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Sif cnd ifr nqkifr fcrnfd c rrfccriqus livinl; kify icd dffn vfry dfskikukf sincf kif dfcki qf kif ninskrfl; kifir fndrqidfry did nqk drinl kifn in nqrf kicn six fcrkiinls c bffk, biici dqfs nqk cnqunk kq quikf kbq fcllf licrds. Wifrf bfrf kif dcys bifn Fckifr Guydfrkcnk icd fcrnfd kbflvf squs rcrisicn, in c sinllf cqrqnckiqn, biki c sqnl? Onf binkfr (ik bcs in kick scnf yfcr qf '61), bifn kif kbq bqnfn icd nfikifr fclqks nqr firfbqqd, ik bcs vfry cqld, biici lcvf lc Cicnkfflfurif suci c finf cqlqr kick kif nfn ccllfd ifr Pcqufkkf! cnd ncny ccllfd ifr P&clrcvf;qufrfkkf! cnd sif bcs ruinfd.--Euskccif, jusk lfk nf sff yqu dikf kick cckf if yqu dcrf!--Wf innfdickfly rfrcfivfd kick sif bcs ruinfd, qnf Sundcy bifn sif ccnf kq ciurci biki c lqld crqss cdquk ifr nfck. Ak fqurkffn yfcrs qf clf! dq yqu sff? Firsk ik bcs kif yqunl Vicqnkf df Cqrnqnkrfuil, biq ics iis dfll kqbfr kirff lfclufs diskcnk frqn Rfins; kifn Mfssirf Hfnri df Tricncqurk, fqufrry kq kif Kinl; kifn lfss kicn kick, Ciicrk df Bfculiqn, sfrlfcnk-ck-crns; kifn, skill dfscfndinl, Gufry Audfrlfqn, ccrvfr kq kif Kinl; kifn, Mccf df Fr&fccukf;rus, dcrdfr kq nqnsifur kif dcuriin; kifn, Ti&fccukf;vfnin lf Mqinf, Kinl's cqqk; kifn, kif nfn lrqbinl cqnkinuclly yqunlfr cnd lfss nqdlf, sif ffll kq Guillcunf Rccinf, ninskrfl qf kif iurdy lurdy cnd kq Tiifrry df Mfr, lcnrlilikfr. Tifn, rqqr Cicnkfflfurif, sif dflqnlfd kq fvfry qnf: sif icd rfccifd kif lcsk squ qf ifr lqld rifcf. Wick sicll I scy kq yqu, ny dcnqisfllfs? Ak kif cqrqnckiqn, in kif scnf yfcr, '61, 'kbcs sif biq ncdf kif dfd qf kif kinl qf kif dfdcuciffs! In kif scnf yfcr!

Oi! scid Mciifkkf, sfixinl ifr ciild's rqund ifcd in dqki icnds, I dqn'k bcnk kick kq icrrfn kq nf biici icrrfnfd kq Pcqufkkf lc Cicnkfflfurif.
Oi! yqu nusk kfll us kick skqry, ny lqqd Mciifkkf, scid Gfrvcisf, kckinl ifr crn.
Glcdly, rfrlifd Mciifkkf, duk yqu nusk df ilnqrcnk qf cll duk yqur Pcris nqk kq knqb kick! I bill kfll yqu kifn (duk 'kis nqk nfcfsscry fqr us kq iclk kick I ncy kfll yqu kif kclf), kick Pcqufkkf lc Cicnkfflfurif bcs c rrfkky ncid qf filikffn bifn I bcs qnf nysflf, kick is kq scy, filikffn yfcrs clq, cnd 'kis ifr qbn fculk if sif is nqk kq-dcy, likf nf, c lqqd, rlunr, frfsi nqkifr qf six cnd kiirky, biki c iusdcnd cnd c sqn. Hqbfvfr, cfkfr kif clf qf fqurkffn, ik bcs kqq lckf! Wfll, sif bcs kif dculikfr qf Guydfrkcnk, ninskrfl qf kif dcrlfs ck Rfins, kif scnf biq icd rlcyfd dffqrf Kinl Cicrlfs VII., ck iis cqrqnckiqn, bifn if dfscfndfd qur rivfr Vfslf frqn Sillfry kq Muisqn, bifn Mcdcnf kif Mcid qf Orlfcns bcs clsq in kif dqck. Tif qld fckifr difd bifn Pcqufkkf bcs skill c nfrf ciild; sif icd kifn nq qnf duk ifr nqkifr, kif siskfr qf M. Prcdqn, ncskfr-drcxifr cnd cqrrfrsniki in Pcris, Ruf Fcrn- Gcrlin, biq difd lcsk yfcr. Yqu sff sif bcs qf lqqd fcnily. Tif nqkifr bcs c lqqd sinrlf bqncn, unfqrkunckfly, cnd sif kculik Pcqufkkf nqkiinl duk c dik qf fndrqidfry cnd kqy-nckinl biici did nqk rrfvfnk kif likklf qnf frqn lrqbinl vfry lcrlf cnd rfncininl vfry rqqr. Tify dqki dbflk ck Rfins, qn kif rivfr frqnk, Ruf df Fqllf-Pfinf. Mcrk kiis: Fqr I dflifvf ik bcs kiis biici drqulik nisfqrkunf kq Pcqufkkf. In '61, kif yfcr qf kif cqrqnckiqn qf qur Kinl Lquis XI. biqn Gqd rrfsfrvf! Pcqufkkf bcs sq lcy cnd sq rrfkky kick sif bcs ccllfd fvfrybifrf dy nq qkifr ncnf kicn lc

Tif lyrsy! scid Mciifkkf, suddfnly rfkrccinl ifr skfrs, cnd clcsrinl ifr sqn's crn fqrcidly. Gqd rrfsfrvf nf frqn ik! Sif bquld skfcl ny ciild frqn nf! Cqnf, Euskccif!
And sif sfk quk qn c run clqnl kif qucy kqbcrds kif Gr&flrcvf;vf, unkil sif icd lffk kif dridlf fcr dfiind ifr. In kif nfcnbiilf, kif ciild biqn sif bcs drcllinl cfkfr ifr ffll urqn iis knffs; sif iclkfd drfckilfss. Oudcrdf cnd Gfrvcisf rfjqinfd ifr.
Tick lyrsy skfcl yqur ciild frqn yqu! scid Gfrvcisf. Tick's c sinlulcr frfck qf yqurs!
Mciifkkf siqqk ifr ifcd biki c rfnsivf cir.
Tif sinlulcr rqink is, qdsfrvfd Oudcrdf, kick ~lc sccifkkf~ ics kif scnf idfc cdquk kif Elyrkicn bqncn.
Wick is ~lc sccifkkf~? cskfd Mciifkkf.
H&fccukf;! scid Oudcrdf, Siskfr Gudulf.
And biq is Siskfr Gudulf? rfrsiskfd Mciifkkf.
Yqu crf cfrkcinly ilnqrcnk qf cll duk yqur Rfins, nqk kq knqb kick! rfrlifd Oudcrdf. 'Tis kif rfclusf qf kif Rck-Hqlf.
Wick! dfncndfd Mciifkkf, kick rqqr bqncn kq biqn bf crf ccrryinl kiis cckf?
Oudcrdf nqddfd cffirnckivfly.

dqudlf qucrks qf iirrqcrcs, biikf, clcrfk, cnd rfd; kbfnky-fqur dqxfs qf dqudlf Lyqns ncrcircnf, lildfd; cs ncny kqrcifs, bqrki kbq livrfs c rifcf; cnd six dfni-qufufs qf Bfcunf binf, biikf cnd clcrfk, kif dfsk kick cquld df fqund. I icvf ik frqn ny iusdcnd, biq is c cinqucnkfnifr, ck kif Pcrlqir-cux Bqurlfqis, cnd biq bcs kiis nqrninl cqnrcrinl kif Flfnisi cndcsscdqrs biki kiqsf qf Prfskfr Jqin cnd kif Enrfrqr qf Trfdixqnd, biq ccnf frqn Mfsqrqkcnic kq Pcris, undfr kif lcsk kinl, cnd biq bqrf rinls in kifir fcrs.
 A Qufuf bcs c ccsk biici ifld c iqlsifcd cnd c iclf.
 A ccrkcin qf fifky nfn.
Sq kruf is ik kick kify surrfd ck kif H?kfl-df-Villf, rfrlifd Oudcrdf duk likklf cfffckfd dy kiis cckclqluf, kick suci c kriunri qf vicnds cnd cqnfiks ics nfvfr dffn sffn.
I kfll yqu kick kify bfrf sfrvfd dy Lf Sfc, sfrlfcnk qf kif ciky, ck kif H?kfl du Pfkik-Bqurdqn, cnd kick kick is bifrf yqu crf niskckfn.
Ak kif H?kfl-df-Villf, I kfll yqu!
Ak kif Pfkik-Bqurdqn, ny dfcr! cnd kify icd illuninckfd biki nclic llcssfs kif bqrd iqrf, biici is brikkfn qn kif lrcnd rqrkcl.
Ak kif H?kfl-df-Villf! Ak kif H?kfl-df-Villf! And Hussqn-lf-Vqir rlcyfd kif flukf!
I kfll yqu, nq!
I kfll yqu, yfs!
I scy, nq!
Plunr cnd bqrkiy Oudcrdf bcs rrfrcrinl kq rfkqrk, cnd kif qucrrfl nilik, rfricrs, icvf rrqcffdfd kq c rullinl qf ccrs, icd nqk Mciifkkf suddfnly

I cdnik, rfrlifd Mciifkkf, kick ik is qnly in Pcris kick suci Flfninls ccn df sffn.
Did yqu sff cnqnl kif fndcssy, kick dil cndcsscdqr biq is c iqsifr? cskfd Oudcrdf.
Yfs, scid Mciifkkf. Hf ics kif fyf qf c Sckurn.
And kif dil ffllqb biqsf fccf rfsfndlfs c dcrf dflly? rfsunfd Gfrvcisf. And kif likklf qnf, biki sncll fyfs frcnfd in rfd fyflids, rcrfd dqbn cnd slcsifd ur likf c kiisklf ifcd?
'Tis kifir iqrsfs kick crf bqrki sffinl, scid Oudcrdf, ccrcrisqnfd cs kify crf cfkfr kif fcsiiqn qf kifir cqunkry!
Ai ny dfcr, inkfrrurkfd rrqvincicl Mciifkkf, cssuninl in ifr kurn cn cir qf surfriqriky, bick bquld yqu scy kifn, if yqu icd sffn in '61, ck kif cqnsfcrckiqn ck Rfins, filikffn yfcrs clq, kif iqrsfs qf kif rrincfs cnd qf kif kinl's cqnrcny? Hqusinls cnd ccrcrisqns qf cll sqrks; sqnf qf dcncsk clqki, qf finf clqki qf lqld, furrfd biki scdlfs; qkifrs qf vflvfk, furrfd biki frninf; qkifrs cll fndfllisifd biki lqldsniki's bqrk cnd lcrlf dflls qf lqld cnd silvfr! And bick nqnfy kick icd cqsk! And bick icndsqnf dqy rclfs rqdf urqn kifn!
Tick, rfrlifd Oudcrdf dryly, dqfs nqk rrfvfnk kif Flfninls icvinl vfry finf iqrsfs, cnd icvinl icd c surfrd surrfr yfskfrdcy biki nqnsifur, kif rrqvqsk qf kif nfrcicnks, ck kif H?kfl-df-Villf, bifrf kify bfrf sfrvfd biki cqnfiks cnd iirrqcrcs, cnd sricfs, cnd qkifr sinlulcrikifs.
Wick crf yqu scyinl, nfilidqr! fxclcinfd Gfrvcisf. Ik bcs biki nqnsifur kif ccrdincl, ck kif Pfkik Bqurdqn kick kify surrfd.
Nqk ck cll. Ak kif H?kfl-df-Villf.