FHEMNVN SEMG
H@W@EE@M VN@ H^MQ LUVQNSU
LUVQNSU KD QHN LNXEF@M QSN@V^SN
@DSEF@M ETKSU LUVQNSU
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LUVQNSU KD QHN @LC^VH EM EMAE@
LUVQNSU KD QHN F@SECCN@M ZN@SOV
NGUZQE@M VF@S@C LUVQNSU
LUVQNSU KD QHN QECNQ@M F@S@T@M
CSEQEVH VZU SEMG LUVQNSU
LUVQNSU KD QHN @S@CE@M VQ@OOEKM
LUVQNSU KD QHN @OZEMN Z@VV
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@ CEDD CSNWVQNS LUVQNSU @ATNMQ^SN
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@OO SEGHQV SNVNSTNAZSEMQNA EM QHN ^MEQNA VQ@QNV KD @LNSEF@
Lystnry kd thn F`reccn`m Zn`ros
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Aesfkvnry!
OEGHQMEMG strn`ina thn siens kvnr thn Wemaw`raEso`mas. Qhn F`reccn`m Vn` w`s ` tulcona l`ss kddk`lemg, `mgry w`tnrs.
Qhn fh`c`sfk h`a strufi weth thn quefimnss `mao`shemg dury th`t es thn m`turn kd thes lkst dn`rna kdtrkpef`o stkrls. @ fh`c`sfk streins wethkut w`rmemg,weth tkrm`ak-oein vekonmfn, wheroemg `ma sletemg `mask`iemg. Qhn stkrl nmas `s `cruptoy `s et cngems. Qhn`er rng`ems ets f`ol. Kmoy thn fhurmna-up w`tnrs fkm-temun tk sl`sh upkm thn shkrn.
@ dem`o, creooe`mt do`sh kd oeghtmemg rnvn`ona thn
g`umt degurn kd ` l`m stulcoemg thrkugh thn r`gemgsurd, deghtemg tk rn`fh thn s`dnty kd thn cn`fh. Hnst`ggnrna kut kd thn rkeoemg w`tnrs `ma dnoo d`fn akwmkm thn s`ma. Hes kmoy lktekm w`s thn `gkmezna hn`v-emg kd hes shkuoanrs `s hn g`spna dkr crn`th.
Hes ck`t, hes aevemg gn`r wnrn gkmn, sl`shna tk cetscy thn weoamnss kd tkn stkrl whefh h`a w`shna hel
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`shkrn km thes temy spnfi kd `m eso`ma. Qhn eso`ma, hnimnw, w`s em thn C`en au Qrskr, Qrn`surn C`y, kdd thn
n`st fk`st kd thn ceg eso`ma kd L`rtemequn.@s strnmgth dokwna c`fi emtk thn l`ms ckay, hn s`t
up. Dr`mtef`ooy hn shkt hes h`ma emtk ` pkfint kd heswnt, wkrm, sum-con`fhna aumg`rnns. @m nxprnssekm kdrnoend frkssna hes d`fn. Em thn d`emt oeght kd ` resemglkkm, hn emspnftna thn twk kcbnfts em thn upturmnap`ol kd hes h`ma.
Hn hnoa twk pnrdnftoy l`tfhna co`fi pn`ros.Qhes w`s thn nma kd hes sn`rfh, thn nma kd wnnis um-
anr thn co`zemg sum kd thn F`reccn`m9 thn rnsuot kdhumarnas kd aevns tk thn ckttkl kd thn sn`. Hn imnw,`ma hn h`a thn nveanmfn em hes h`ma, th`t hn h`a l`an` aesfkvnry whefh wkuoa st`rton thn nmtern `rn` kd thnF`reccn`m Vn` drkl thn Dokrea` inys tk thn fk`st kdVkuth @lnref`.
Hn h`a aesfkvnrna ` pn`ro deshnry sk d`cuokus, skumcnoenv`coy refh, th`t hes dema wkuoa l`in hn`aoemnmnws thrkughkut thn wkroa.
Hn imnw `osk th`t umonss hn fkuoa innp hes demasnfrnt umteo hes fo`el km thn pn`ro deshnry w`s ns-
t`coeshna, trn`surn snninrs `ma lkmny-l`a futthrk`tswkuoa ansfnma km hel oein humgry sh`ris.Hn dnot surn th`t hes `ftekms `ma nxpokr`tekms h`a
cnnm snfrntoy w`tfhna. Hn imnw whk thn w`tfhnrswnrnumsfrupuokus lnm w`etemg humgreoy tk lkvn em`ma bulp thn fo`el hn h`a struggona sk h`ra tk dema.
Hes derst prkconl w`s tk gnt kdd thes temy spnfi em
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thn c`y `ma c`fi tk L`rtemequn. Hn w`s mk lkrn th`mdevn leons kdd thn shkrn kd thn l`em ckay kd thn ceg
eso`ma. Ed hn h`a rnfikmna hes pksetekm fkrrnftoy, thnrnw`s ` okmg spet kd o`ma buttemg kut drkl L`rtemequnth`t hn fkuoa rn`fh cy ` twk-leon swel. Hn wkuoamnna tk rnst. F`ol mkw, hn snttona emtk thn s`ma tksonnp.
Whnm thn l`m `w`inmna, thn oeght kd ` creooe`mttrkpef`o lkrmemg prkvna th`t hn h`a cnnm fkrrnft em
antnrlememg hes pksetekm. Qhn s`maspet buttna kut, wno-fklemg hel. D`rthnr cnykma hn fkuoa snn thn oush,grnnm-fkvnrna petkms resemg em thn fnmtnr kd L`rte-mequn. Vkln kd thnsn pn`is rn`fhna ` hneght kd mn`roydkur thkus`ma dnnt.
Qhn l`m cng`m hes okmg, sokw swel. Hn h`a mk dn`rkd thn sn`thkugh hn imnw sh`ris `ckumana em thnsnw`tnrs, `ma hn w`s um`rlna.
Cut cy lealkrmemg hn h`a rn`fhna thn l`emo`ma kdL`rtemequn s`dnoy. Hn w`s pon`s`mtoy terna drkl hesokmg swel, `ma strntfhna kut km thn w`rl s`mas tkrnst `ma `ookw hes fokthemg tk ary.
Em thn n`roy `dtnrmkkm hn rn`fhna thn tkwm kd O`
Qremet, spr`woemg `t thn `pprk`fh kd Zrnsquon an o`F`r`vnoon, thn pnmemsuo` th`t dkrlna thn C`en auQrskr.
Hn dkuma ` rkkl em ` sl`oo pnmsekm, ` rkklemghkusn, `ma spnmt lkst kd thn meght wretemg twk onttnrs.Kmn kd thnl w`s `aarnssna tk hes skm em Qhn Mnthnr-o`mas. Qhn kthnr w`s tk Fh`rons Innmn km thn eso`ma kd
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Fur``k em thn Mnthnro`mas @mteoons.@okmg weth thn onttnrs, hn f`rnduooy prnp`rna twk
sl`oo ckxns.Em thn lkrmemg, hn w`s st`maemg `t thn pkst kddefn
akkr thn lklnmt et kpnmna. Et w`s weth grn`t rnoendth`t hn s`w hes onttnrs `ma p`fi`gns gk emtk thnl`eoc`g th`t wkuoa cn trufina kvnr thn petkms tk Dkrt-an-Dr`mfn `t mkkm, thnm dokwm km tk Fur``k km thnmeght doeght.
Em hes rnoend `ma grn`t no`tekm kvnr hes aesfkvnry, thnl`m shna thn fh`r`ftnrestef w`tfhduomnss th`t usu`ooyl`rina hes lkvnlnmts. Hn lklnmt`reoy h`a arkppnahes gu`ra, `ma aea mkt mktefn th`t hes nvnry `ftekm h`acnnm foksnoy dkookwna drkl thn lklnmt hn h`a `rrevnaem O` Qremet.
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Vnnemg Akucon
QHN f`congr`l w`s shkrt `ma tk thn pkemt.L@U E CKSSKW LU D@TKSEQN MNZHNW DKS @
FK^ZON KD WNNIV VQKZ ^SGNMQ.Et w`s segmna, Fh`rons Innmn, `ma h`a cnnm snmt
drkl Weoonlst`a, Fur``k, em thn Mnthnro`mas @mteo-
ons.Cedd Crnwstnr, thn d`vkretn mnphnw rndnrrna tk em thn
f`congr`l, okkina `t hes p`rnmts hkpnduooy.Wnoo, L`rth`, wh`t ak yku themi; Qhkl`s
Crnwstnr `sina Cedds lkthnr, `s thn thrnn kd thnlstkka em Lr. Crnwstnrs stuay.
Kh an`r! E rn`ooy akmt imkw wh`t tk s`y.@ drkwmsprn`a kvnr Lrs. Crnwstnrs pon`s`mt, drenmaoy d`fn,ar`wemg hnr `rfhna nyncrkws foksnr tkgnthnr. Etsnnls tk ln th`t Cedd es `w`y drkl hkln sk lufh kdthn teln.
E imkw, an`r. Cut yku lust `alet th`t wn h`vnnmfkur`gna thnsn treps. E steoo dnno th`t tr`vno es `s el-
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pkrt`mt tk ` ckys nauf`tekm `s hes dkrl`o sfhkkoemg,Qkl Crnwstnr rnpoena tk hes wedns leoa prktnst.
@ma ^mfon Fh`roen s`ys et weoo kmoy cn dkr ` fkuponkd wnnis, Ceddput em. Ly spremg v`f`tekm st`rts mnxtwnni. E wkuoamt cn lessemg lufh sfhkkokmoy ` a`ykr twk `t thn lkst.
Cedd okkina drkl hes lkthnrs d`fn tk hes d`thnrs. Hnw`mtna sk lufh tk gk. Em hes lemas nyn hn w`s`orn`ay snnemg thn sp`rioemg w`tnrs kd thn F`reccn`m
Vn`, akttna weth p`ol-stuaana eso`mas, okmg whetncn`fhns, `ma fkr`o rnnds.
Qhn Wemaw`ra Eso`mas, thn Onnw`ra Eso`mas,L`rtemequn, @ruc`, C`rc`aks, Gu`anokupn, Vt. Ietts`oo thnsn fkokrduo, rkl`mtef, nxfetemg m`lns r`fnathrkugh thn ckys hn`a.
Hkws ykur Vp`mesh thnsn a`ys, skm; Qkl Crnw-stnr `sina.
Ets ki`y, A`a. El sfkremg wnoo em et `t sfhkko, `makd fkursn E pefina up ` okt lkrn Vp`mesh whnm wn wnrnem Lnxefk.
Cedd w`s cngemmemg tk dnno n`senr. Hes d`thnrs quns-tekm w`s `m emaef`tekm th`t kmn-h`od kd hes p`rnmts w`s
fkmseanremg d`vkr`coy ^mfon Fh`roens f`cona rnqunst.Hkw ckut et, Lkl;Cedd prnssna thn kpnmemg hesd`thnr h`a gevnm hel. Uku imkw ^mfon Fh`roen `ma E`ow`ys gnt `okmg swnoo. Wnrn ` gkka tn`l.
Fh`rons Innmn w`s Lrs. Crnwstnrs crkthnr.Fh`roens sk rnfionss, thkugh, Lrs. Crnwstnr fkm-
temuna em ` vkefn rngestnremg prktnst. Ed E rnlnlcnr
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fkrrnftoy, yku `ma hn c`rnoy l`an et kut kd Fhem`cndkrn gnttemg emtk snrekus trkucon.
Cedd h`a mk `mswnr tk thes st`tnlnmt. Et w`s `oo tkktrun. Hn `ma ^mfon Fh`roen h`a cnnm dokwm kut kdFhem`thny h`a soeppna `frkss thn ckranr eoong`ooytk S`mgkkm em Curl` `ma thnm km tk thn CreteshFrkwm Fkokmy kd Hkmg Ikmg, weth Fhemnsn Sna `gnmtscrn`themg akwm thner mnfis.
@my ean` wh`t ykur crkthnr es akemg em thn F`rec-
cn`m;Lr. Crnwstnr `sina hes wedn.Cedds lkthnr shkki hnr hn`a. Mkt `my lkrn th`m
yku h`vn, Qkl. H`vn yku hn`ra drkl ykur umfon, Cedd;Kmoy kmn onttnr semfn wn gkt fh`sna kut kd Fhem`,
thn cky rnpoena. Qh`t f`ln `ckut ` lkmth `dtnr E gktc`fi hkln. @oo hn s`ea w`s th`t themgs wnrn tkk hktdkr hel tk kpnr`tn em thn Krenmt dkr ` wheon.
Hn es steoo weth thn derl kd Nxpokr`tekms ^moeletna,esmt hn;Lr. Crnwstnr `sina.
Kh, yns. ^mfon Fh`roen s`ea thn fklp`my w`smngkte`temg ` fkmtr`ft th`t wkuoa h`vn hel kpnr`temgem thes hnlesphnrn. Hn aeamt s`y wh`t iema kd kp-nr`tekm et w`s, thkugh.
Et lust cn tena em weth hes w`mtemg yku tk fkln tkFur``k, skm.Okkis th`t w`y, A`a. Wh`t `ckut et, Lkl; Cedd
okkina hkpnduooy `t hes lkthnr. Vhn aeamt rnpoy dkr `dnw lklnmts. Qhnm shn s`ea, Wnoo, E suppksn
Lrs. Crnwstnr mnvnr demeshna hnr snmtnmfn. Qhnykumgnst lnlcnrs kd thn Crnwstnr d`leoy curst emtk
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thn stuay.Lkl! A`a! Ets ` f`congr`l! nonvnm-yn`r-koa Qna
Crnwstnr shkutna, w`vemg `m nmvnokpn kvnr hes hn`a.Uns! @mkthnr kmn, Lkmef`, Qnas twem sestnr,
fhelna em.Qhn twems wnrn devn yn`rs ykumgnr th`m Cedd. Qhner
`lcetekm w`s sklnteln, sklna`y tk tr`vno `-okmn,`sthny nlph`tef`ooy put et. Qhny oestnmna gkggon-nyna tkt`ons kd thn `avnmturns Cedd `ma hes d`thnr kr Cedd `ma
^mfon Fh`roen h`a sh`rna. Km snvnr`o kff`sekms thntwems h`a gkmn weth thner p`rnmts `ma crkthnr tk thnrkl`mtef po`fns whnrn thnsn `avnmturns h`a t`inmpo`fn. Lrs. Crnwstnr, `ow`ys prnsnmt whnm thn twemswnrn vky`gemg, h`a t`inm grn`t f`rn tk snn th`t hnrtwk ykumgnst wnrn mkt nxpksna tk thn a`mgnrs th`th`a `ffklp`mena Cedds d`r-`w`y `avnmturns. Qna `maLkmef` fkuoa h`raoy w`et umteo thny wnrn koa nmkughtk t`in p`rt em thnl thnlsnovns.
Ets dkr yku thes teln, Cedd, Qna s`ea. Nxfetnlnmtshkmn km hes ykumg d`fn. Hes nyns sp`riona.
Eoo w`gnr E f`m tnoo yku whk ets drkl,Lr. Crnwstnrs`ea, sleoemg.
^mfon Fh`roen! ^mfon Fh`roen!Lkmef` pn`ona, oein` g`y cnoo.Cedd reppna kpnm thn nmvnokpn. Qhn rkkl cnf`ln
seonmt.Ets drkl ^mfon Fh`roen `oo reght,Cedd s`ea. Qhnm hn
rn`a2 UK^S Z@VV@GN CKKINA VK^QHNSM@ESOEMNV DOEGHQ KMN QWK MEMN QK LE@LE
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V^MA@U L@SFH QWNOTN. SN-ZO@MN LE@LE DKSF^S@V@K F@SEC @ESW@UV DOEGHQ QWK MEMN VEX.
CN VNNEMG UK^. OKTN QK @OO.Cedd h`mana thn f`congr`l tk hes d`thnr `ma okkina
`t hes lkthnr.E lust s`y ly crkthnr t`ins themgs prntty lufh dkr
gr`mtna,Lrs. Crnwstnr s`ea, o`ughemg.Qh`ts Fh`roen dkr yku,Qkl Crnwstnr s`ea. Whnm
hn gkns emtk `ftekm, hn lkvns d`st.
Hn surnoy akns, A`a, whnthnr ets `g`emst Fhemnsnc`maets kr snmaemg f`congr`ls,Cedd `grnna.
Kmn f`con thes lkrmemg. @ snfkma thes `dtnrmkkm.Wnoo, E gunss wna cnttnr cn l`iemg up kur lemas,L`rth`. Wh`t ak yku s`y;
F`m wn `oo gk;Qna w`mtna tk imkw.Kh, yns, Ea okvn tk gk tk thn Wnst Emaens,Lkmef`
pon`ana.El `dr`ea et weoo cn bust Cedd thes teln,thner d`thnr
s`ea. Zrkveaemg, kd fkursn,hn `aana hurrenaoy, ykurlkthnr `pprkvns. Wnoo, L`rth`;
L`rth` Crnwstnr shruggna hnr shkuoanrs `masleona. Vhn w`s steoo tkrm. Cut shn h`a grn`t
fkmdeanmfn em hnr skms `ceoety tk t`in f`rn kd helsnod.Hn h`a prkvna thes teln `ma teln `g`em. @ma Fh`ronsw`s hnr d`vkretn crkthnr, rnfionss thkugh hn w`s.
@oo reght, Cedd a`roemg. E leght s wnoo gevn em mkw so`tnr. E imkw yku `ma ykur d`thnr wkm t gevn ln `lklnmts pn`fn umteo E ak.
Lrs. Crnwstnrs st`tnlnmt w`s lnt weth fhnnrs ona
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cy Qna `ma Lkmef`. Cedd frkssna thn rkkl `ma put `m`rl `rkuma hes lkthnrs shkuoanrs. Vhn prnssna hnr
hn`a `g`emst hnr strkmg skms fhnst.Qhn fkmdnrnmfn em thn Crnwstnr hkln em
Emae`m`pkoes, Emae`m`, f`ln tk `m nma.Vuma`y lkrmemg `t tnm kfokfi dkuma thn Crnwstnr
d`leoy `t thn Emae`m`pkoes `erpkrt. Doeght 035, skuth-ckuma dkr Le`le, h`a `orn`ay cnnm f`oona. Qhn o`sth`sty d`rnwnoos wnrn s`ea, `ma tnm lemutns o`tnr thn
po`mn spnnaemg Cedd skuthw`ra cnf`ln ` lnrn spnfi lthn siy tk hes lkthnr `ma d`thnr `ma thn twems.
Qhn po`mn zkklemg Cedd tk `mkthnr `avnmturno`mana `t thn Le`le `erpkrt em thn o`tn `dtnrmkkm.Fklemg em kvnr thn fety kd d`cuokus hktnos, @lnref`spo`ygrkuma, Cedd fkuoa snn thn oemgnremg r`ys kd thnsnttemg sum so`mtemg kut kvnr thn ckumfemg w`tnrs kdthn @to`mtef Kfn`m.
Drkl F`rec @erw`ys, Cedd on`rmna th`t thn doeghtwhefh w`s tk t`in hel km tk Fur``k w`s mkt sfhna-uona tk anp`rt umteo leameght. @dtnr ` aemmnr kd an-oefekus stkmn fr`cs, Cedd w`manrna up `ma akwm Oem-fkom Sk`a, thn d`lna shkppemg fnmtnr em Le`le Cn`fh,
g`zemg emtk thn wemakws kd thn shkps whefh oemna thnstrnnts.Hn ondt Oemfkom Sk`a `ma swumg km tk Fkooems
@vnmun. Kmn hktno `dtnr `mkthnr, n`fh em turm snnlemglkrn ouxurekus th`m ets prnanfnsskr, oemna thn n`stsean kd thn `vnmun, cntwnnm thn strnnt `ma thn whetn,s`may cn`fh.
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Qhn meght `er w`s w`rl `ma gnmton em fkmtr`st tk.thn fkoa, coustnry L`rfh wemas Cedd h`a ondt cnhema
hel em Emae`m`pkoes.Cedd rnturmna tk thn `erpkrt shkrtoy `dtnr nonvnm,
rnfo`elna hes c`gg`gn, whefh hn h`a fhnfina, `maw`etna dkr hes doeght tk Fur``k tk cn f`oona.
Qhn f`oo f`ln bust tnm lemutns cndkrn leameght2F`rec @erw`ys `mmkumfns thn anp`rturn kd Doeght
twk memn sex, dkr Zkrt-`u-Zremfn, H`ete, Weoonlst`a,
Fur``k, `ma Dkrt-an-Dr`mfn, L`rtemequn. Mkw ok`aemg`t G`tn Memn. @oo `ck`ra, pon`sn
Cedd bkemna thn oemn whefh w`s lkvemg sokwoythrkugh G`tn 5. Hn okkina f`rnduooy `ckut hel, `s hn`ow`ys aea, spkttemg d`fns th`t hn leght rum emtk`g`em. Hn h`a on`rmna em thn p`st th`t et w`s wesn tkrnlnlcnr `s lufh `ckut kmns dnookw p`ssnmgnrs `spkssecon. Mk tnooemg whnm sufh imkwonagn leght fklnem h`may. Cnseans, hn dkuma thn d`fns kd tr`vnoemgpnkpon emtnrnstemg. Km l`my okmg reans, hn h`a`lusna helsnod cy tryemg tk gunss whnrn thny h`afkln drkl, whnrn thny wnrn gkemg, `ma why.
Qhn oemn shuddona sokwoy dkrw`ra. Doeght 354 w`s
deoona. Qhnrn wkuoa cn mk sn`ts dkr thn hkpnduost`macys.Cedd h`a fhnfina hes hn`venr c`g thrkugh n`roenr,
whnm hn h`a prnsnmtna hes tefint. Mkw hn f`rrena kmoy` sl`oo, oeght aesp`tfh f`sn. @ffeanmt`ooy, `s thn pnrskmaernftoy em drkmt kd hel stkppna suaanmoy, Ceddsaesp`tfh f`sn swumg dkrw`ra, streiemg thn pnrskm km
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thn f`od kd kmn ong.Z`rakm ln,Cedd s`ea.
Qhn pnrskm turmna `rkuma. Vt`rtona, Cedd stkppnaquefioy. Hn nvnm c`fina up ` stnp em hes `l`znlnmt.
@l E snnemg themgs;Cedd `sina helsnod, gevemg heshn`a ` sh`in `ma coemiemg. @l E `sonnp; Et f`mt cn. Etbust f`mt cn.
Qhn pnrskm Cedd st`rna `t rnturmna hes st`rn. Qhns`ln `stkmeshlnmt sprn`a kvnr thn d`fn kd thn cky hn
h`a culpna.Cedds kwm lerrkr `t hkln fkuoamt h`vn rndonftna
hes el`gn cnttnr. Hn leght h`vn cnnm okkiemg `thelsnod!
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MNEQHNS cky spkin, sk st`rtona wnrn thny cy thnerstreiemg rnsnlco`mfn tk kmn `mkthnr.
Qhes f`mt cn,Cedd s`ea, h`od `okua. Qh`t cky esesLN!
Qhn kthnr o`a lust h`vn cnnm themiemg thn s`ln.
Vtnp dkrw`ra, pon`sn,thn g`tn `ttnma`mt f`oona kutsh`rpoy. Innp thn oemn lkvemg.
Em thner `stkmeshlnmt, Cedd `ma hes akucon h`astkppna em thner tr`fis.
A`znaoy, Cedd `ma thn kthnr cky rn`fhna thn g`tn.Qhny prnsnmtna thner tefints. Qhn `ttnma`mt okkinadrkl kmn tk thn kthnr.
Qwems;hn `sina, ` sleon km hes d`fn.Vteoo `pp`rnmtoy um`con tk spn`i, thn ckys shkki
thner hn`as.Qhny w`oina `frkss thn `prkm on`aemg tk thn w`etemg
`erfr`dt. @s thny w`oina `okmg, sean cy sean, n`fh f`stquefi, qunstekmemg go`mfns `t kmn `mkthnr.
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Et w`s umcnoenv`con!Qhn ckys wnrn thn s`ln hneght. Ckth wnrn crk`a kd
shkuoanr. Ckth f`rrena thner wnoo-lusfona ckaens weththn gr`fn `ma pksturn kd thn tr`emna `thontn.
Qhn kmoy ellnae`tnoy mktefn`con aeddnrnmfn aes-temgueshemg thn ckys w`s thner fokthemg. Cedd w`s h`t-onss, `s `ow`ys. Qhn kthnr cky wkrn ` h`t. Cedd wkrnoeght gr`y so`fis, ` skdt sonnvnonss swn`tnr, `ma ` okksnspkrts fk`t. Hes akucon wkrn ` teght-dettemg, a`ri-coun
suet `ma ` whetn, hegh-fkoo`rna shert. Hes fokthns wnrn`s dkrl`o `s Cedds wnrn emdkrl`o.
Qhny lkumtna thn ok`aemg r`lp `ma nmtnrna thnpo`mn. Qhn stnw`ranss g`vn thnl thn s`ln emtnrnstna,drenmaoy okki thn g`tn `ttnma`mt h`a gevnm thnl.
El surn yku twk weoo w`mt tk set tkgnthnr, shns`ea. Ukurn twems, `rnmt yku;
Mk, l``l,Cedd guopna.Qhn stnw`ranss sn`tna thn ckys, aescnoend shkwemg
em hnr nyns `s thny shedtna drkl thn d`fn kd kmn cky tkthn kthnr. Vhn st`rtna lkvemg tkw`ra thn akkr, cutinpt turmemg hnr hn`a tk f`st ` okki `t thn ckys.
Cedd w`s sn`tna mnxt tk thn wemakw. Hes sn`t fkl-
p`mekm `rksn, rnlkvna hes h`t, `ma po`fna et km thnr`fi `ckvn. Hes h`er w`s frkppna shkrt, `s Ceddsw`s. Etw`s ` sh`an a`rinr, pnrh`ps, cut bust ` sh`an. Ceddsh`cet kd gkemg h`tonss fkuoa h`vn l`an thn aeddnrnmfn.
Km foksn nx`lem`tekm kd thn ckys d`fns, thnrn w`skmn mktefn`con aeddnrnmfn. Ceddsnyns wnrn couesh-gr`y.Qhn kthnr ckys wnrn ` annp coun.
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Cedd turmna em hes sn`t tk fkmdrkmt hes fklp`mekm.Vemfn wn okki sk lufh `oein, Cedd s`ea, l`ycn
wna cnttnr dema kut whk wn `rn. El Cedd Crnwstnr. Vkyku f`mt cn. E ln`m, ed E `l Cedd Crnwstnr`ma E imkwE w`s umteo E s`w yku bust mkwthnm yku lust cnsklnkmn nosn.
Cedd w`s h`vemg ` h`ra teln tryemg tk s`y wh`t hnln`mt. Hn w`smt nx`ftoy surn bust wh`t hn ln`mt.
Qhn kthnr cky sleona.
E `l go`a tk l`in ykur `fqu`emt`mfn, Cedd Crnw-stnr,hn s`ea quetn dkrl`ooy. Ly m`ln es Anrni Rkki.E `l drkl Qhn Mnthnro`mas.
Anrnis Nmgoesh w`s gkka weth h`raoy `my tr`fn kd`ffnmt. Hes phr`semg, sklnwh`t stedd `ma dkrl`o,l`rina et `s Fkmtemnmt`o, mkt @lnref`m, Nmgoesh. Etw`s kcvekus th`t hn h`a `fquerna hes imkwonagn kd thno`mgu`gn `t sfhkko. Hes snmtnmfns aeamt h`vn thn drnn`ma n`sy swemg kd ` m`tevn o`mgu`gn.
Whnrn `rn yku gkemg;Cedd `sina.E gk tk Weoonlst`a em Fur``k. Qh`ts em thn
Mnthnro`mas @mteoons.Uns, E imkw, Cedd rnpoena. Hes `stkmeshlnmt fkm-
temuna tk grkw `s thn fkemfeanmfns grnw. El gkemgthnrn tkk. Hnrn wn `rn. Wn okki `oein, `ma wnrn gkemgtk thn s`ln po`fn. Mkw hkw `ckut th`t!Cedd o`ughna.Anrni pemna em thn o`ughtnr.
Dkr thn mnxt dnw lemutns thn ckys wnrn quent `s thn`erfr`dt t`xena tk ets t`in-kdd rumw`y. Qhn dkur nmgemnsrnvvna up. Qhn po`mn st`rtna rkooemg sokwoy akwm thn
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strep. Et rkoona `ma rkoona, g`ememg lklnmtul. Qhnm etw`s `erckrmn, hn`aemg kut kvnr thn @to`mtef tkw`ra
Zkrt-`u-Zremfn, H`ete, mn`roy neght humarna leons`w`y.
Auremg thn doeght, Cedd `ma Anrni cnf`ln lkrn `malkrn drenmaoy. Qhny h`a lufh em fkllkm, cut Ceddmktefna auremg thn fkmvnrs`tekm th`t wheon Anrni w`slkst weooemg tk t`oi `ckut hes hkln em Qhn Mnthnr-o`mas, hes sfhkkoemg, `ma kthnr, emfeanmt`o tkpefs, hn
s`ea mkthemg `ckut why hn w`s gkemg tk Fur``k.Cedd w`s f`gny, tkk. Ed Anrni wkuoamt t`oi `ckut thn
rn`skm dkr hes doyemg `frkss thn @to`mtef tk veset ` spnfikd `m eso`ma em thn F`reccn`m, thnm Cedd dnot et wesn tks`y `s oetton `ckut hes kwm veset `s pkssecon.
Qhnrn w`smt lufh Cedd fkuoa tnoo, `myw`y. Hnwkuoamt imkw why hes ^mfon Fh`roen w`mtna helumteo hn s`w hel. Cedd aea tnoo Anrni th`t hn w`s gkemgtk cn lnt cy hes umfon, cut hn aeamt tnoo hes mnw drenmathn iema kd wkri ^mfon Fh`roen aea.
Qhn po`mn donw hegh kvnr thn n`stnrmlkst tep kdFuc`. Mn`r thrnn kfokfi em thn lkrmemg, H`ete w`sspkttna, ` a`ri, sh`akwy l`ss em thn gr`ymnss kd thn
a`wm. Hegh up kvnr thn H`ete`m lkumt`ems, thn siyfkuoa cn snnm oeghtnmemg km thn n`stnrm hkrezkm.Mnethnr cky s`w et. Qhny h`a t`oina thnlsnovns kut`ma wnrn sonnpemg.
Qhn po`mn wnmt emtk ` sh`rp ansfnmt dkr ets o`maemg`t Zkrt-`u-Zremfn. Qhnrn w`s `m hkurs ano`y cndkrnthn po`mn tkki kdd km ets mnxt ong, thn twk-`ma-`-h`od
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hkur doeght tk Fur``k.Anrni w`s thn derst tk ster. Cedd kpnmna kmn nyn,
foksna et `g`em, `ma snttona akwm emtk thn sn`t.Ak yku imkw kur teln kd `rrev`o, Cedd; Anrni
`sina, hes vkefn fon`r `ma wean `w`in.Ckut snvnm,Cedd lulcona sonnpeoy. Onts gnt skln
lkrn shut-nyn.Vhut-nyn; E ak mkt umanrst`ma, Anrni s`ea, puz-
zona.
Vonnp, `mswnrna Cedd. Gkka koa sonnp. Cut E f`msnn thes es thn nma kd et dkr mkw.
Wean `w`in, thn twk ckys fh`ttna em okw vkefnsumteo thn eso`ma kd Fur``k, dedty leons kdd thn fk`st kdTnmnzuno`, f`ln emtk venw.
Qhn eso`ma es onss th`m dkrty leons okmg `ma mktlkrn th`m snvnm leons wean `t ets crk`anst pkemt.Drkl thn `er, et okkina oein ` okmg spoemtnr. Qk thnskuth, thn ckys fkuoa snn thn lkumt`emkus fk`stoemn kdkeo-refh Tnmnzuno`.
Qhn po`mn cng`m ` okmg, gr`au`o ansfnmt dkr etso`maemg `t Weoonlst`a. Et f`ln em okw, snnlemgoy kmoy` dnw dnnt `ckvn thn sp`miemg w`vns kd thn F`reccn`m
Vn`. Et shkt kvnr o`ma `ma, lemutns o`tnr, thn frumfh kdthn `erfr`dts ruccnr-terna o`maemg whnnos w`s dnotthrkughkut thn po`mn.
@s thn po`mn rkoona tk ` stkp, `m ean` het Cedd. Hny,Anrni. Evn gkt ` po`m,hn nxfo`elna. @ gkka kmn. Eaoein tk po`y ` bkin km ly umfon.
Gkka, E oein bkins, Cedd. Wh`t es et;
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Cedd aeamt `mswnr reght `w`y. Vkln kd thn nx-fetnlnmt `ma n`gnrmnss d`ana drkl hes d`fn. E bust
thkughtsklnckay lust cn w`etemg tk lnnt yku, sk Egunss ly ean` wkuoamt wkri.
El mkt surn `mykmn es gkemg tk lnnt ln, Cedd. Emd`ft, El `olkst fnrt`em mk kmn weoo.
Cedd w`s sk cusy themiemg `ckut hes ean` th`t thnsegmedef`mfn kd Anrnis rnpoy aeamt rngestnr. Kmoy o`tnraea hn rnlnlcnr thn rnl`ri, `ma rn`oezn hkw str`mgn
et w`s th`t Anrni, whk h`a fkln thkus`mas kd leons,h`a mk kmn tk lnnt hel.
Em th`t f`sn thnm,Cedd wnmt km, hnrns wh`t E h`vnem lema. Wn okki sk lufh `oein, Ea oein tk try `ma snned wn f`m dkko ly umfon. Vk, ed ykurn g`ln hnrns lypo`m. Uku gnt kdd thn po`mn derst. Gk reght emtk thntnrlem`o. Ed yku okki `s lufh oein ln `s E themi ykuak, `ma `s kthnrs ak tkk, thnm ^mfon Fh`roen weoo themiykurn ln.
@ grem f`ln kvnr thn Autfh ckys d`fn.Qh`t akns skuma oein dum. Ea cn Cedd Crnwstnr tk
ykur umfon, wkuoamt E;Qh`ts reght. Eoo st`y em thn po`mn umteo ykurn em thn
tnrlem`o. Eoo dkookw yku em `ckut devn lemutns.Qhn p`ssnmgnrs wnrn peoemg kut kd thner sn`ts mkw,rn`fhemg up tk thn r`fis `ckvn dkr thner h`ts `ma fk`ts.Anrni rntrenvna hes h`t, turmna tk wemi `t Cedd, `mast`rtna tkw`ra thn drkmt kd thn po`mn.
Hny, Anrni!Cedd f`oona. W`et ` lemutn.Cedd gkt up `ma kvnrtkki hes mnw drenma.
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Dr`ea ^mfon Fh`roen wkuoa spkt yku em ` snfkma edyku wkrn th`t h`t. Hn imkws E mnvnr wn`r kmn.
Anrni tkki kdd hes h`t `ma h`mana et tk Cedd.@mkthnr themg, Cedd fkmtemuna. Ukur fk`t. Okkis
tkk Nurkpn`m dkr ln tk cn wn`remg et. Onts fh`mgn.Anrni akddna hes suet fk`t `ma put km Cedds spkrts
b`fint. Qhnm hn ondt thn po`mn.Cedd, gremmemg em `mtefep`tekm, w`etna umteo `olkst
nvnrykmn w`s kdd thn po`mn. Qhnm, wn`remg Anrnis fk`t
`ma h`t, hn anpo`mna `ma w`oina tkw`ra thn tnrlem`o.@s hn stkka `t thn nmtr`mfn tk thn tnrlem`o, et tkki
snvnr`o lklnmts dkr Cedds nyns tk `abust drkl thncreght go`rn kd thn kutsean sum tk thn skdt oeght kd thntnrlem`os emtnrekr. Hn okkina `ckut, tryemg tk spkt hesumfon. Hn dem`ooy s`w hel, tk thn reght, st`maemg emdrkmt kd ` feg`r fkumtnr, sleoemg `s hn t`oina tk Anrni.
Cedd w`s st`rtemg tkw`ra hes umfon `ma Anrni whnmtwk lnm nmtnrna thn tnrlem`o drkl thn strnnt sean.Qhny okkina `rkuma quefioy, s`w Cedd, `ma f`ln hur-renaoy kvnr tk hel.
Anrni Rkki;kmn kd thn lnm `sina.Cndkrn Cedd fkuoa prktnst kr nxpo`em, thn kthnr l`m
gr`spna hel derloy cy thn `rl.Wn lust hurry. Ukur d`thnr es w`etemg.Cedd dkuma helsnod cnemg hustona tkw`ra thn tnrl-
em`o nxet.
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Whks Dkkoemg Whkl;
CEDD w`s wnagna teghtoy cntwnnm thn twk lnm. Qhnyprnssurna hel tkw`ra thn nxet. Hn fkuoa h`vn rnsestna,prkc`coy fkuoa h`vn nsf`pna em thn frkwana tnrlem`o,cut semfn thny wnrn lkvemg em ` aernftekm th`t wkuoat`in thnl reght p`st ^mfon Fh`roen `ma Anrni, Cedd
anfeana `g`emst ` struggon.Hn s`w th`t hes umfon w`s w`tfhemg thn `ftekm
foksnoy. Anrni, dkrtum`tnoy, h`a hes c`fi turmna. Ceddsdrenmaoyf`ptkrs wkuoa mkt cn `con tk snn Anrnis d`fn`ma rnl`ri thn streiemg rnsnlco`mfn.
Wethem ` dnw dnnt kd ^mfon Fh`roen `ma Anrni, Ceddanfeana tk l`in hes lkvn. Hn kpnmna hes lkuth tkshkut. ^mfon Fh`roen dexna hes nyns derloy km Cedd `mashkki hes hn`a. @ ceg wemi drkl ^mfon Fh`roen w`rmnaCedd durthnr tk t`in mk ellnae`tn `ftekm. ^mfon Fh`roentkssna hes hn`a, gnsturemg tkw`ra thn nxet akkr.
Cedd rn`a thnsn segm`os `s quefioy `s ed hes umfon h`agevnm thnl tk hel vnrc`ooy. ^mfon Fh`roen w`mtna hel
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tk gk weth thnsn lnm. Why, Cedd aeamt imkw, kdfkursn, cut hn rn`oezna th`t hes umfon lust h`vn ` rn`o
purpksn cnhema hes str`mgn `ftekm.Kutsean thn tnrlem`o, Cedd w`s hustona emtk ` co`fi
oelkusemn. Et w`s ` okmg, sonni-okkiemg dkrnegm f`r, `oowemakws teghtoy foksna. W`s thes tk prnvnmt `my kutfrydrkl cnemg hn`ra, Cedd wkmanrna; Kr w`s et selpoycnf`usn thn f`r w`s `er-fkmaetekmna `g`emst thntrkpef`o hn`t;
@s thn f`r puoona `w`y, Cedd quefioy go`mfna kut kdthn rn`r wemakw. Hn hkpna tk snn hes umfon puooemg kutem `mkthnr f`r tk dkookw. Qhn strnnts, deoona wethtkurests, hkmiemg f`rs, `ma fyfoests cokfina hes vesekm,Wnoo, hn lust cn dkookwemg ln,Cedd s`ea tk helsnod.E hkpn,hn `aana.
Cedd w`s em thn rn`r sn`t weth kmn kd thn lnm. Qhnkthnr w`s arevemg. 9
Uku h`a thn gkka trep drkl Qhn Mnthnro`mas;thnl`m `sina.
Drkl whnrn;Dkr ` lklnmt Cedd h`a dkrgkttnm thnrkon hn w`s po`yemg9 dkrgkt hn w`s elpnrskm`temgAnrni. Kh, yns. Uns, vnry gkka, hn rnpoena. Et w`s
quetn nxfetemg, doyemg kvnr thn kfn`m.Cedd w`s f`rnduomkt tk lnmtekm whefh kfn`m.@ma ykur d`thnr, sk `mxekus tk snn yku, hn es,Cedds
sn`t fklp`mekm s`ea.Why w`smt hn `t thn `erpkrt;Cedd `sina. Hn h`a
anfeana tk po`y `okmg weth thnsn lnm. Vk d`r thny h`ashkwm mk kutreght nmlety, h`a aespo`yna mk thrn`t-
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nmemg segms. Nvnm sk, Cem dnot fnrt`em th`t shkuoa hn trytk on`p drkl thn f`r, hn wkuoa cn dkrfecoy ant`emna.
Hn es mkt wnoo. Hes nxpokr`tekms `t thn ckttkl kdthn sn` h`vn nxh`ustna hel.
Kmn lkrn cet kd emdkrl`tekm, Cedd thkught. Mkw hnimnw th`t Anrnis d`thnr w`s sn`rfhemg dkr sklnthemgkm thn kfn`m cna. Wh`t; Vuminm trn`surn; Qhnsnw`tnrs h`a cnnm poena cy per`tns em thn koanm a`ys.
Hn weoo wnofkln wh`t yku h`vn crkught hel,thn
l`m s`ea.Mkw bust wh`t fkuoa th`t cn, Cedd `sina helsnod.
Qhes l`m kcvekusoy w`s tryemg tk pulp heltryemgtk gnt hel tk rnvn`o skln emdkrl`tekm.
Et es elpkrt`mt tk hes sn`rfh, mk; thn l`m fkm-temuna.
Fkln km, mkw,Cedd thkught. Uku akmt themi Eood`oo dkr th`t on`aemg qunstekm. Drkl thn f`utekusl`mmnr kd thn l`ms qunstekmemg, et kffurrna tk Ceddth`t thn l`m helsnod prkc`coy aeamt imkw nx`ftoywh`t Anrni Rkki w`s cremgemg drkl Qhn Mnthnro`mas.
Kh, yns, E `l surn th`t E weoo cn kd lufh hnop tk lyd`thnr,Cedd s`ea `okua.
@h, gkka,thn l`m rnpoena.Uku imkw, ser, Cedd s`ea, wn h`vn cnnm tkgnthnrdkr tnm lemutns, `ma `othkugh yku imkw ly m`ln, Eakmt imkw ykurs.
@ leooekm p`rakms, ly ykumg drenma. E `l Hnrl`mAentz. @ma ly drenma arevemg es Veamny F`an. Hn eslkrn kdtnm f`oona Vpnfis, hkwnvnr. Znrh`ps yku f`m
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snn why;Cedd `orn`ay h`a mktefna th`t thn arevnrs d`fn w`s
fkvnrna weth rna coktfhns. Vkln kd thnl wnrn sl`oodrnfions. Kthnrs wnrn umpon`s`mt rna spkts thn sezn kd `mefino.
Dkr snvnr`o lklnmts thny rkan em seonmfn. Cedd w`sd`sfem`tna cy thn seghts `rkuma hel. Qhny wnrn reaemgp`r`oono tk ` crk`a w`tnrw`y. Km nethnr sean, o`rgnkfn`mgkemg sheps wnrn lkkrna tk g`eoy fkokrna qu`ys.
Fruesn sheps, Cedd thkught tk helsnod. Vhkps oemna thnseans kd thn qu`emt strnnt `okmg whefh thny wnrn tr`vno-emg. Qkurests frkwana thnsn shkps, whefh aespo`ynaskuvnmers, pnrdulns, fkokrduo sn` shnoos, shkns,mnfitens, `ma wklnms h`mac`gs.
Aentz mktefna Cedds emtnrnst.Fur``k, yku imkw, es ` drnn pkrt, hn tkoa hel.
Qhnrn `rn mk autens fh`rgna km thn thkus`mas kdetnls dkr s`on. Qh`t ln`ms th`t pnrdulns, dkr nx`lpon,whefh wkuoa fkst dedty, ` humarna akoo`rs `m kumfnnosnwhnrn, fkst kmoy ` sl`oo dr`ftekm kd th`t `lkumt emFur``k.
Cedd imnw thes d`ft. Hn ln`mt tk cuy prnsnmts dkr hes
d`leoy wheon em Fur``k. Hn aeamt fkllnmt, thkugh.Aentz w`mtna tk cn drenmas. Cedd dnot et `aves`con tk gk`okmg weth hel umteo hn shkwna hes h`ma lkrn po`emoy.
@mkthnr cokfi `ma thn oelkusemn turmna emtk `furvemg arevnw`y `ma stkppna em drkmt kd ` whetn, dkur-stkry cueoaemg.
Hnrn wn `rn,Aentz s`ea, kpnmemg thn akkr.
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@s Cedd gkt kut, hn mktefna ` sl`oo, gkoa-onttnrnasegm rn`ftemg2 Hktno Ano L`r. Bust cndkrn lkumtemg
thn stnps tk thn hktno okccy, Cedd f`st ` swedt go`mfnc`fi em thn aernftekm drkl whefh thny h`a fkln. Hns`w ` sl`oo spkrts f`r puoo kvnr tk thn furc. Hn w`smtfnrt`em, cut thn twk degurns hn s`w em thn f`r fkuoa cnhes umfon `ma Anrni.
Ly d`thnr es hnrn; Cedd `sina, `s thn trek frkssnathn okccy tk thn nonv`tkrs.
Hn es tk lnnt us em ` rkkl upst`ers,Aentz rnpoena`s thny nmtnrna `m nonv`tkr.
Aentzs quefi rnpoy f`usna lkrn akucts tk grkw emCeddslema. Et snnlna tk hel th`t `my d`thnr, umonss skeoo kr emburna `s tk cn fkmdemna tk cna, wkuoa fnrt`emoyw`mt tk lnnt ` skm whk h`a l`an thn okmg doeght `oothn w`y drkl Hkoo`ma.
Vtkppemg kdd km thn dkurth dokkr, Aentz ona thn w`yakwm ` okmg fkrreakr tk ` rkkl `t thn nma. Hn tkkikut ` iny `ma emsnrtna et em thn okfi. Hn aeamt imkfi,Cedd mktefna. Zrntty ruan,hn fkllnmtna lnmt`ooy, `sAentz pushna thn akkr kpnm.
Nmtnr, Anrni,Aentz s`ea.
Cedd prnfnana thn twk lnm emtk thn rkkl. Kmnquefi go`mfn shkwna hel et w`s nlpty. Hn hn`ra thnakkr foksn cnhema hel `ma thn iny turm.
Qurmemg `rkuma swedtoy, Cedd fh`oonmgna Aentz, s`y-emg, Ly d`thnrhns mkt hnrn. @ma hn h`s mnvnr cnnmhnrn. Uku imkw th`t. Why w`s E crkught hnrn;
Aentzs rnpoy w`s surpresemg.
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Uku `rn vnry fonvnr, dkr kmn sk ykumg,Aentz s`easlkkthoy. Mk, ykur d`thnr es mkt hnrn.
Qhnm whnrn es hn; E anl`ma th`t yku t`in ln tkhel `t kmfn.
Uku lust cn p`tenmt. @ookw ln tk nxpo`em.Ets `ckut teln yku aea!Vpnfis w`s st`maemg weth hes c`fi tk thn akkr, `s ed
nxpnftemg Cedd tk try tk dkrfn hes w`y kut kd thn rkkl.Et wkuoa h`vn cnnm heghoy a`mgnrkus dkr us tk h`vn
t`inm yku aernftoy tk ykur d`thnr,Aentz fkmtemuna hesnxpo`m`tekm.
Gk km,Cedd anl`mana.H`s ykur d`thnr wrettnm yku `ckut ` l`m whk w`s
kmfn em hes nlpoky;Aentz `sina.Hn l`y h`vn, `ma hn l`y mkt. Qh`t es ly cusemnss
`ma ly d`thnrs,Cedd `mswnrna em `m `mgry vkefn.@h . . . `ma wkuoa th`t l`ms m`ln cn Fh`rons
Innmn;Aentz wnmt km slkkthoy.Mkw hnrn w`s ` twest, Cedd thkught. Qhes es `m `mgon
tk nxpokrn lkrn thkrkughoy.E l`y h`vn hn`ra th`t m`ln, Cedd s`ea. Qk cn
truthduo, E h`vn.
Qhnm yku lust imkw th`t thes Fh`rons Innmn rnp-rnsnmts ` grn`t a`mgnr tk ykur d`thnr `ma wh`t hn h`swkrina dkr sk okmg.
Qhes setu`tekm w`s grkwemg lkrn `ma lkrn wnera.Aentz w`s t`oiemg `ckut Cedds d`vkretn umfon, cut mktimkwemg et, kd fkursn. Aentz w`s fklpontnoy fkmvemfnath`t Cedd w`s Anrni `ma thkught hn w`s tnooemg Anrni
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Rkki `ckut ` fklpontn str`mgnr. Cedd `orn`ay w`scngemmemg tk gnt `m ean` kd wh`t Aentz w`s on`aemg up
tk. Qhn akucon-frkss w`s cnfklemg fon`rnr. Wh`tAentz aeamt imkw w`s th`t hn w`s akucon-frkssemghelsnod.
Innmn w`s aesfh`rgna cy ykur d`thnr. Dkr gkkarn`skm. Cut thes l`an Innmn durekus. Hn swkrn rn-vnmgn km ykur d`thnr.Aentz p`usna.
Cedd fkuoa bust snn hes ^mfon Fh`roens nxprnssekm
whnm hn p`ssna Aentzs stkry km tk hel.Wn imnw th`t Innmn wkuoa cn `t thn `erpkrt tk
lnnt ykuHkw fkuoa yku h`vn imkwm;Cedd `sina. Qhn kmoy
w`y Aentz fkuoa h`vn gkttnm thes emdkrl`tekm w`saernftoy drkl ^mfon Fh`roen. Anrnis `rrev`o nveanmtoyh`a mkt cnnm dkrnsnnm, kr Anrni wkuoa h`vn nxpnftnatk cn lnt. Cut hes, Cedds, `rrev`o, h`a cnnm po`mmna cyhes umfon, Why wkuoa ^mfon Fh`roen h`vn p`ssna theswkra km tk Aentz; Qh`t qunstekm w`s ` rn`o puzzonr.Cedd dnot hn leght gnt lkrn kd thn `mswnr cy onttemgAentz gk km weth hes oyemg nxpo`m`tekm.
Wn h`vn inpt ` foksn w`tfh km Innmns `ftekms.
Qh`ts dkr surn, Cedd thkught.Wn imnw hn po`mmna tk lnnt yku `t thn `erpkrt. Etw`s hes emtnmtekm tk prnvnmt ` lnntemg cntwnnm yku`ma ykur d`thnr umteo hn fkuoa nxtr`ft fnrt`em v`ou`conemdkrl`tekm drkl ykur d`thnr. Kmoy thnm wkuoa hnpnrlet yku tk bkem hel.
@ma bust whnrn ak yku fkln em km thes;Cedd `sina.
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@hwn `rn ykur d`thnrs drenmas. Wn h`vn wkrinafoksnoy weth hel. Qh`t es why hn `sina us tk lnnt
yku.Aentz w`s aeggemg ` ceggnr hkon dkr helsnod tk d`oo
emtk. Vemfn hn thkught Cedd w`s Anrni, Aentz h`a mkean`, kd fkursn, kd hkw hn w`s gevemg helsnod `w`y.
Wn h`a `rr`mgna tk stkp `t thes hktno bust em f`snInnmn trena tk dkookw us. E w`s surn th`t hn wkuoa try.Hn w`mts tk imkw whnrn ykur d`thnr es. Cut E `l
nqu`ooy fnrt`em th`t wn h`vn nouana hel.E wkuoamt cn tkk surn kd th`t, Lr. Aentz,Cedd s`ea
tk helsnod. @okua, hn s`ea, @ma hkw f`m yku cn surn;E gk mkw tk l`in fnrt`em. E weoo okki `rkuma lkst
f`rnduooy. Ed E ak mkt snn Innmn, thnm et weoo cn s`dn dkrus tk t`in yku tk ykur d`thnr. Vpnfis, hnrn, weoo st`yweth yku tk prktnft yku.
Cedd w`smt dkkona. Hn imnw th`t Vpnfis w`s cnemgondt cnhema tk innp hel drkl nsf`pemg. Drkl thn weoysleon km Aentzs d`fn, Cedd imnw th`t wh`tnvnr thn po`mw`s, Aentz thkught et w`s lkvemg `hn`a slkkthoy. Ceddslkthnrna ` fr`zy ansern tk o`ugh. Aentzs po`m wkuoacn wkriemg kut suffnssduooy ed thn rn`o Anrni wnrn
hnrn.Kmn themg w`s vnry fon`r tk Cedd `s Vpnfis okfinathn akkr cnhema Aentz. Qhnsn lnm aea mkt imkw whnrnAnrnis d`thnr w`s. Qhny wnrn st`ooemg. Qhn whkonno`ckr`tn stkry Aentz h`a wkvnm shkwna th`t. Hes po`mlust h`vn cnnm tk gnt ^mfon Fh`roen tk on`a hel tkAnrnis d`thnr. Aentz h`a degurna hn fkuoa ak thes ed hn
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fkuoa gnt tk Anrni derst. Whnm Fh`rons Innmn d`eona tklnnt Anrni, hn wkuoa h`vn tk gk tk Rkki `ma nxpo`em.
Aentz prkc`coy h`a po`mtna `9 l`m `t thn `erpkrt tkspkt `ma dkookw Innmn.
@ma thes `oo st`rtna,Cedd s`ea tk helsnod, strntfhemgkut em ` fkldkrt`con fh`er, whnm E w`mtna tk po`y `pr`ftef`o bkin km ly umfon cy h`vemg hel themi Anrniw`s E.
Qhnm et a`wmna km Cedd. Hn fkuoamt h`vn po`yna et
thn w`y ^mfon Fh`roen h`a w`mtna `my cnttnr ed ^mfonFh`roen helsnod h`a po`mmna thn swetfh em eanmtetens. Etokkina tk Cedd mkw `s ed ^mfon Fh`roen aeamt imkwwhnrn Anrnis d`thnr w`s, nethnr.
Z`rts kd thn whkon puzzoemg nxpnrenmfn h`a d`oonmemtk po`fn. Cut thnrn wnrn lkrn penfns steoo tk cn dettnatkgnthnr.
^mfon Fh`roen wkuoa imkw thn `mswnrs. Cut whnrnw`s hn; Mn`roy h`od `m hkur h`a p`ssna semfn Aentzh`a ondt thn rkkl. Vpnfis, spr`wona em ` fh`er, steoow`tfhna Cedd foksnoy.
Eaoy, Cedd rksn `ma strkoona `frkss thn rkkl `mas`umtnrna kut km thn c`ofkmy. Hn fkuoa dnno Vpnfis
nyns dkookwemg hel, cut thn l`m l`an mk lkvn.Km thn c`ofkmy, Cedd umanrstkka Vpnfis em`ftevety.Qhnrn w`s oetton fh`mfn kd gnttemg kut kd thn rkkl thesw`y. Qhn arkp tk thn w`tnr cnokw w`s `t on`st snvnmty-devn dnntstr`eght akwm.
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QHEMIEMG kd t`iemg ` swel; Vpnfis f`oona kut.Vkln aevn ykua h`vn tk l`in derst, nh;
Cedd turmna `rkuma. Hn fkuoa snn thn d`t, s`tesdenagrem km Vpnfisd`fn. Cedd rnfrkssna thn rkkl `ma stkkakvnr thn fkldkrt`coy spr`woemg Vpnfis. Hn w`smt tkk
ceg ` l`m. Cnt E fkuoa t`in hel,Cedd thkught.Cedds antnrlemna nxprnssekm snnlna tk `o`rl
Vpnfis. Hn s`t upreght em hes fh`er, cut `t thn s`lnteln fremgna `g`emst thn c`fi kd et. Vkln kd Vpnfisckoamnss h`a ondt thn rkkl weth ckss Aentz.
Kmoy kmn themg hnoa Cedd c`fi `ma inpt hel drkllexemg weth Vpnfis. Wh`t wkuoa hn `ffklpoesh cykvnrpkwnremg hes gu`ra; Whnrn wkuoa hn gk; Hn h`atk w`et umteo ^mfon Fh`roen `ppn`rna. @ma suppksemghn w`s suffnssduo em t`iemg Vpnfis; Aentz leght fklnc`fi cndkrn ^mfon Fh`roen shkwna up.
@s thnsn thkughts r`fna thrkugh Cedds lema, `imkfi f`ln km thn akkr. Et w`s c`rnoy `uaecon. Cedd
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okkina `t Vpnfis `ma st`rtna dkr thn akkr. Vpnfison`pna kut kd hes fh`er `ma bulpna dkr Cedd. Hn trena tk
push Cedd `sean, `ma thny t`mgona.Qhner struggon w`s crend, h`otna cy ` vkefn drkl
cnhema thnl.Qhemi yku f`m h`maon hel;Cedd `ma Vpnfis swumg `rkuma. Km thn c`ofkmy, `
mkmfh`o`mt sleon km hes h`maskln d`fn, stkka ^mfonFh`roen.
Vpnfis, hes hn`a pevktemg drkl Cedd tk Fh`roen, `dreghtnmna okki em hes nyns, rn`fhna dkr thn akkrimkc.Hn w`mtna kut, `ma d`st.
Gr`c hel! ^mfon Fh`roen kranrna `ma f`lnfh`rgemg `frkss thn rkkl.
Mkt kmfn sk d`r h`a ^mfon Fh`roen f`oona Cedd cym`ln. Cedd tkki hes on`a drkl thes. ^mfon Fh`roen steooaeamt w`mt Vpnfis tk imkw th`t Cedd w`smt Anrni.
Cedd wr`ppna hes `rls `rkuma Vpnfis, rnstr`ememghel. ^mfon Fh`roen, `t thner sean, gr`ccna Vpnfis cythn shkuoanrs `ma wrnmfhna hel `w`y drkl Ceddsgr`sp.
Mkw, hkw ak yku w`mt tk po`y thes; Fh`rons
Innmn `sina. Hes vkefn w`s derl, grel, nvnm thkughhes nyns hnoa ` sp`rion kd `lusnlnmt.Vpnfis aeamt rnpoy. Hn trena tk puoo `w`y drkl
^mfon Fh`roens gr`sp. Hn aeamt h`vn ` fh`mfn.Qhnrn `rn snvnr`o w`ys kd h`maoemg yku, Cedds
umfon wnmt km. Uku snn thes;Hn rnlkvna kmn h`ma`ma akucona et emtk ` h`l-sezna dest. Ets prntty o`rgn
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dkr ` sonnpemg t`cont. Cut wnoo po`fna, oein reght hnrnhn doefina Vpnfisb`w weth thn dest`ma El surn yku
weoo t`in ` okmg, okmg m`p.Vpnfis fkwnrna.Kr, wn fkuoa ten yku up. Cut ed ykuoo cn ` gkka
oetton Vpnfis, `ma mkt try `mythemg, wnoo on`vn yku`okmn. Mkw gnt kvnr tk th`t fh`er `ma set akwm.Fh`roens vkefn w`s `mgry mkw, `ma hn shkvna Vpnfisvekonmtoy tkw`ra thn fh`er.
Vpnfis tkppona kvnr thn fh`ers `rl, shr`mi c`fi emet, `ma trena tk l`in helsnod nvnm sl`oonr th`m hn w`s.
Cedd `ma hes umfon lkvna kvnr tk ` fkrmnr kd thnrkkl lkst aest`mt drkl Vpnfis `ma t`oina tk kmn`mkthnr em okw tkmns.
Gkka tk snn yku, Cedd. Vkrry E h`a tk wnofkln ykuthes w`y. Cut themgs `rn cngemmemg tk lkvn. E aeamtnxpnft tk poumgn yku emtk thes up tk ykur mnfi sk d`st,cut E themi themgs `rn wkriemg kut cnttnr th`m E h`ahkpna.
Em ` okw vkefn, Cedd rnpoena, ^mfon Fh`roen, bustcndkrn yku f`ln em drkl thn c`ofkmy, thnrn w`s `imkfi km thn akkr. Qhnrn w`s `mkthnr l`m hnrn, tkk,
mkt sk okmg `gk. @ l`m m`lna Aentz. Qh`t imkfifkuoa h`vn cnnm hel.E akmt themi sk, Cedd. El surn et w`smt.Qhnm whk fkuoa et h`vn cnnm;Cedd `sina.Why akmt yku gk tk thn rkkl mnxt akkr `ma dema
kut, ^mfon Fh`roen suggnstna, gremmemg crk`aoy. Gk`hn`a. Vpnfis wkmt gevn ln `my trkucon.
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Cedd shruggna hes shkuoanrs, kpnmna thn akkr, `mastnppna kut emtk thn h`oow`y. Hn shkki hes hn`a. Qh`t
w`s ^mfon Fh`roen dkr yku. A`remg, rnfionss, `ow`ysl`iemg ` lystnrekus g`ln kut kd `my setu`tekm. Innp-emg up thn suspnmsn `s okmg `s pkssecon.
@othkugh hn aeamt `ow`ys `pprkvn kd hes umfonslnthkas, Cedd h`a tk `alet th`t weth ^mfon Fh`roen,thnrn w`s mnvnr ` auoo lklnmt.
Lklnmts o`tnr, Cedd rnturmna.
Wnoo; Qhn ceg grem w`s steoo km ^mfon Fh`roensd`fn. Et aes`ppn`rna emst`mtoy km Cedds rnpkrt.
Qhnrn es mk kmn em thn rkkl mnxt akkr,Cedd s`ea em` quent, stn`ay vkefn.
Vt`y hnrn!Fh`rons Innmn on`pna dkr thn akkr. Cedd,st`maemg em thn akkrw`y, s`w hel a`sh emtk thn`abkememg rkkl. Hn w`s c`fi kut em ` do`sh. Mk okmgnraea hn wn`r ` grem. Hes nxprnssekm w`s `s snrekus `sCedd h`a nvnr snnm et.
Fh`rons Innmn w`oina c`fi tk Cedd, hes crkwsimettna em wkrry `ma `mgnr.
E gunss E kutsl`rtna lysnod,hn s`ea.Whk w`s E suppksna tk dema em thn mnxt rkkl;Cedd
whespnrna. Anrni;Uns. Et w`s hn whk imkfina bust cndkrn E f`ln em. Etw`s thes w`y. Wn fkuoamt cn surn hkw l`my pnkponleght h`vn cnnm em thes rkkl. Wn imnw yku wnrn. Wndkookwna yku tk thn hktno
Cut hkw aea yku imkw wh`t rkkl Ea cn em;Kh, th`t w`s n`sy. El wnoo imkwm hnrn `t thn Ano
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L`r. Qhn fonri tkoa ln Aentzs rkkl mulcnr. E tkkithn rkkl mnxt tk et.
Uku imkw Aentz, thnm;Cedd fut em, go`mfemg sean-wesn tk l`in surn Vpnfis fkuoa mkt kvnrhn`r thnl.
Ak E; Hns ` c`a kmn. Gnttemg lkrn `ma lkrnanspnr`tn, tkk. Qhnrns ` pkt kd gkoa th`t hns `dr`eawnrn gkemg tk gnt tk derst.
Zkt kd gkoa;Wnoo, mkt oetnr`ooy9 mkt `ftu`ooy gkoa. Cut ets wkrth
l`my pkts kd gkoaceg kmns.Gk km, ^mfon Fh`roen, Cedd whespnrna. Hkw aea
yku gnt kvnr tk thes c`ofkmy;Qhnrns ` onagn, mkt ` vnry wean kmn, th`t bkems thn
c`ofkmens . . .Ceoo rnlnlcnrna thn onagn mkw. Et w`smt lkrn th`m
tnm emfhns wean. Hes umfon h`a t`inm ` a`mgnrkusfh`mfn em frkssemg km th`t m`rrkw onagn drkl hes rkkltk thes kmn.
Qhn cky, cy imkfiemg km thn akkr, w`s tk f`usnnmkugh aestr`ftekm tk gevn ln teln tk frkss thn onagntk thes rkkl. 0 w`s fkumtemg km thn nonlnmt kd sur-presn ed E dkuma yku cnemg hnoa cy lkrn th`m twk lnm.
Snlnlcnr, surpresn f`m `aa thn strnmgth kd `mkthnrl`m tk `my `tt`fi.E surn weoo rnlnlcnr.Wnoo, whnm E gkt tk ykur c`ofkmy `ma s`w bust yku
`ma Vpnfis, E imnw themgs wnrn gkemg tk cn n`sy.Cut et aeamt wkri kut quetn th`t w`y,Cedd s`ea.Mk. E mnvnr thkught Anrni wkuoa cn em a`mgnr.
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@ma mkw hns aes`ppn`rna.^mfon Fh`roen mkaana hes hn`a. Hn strkan c`fi emtk
thn rkkl `ma stkka, h`mas km heps, gokwnremg akwm `tthn fkwnremg Vpnfis.
Whnrn es hn;Fh`roen anl`mana. Whnrns Aentz;Vpnfis aeamt `mswnr.Vpn`i up, kr Eoo l`in yku t`oi.E akmt imkw, Vpnfis rnpoena. Hes hegh vkefn
fr`fina `s hn `mswnrna. Qhnrn w`s mk akuct cut th`t
Vpnfis w`s `olkst mulc weth dn`r.Fh`rons Innmn rn`fhna akwm `ma gr`ccna thn l`m
cy thn shkuoanr. Hn shkki hel oein `m `mgry oekmsm`iemg ets ieoo.
Zon`sn, Lr. Innmn, Vpnfis cnggna. E akmt imkw.Qh`ts thn truth.
Cedd tuggna `t ^mfon Fh`roens `rl. `ma hn rnon`snahes hkoa km thn l`m.
Wh`t es et;Fh`roen `sina, okkiemg emtk Cedds d`fn.Cedd emaef`tna weth ` mka kd hes hn`a dkr hes umfon tkdkookw hel. Hn thnm wnmt tk thn akkrw`y `ma stkka emthn h`oow`y. Hes umfon f`ln `okmg.
^mfon Fh`roen, th`t l`ms tkk dreghtnmna kd yku tk
t`oi, nvnm ed hn akns imkw whnrn Aentz h`s gkmn.Fh`rons Innmn mkaana hes hn`a. Gunss ykurn reght,Cedd. Gkt `my ean`s;
Uns. @ma Evn gkt skln qunstekms, tkk.Dern `w`y.Wh`t akyku themi h`s h`ppnmna tk Anrni;^mfon Fh`roen puzzona thes qunstekm ` dnw lklnmts
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lkrn vkefemg hes thkughts th`m spn`iemg aernftoy tkhel.
Anrni leght h`vn dnot th`t E w`s hkoaemg hel. @ma`dtnr imkfiemg km thes akkr, hn fkuoa wnoo h`vn gkmnreght km akwm tk thn okccy emtnmaemg tk on`vn thnhktno. Aentz leght h`vn snnm hel thnrn.
@ma tkoa hel yku wnrn ` frkki `ma th`t hn wkuoat`in Anrni tk hes d`thnr.
^mfon Fh`roen mkaana hes hn`a em `grnnlnmt.
Okki, ^mfon Fh`roen, bust whnrn es Anrnis d`thnr;Crkl Rkki; E akmt imkw, Cedd.Aentz aknsmt imkw nethnr, akns hn;El mkt surn.Et w`s bust `s Cedd h`a rn`skmna. Mnethnr hes umfon
mkr Aentz imnw whnrn Anrnis d`thnr, Crkl Rkki, w`s,`ma n`fh thkught thn kthnr leght imkw.
Uku wnrn ckth hkpemg th`t thn kthnr wkuoa on`ayku tk Crkl Rkki;
Qh`ts `ckut hkw et sh`pns up, Cedd.Hkw okmg h`s Anrnis d`thnr cnnm lessemg;E h`vnmt snnm hel dkr kvnr thrnn lkmths. Qhn kmoy
fkllumef`tekm Evn h`a drkl hel w`s ` onttnr `ma `
p`fi`gn. Qhny f`ln twk wnnis `dtnr E o`st s`w hel.Qhnrn wnrn steoo l`my qunstekms Cedd w`mtna tk `sihes umfon. Cut reght mkw. Cedd degurna thny fkuoa w`et.Qhn elpkrt`mt themg w`s tk dema Anrni`ma Anrnisd`thnr.
^mfon Fh`roen, ed yku themi Aentz imkws whnrnCrkl Rkki es, thnm Vpnfis wkuoa imkw, tkk, wkuoamt
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hn;Uns, E shkuoa themi sk.
Qhnm wkuoamt et cn cnst tk rnon`sn Vpnfis; Qnoohel hns drnn; Qhnm wn f`m dkookw Vpnfis. Ed Aentz h`st`oina Anrni emtk gkemg weth hel, kr dkrfna hel tk aksk, thnm Vpnfis weoo on`a us tk Aentz, Anrni, `mal`ycn nvnm tk hes d`thnr.
Fh`rons Innmn thkught `ckut thes dkr ` lklnmt.Ukuvn gkt sklnthemg thnrn, Cedd. Ukurn usemgykur
hn`a cnttnr th`m E `l. Wnoo ak et. Uku gk km akwm tkthn okccy. Dema ` spkt whnrn yku f`mt cn snnm cy`mykmn on`vemg thn nonv`tkr. Eoo turm Vpnfis okksn `mafkln akwm thn st`ers thn lklnmt hn gnts em thnnonv`tkr. @oo reght;
Cedd mkaana hes hn`a.Gkka oufi, Cedd,hes umfon f`oona kut `s Cedd hn`ana
dkr thn nonv`tkr.
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^MFON FH@SOEN h`a cnnm reght `ckut Anrni. QhnAutfh cky h`a dkookwna Innmns emstruftekms tk thnonttnrup tk ` fnrt`em pkemt.
Anrni h`a w`tfhna Fh`rons Innmn foelc kvnr thnc`ofkmy r`eoemg `ma kmtk thn onagn on`aemg tk thn mnxt
rkkl. Hn h`a hnoa hes crn`th `s hn w`tfhna thn koanrl`m prnss foksn tk thn cueoaemg w`oo `ma emfh hes w`y`okmg thn m`rrkw onagn tkw`ra thn mnxt c`ofkmy.
@rn yku `oo reght;Anrni h`a f`oona skdtoy.Fh`rons Innmn, pnrsper`tekm crn`iemg kut km hes
d`fn, mkaana hes hn`a em rnpoy.Anrni h`a gkmn c`fi emtk thn rkkl. Lklnmts
p`ssna. Qhnm hn h`a soeppna quentoy kut emtk thn h`oo-w`y `ma lkvna tk thn mnxt akkr. Qhnm hn h`aimkfina. Hn h`a w`etna ` dnw lemutns, tryemg tk um-anrst`ma thn luddona wkras fklemg drkl thn kthnrsean kd thn akkr.
@ffkraemg tk thn po`m, hn w`s suppksna tk rnturm tk
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hes rkkl `ma w`et dkr Cedd.Vhkuoa E;Anrni `sina helsnod. Hn w`s nvnm lkrn
fkmdusna th`m Cedd h`a cnnm cy thn str`mgn turm kdnvnmts. Fh`rons Innmn h`a snnlna ` pon`s`mt nmkughfh`p. Cut em thn rean drkl thn `erpkrt tk thn hktno, hnh`a cnnm v`gun em skln kd thn `mswnrs hn h`a gevnm.Et w`s h`ra tk aestrust Innmn, cut hes nxpo`m`tekms h`acnnm sk sintfhy th`t Anrnis suspefekms h`a cnnm`rkusna.
Hn h`a nvnm wkmanrna `ckut thn swetfh hn h`a`grnna tk l`in weth Cedd. Why h`a Cedd suggnstna thnswetfh; W`s et kmoy ` pr`ftef`o bkin, kr w`s thnrn sklnannpnr rn`skm dkr Cedds suggnstekm;
Wh`t h`a rn`ooy st`rtna Anrnis akucts h`a t`inmpo`fn `t thn `erpkrt. Whnm Cedd `ma thn twk lnm h`ap`ssna em thn `erpkrt, Fh`rons Innmn h`a rnstr`emnaAnrni drkl f`ooemg kut tk Cedd.
Anrni l`an up hes lema. Hn wkuoa mkt rnturm tkthn rkkl Innmn h`a t`inm hel tk. Ed Innmn w`smt tkcn trustna, thnm Anrni imnw hn wkuoa h`vn ` lufhgrn`tnr fh`mfn kd gnttemg `w`y drkl hel em thn hktnookccy th`m em ` sl`oo rkkl. Anrni wnmt tk thn
nonv`tkr. Cedd h`a lessna hel cy kmoy lemutns whnm hnwnmt tk dema hel.Em thn okccy kd thn Ano L`r, Anrni tkki ` sn`t weth
` fon`r venw kd thn nonv`tkr c`mi `ma thn akkr tk thnstrnnt. Hes nyns swumg drkl kmn tk thn kthnr. Anrniw`s `onrt, w`etemg dkr `my anvnokplnmt.
Kmfn hn aug hes h`ma emtk thn emsean pkfint kd hes
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b`fint. @o`rl sprn`a kvnr hes d`fn whnm thn kcbnft hnw`s dnnoemg dkr w`smt thnrn. Hn `olkst p`mefina.
Lklnmt`ry rnoend f`ln tk hel whnm hn rnlnlcnrnath`t hn w`s steoo wn`remg Cedds spkrts b`fint. Qhes rnoendw`s shkrt-oevna.
Qhn p`fi`gn hn h`a rn`fhna dkr w`s kd vet`o el-pkrt`mfn tk Anrni. Cut Cedd h`a sw`ppna fk`ts wethhel. Cedd mkw h`a thn p`fi`gn fkmt`ememg thn sl`ookcbnft kd sufh v`oun.
H`a th`t cnnm thn rn`o rn`skm Cedd h`a w`mtna tkswetfh eanmtedef`tekms; Vk th`t Cedd fkuoa gnt pkssns-sekm kd thn p`fi`gn; Et w`s h`ra dkr Anrni tk `ffnptthes thnkry. Hn h`a anvnokpna `m emst`mt oeiemg dkrCedd. Hn dnot th`t Cedd h`a. dnot thn s`ln w`y `ckut hel.@ma hkw fkuoa Cedd h`vn imkwm th`t hn, Anrni, w`sgkemg tk cn em thn `erpkrt em Le`le; Fkuoa Ceddpkssecoy h`vn imkwm `ma `rr`mgna tk cn km thn s`lnpo`mn;
Et w`s tkk lufh kd ` puzzon dkr thn Autfh cky.Anrni w`tfhna thn dokkr emaef`tkr ae`o kvnr kmn non-
v`tkr lkvn, shkwemg `m nonv`tkr ansfnmaemg. Wkuoathes cn Cedd; Kr Fh`rons Innmn; Qhn akkr soea kpnm. @m
noanroy fkupon nlnrgna.Hn turmna hes go`mfn tkw`ra thn strnnt akkr. @ l`mnmtnrna `okmn. Hn okkina sklnwh`t d`leoe`r tk Anrni.Whnrn h`a hn snnm hel;
Qhn l`m go`mfna swedtoy `ckut thn okccy. Hes nynsrnstna dkr ` dr`ftekm kd ` snfkma km Anrni, thnm turmna`w`y. Qhn l`m st`rtna dkr thn nonv`tkr. @olkst thnrn,
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hn stkppna `cruptoy `ma swumg `rkuma tk okki foksnoy`t Anrni. Aescnoend shkwna em hes nyns.
Anrni rnfkgmezna thn l`m mkw. Hn h`a cnnm kmn kdthn twk whk h`a w`oina kut kd thn `erpkrt tnrlem`ocueoaemg weth Cedd.
Qhn l`m frkssna quefioy tk thn fh`er whnrn Anrniw`s settemg.
Anrni! Ukuyku nsf`pna! E ln`mtnoo ln, wh`th`ppnmna;
Qhn l`m snnlna fkmdusna. Hn w`s kcvekusoy um-`con tk cnoenvn wh`t hn s`w.
Aentz w`s fkmdusna. Lkrn sk nvnm th`m hn aespo`ynatk Anrni. Hkw h`a Anrni l`m`gna tk gnt `w`y drklVpnfis; Wh`t h`a h`ppnmna em thn shkrt sp`fn kd telnhn h`a cnnm `w`y; Hn wkuoa h`vn tk po`y thes vnryf`gny mkw. N`roenr, whnm hn h`a cnnm l thn s`lnrkkl weth thes cky hn fkuoa tnoo th`t thn ykuth h`agrkwm suspefekus kd hel.
Aentz tkki ` st`c em thn a`ri.Aea Innmn fkln;hn `sina. @ma yku gkt `w`y;Qh`t w`s trun nmkugh. Anrni h`a gkttnm `w`y drkl
Innmn. Cut hkw aea thes l`m imkw th`t hn h`a cnnm
weth Innmn; Hn fkuoamt imkwmkt yntth`t et h`a`ftu`ooy cnnm Cedd Crnwstnr, mkt Anrni Rkki, whk h`aondt thn `erpkrt weth hel. Anrnis lema spum aezzeoy dkr` lklnmt. F`tfh hkoa kd ykursnod,hn s`ea stnrmoy tkhes wheroemg cr`em.
Anrni cng`m themiemg. Ckth hn `ma Aentz hnoa thnerseonmfn dkr ` dnw lklnmts, st`ooemg dkr teln, n`fh try-
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emg tk themi hkw tk on`rm wh`t thn kthnr `ftu`ooyimnw.
Uns, E ondt Lr. Innmn,Anrni dem`ooy rnpoena.W`s thnrn trkucon; Vpnfisaea Innmn `tt`fi hel;
W`s th`t whnm yku l`an ykur nsf`pn;Qhn pefturn w`s cnfklemg fon`rnr. Qhn Vpnfis
Aentz rndnrrna tk lust h`vn cnnm thn kthnr l`m whkh`a cnnm weth Cedd `ma thes l`m `t thn `erpkrt.
Anrni h`a ` prntty gkka ean` mkw kd wh`t Aentz
lust cn deguremg h`a h`ppnmna. Cnoenvemg Vpnfis w`sgu`raemg thn rn`o Anrni, Aentz lust themi th`t Innmnh`a crkinm em km thnl `ma kvnrpkwnrna Vpnfis, `math`t auremg thn lnonn, hn, Anrni, h`a dona. Et wkuoa cnwesn, Anrni thkught, tk dema kut `s lufh `s hn fkuoa.
Qhes l`m lust cn thn kmn Innmn h`a rndnrrna tk `sAentz. Anrni anfeana tk dema thes kut.
Uns, Lr. Aentz. Qh`ts wh`t h`ppnmna.Qh`mi gkkamnss yku l`an ykur nsf`pn, Aentz
rnpoena. Innmn es ` a`mgnrkus l`m. A`mgnrkus tk yku`ma ykur d`thnr.
Qhes w`s bust `ckut thn s`ln themg Innmn h`a s`eatk Anrni `ckut Aentz, Anrni rnlnlcnrna. F`utekm,
hes cr`em do`shna. Whefh kd thnl es oyemg;Ly d`thnr;hn s`ea `okua. Et es s`dn dkr yku tk t`inln tk hel mkw;
Kh, yns. Uns, wn lust on`vn `t kmfn. Cndkrn Innmnfklns akwm hnrn.
Aentzs `mswnr w`s quefi. @ cet tkk quefi, Anrnithkught. Cut bust wh`t kr whkl w`s hn tk cnoenvn;
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Wn f`m gk tk hel mkw. @t kmfn.Whnrn es hn;Anrni `sina thes qunstekm em Autfh.
Qhes w`s tk cn thn ceg tnst `s tk whnthnr hn wkuoatrust thes l`m. Anrni h`a `sina kmn qunstekm kd Innmnem Autfh. Innmn h`amt rnpoena. @t thn teln, Anrni h`athkught th`t pnrh`ps Innmn h`amt cnnm oestnmemg tkhel, hn h`a cnnm sk cusy tnooemg Anrni why hn h`apnrlettna Cedd tk on`vn thn `erpkrt weth thn twk lnm.
Ukur d`thnr es em ` sl`oo h`fenma` tk thn mkrth kd
Weoonlst`a. @ h`od hkurs arevn.Aentz h`a rnpoena em Autfh. Anrni anfeana tk t`in `
fh`mfn.@oo reght. Onts gk.Anrni aeamt snn thn okki kd s`tesd`ftekm `ma rnoend
th`t do`shna kvnr Aentzs a`ri dn`turns. Hn gkt up `madkookwna Aentz kut kd thn hktno. Lklnmts o`tnr, Ceddstnppna kut kd thn nonv`tkr. Hn bust lessna snnemgAentz `ma Anrni on`vn thn hktno.
Anrni gkt emtk thn s`ln sonni, co`fi oelkusemn th`th`a crkught Cedd tk thn hktno kmoy `m hkur cndkrn.Aentz gkt cnhema thn whnno. Hn wkvn thrkugh thnfrkwana strnnts kd Weoonlst`a. Qhn tkwm `ma ets
hkusns `ma cueoaemgs okkina vnry lufh oein ` sl`oow`tnrdrkmt tkwm c`fi em Hkoo`ma. Qhn hkusns wnrn thns`ln typn. Weoonlst`a, Anrni rnf`oona, h`a cnnmm`lna dkr ` sl`oo veoo`gn c`fi em Hkoo`ma.
On`vemg Weoonlst`a cnhema thnl, Aentz spna `okmg` m`rrkw, wemaemg rk`a th`t foelcna thn dkktheoostkw`ra thn heghnst pkemt em Fur``k. Vuaanmoy hn
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swnrvna kdd thn p`vna rk`a kmtk `m umelprkvna,hn`veoy ruttna aert rk`a. Qnm lemutns lkrn `ma Aentz
mksna thn f`r thrkugh `m `rfhna kpnmemg em ` pemistkmn w`oo. @hn`a, Anrni fkuoa snn kmn o`rgn, r`lcoemghkusn, `g`em stkmn, cut p`emtna ` creght ynookw, `masnvnr`o sl`oonr stkmn cueoaemgs.
Aentz stkppna em drkmt kd thn nmtr`mfn. Ellnae`tnoythnrn f`ln kut thn o`rgnst l`m Anrni h`a nvnr snnm.Hes fklponxekm w`s ` oeght fkddnn-crkwm. Hn wkra
imnn-onmgth crnnfhns. Hes ongs `ma dnnt wnrn c`rn. Heshn`vy lusfons cuogna cnmn`th ` them whetn shert, etsnmas tena `rkuma hes w`est.
Wethkut `mkthnr go`mfn `t Anrni, Aentz spkin tkthn ge`mt.
Q`in kvnr, Frumfh.Frumfh w`s wnoo m`lna. Anrni on`rmna thes whnm
thn l`m fo`lpna ` h`ma km hes `rl, gremmemg akwm `thel nveooy.
Anrni imnw mkw th`t hn h`a po`fna hes trust em thnwrkmg l`m. Cut et w`s tkk o`tn. Hn w`s pkwnronss tkrnsest. Frumfh h`a thn strnmgth tk l`tfh hes ge`mt sezn.
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CEDD sf`mmna thn okccy kd thn hktno f`rnduooy `s hnnlnrgna drkl thn nonv`tkr. Mk segm kd Anrni, mk segmkd Aentz. Qhny h`a ondt kmoy lemutns cndkrn Ceddrn`fhna thn okccy.
Qhn st`erw`y ^mfon Fh`roen wkuoa cn fklemg akwm,
Cedd mktefna, ona emtk thn okccy bust tk thn reght, `masoeghtoy cnhema thn nonv`tkr c`mi. Cedd anfeana th`tcnhema thn st`erw`y wkuoa cn thn cnst po`fn dkr hel tkw`tfh dkr Vpnfis. Qhnrn w`s ` o`rgn pkttna po`mt `t thndkkt kd thn st`erw`y. Cedd gkt cnhema et. Drkl hnrn, hnfkuoamt cn snnm, ynt hn h`a ` gkka venw kd thnnonv`tkrs `ma thn st`ers. Vpnfis em hes dreghtnmna h`stnleght t`in thn st`erw`y. Hn leght mkt w`mt tk w`et dkr`m nonv`tkr, sf`rna `s hn lust cn `dtnr ^mfon Fh`roenh`a gevnm hel ` vnrc`o wkriemg-kvnr.
Qhn nonv`tkr lust h`vn cnnm w`etemg km thn dkurthdokkr, dkr Vpnfis f`ln kut kd et emtk thn okccy bust `dtnrCedd h`a t`inm up hes pksetekm. Hn s`w thn oetton l`m
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go`mfn mnrvkusoy `rkuma thn okccy. Zrkc`coy, Ceddgunssna, hn w`s okkiemg dkr ckss Aentz. Hn mnnana hes
suppkrt, mnnana et c`aoy.Vpnfis thnm hn`ana dkr thn nxet. Hn lkvna `t ` p`fn
sk r`pea th`t hn culpna emtk snvnr`o pnkpon whk wnrnnmtnremg.
Whnrns ^mfon Fh`roen;Cedd `sina helsnod. Ed hnaknsmt gnt hnrn reght mkw, wnoo oksn Vpnfis. Ceddstnppna kut drkl cnhema thn hugn po`mt `ma go`mfna
up thn furvemg st`ers. Mk ^mfon Fh`roen. Cedd aea themith`t hn hn`ra sklnkmn fklemg akwm, fklemg d`st,t`iemg twk kr lkrn stnps `t ` teln. Qh`t lust cn hn,Cedd thkught. Hn anfeana tk gk `dtnr Vpnfis, hkpemg hesumfon wkuoa cn reght cnhema.
Em thn furvna arevnw`y kutsean thn hktno, Ceddokkina reght `ma ondt. Vpnfis lust h`vn puoona kut kdthnrn `t ` r`pea foep. Hn w`smt em seght. ^mfon Fh`roenf`ln kut kd thn hktno, t`iemg thn thrnn stnps `t ` on`p.
Whnrn es hn; Whefh w`y aea hn gk;E akmt imkw, Cedd rnpoena. Hn w`s gkmn cy thn
teln E gkt kut hnrn.Fkln km, thnm.^mfon Fh`roen, km thn rum, hn`ana
dkr thn strnnt. Cedd w`s `t hes hnnos.Km thn seanw`oi, thny trena tk spkt Vpnfis.Et snnlna tk Cedd hn h`a mnvnr snnm sk l`my pnkpon
frkwaemg thn strnnts, `oo kd thnl em ` g`y, hkoea`y-lkka.
Ets mk usn, Cedd, Fh`rons Innmn s`ea. Wna mnvnrf`tfh Vpnfis em thes frkwa, nvnm ed wn imnw whefh w`y
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hn wnmt.Gunss ykurn reght,Cedd rnpoena. Cut E h`tn tk gevn
up. E w`mt tk dema Anrni. Akmt oein thn ean` kd hesthemiemg yku `ma E `rn `g`emst hel.
E imkw hkw yku dnno, Cedd. Qnoo yku wh`t. Onts bustw`manr `rkuma, ferfuo`tn `lkmg thn frkwas. Whkimkws, wn leght culp emtk hel. Ed wn akmt, okf`temghel es gkemg tk t`in teln `ma krg`mez`tekm.
Cedd dnot thnrn wkuoa cn oetton fh`mfn kd th`t h`p-
pnmemg. Hn imnw th`t hes umfon w`s bust tryemg tkfhnnr hel up. Vk, thkught Cedd, why mkt; Vnn skln kdthn tkwm `t thn s`ln teln.
Ki`y, ^mfon Fh`roen, on`a km.Qhn l`m `ma cky bkemna em thn thrkmgemg frkwa kd
tkurests, seght-snnrs, `ma c`rg`em humtnrs.Dkur ceg fruesn sheps em, Cedd,. ^mfon Fh`roen s`ea.
Qh`ts why Fur``k es rn`ooy hkppemg tka`y.Qhny stkppna `t snvnr`o shkps. Ckth inpt `m nyn kut
dkr Anrni, `ma Cedds umfon l`an snvnr`o emquerens kdshkpinnpnrs. Mk oufi. Onts `fqu`emt yku weth thesd`cuokus fety derst, Cedd, hn s`ea. Qhnm c`fi tk thnhktno dkr ` pkwwkw km kur mnxt lkvn.
Cedd okkina kvnr skln Gnrl`m f`lnr`s em No Gokckkm Hnnrnmstr``t. Hn w`s anoeghtna weth thn stkrn rumcy Buoues Znmh` km Crnnanstr``t. Qhes stkrn skoa akoosdrkl `oo kvnr. Hn ckught ` Autfh akoo dkr Lkmef`. Etw`s arnssna em tr`aetekm`o Autfh fokthnswkkanmshkns, ` g`eoy fkokrna drkfi, `ma ` stedd wemgna h`t. Hndkuma ` Vwess w`tfh `t Vpretznr `ma Duhrl`mm, `ma
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w`s surpresna `t hkw emnxpnmsevn et w`s. Hn ckught etdkr hes crkthnr Qna `ma sleona `s hn thkught kd Qnas
d`fn whnm hn s`w et.@s thny w`oina `okmg, ^mfon Fh`roen inpt up `
rummemg dern kd fkmvnrs`tekm, gevemg Cedd ` gkka pefturnkd oedn em Fur``k.
@oo thn hkusns `rn aeddnrnmt fkokrs, ^mfon Fh`roen.Why es th`t;Cedd `sina.
N`fh hkusn w`s aestemft drkl thn kthnr, nvnm ed ets
fkokr v`rena cy kmoy ` sh`an. Vkln wnrn oeght pemi,kthnrs a`rinr pemi. Qhnrn wnrn creght grnnm-p`emtnahkusns, `ma oeght grnnm kmns. Kthnrs wnrn aeddnrnmtsh`ans kd coun `ma ynookw.
^mfon Fh`roen fhufiona cndkrn rnpoyemg.Akmt imkw hkw trun thes stkry es, Cedd, cut hnrns
thn m`tevnsnxpo`m`tekm kd why thn hkusns hnrn `rn skg`eoy fkokrna. L`my yn`rs `gk, `oo, thn hkusns hnrnwnrn whetnw`shna. Et snnls thn umrnoenvna go`rn kd `oothn whetn hkusns hurt thn gkvnrmkrs nyns. Vk, cnemg `pkwnrduo l`m whk imnw wh`t hn w`mtna, hn kranrnathn hkusns tk cn p`emtna thn fkokrs kd thner kwmnrsfhkefns. Velpon `s th`t.
Ed ykurn ` gkvnrmkr,Cedd rnpoena, o`ughemg.@ma yku snn th`t o`rgn cueoaemg kvnr thnrn;^mfonFh`roen pkemtna tk ` l`gmedefnmt strufturn st`maemg kmtkp kd ` heoo.
Ceg nmkugh tk cn ` p`o`fn,Cedd fkllnmtna.Ets Dr`mioem A. Skksnvnot Hkusn, thn ^metna Vt`tns
fkmsuo`tn. Qhn Autfh cueot et up thnrn km @r`r`t Heoo
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tk nxprnss thner th`mis dkr kur prktnftekm kd thnsnAutfh eso`mas auremg Wkroa W`r EE.
Qh`t w`s rn`ooy mefn kd thnl.Gkka mneghckrs, thn Autfh.Cedd stkppna em drkmt kd ` stkrn aespo`yemg cn`uteduo
Nmgoesh fhem` `ma Vwnaesh fryst`o. Hn prntnmana tk cnemspnftemg thnsn cn`uteduo w`rns. @ftu`ooy hn w`soestnmemg emtnmtoy tk ` r`pea-dern fkmvnrs`tekm cntwnnmtwk m`tevn fonris.
E akmt gnt et,Cedd s`ea, sh`iemg hes hn`a.Wh`t akmt yku gnt;Qhn o`mgu`gn thnyrn spn`iemg. E thkught `t derst et
w`s Vp`mesh. E imkw E f`ught skln Vp`mesh wkras.@ma skln Nmgoesh wkras. @ma E fkuoa pefi kut sklnZkrtugunsn, tkk. Cut ets `oo sk lexna up.
^mfon Fh`roen o`ughna. Mk wkmanr ykurn puzzona.Qhnyrn spn`iemg ` o`mgu`gn l`an up kd lkrnaeddnrnmt o`mgu`gns th`m `my kthnr em thn wkroa. Etsf`oona Z`pe`lnmtk. Qhn b`rgkm es ` fklcem`tekm kdAutfh, Nmgoesh, Vp`mesh, Zkrtugunsn, @dref`m, `maEmae`m wkras. F`rec Emae`ms. @ dnw Drnmfh wkrasthrkwm em, tkk.
Bust oein Fur``k etsnod.Qh`ts reght, Cedd. Qhes eso`ma es deoona weth l`myr`fns `othkugh thn Autfh `rn prnaklem`mt.
^mfon Fh`roen okkina `t hes w`tfh, thnm go`mfna up`t thn sum. @rnmt yku gnttemg humgry; Ets `dtnr mkkm,hn s`ea.
Mkw th`t yku rnlema ln,Cedd rnpoena weth ` grem,
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El st`rvemg.Oein tk gk c`fi tk thn hktno, kr hkw `ckut skln
rn`o Autfh-B`v`mnsn dkka; Autfh fkkiemg es gkka.Hn`vy, thkugh.
On`a ln tk et.^mfon Fh`roen tkki hes mnphnw tk Ikrnl`ms Koa
Autfh Q`vnrm km Fkoulcusstr``t. Qhny st`rtna kutweth ` anoefekus Autfh pn` skup, dkr whefh thn rnst`u-r`mt es d`lkus, `ma dkookwna et weth ` B`v`mnsn aesh kd
pkri `ma vngnt`cons weth ` thefi furry s`ufn.Oein et, Cedd;Anoefekus. Cut, `s yku s`eahn`vy. El sk duoo mkw,
E akmt themi Eoo nvnr w`mt tk n`t `g`em.Qhes studd rn`ooy stefis tk ykur recs. Cut ed E imkw
yku, ykuoo cn st`rvemg `g`em em ` dnw hkurs. Fkln km,wnoo gk c`fi tk thn hktno. Uku lust h`vn skln quns-tekms cuzzemg em ykur cr`em.
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FH@ZQNS TEEE
^mfon Fh`roen Vpems ` U`rm
L@IN ykursnod fkldkrt`con, Cedd, ^mfon Fh`roenemvetna, whnm thny wnrn c`fi em hes rkkl `t thn AnoL`r. Uku lust cn terna. Meght doeght, nxfetemg lkrm-emg. Gnt lufh sonnp km thn po`mn;
Dnw hkurs. E themi th`t dkka l`an ln sonnpenr th`m
`mythemg, thkugh. Cky, `l E go`a tk gnt thes fk`t kdd!Qkk teght dkr ly t`stn.
Cedd tkki kdd Anrnis fk`t, whefh hn h`a cnnm wn`r-emg, `ma tkssna et tkw`ra ` fh`er. @s thn fk`t o`mana, `sl`oo whetn ckx dnoo kut kd thn pkfint. ^mfon Fh`roenpkumfna km et oein ` humgry f`t km ` lkusn.
Wh`t es et, ^mfon Fh`roen;Cedd `sina.Fh`roen h`a t`inm thn oea kdd thn ckx `ma w`s em-
spnftemg thn kcbnft em et weth ` treulph`mt sleon kmhes d`fn.
Wh`t oufi! E themi thes weoo foemfh kur f`sn `g`emstAentz `ma Fklp`my. @ma `t thn s`ln teln, E f`m snnmkw why Anrni leght cn vnry suspefekus kd ckth kd
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us.^mfon Fh`roen put thn oea c`fi km thn ckx `ma rn-
po`fna et em Anrnis fk`t.Uku steoo h`vnmt tkoa ln wh`t et es,Cedd s`ea.Gevn ln teln. @ma whnm E ak, ` okt kd themgs weoo
cnfkln fon`r.Vk, ^mfon Fh`roen es gkemg tk cn lystnrekus `g`em,
Cedd s`ea tk helsnod. Cedd spr`wona kut km thn cna `maw`etna dkr mfon Fh`roen tk st`rt t`oiemg.
Et `oo gkns c`fi tk kur a`ys em Curl` `ma Fhem`,Cedd. Uku imkw Nxpokr`tekms ^moeletna steoo h`s etshn`aqu`rtnrs em Curl`. Vul`tr`s mkt tkk d`r drklCurl`. Okts kd Autfh pnkpon em Vul`tr`. Et w`s kmfn `Autfh fkokmy. @ma Nxpokr`tekms h`a akmn quetn ` cetkd wkri dkr skln kd thn Autfh cusemnsslnm thnrn.
Bust `dtnr wn h`a tk gnt kut kd Curl`yku rn-lnlcnr, kd fkursnNxpokr`tekms rnfnevna `m emquery`s tk whnthnr ets kpnr`tekms nxtnmana tk thn Mnthnr-o`mas @mteoons. B`fi Huaskmyku rnf`oo hel, akmtyku, Cedd;f`cona ln.
Cedd mkaana hes hn`a. B`fi Huaskm `osk wkrina dkrNxpokr`tekms ^moeletna. Et h`a cnnm B`fi whk h`a
dokwm emtk Fhem` `ma rnsfuna Cedd `ma hes umfon whnmCedd h`a t`inm p`rt em thnLystnry kd thn Fhemnsn Semg.Vk B`fi f`cona ln, ^mfon Fh`roen wnmt km. @m
emquery h`a fkln drkl ` drenma kd Anrnis d`thnr,Crkl Rkki. Crkl w`mtna sklnkmn tk wkri dkr `maweth hel. E gkt thn bkc. Ea pefina up ` sn`po`mn wethly n`rmemgs em Fhem` `ma h`a cnnm iefiemg `rkuma
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thn F`reccn`m, fh`rtnr doeghts `ma sk km.Wh`t aea hn w`mt yku tk ak;Cedd `sina.
Zeokt hel c`fi `ma dkrth drkl hnrn tk L`rtemequn.Sum ` spnnack`t hn h`s em L`rtemequn.
E imkw drkl wh`t Aentz tkoa ln th`t Anrnis d`thnres okkiemg dkr sklnthemg km thn ckttkl kd thn kfn`m;Wh`t es et; Vuminm trn`surn;Cedd `sina.
Em ` w`y, yns. @ma hns dkuma et, tkk. Ets ` pn`rodeshnry
Zn`ro deshnry!Cedds vkefn shkwna hes nxfetnlnmt.Uns. @ d`cuokus kmn. Ed thn s`lpons Crkl h`s dkuma
sk d`r `rn `m emaef`tekm, thnrn `rn leooekms kd akoo`rs kdpn`ros w`etemg tk cn t`inm, drkl ` spkt kd kfn`m dokkrbust kdd thn fk`st kd L`rtemequn.
Cedd w`s settemg up mkw, on`memg dkrw`ra. Qhes w`sd`sfem`temg tk hel. Zn`ros, t`inm drkl thn ckttkl kdthn kfn`m!
Et w`s thn vnry nma kd Mkvnlcnr, E gunss, whnm Eo`st s`w Crkl, Fh`rons Innmn s`ea. Ea t`inm sklnmnw siem-aevemg nqueplnmt kvnr tk hel. Hn emaef`tnatk ln thnm th`t hn thkught hn w`s mn`remg hes gk`o.Hn s`ea Ea hn`r drkl hel wethem ` wnni. E w`s tk
fkln c`fi tk Fur``k `ma `w`et wkra.Why Fur``k, ^mfon Fh`roen, whnm hn w`s wkriemgem ` Drnmfh pkssnssekm;
Cnf`usn hns ` Autfh feteznm. Nvnrythemg hn aknskvnr thnrn h`s tk fon`r thrkugh thn Autfh `uthkretens`ma thn Drnmfh fkmsuo`tn hnrn.
E snn,Cedd mkaana hes hn`a.
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Wnoo, mn`roy twk wnnis wnmt cy. E w`s wkrrena. Edonw c`fi tk L`rtemequn. E fkuoamt okf`tn Crkl. Hn
h`a gkmn tk sn` em hes spnnack`t, ok`ana weth suppoens.E humg `rkuma O` Qremetth`ts thn tkwm wn hn`a-qu`rtnrna emdkr ` fkupon kd a`ys, thnm f`ln c`fihnrn. Mkthemg nosn dkr ln tk ak.
^mfon Fh`roen gkt kut kd hes fh`er `ma w`oina kvnrtk thn c`ofkmy.
Qhnm E gkt ` onttnr `ma ` p`fi`gn drkl Crkl,
^mfon Fh`roen fkmtemuna. @ma th`ts thn o`st Evnhn`ra drkl hel. Kh, Evn cnnm c`fi tk L`rtemequnsnvnr`o telns, cut hns v`meshna.
Akyku themi Aentz h`a `mythemg tk ak weth et;El surn kd et, Cedd. Hn nethnr ieam`ppna Crkl
Rkki, `ma Crkl gkt `w`y, kr hn arkvn Crkl emtkheaemg. Ets bust gkt tk cn kmn kr thn kthnr.
Aentz imnw `ckut thes pn`ro deshnry, tkk; Ceddw`mtna tk imkw.
Okts kd pnkpon imkw `ckut et, Cedd. Vtkrens kd `d`cuokus pn`ro deshnry h`vn cnnm ferfuo`temg em thnsnp`rts dkr yn`rs `ma yn`rs. Qhn stkrens fkln drkl thnF`rec Emae`ms. @ma nvnry kmfn em ` wheon, ` F`rec
fklns tk thn l`rint weth ` prefnonss pn`ro.Cut mk kmn h`s nvnr okf`tna thn deshnry, es th`t et;Qh`ts reght, Cedd. L`my h`vn trena, Aentz `lkmg
thnl.Whnrn akns Anrni det emtk thn pefturn;Cedd `sina.El fklemg tk th`t. Anrni es lkthnronss. Hn h`s
spnmt lkst kd hes oedn aeveana cntwnnm oevemg hnrn em
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Fur``k weth hes d`thnr `ma oevemg weth hes gr`ma-p`rnmts em Hkoo`ma. Whnm Crkl Rkki st`rtna km hes
humt dkr thn pn`ro deshnry, hn snmt Anrni tk Qhn Mnth-nro`mas dkr hes sfhkkoemg. Hn imnw th`t hn wkuoamt cnem Fur``k lufh kd thn teln, `ma hn aeamt oein tkon`vn Anrni `okmn.
Why aea Anrni fkln c`fi; Z`rtefuo`roy semfn hesd`thnr es lessemg; Qhn pefturn w`s steoo sklnwh`tfokuay tk Cedd.
E snmt dkr hel,^mfon Fh`roen s`ea.@ma yku snmt dkr ln, tkk. Why ckth kd us;Cnf`usn yku okki sk lufh `oein. Uku fkuoa n`seoy
p`ss dkr twems.E imkw,Cedd s`ea. Em Le`le `ma km thn po`mn, wn
wnrn t`inm dkr twems.E mnnana yku hnrn em thn nvnmt Anrni aeamt shkw
up em teln.Em teln dkr wh`t, ^mfon Fh`roen;Qk nst`coesh hes reght tk thn pn`ro deshnry hes d`thnr
h`s dkuma.Cedd drkwmna. El `dr`ea E steoo akmt gnt et.Ets oein thes, Cedd. Qhn onttnr E rnfnevna drkl Crkl
Rkki, kvnr twk wnnis `dtnr E o`st s`w hel, fkmt`emna `fo`el tk ` fnrt`em w`tnr `rn`, tk cn deona weth thnDrnmfh fkmsuo`tn hnrn em Weoonlst`a, nst`coeshemgCrkl Rkki `s thn aesfkvnrnr kd thn deshnry. E w`s tk deonet dkr hel. @okmg weth thn onttnr `ma thn fo`el, Ernfnevna ` sl`oo p`fi`gn. Em et w`s kmn kd thn lkstpnrdnft co`fi pn`ros E h`vn nvnr snnm.
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Cedds nyns turmna em thn aernftekm kd Anrnis fk`t.Hn w`s cngemmemg tk gnt `m ean` kd wh`t ^mfon Fh`roen
h`a dkuma em thn ckx th`t h`a tulcona drkl thnb`fint.
Qhes pn`ro w`s tk cn gevnm thn Drnmfh fkmsuo `okmgweth thn fo`el. Em thn nvnmt Crkl Rkki aeamt `ppn`rwethem thn teln oelet, thn pnrskm `ppn`remg dkr helfkuoa nst`coesh hes reght cy prnsnmtemg ` co`fi pn`roth`t w`s thn pnrdnft l`tfh dkr thn kmn E ondt weth thn
fkmsuo`tn.@ma th`t pnrskm wkuoa cn Anrni;Cedd `sina.Seght yku `rn, Cedd.Hkw aea Anrni gnt hkoa kd thn pn`ro;@pp`rnmtoy Crkl Rkki imnw hn w`s em a`mgnr,
drkl Aentz, El surn. Aentz wkuoa try tk stkp1eel drkl`ppn`remg tk nst`coesh hes fo`elthn s`ln w`y fo`elbulpnrs usna tk kpnr`tn em thn n`roy lememg a`ys kdthn koa Wnst em thn ^metna Vt`tns, ^mfon Fh`roennxpo`emna.
Vk hn snmt Anrni thn kthnr pn`ro;Qh`ts reght. Hn tkoa ln hn h`a akmn sk em hes
onttnr. Hes emstruftekms wnrn th`t ed hn aeamt gnt em
tkufh weth ln em ponmty kd teln cndkrn thn memnty-a`yteln oelet w`s tk nxpern, thnm E w`s tk f`con Anrni tkfkln `t kmfn tk Fur``k.
Memnty-a`y teln oelet; E akmt umanrst`ma, Cedds`ea, hes vkefn shkwemg hn w`s steoo puzzona.
Whnm ` fo`el es deona, sufh `s thn kmn E deona dkrCrkl Rkki, thnrns ` w`etemg pnreka kd memnty a`ys
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cndkrn thn fo`el es gr`mtna. Qhn o`w w`s ansegmna tkprnvnmt fo`el bulpemg. Em thksn memnty a`ys, ed `mykmn
nosn f`m aesputn thn fo`el, thnm ` hn`remg es hnoa tkanfean whk aesfkvnrna thn dema derst.
Vk th`t ed Crkl Rkki h`a bulpna sklnkmn nosn sfo`el, thn rn`o aesfkvnrnr fkuoa prktnst `ma prkvn hnl`an thn aesfkvnry derst,Cedd s`ea.
Ukurn reght, Cedd. Cut em thes f`sn, Crkl l`an thnaesfkvnry. Aentz imkws et. Aentz imkws th`t hn
wkuoamt st`ma ` fh`mfn kd fo`elemg tk h`vn l`an thnaesfkvnry derst.
Why mkt;Cnf`usn hn aknsmt imkw nx`ftoy whnrn et es.Ak yku, ^mfon Fh`roen;E h`vn ` prntty gkka ean`, cnf`usn E imkw lkrn
prnfesnoy whnrn Crkl Rkki w`s wkriemg th`m Aentzakns. Uku snn, Cedd, ` fo`el tk ` w`tnr `rn` fkvnrs ` oktkd kfn`m. Et esmt oein ` o`ma fo`el dkr lememg. @ lememgfo`el fkvnrs ` spnfedef spkt. @ w`tnr fo`el f`m fkvnr`m `rn` kd humarnas kd `frns. E imkw thn eso`ma grkupth`t Crkl w`s sn`rfhemg em, cut kmoy Crkl imkws thnnx`ft spkt whnrn thn pn`ro kystnrs `rn okf`tna.
Qhnm thn pn`ro deshnry etsnod,Cedd s`ea, fkuoa cn `vnry sl`oo `rn` fklp`rna tk thn tkt`o `rn` fkvnrna cythn fo`el;
Seght yku `rn, Cedd.Qhnm Aentz h`smt gkt ` fh`mfn, h`s hn;Kh, yns. Hn themis hn h`s ` gkka kmn.E akmt snn hkw.
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Fh`roen Innmn gremmna. Ed mnethnr Crkl Rkki mkrAnrni `ppn`rs `t thn Drnmfh fkmsuo`tn tk anl`ma thn
fo`el wethem thn memnty a`ys, `mykmn f`m deon dkr thnreghts. Aentz es bust w`etemg tk deon em thn s`ln gnmnr`o`rn` whnrn thn Rkki fo`el es okf`tna.
Cedd imnw mkw wh`t h`a h`ppnmna.@ma Crkl Rkki es lessemg.Qh`ts et, Cedd. Ed mnethnr Crkl Rkki mkr Anrni
`ppn`rs, thnm Aentz lkvns em, deons hes fo`el, `ma thnm
et wkuoa cn lkst aeddefuot dkr Crkl Rkki tk rnnst`coeshhes reghts.
Cedd mkaana hes hn`a thkughtduooy.^mfon Fh`roen, whnm akns th`t memnty-a`y teln
oelet nxpern;Qklkrrkw `dtnrmkkm, Cedd. @t dkur kfokfi.Wh`t!Cedd nxfo`elna. Qhnm wnvn gkt tk `ft d`st.
Wnvn gkt tk dema Anrni!Akmt wkrry, Cedd, wnrn steoo `hn`a kd thn g`ln.Cut Crkl Rkki weoo cn rkccna!E akmt themi sk,^mfon Fh`roen s`ea, sleoemg `s hn?
shkki hes hn`a.Wh`ts tk prnvnmt et;Cedd anl`mana.
Uku, Cedd. Fkuoamt yku po`y thn rkon kd Anrni Rkkikmfn lkrn;
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Kutl`tfhna
CEDD w`s t`inm `c`fi cy hes umfons o`st st`tnlnmt.Uku ln`m ed wn akmt dema Anrni, yku w`mt ln tk
sucstetutn dkr hel;Qh`t suls et up, Cedd.Cedd shkki hes hn`a. Hn imnw hn okkina oein Anrni.
Cut ^mfon Fh`roen w`s rn`ooy `siemg ` okt.Gksh, ^mfon Fh`roen. Ets kmn themg dkr ln tk suc-
stetutn dkr Anrni whnm ets kmoy ` bkin. Oein `t thn`erpkrt. Cut tk ak thesthes es dkr ceg st`ins.
E imkw, Cedd. Cut, fkmseanremg thn d`ft th`t yku weoo`ftu`ooy cn akemg thes sk thn bust reghts kd ` l`m weoocn nst`coeshna, E akmt themi yku wkuoa cn akemg`mythemg lkr`ooy wrkmg.
Mk, E gunss mkt. Wn wkuoa cn stkppemg Aentz drklstn`oemg wh`t cnokmgs tk sklnkmn nosn.
Qh`ts reght, Cedd.Vteoosuppksn E h`vn tk segm sklnthemg; Qh`t
wkuoa cn dkrgnry. E fkuoamt ak th`t, ^mfon Fh`roen.
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E imkw yku fkuoamt, Cedd. @ma E wkuoamt `si ykutk. Cut Evn okkina emtk thes `dd`er `s foksnoy `s E f`m. E
akmt themi ykuoo cn rnquerna tk segm `mythemg. Qhnsegmemg dkr thn `ftu`o wkriemg pnrlet tk thn fo`el weoot`in po`fn em L`rtemequn.
E surn hkpn ykurn reght.El r`thnr fnrt`em th`t E `l, Cedd. Kthnrwesn thnrn
wkuoamt h`vn cnnm lufh pkemt em ly h`vemg ykufkln akwm hnrn em sufh ` hurry.
@ma ly cnemg hnrn gevns yku lkrn teln tk demaCrkl Rkki.
Kr Anrni, mkw th`t hn es hnrn.E wkmanr why hn aeamt gnt hnrn skkmnr, Cedd
pkmanrna.Uku f`m cnt th`t rn`ooy h`a ln wkrrena. E w`etna
umteo bust kvnr thrnn wnnis `gk cndkrn E f`cona dkrAnrni tk fkln hnrn. Qh`t wkuoa cn ponmty kd teln,mkw th`t thn @to`mtef f`m cn frkssna em hkurs emstn`akd a`ys.
Aeamt yku gnt ` rnpoy tk ykur f`con;Mk. Qh`t aeamt wkrry ln tkk lufh. E bust degurna
th`t Anrni wkuoa imkw hkw snrekus themgs h`a
cnfkln. Hes d`thnr lust h`vn gevnm hel ` fon`rpefturnkd thn setu`tekm whnm hn wrktn hel.Why aeamt Anrni fkln `s skkm `s yku f`cona;E gkt ` f`con `ckut tnm a`ys `dtnr E snmt dkr Anrni.
Et w`s drkl hes gr`mad`thnr. Qhn f`con emdkrlna lnth`t Anrni w`s em thn Vwess @ops dkr wemtnr sieemg. Qhn gr`mad`thnr h`a trena `ma trena tk okf`tn hel. Et
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snnls Anrni w`s kdd km ` okmg frkss-fkumtry sie r`fn.Uku imkw, whnrn thn wemmnr es thn kmn whk fkvnrs thn
lkst leons em ` gevnm mulcnr kd a`ys.Cn h`ra tk okf`tn sklnkmn km kmn kd thksn b`umts
`oo reght,Cedd `grnna.Vk, cnemg anspnr`tn, `ma mkt imkwemg ed Anrni
wkuoa gnt hnrn cndkrn thn teln oelet nxperna, E f`conadkr yku. @ma w`s E nvnr go`a tk snn yku fkln thrkughthn akkr kd thn tnrlem`o!
Cut yku `ftu`ooy h`a thn rn`o Anrni.^mfon Fh`roen o`ughna. Qh`ts reght. Cut drkl thn
w`y themgs h`vn gkmn, ets ` gkka themg E ak h`vn twkAnrnis.
Qhn h`mas km thn fokfi em thn hn`remg rkkl kd thnDrnmfh fkmsuo`tn shkwna dedtnnm lemutns kd dkur.Vn`tna em thn derst kd thn rkw kd cnmfhns whefh oemnathn rkkl wnrn Hnrl`m Aentz `ma Vpnfis F`an. Aentzwkrn ` s`tesdena sleon km hes d`fn. Qhemgs wnrn gkemgdemn. Bust demn. Dedtnnm lkrn lemutns, `ma Crkl Rkkisfo`el wkuoa cn wkrthonss, vkeana cy thn nxper`tekm kdthn memnty-a`y teln oelet.
Vpnfiss dnnoemgs wnrn bust thn kppksetn kd Aentzs.Hn w`s mnrvkus. Hn inpt shedtemg c`fi `ma dkrth kmthn cnmfh, okkiemg `t thn nmtr`mfn, w`tfhemg thnfokfi.
Qnm lemutns kd dkur.Qhn fo`els rndnrnn demeshna skln cusemnss weth thn
kmoy kthnr pnrskm ondt em thn rkkl. Hn okkina akwm
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drkl hes cnmfh `t Aentz.Uku h`vn cusemnss weth thn Fo els Aevesekm;
Uns, ser. E h`vn ` fo`el tk deon.Qhnm onts h`vn et. Et grkws o`tn, thn rndnrnn s`ea
elp`tenmtoy.E weoo whnm et cnfklns dkur kfokfi,Aentz s`ea. Et
wkuoa mkt cn prkpnr dkr ln tk deon ly fo`el whnmthnrn es steoo teln dkr ly drenma Crkl Rkki tk `ppn`rtk `si dkr hes.
Qhn rndnrnn okkina akwm `t thn p`pnr em drkmt kdhel. Hn pefina et up.
Kh, yns. Crkl Rkki. E h`vn et hnrn.Hn go`mfna `tthn fokfi.
Devn lemutns tk dkur.@ an`a seonmfn f`ln kvnr thn hn`remg rkkl. Qhrnn
lnm inpt thner nyns km thn fokfi. Nvnm Aentz deagntnasklnwh`t `s thn lemutn h`ma f`ln mn`rnr `ma mn`rnrtk thn hkur h`ma. Kmoy thrnn lemutns `ma hn wkuoawem.
Qhn skuma kd dnnt streaemg cresioy `ma derloy f`lndrkl thn rn`r kd thn rkkl, Aentz swumg `rkuma. Hesd`fn wnmt whetn. Hes hn`rt pkumana. Et fkuoam t cn. Et
w`s elpkssecon! Anrni Rkki w`s ` preskmnr gu`rana cyFrumfh. Frumfh w`s ` selpon-lemana skuo, cut `pkwnrduo l`m. Anrni Rkki fkuoamt h`vn nsf`pna!
Cedd Crnwstnr f`ln streaemg akwm thn `eson.Qhn rndnrnn okkina up. @ma wh`t es thn l`ttnr
fkmfnrmemg yku th`t cremgs yku cndkrn thes Fo`elsAevesekm;hn `sina.
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Qhn l`ttnr kd thn fo`el tk ` pn`ro deshnry, l`an cyCrkl Rkki kd Fur``k, ser,Cedd s`ea.
Qhn rndnrnn pefina up skln p`pnrs.Uku f`m nst`coesh ykur reght tk thn fo el;Cedd mkaana hes hn`a.Fh`rons Innmn f`ln akwm thn `eson `ma stkka cy hes
mnphnw.E snn cy ` onttnr whefh `ffklp`mens thes fo`el th`t
yku lust lnnt ` fnrt`em rnquernlnmt em kranr tk ns-
t`coesh ykur reght cnykma `my akuct.Cedd f`st ` quefi go`mfn `t hes umfon. Fh`rons Innmn
s`ea mkthemg. Qhn fonri wnmt km2Crkl Rkki h`s `ffklp`mena hes deoemg kd ` fo`el
`siemg tk cn gr`mtna thn reghts tk desh dkr pn`ros emfnrt`em w`tnrs kdd thn Eso`ma kd L`rtemequn, weth `mkcbnft whefh lust cn l`tfhna cy `my fo`el`mt kthnrth`m helsnod. Vemfn E imkw yku `rn mkt Crkl Rkki,yku lust prnsnmt thes kcbnft tk nst`coesh ykursnod `sthn reghtduo fo`el`mt tk thn gr`mt. Uku h`vn et, ykumgl`m;
Lklnmt`reoy Cedd p`mefina. Whnrn h`a hn put thnpn`ro; Qhnm hn dnot hes umfon muagn hel. Ukur emsean
fk`t pkfint, Cedd,Fh`rons Innmn whespnrna.Cedds h`ma shkt emtk hes fk`t pkfint.Qhn kcbnft rndnrrna tk, thn rndnrnn wnmt km, es `
pn`ro. @ co`fi pn`ro th`t lust l`tfh pnrdnftoy thn kmnE hkoa hnrn.
@t thnsn wkras, Aentz r`esna `m nyncrkw `maslerina. Hn w`s pksetevn mk sufh pn`ro nxestna. Ed et
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aea, Anrni aeamt h`vn et. Hn h`a sn`rfhna Anrnif`rnduooy. Mk pn`ro h`a cnnm dkuma.
Cedds h`ma tkufhna thn sl`oo ckx. Hn puoona et kut`ma stnppna dkrw`ra tk thn rndnrnns cnmfh.
Hnrn, ser. Cedd s`ea, hkoaemg thn cn`uteduo pn`ro emthn p`ol kd hes h`ma.
Qhn rndnrnn tkki et. Cedd fkuoamt rnsest turmemg`rkuma tk snn Aentzs rn`ftekm. Aentz w`s gr`spemgVpnfiss `rl. Hn snnlna `ckut tk d`emt. Hn sw`ookwna
snvnr`o telns, sh`iemg hes hn`a `s ed tryemg tk rnlkvndrkl hes vesekm sklnthemg hn fkuoamt cnoenvn hn w`ssnnemg.
Qhn rndnrnn w`s nx`lememg thn twk pn`ros foksnoy.Nvnrythemg snnls tk cn em kranr. Qhnrn f`m cn mk
akuct th`t thnsn `rn l`tfhemg pn`ros. Cn`uteduo kmns,tkk. Ly fkmgr`tuo`tekms tk yku, ykumg l`m, `ma tkykur d`thnr. Hn h`s truoy l`an ` aesfkvnry kd grn`tcn`uty `ma v`oun.
Qhn rndnrnn po`fna thn p`pnrs em ` thefi l`meo`nmvnokpn `ma h`mana thnl kvnr tk Cedd. @ma mkw,snnemg th`t mk kmn nosn es hnrn tk prnsnmt ` fo`el, E an-fo`rn thn Fo`els Aevesekm foksna dkr thn a`y,hn s`ea.
Cedd bkemna hes umfon, `ma thn twk strkan h`ppeoytkw`ra thn nxet. @t thn akkr, thny turmna `ma okkinac`fi. Aentz w`s soulpna c`fi `g`emst thn cnmfh.Vpnfis hkvnrna kvnr hel oein ` mnrvkus lkthnr hnm.
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FH@ZQNS X
Zo`m kd @ftekm
QWK h`ppenr pnkpon fkuoamt cn dkuma `lkmg thn g`yfrkwas kd tkurests sw`rlemg thn strnnts kd Weoonlst`ath`m Cedd Crnwstnr `ma Fh`roen Innmn. Qhny wnrnst`maemg `t thn ckttkl kd thn stnps on`aemg drkl thnDrnmfh fkmsuo`tn.
Wn puoona et kdd, Cedd. Wn rn`ooy kutdkxna Aentz,Fh`roen s`ea nxuot`mtoy.
Wn surn aea. Cut E w`s iema kd sh`iy em thnrn dkr `dnw lklnmts. 0 ln`m whnm thn rndnrnn `sina `ckutthn l`tfhemg pn`ro.
^mfon Fh`roen o`ughna. Uku dnot oein thn cnst l`m`t thn wnaaemg whk dkrgkt whnrn hn h`a put thn remg,nh;
Cedd `ma hes umfon h`a spnmt `oo thner teln cndkrn `p-pn`remg `t thn Fo`els Aevesekm em okkiemg dkr Anrni.Qhny h`a gkmn tk thn Rkki hkln, okmg foksna semfnCrkl Rkki h`a cnnm em L`rtemequn `ma Anrni em Hko-o`ma. Qhny thkught thn cky leght h`vn gkmn thnrn tk
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hean.Qhny h`a `osk emquerna `t ` sl`oo ck`raemg hkusn
whnrn Crkl Rkki h`a st`yna km hes emdrnqunmt treps tkFur``k. Mk segm kr wkra kd Anrni `mywhnrn. Qhnyh`a fkln tk thn fkmfousekm th`t Aentz lust cn hkoa-emg thn Autfh cky.
Unp, Cedd, wnvn nst`coeshna Crkl Rkkis reghts tkthn fo`el, `ma wnvn gkt thn l`tfhemg pn`ros. Zrnttygkka a`ys wkri, Ea s`y. Fkuoamt h`vn akmn et wethkut
yku, thkugh. Ly fklpoelnmts tk yku, Cedd-Anrni-Rkki-Crnwstnr.
Cedd o`ughna. Ea oein tk gnt c`fi tk cnemg bust CeddCrnwstnr `g`em. Elpnrskm`temg Anrni Rkki gnts prnttyrkugh `t telns.
^mfon Fh`roen w`smt oestnmemg. Cedd h`a gevnm helthn p`pnrs nst`coeshemg thn fo`el `ma thn twk pn`ros.^mfon Fh`roen w`s nx`lememg thn pn`ros.
Sn`o cn`utens, `rnmt thny; @ma v`ou`con, tkk.Wh`t ak yku themi thnyrn wkrth, ^mfon Fh`roen;Hlll . . . snvnr`o thkus`ma akoo`rs `t on`st.
Qhnya l`in ` pnrdnft p`er kd n`rremgs dkr skln nxkteflkven st`r kr Et`oe`m fkumtnss kr ` lnlcnr kd thn
Cretesh mkceoety. Mkt wkrth ` ceg dkrtumn, cut ` fkm-seanr`con kmn. @ pn`ro fkoonftkr wkuoa prkc`coy w`mtthnl `t `my prefn m`lna.
@ma thnrns ponmty lkrn whnrn thny f`ln drkl,Cedd suggnstna.
Ukurn reght, thnrn `rn.Cedd w`s quent. Hes thkughts wnrn mkw c`fi km
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Anrni. Qrun, hn `ma hes umfon h`a prnsnrvna Anrni`ma hes d`thnrs pn`ro deshnry fo`el, cut umonss thny
fkuoa dema Anrni `ma Crkl Rkki, wh`t thny h`a akmnsk d`r w`s v`ounonss.
^mfon Fh`roen, wnvn bust gkt tk dema Anrni mkw.Fh`rons Innmn drkwmna. E imkw et, Cedd.Wn f`mt ont Aentz dema kut th`t et w`smt Anrni
whk `ppn`rna cndkrn thn fo`els rndnrnn. Ed hn akns, hnfkuoa upsnt kur `pponf`rt cut gkka.
Uns. @ma et steoo h`s tk cn thn rn`o Anrni whk segmsdkr thn wkriemg pnrlet em L`rtemequn. Ukur elpnrskm-`tekm f`mt gk tk thn nxtrnln kd segmemg Anrnis m`ln.
Cedd go`mfna akwm thn strnnt. Hes nyns f`ln tk rnstkm thn sonni, co`fi oelkusemn whefh h`a crkught Aentztk thn Fo`els Aevesekm. Et w`s thn s`ln f`r em whefhCedd h`a reaanm drkl thn `erpkrt tk thn hktno. Okkiemg`t et g`vn Cedd `m ean`.
Okki, ^mfon Fh`roen. Ed Aentz aea gnt Anrni, hnlust steoo cn hkoaemg hel. Seght;
Hes umfon mkaana hes hn`a em `grnnlnmt.@othkugh hn aknsmt imkw et, kd fkursn, semfn hn
s`w ln em thn Fo`els kddefn, `ma thkught E w`s
AnrniGk km, Cedd, E themi El rn`aemg yku okuanr `ma ykurupfklemg ean` es gnttemg fon`rnr.
Qhemiemg, `s hn lust cn, th`t Anrni sklnhkwnsf`pna, wkuoamt hn ont hes gu`ra akwm mkw; Hnlust degurn thn g`ln es `olkst up.
Uns, th`ts hkw Ea degurn et lysnod,Fh`roen rnpoena.
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@ma hkw wr