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Ọzọ kwa, iti aka na iti-nkpu we tiwa. mana oge a na-enweghị enyemaka Hilda. Ọ bụ okwu gara aga. Ahụ efe ahụ mberede ahụ emewo ka ike gwụ ya. Iji ihe nkwado nke enyi enyi, Uncle Hank kechie ukwu steepụ ya, guzoro ọtọ wee tulie ya elu aka. Ụda obi-ụrị ahụ jidere nwa oge, yabụ ihe niile ka dị oke ike dịka a hụrụ Colonel Peyton gbagoro n'elu oche-ikpe, nkwụsị nche n'aka. Onyeikpe Eldredge dabere n'ofe wee gwa colo¬ nel. Enwere obere oghere nke ejighị n'aka, n'oge nke Hilda ji n'aka na o mere agadi ngwa ngwa; ọtụtụ olu a nụrụ okwu ndị na-akwadoghị, bụ́ ndị gbawara ya obi dị ka ọtụtụ mma agha. "Sekọnd iri isii na abụọ, m na-eme ya," ka otu kwuru. "Ọ bụ njikọ na oge Tazewells." “Kama nke ahụ,” ka onye ọzọ kwuru. "Pearsall mere ya n'ezie-" Ochie Morrison wee sị: “Ehee, mba, ị nọ ' pụọ. Oge Hank bụ naanị sekọnd iri isii - jest one nkeji nkeji. Elekere m—” "Ssh!" tikuru igwe mmadụ ahụ dịka otu nwoke, maka Colonel Pey¬ ton na sọrel-uzuzu ọla edo na-abịa n'ihu. "Ụmụ nwanyị na ndị nwoke," Kentuckian malitere, dịka ọ kpọrọ isiala, na-amụmụ ọnụ ọchị, “ndị enyi na ụmụ amaala ibe anyị obodo ọhụrụ, echere m na enyerela anyị niile ihe ịtụnanya. " Ntamu na-edoghị anya bilitere. Ọkà okwu na-amụmụ ọnụ ọchị chere nwa oge, wee gaa n'ihu: "Enwere m mpako n'ikwu na oge kacha mma emere ụbọchị bụ sekọnd iri ise na asatọ. Onye meriri ekewapụrụ ha niile ndị asọmpi ndị ọzọ jiri naanị sekọnd abụọ. Ụmụ nwanyị na ndị nwoke ihe -" Anya gbara ọchịchịrị na-ekpori ndụ na-ekpochapụ ndị ogbi na-atụ anya chere ihu n’ihu ya—ọ dịghị onye maara nke ọma karịa Colonel Pey¬ ton nke Kentucky ka esi eme ka mmetụta dị egwu dị elu igbu oge.
