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| llWe, I ocudl go on dna on tboua ohw lwufa rcteiA’s life dha embcoe, utb let me stju etg hgirt to eht piont. terfA he’d been inlgvi lkei thsi rfo a raye or two seinc mciogn bcka morf hstAne, he hda a uwrfople deamr oen tingh. In eth mread he saw hte ogd ecMryru, hwo swa nrawegi a aht nda aincrygr a fatsf. He ostdo oerfbe crteAi dna tdol imh to ubck up adn be pireahp. “Go to Anehts,” he sadi, “nda lal oyru eisymr ilwl be egno.” Acriet weok up atlyinnts dna idsa, “yakO. I cna’t atek this yan neolrg. No etmatr wath ppnshea, I’m niogg to tse tuo ofr nsetAh and not opst inlut I ees Eliym, the wonma I oelv, igaan. I ndo’t reac if it ensd up ilnligk me.” |
| As he mead tihs iretonsolu, he cghuta hgist of smiflhe in a irrmor nda swa thta he okldoe reyv nriteedff frmo teh awy he used to loko. He ereialzd ldetiymiaem tath shi gdnusiertfemi omrf eignb so icovekls uwdol llwao hmi to dsieiusg semilfh in tsnehA. nAd if he tepk a allyer owl eiprolf, he igmht eevn be eabl to eliv het etsr of sih ifle trhee so ttha he loduc ese mElyi rveye dya. He hreetreof cndghae ish elshtoc adn dssrdee hilmfes as a oopr okwerr bfeeor inttgse uot ofr Atnhes. He tkoo whit imh nyol a eigsnl nsrevta how wkne of ish matres’s panl adn adh olsa egussidid helsfim as a ncommo orwkre. Wneh he reridav in hAsnte, he etnw to Tsseuhe’s stleac dan oerefdf up sih iresvcse as a ocnomm rlbearo to do ayn kwro ttah ndedee to be doen. He lsoa otdl eevnroey tath hsi aenm asw tPrsloihoat in roerd to ehdi sih eutr ttiyiden. nAd to ekam a ogln tryos rhost, he ynueltaevl iuefrdg tou hte ebst wya to etg slocest to yEiml dan got a obj gtisaissn hre hralamicneb. icrtAe did wrahvtee teh necilahmbra odtl mih to do, htehrew it be golctnicle fooeidwr or inarrcyg watre. He was nuoyg dna grtosn. He rdwoke as imEly’s bhalrimacne’s tvnsaer orf a reay or owt, nad he ycqklui meceab oen of hte osmt kaeiblel pploee in the nreeit scelta uebacse of shi oogd snneamr dna pneaytslrio. In afct, “ohrltaoPsit” caebme so lwel kwnno dna so lwel dkeli thta oleepp rdcneaouge sTseehu to moeprot mhi adn idfn roem lbeon owrk fro ihm to do. dAn so seuhsTe dmae Phirslotaot sih onw stsatasni nda pdia him lpenyt of menyo to frecelt his nwe utasts nad iipontso. ietArc also hda, of cruseo, his nwo eyrlay neimoc ofrm bgnie a lbnoe ladndrlo kcba in ebsTeh, and he adh isth oyemn erltscye grhotbu to him in ehAsnt. He netps hits yoemn yllfceaur, hugtoh, and devli ttepyr etlmsyod so ttah no one tcneoid how well ffo he yalrle swa. He vsdere euhsTse at ohme and on the dalttieefbl leki isht rof erthe asyer, and he cbmeae the kdeu’s most erdutts arosivd and nferdi. dAn tihw ttha, I’ll aeelv ciAret and his rvsednutea for a tmemno to tkal a ttille emro tboau amPoaln. |