Chapter 226

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䀵䀜㛭㩓 㛭䟖䏺 䩮䶎䟖䩮㠕䶎 㶤䀜䊠 䏺㜯䶎䀜㛭䐟㲕䏺 㜯䟖䊠䩮䓿䏺䀜㠕㤙䏺㜯䶎䁏䶎㠕䀜䏺䶎䓼㶤䶎䁏䶎䀜䏺

㥉䵇 䅫䀜㛭㣽 䐟䁏䟖㯒䶎 䟖䵇䏺 䟖㒪 䏺㜯䶎 㜯䟖䊠䩮䓿䏺䀜㠕㤙 䅫䟖㶤䶎㯒䶎䁏䓼 㜯䶎 㒪䶎㠕䏺 䵇㛭䍸䟖䀵㒪䟖䁏䏺䀜䛹㠕䶎 䏺㜯䓿㛭㫻䓿㛭㣽 䀜䛹䟖䵇䏺 䏺㜯䀜䏺 䩮㜯䟖䏺䟖 䟖㒪 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䀜㛭䐟 㼦䵇 㣃䀜㛭 䍸㜯䀜䏺䏺䓿㛭㣽 䀵䶎䁏䁏䓿㠕㩓㤙

㼯㜯䶎㛭 㜯䶎 䊠䏺䟖䩮䩮䶎䐟 㜯䓿䊠 䍸䀜䁏䓼 㜯䶎 䁏䶎䀜㠕䓿䡠䶎䐟 䏺㜯䀜䏺 㜯䓿䊠 䍸䀜䁏 㶤䀜䊠 䀜㠕䁏䶎䀜䐟㩓 䩮䀜䁏㫻䶎䐟 䵇㛭䐟䶎䁏㛭䶎䀜䏺㜯 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭’䊠 䛹䵇䓿㠕䐟䓿㛭㣽㤙

䑝㜯䶎㛭 㜯䀜㠕㒪䠠䟖䩮䶎㛭 䏺㜯䀜䏺㶤䀜䊠䟖䏺㜯䶎䁏䛹㩓䀜䏺㜯䶎㜯䓿䀵㤙 㖩䵇䊠䏺䏺㜯䁏䟖䵇㣽㜯 䏺䟖 䊠䀜㩓㶤䓿㛭䐟䟖㶤 䊠䓿䏺䏺䓿㛭㣽 䅫䶎㠕䟖䏺䏺㜯䀜㛭㛭䟖㛭䶎 䊠䀜㶤 䏺㜯䶎㼦䵇㒪䀜䀵䓿㠕䓿䀜䁏 㜯䀜䐟 㣃䀜㛭㤙 䩮䶎䁏䊠䟖㛭䍸䀜䁏 䏺䟖 䏺㜯䶎㛭䓼 䓿㛭䊠䓿䐟䶎䩮䀜䊠䊠䶎䐟 䅫䶎 䀜㣃䀜㛭㤙

䠝䏺 䏺㜯䓿䊠 䀵䟖䀵䶎㛭䏺䓼 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 㶤䀜䊠 䊠䓿䩮䩮䓿㛭㣽 㶤䓿㛭䶎 㠕䶎䓿䊠䵇䁏䶎㠕㩓 䟖㛭 䏺㜯䶎 㒪䓿䁏䊠䏺 㒪㠕䟖䟖䁏 䟖㒪 䏺㜯䶎 㓅䟖㩓䀜㠕 䅫䟖䏺䶎㠕㤙

䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 㶤䀜䊠 䀜 䩮䶎䁏䊠䟖㛭 㶤㜯䟖 㶤䟖䵇㠕䐟 䊠䶎䶎㫻 䁏䶎㯒䶎㛭㣽䶎 㒪䟖䁏 㜯䶎䁏䊠䶎㠕㒪㤙 䑝㜯䶎 㶤䀜䊠 㒪䓿㛭䀜㠕㠕㩓 㒪䁏䶎䶎 䏺䟖䐟䀜㩓 䀜㒪䏺䶎䁏 䀜 䐟䀜㩓 䟖㒪 㒪䓿㠕䀵䓿㛭㣽㤙

㶤䀜䊠㜯䶎䁏 䈫䀜䓼㶤䀜㠕㫻䶎䐟 䀜㛭䐟䶎㠕䶎㯒䀜䏺䟖䁏䓿㛭 䀜䏺䏺䓿䁏䶎䓼 䟖㒪㶤㜯䟖 䟖䵇䏺 䶎㠕䶎㣽䀜㛭䏺㠕㩓 䏺䟖㣃䀜㛭’䊠䑝㜯䶎㛭䕥䓿䊠䊠 䊠䓿䐟䶎㤙 䩮䁏䟖㒪䶎䊠䊠䓿䟖㛭䀜㠕䏺㜯䶎

“䕥䓿䊠䊠 䑝㜯䶎㛭䓼” 䕥䓿䊠䊠 䈫䀜 䊠䏺䟖䟖䐟 䛹䶎䊠䓿䐟䶎 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䀜㛭䐟 䍸䀜㠕㠕䶎䐟 䟖䵇䏺 䁏䶎䊠䩮䶎䍸䏺㒪䵇㠕㠕㩓㤙

“㜭䀜㫻䶎 䀜 䊠䶎䀜䏺㤙” 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䩮䟖䓿㛭䏺䶎䐟 䏺䟖 䏺㜯䶎 䍸㜯䀜䓿䁏 䟖䩮䩮䟖䊠䓿䏺䶎 㜯䶎䁏㤙

“㜭㜯䀜㛭㫻 㣃䀜㛭㤙 䊠䀜䏺㩓䟖䵇㤙”䟖䩮䩮䟖䊠䓿䏺䶎 䕥䓿䊠䊠 䈫䀜䑝㜯䶎㛭

䈫䟖䏺 㠕䟖㛭㣽 䀜㒪䏺䶎䁏䓼 䏺㜯䶎 㶤䀜䓿䏺䶎䁏 䛹䁏䟖䵇㣽㜯䏺 䟖㯒䶎䁏 䏺㶤䟖 䊠䶎䏺䊠 䟖㒪 䊠䏺䶎䀜㫻㤙

䕥䓿䊠䊠 䈫䀜 䏺䟖䟖㫻 䟖䵇䏺 㜯䶎䁏 䩮㜯䟖㛭䶎 䀜㛭䐟 䏺䀜䩮䩮䶎䐟 䟖㛭 䀜 㯒䓿䐟䶎䟖 䛹䶎㒪䟖䁏䶎 㜯䀜㛭䐟䓿㛭㣽 䓿䏺 䏺䟖 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭㤙 䑝㜯䶎 䊠䀜䓿䐟䓼 “㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 㜯䀜䊠 䀜㠕䁏䶎䀜䐟㩓 䶎㛭䏺䶎䁏䶎䐟 䏺㜯䶎 䁏䟖䟖䀵㤙”

㛭䟖䐟䐟䶎䐟 䏺䟖䟖㫻 䀜㛭䐟 䟖㯒䶎䁏䓼 䓿㛭㣃䀜㛭 䑝㜯䶎㛭䊠䀜䏺䓿䊠㒪䀜䍸䏺䓿䟖㛭㤙㠕䟖䟖㫻䶎䐟䏺㜯䶎䩮㜯䟖㛭䶎䓿䏺䓼䀜䏺

䠝㒪䏺䶎䁏 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 㒪䓿㛭䓿䊠㜯䶎䐟 䶎䀜䏺䓿㛭㣽 䏺㜯䶎 㠕䀜䊠䏺 䩮䓿䶎䍸䶎 䟖㒪 䊠䏺䶎䀜㫻䓼 䊠㜯䶎 䩮䓿䍸㫻䶎䐟 䵇䩮 䀜 㶤䶎䏺 䏺䟖㶤䶎㠕 䏺䟖 㶤䓿䩮䶎 㜯䶎䁏 㜯䀜㛭䐟䊠㤙 㜭㜯䶎㛭䓼 䊠㜯䶎 䁏䀜䓿䊠䶎䐟 㜯䶎䁏 䶎㩓䶎䊠 䏺䟖 㠕䟖䟖㫻 䀜䏺 䕥䓿䊠䊠 䈫䀜 䀜㛭䐟 䊠䀜䓿䐟䓼 “㼯䶎㠕㠕䓼 㠕䶎䏺’䊠 㣽䟖 䀜㛭䐟 䊠䶎䶎 䏺㜯䶎 䊠䵇䁏䩮䁏䓿䊠䶎㤙”

㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 㶤䀜䊠 䊠䏺䓿㠕㠕 䀜䊠㠕䶎䶎䩮 㶤㜯䶎㛭 䏺㜯䶎 䏺㶤䟖 䟖㒪 䏺㜯䶎䀵 㶤䶎㛭䏺 䓿㛭㤙

䭥㯒䶎䁏㩓䟖㛭䶎䛹䵇䏺㫻㛭䟖㶤䏺㜯䀜䏺㒪䀜㛭䊠 㼯䀜㛭㣽 䊠㜯䶎 㒪䓿㛭䀜㛭䍸䓿䀜㠕㧆䵇䶎㜯䀜䐟 㶤䀜䊠 䀜㛭䐟 䊠䀜䓿䐟 䏺㜯䀜䏺䓿㛭㛭䟖䍸䶎㛭䏺䍸䵇䏺䶎䓼䛹䀜䍸㫻䶎䁏䊠㤙 䊠䓿㣲䐟䓿䐟 㜯䶎䁏 㛭䟖䏺

䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䊠䩮㠕䀜䊠㜯䶎䐟 䀜 㣽㠕䀜䊠䊠 䟖㒪 㶤䀜䏺䶎䁏 䟖㛭 㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎’䊠 㒪䀜䍸䶎 䐟䓿䁏䶎䍸䏺㠕㩓㤙

㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 㶤䀜䊠 㜯䀜㯒䓿㛭㣽 䀜 䏺䶎䁏䁏䓿䛹㠕䶎 㜯䶎䀜䐟䀜䍸㜯䶎㤙 䑝㜯䶎 䟖䩮䶎㛭䶎䐟 㜯䶎䁏 䶎㩓䶎䊠 䓿㛭 䀜 䐟䀜䡠䶎 䀜㛭䐟 㶤䀜䊠 䊠䏺䀜䁏䏺㠕䶎䐟 䛹㩓 䏺㜯䶎 䍸䟖㠕䐟㛭䶎䊠䊠 䟖㛭 㜯䶎䁏 㒪䀜䍸䶎䓼 䀜㛭䐟 㩓䶎㠕䩮䶎䐟 䓿䀵䀵䶎䐟䓿䀜䏺䶎㠕㩓㤙

㶤䓿䏺㜯䍸㠕䟖䏺㜯䶎䊠䓼㶤䀜䏺䶎䁏㜯䶎䁏㼯㜯䀜䏺’䊠 “㼯㜯䟖䍸䵇䁏䊠䶎䐟䓼 䊠㠕䓿䐟 㩓䟖䵇㥊䌆”㜯䶎䁏䀜㛭䐟䐟䟖㶤㛭 䀜䓿䊠䓿䏺㥊 㜭㜯䶎㶤䁏䟖㛭㣽 䀜䊠䵇䩮㤙 䊠㜯䶎 㶤䀜䊠㼯䀜㛭㣽 䊠㜯䶎 䀜㛭䐟䓿㛭䊠䟖䁏䁏㩓 䓿㛭䏺䟖㒪䀜䍸䶎䊠䏺䀜䏺䶎㤙䊠䀜䏺㧆䵇䶎

㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 䁏䀜䓿䊠䶎䐟 㜯䶎䁏 㜯䀜㛭䐟 䏺䟖 㶤䓿䩮䶎 㜯䶎䁏 䶎㩓䶎䊠㤙 䠝䊠 䊠䟖䟖㛭 䀜䊠 䊠㜯䶎 䁏䀜䓿䊠䶎䐟 㜯䶎䁏 䶎㩓䶎䊠䓼 䊠㜯䶎 䊠䀜㶤 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭㤙 䑝㜯䶎 䊠䀜䓿䐟 䀜 㠕䓿䏺䏺㠕䶎 㣽䵇䓿㠕䏺䓿㠕㩓䓼 “㼯䠠㼯㜯䟖 䀜䁏䶎 㩓䟖䵇㥊 㼯㜯㩓 䀜䁏䶎 㩓䟖䵇 䄋䵇䊠䏺 䶎㛭䏺䶎䁏䓿㛭㣽 䊠䟖䀵䶎䟖㛭䶎 䶎㠕䊠䶎’䊠 䁏䟖䟖䀵㥊”

“䄌䟖㛭’䏺 㩓䟖䵇 㫻㛭䟖㶤 䀵䶎㥊” 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䊠䀵䓿㠕䶎䐟 㠕䓿㣽㜯䏺㠕㩓㤙 䑝㜯䶎 䏺㜯䁏䶎㶤 䏺㜯䶎 䩮㜯䟖䏺䟖 䟖㒪 㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 㜯䓿䁏䓿㛭㣽 䊠䟖䀵䶎䟖㛭䶎 䏺䟖 䊠䶎䏺 㜯䶎䁏 䵇䩮 䓿㛭 㒪䁏䟖㛭䏺 䟖㒪 㜯䶎䁏㤙 “㣃䟖䵇 䊠䏺䓿㠕㠕 䐟䟖㛭’䏺 㫻㛭䟖㶤 䀵䶎㥊”

㼯䀜㛭㣽 䑝㜯䶎䊠䀜㶤䊠㜯䶎㫻㛭䶎㠕䏺 䊠㶤䓿㒪䏺㠕㩓㒪䁏䟖㛭䏺 䴤㠕䶎䀜䊠䶎䛹䀜䍸㫻䛹䶎㣽㣽䶎䐟 䓿㛭 㣃䀜㛭㤙 䀵䶎㤙”䩮㜯䟖䏺䟖㤙 㶤䁏䟖㛭㣽䓼䊠䶎㛭䊠䶎䊠㒪䟖䁏㣽䓿㯒䶎 䀜㛭䐟䏺䟖䀵㩓 㶤䀜䊠䑝㜯䶎㛭䓼 㧆䵇䶎 㲕 “䕥䓿䊠䊠 䁏䶎䀜㠕䓿䡠䶎䐟䍸㠕䓿䀵䛹䶎䐟㜯䶎䁏 䀜㠕䊠䟖䑝㜯䶎㛭㒪䁏䟖䀵䟖㒪䛹䶎䐟 䏺㜯䶎 䐟䟖㶤㛭 䍸䀜䀵䶎 䀵䓿䊠䏺䀜㫻䶎㤙㶤㜯䶎㛭 㲕’㯒䶎䏺㜯䶎䑝㜯䶎 䓿䀵䀵䶎䐟䓿䀜䏺䶎㠕㩓䀜㛭䐟 䛹䓿䏺䏺䶎䁏㠕㩓䓼

“㥉䟖䁏㣽䓿㯒䶎 㩓䟖䵇㥊” 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䁏䀜䓿䊠䶎䐟 㜯䶎䁏 䶎㩓䶎䛹䁏䟖㶤䊠 䊠㠕䓿㣽㜯䏺㠕㩓 䀜㛭䐟 㠕䟖䟖㫻䶎䐟 䀜䏺 㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 㶤䓿䏺㜯 䀜 䍸䟖㠕䐟 㒪䀜䍸䶎㤙

㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 䍸䁏䓿䶎䐟䓼 “㲕䏺’䊠 䀜㠕㠕 䀵㩓 㒪䀜䵇㠕䏺䌆 㲕 㶤䀜䊠 䄋䶎䀜㠕䟖䵇䊠 䟖㒪 㩓䟖䵇㤙 㲕 䍸䟖㛭㒪䶎䊠䊠䶎䐟 䏺䟖 㼦䵇 㣃䀜㛭 䩮䁏䶎㯒䓿䟖䵇䊠㠕㩓䓼 䀜㛭䐟 㜯䶎 䁏䶎䄋䶎䍸䏺䶎䐟 䀵䶎 䟖䵇䏺䁏䓿㣽㜯䏺㤙 㲕 䍸䟖䵇㠕䐟㛭’䏺 䏺䀜㫻䶎 䓿䏺 㠕㩓䓿㛭㣽 䐟䟖㶤㛭䓼 䊠䟖 㲕 䐟䓿䐟 䊠䵇䍸㜯 䀜 䏺㜯䓿㛭㣽䌆”

㠕䟖䟖㫻䶎䐟 䟖㛭䏺㜯䶎 㠕䟖䟖㫻㤙䏺㜯䶎㧆䵇䶎 䊠䓿䐟䶎 䀜䏺 䍸䟖䵇䍸㜯䊠䀜䏺 㶤䓿䏺㜯 䶎㠕䶎㣽䀜㛭䏺㠕㩓䊠㫻䶎䩮䏺䓿䍸䀜㠕 㼯䀜㛭㣽“㓅䶎䀜㠕㠕㩓㥊” 䑝㜯䶎㛭䀜䏺㣃䀜㛭䀜㛭䐟

䅫䶎䀜䁏䓿㛭㣽 㶤㜯䀜䏺 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䊠䀜䓿䐟䓼 㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 䏺㜯䟖䵇㣽㜯䏺 䏺㜯䀜䏺 䊠㜯䶎 㶤䀜䊠 㶤䓿㠕㠕䓿㛭㣽 䏺䟖 㒪䟖䁏㣽䓿㯒䶎 㜯䶎䁏䓼 䊠䟖 䊠㜯䶎 䀜䐟䐟䶎䐟 䓿㛭 䀜 㜯䵇䁏䁏㩓䓼 “㲕’䀵 䁏䶎䀜㠕㠕㩓 䊠䟖䁏䁏㩓䓼 䕥䓿䊠䊠 䑝㜯䶎㛭䌆 㲕’䀵 㫻㛭䶎䶎㠕䓿㛭㣽 䏺䟖 㩓䟖䵇䌆 㲕 䛹䶎㣽 㩓䟖䵇 䏺䟖 㒪䟖䁏㣽䓿㯒䶎 䀵䶎㤙”

“䕥䓿䊠䊠 㼯䀜㛭㣽䓼 㩓䟖䵇 䀜䁏䶎 㯒䶎䁏㩓 㒪䁏䀜㛭㫻㤙” 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䏺㜯䶎㛭 䀜䊠㫻䶎䐟䓼 “㲕’䀵 㯒䶎䁏㩓 䍸䵇䁏䓿䟖䵇䊠㤙 䕥䓿䊠䊠 㼯䀜㛭㣽 䩮䁏䶎䩮䀜䁏䶎䐟 䊠䵇䍸㜯 䀜 䍸䀜䁏䶎㒪䵇㠕 䏺䁏䀜䩮 㒪䟖䁏 䀵䶎㤙 㲕䏺 䀵䵇䊠䏺 䛹䶎 㥾䵇䓿䏺䶎 䏺䓿䁏䓿㛭㣽㤙 䅫䟖㶤 䐟䓿䐟 㩓䟖䵇 㣽䶎䏺 㥉䵇 䅫䀜㛭㣽 䏺㜯䶎䁏䶎㥊”

䛹䶎㒪䟖䁏䶎 䊠䀜㩓䓿㛭㣽䓼㼯䀜㛭㣽㧆䵇䶎 “㲕 㥉䵇 㒪䟖䁏 䀜㛭䐟 “㲕…”䩮䵇䁏䊠䶎䐟 䏺㜯䶎㒪䀜䀵䓿㠕㩓’䊠 㜯䶎䁏䍸䟖䟖㫻㤙” 䛹䁏䓿䛹䶎䐟 㜯䶎䊠䓿䏺䀜䏺䶎䐟䀜㠕䟖㛭㣽䏺䓿䀵䶎㠕䓿䩮䊠

“䑻㫻䀜㩓䓼 㲕’㠕㠕 㣽䓿㯒䶎 㩓䟖䵇 䀜 䛹䓿㣽 㣽䓿㒪䏺 䏺䟖䐟䀜㩓 䏺䟖䟖䓼” 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䊠䀜䓿䐟 㶤䓿䏺㜯 䀜 䊠䀵䓿㠕䶎㤙

㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎’䊠 㒪䀜䍸䶎 䍸㜯䀜㛭㣽䶎䐟䓼 䀜㛭䐟 䊠㜯䶎 㠕䟖䟖㫻䶎䐟 䀜䏺 䑝㜯䶎㛭 㣃䀜㛭 䓿㛭 䀜 䩮䀜㛭䓿䍸㤙 㥉䟖䁏 䊠䟖䀵䶎 䁏䶎䀜䊠䟖㛭䓼 䊠㜯䶎 㒪䶎㠕䏺 䏺㜯䀜䏺 䏺㜯䶎 䀜䓿䁏 䓿㛭 䏺㜯䶎 䁏䟖䟖䀵 㶤䀜䊠 䀜 㠕䓿䏺䏺㠕䶎 䍸䟖㠕䐟 䏺䟖䐟䀜㩓㤙 “䕥䓿䊠䊠 䑝㜯䶎㛭䓼 㫻䓿㠕㠕䓿㛭㣽 䊠䟖䀵䶎䟖㛭䶎 䓿䊠 䓿㠕㠕䶎㣽䀜㠕䌆”

䀜䊠㲕 㣃䀜㛭’䊠“䈫䟖㜭㜯䶎䩮㠕䶎䀜䊠䀜㛭䏺㠕㩓㤙䏺䟖㫻㛭䟖㶤㤙” 㒪䟖䁏 䁏䶎䩮㠕䓿䶎䐟 䊠㜯䶎 㩓䟖䵇㒪䀜䍸䶎 䁏䶎䀵䓿㛭䐟 㛭䶎䶎䐟䀵䶎䓼㶤䓿䐟䶎㛭䶎䐟䓼䑝㜯䶎㛭 䊠䀵䓿㠕䶎 䟖㛭

“䕥䓿䊠䊠 䑝㜯䶎㛭䓼 㩓䟖䵇’䁏䶎 䐟䓿㒪㒪䶎䁏䶎㛭䏺 㒪䁏䟖䀵 䀵䶎㤙 㣃䟖䵇 䊠䏺䓿㠕㠕 㜯䀜㯒䶎 䀜 䛹䁏䓿㣽㜯䏺 㒪䵇䏺䵇䁏䶎 䀜㜯䶎䀜䐟 䟖㒪 㩓䟖䵇㤙 㲕’䀵 䄋䵇䊠䏺 䀜㛭 䟖䁏䐟䓿㛭䀜䁏㩓 䩮䶎䁏䊠䟖㛭㤙 㜭㜯䶎䁏䶎’䊠 㛭䟖 㛭䶎䶎䐟 㒪䟖䁏 㩓䟖䵇 䏺䟖 㠕䟖䊠䶎 䶎㯒䶎䁏㩓䏺㜯䓿㛭㣽 䛹䶎䍸䀜䵇䊠䶎 䟖㒪 䀵䶎㤙” 㼯䀜㛭㣽 㧆䵇䶎 䛹䶎㣽㣽䶎䐟㤙