CHAPTER 57

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“ 𝘈𝘯𝘥... 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦... 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘐-𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘰 𝘱𝘢 𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘮𝘰.” 

“ 𝘑-𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺...𝘦-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰...” 

“ 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘞-𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.”

“ 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯, 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮! 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴?! 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?!—”

“ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵! 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸...𝘸-𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵! 𝘚𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯, 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘰! 𝘒𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 ’𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘰! 𝘗-𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘰? 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘰? 𝘌 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸? 𝘐𝘬𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘢? 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘣𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘰?”

“ 𝘐-𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

“ 𝘕-𝘯𝘰...𝘺-𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘰. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦...”

“ 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢...𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘰 ’𝘺𝘰𝘯...𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘰 ’𝘺𝘰𝘯...𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢’𝘬𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰...”

“ 𝘑-𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘱-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘋-𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥?”

   “ 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵...”

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