Shikara fa-reveli busukses-ney. Emaii he pren kunem oli banduk ke ye in vilaja, e Raterford majbur shuti bay lansika. Ta pai kili hampi nixa, e glumem zai wandi tra kolina.
Duran to Jek Mallon zai lagi in dom on senu e trai en-somni, dabe bu dumi om swa-ney triste kisma. Turan dwar ek-skriki e ofni. Fobisi-ney Jek en-stan pa salta. Un lao, gorben maori man zai stan pa daklis.
Jek Mallon gwo miti yo sey maori kelke ves pa gata de vilaja. To es lao jaduleker, jadujen e tatuer. Si koy vilajer en-morbi, oni mah-lai sey laoman a huta, e ta leki morbi-sha bay jadu-shwoing e bay kata on derma.
Jek timidem lai a jaduleker. Wen Raterford go shikari, Jek oltaim dashati, fobi-yen kada nomuhimka. Bat gasta suluki muy amigem. Ta inklini kapa e froti suy nos kontra nos de Jek.
- Mata de Emaii es muy morbe, - ta shwo. – Emaii ve iri, si al returni ta en-jan ke ela he morti. Me mus haili ela. Me mus zwo kata on elay desne plecha, dabe morba chu korpa. Bat me bu hev agude sikin. Sikin de blan jen es pyu agude kem nuy-las. Dai ba a me yur sikin. Al aksham me ve returni it.
Jek bu jan kwo zwo. Wen Raterford yok, ta sempre bu es serte om kwo zwo. Si ta dai sikin a jaduleker, toy-la mog bu returni it. Si ta bu dai, jaduleker irifi e mog zwo koysa buhao.
E ta desidi dai.
- Walaa, pren ba sikin, - ta shwo, - bat zaruu returni ba it al aksham. Emaii hi doni-te sey sikin a me. Ta ve irifi si ta en-jan ke yu bu returni-te it a me.
Jaduleker pren sikin e go versu huta de shefa, e Jek Mallon en-lagi on senu e klosi okos.
Yo fa-tume wen jaduleker snova apari pa daklis de dom. Raterford bu haishi returni-te fon shikara. Al audi stepa, Mallon lai a daklis.
- Walaa, pren ba yur mah-jadu-ney sikin! – laoman krai dushtem, al shwai sikin on arda. – Yu mah-te bade spiritus jivi in it, e li he kili mata de Emaii. Si me wud jan-te, me bu wud tachi-te sey sikin. Emaii ve returni e puni kiler.
Laoman ugrosi a Jek bay kulak pa adyoo e go wek.
Jek bu samaji hao den worda de jaduleker, bat en-fobi gro. Hastem ta shuani dwar e fa-ahfi in zuy dale angula. Tak hi ta sidi in angula til ke vos de Raterford fa-audi bli dwar. Ta ofni dwar, e Raterford zin, al porti suy shao-ney kaptura: dwa papagay e un kiwi.
- Ob yu he audi habar? – Raterford kwesti. – Mata de Emaii he morti. Me yus he go pas shefa-huta. Ol vilaja es dar.
Jek Mallon bu jawabi.
- Al shwo veritaa, me joi ke ela he morti, - Raterford shwo for. – Sey dushte laogina neva pri-te nu. Ela fai-te gro-influsa an Emaii. Me sempre fobi-te ke ela shwofu ta tu kili nu. Oni toki-te om elay morba yo al sabah, wen me departi shikari. Es interes-ney, por kwo ela he morti.
- Oni he kati ela bay may sikin, - Jek Mallon shwo.
Ta detal-nem rakonti a Raterford om visita de jaduleker.
Pa sekwi-sabah, sun afte fa-luma, Emaii returni a janmavilaja. Pa un-ney hi den ta merki gina kel zai departi a agra fo gun. Li mah-agiti ol vilaja, e afte kelke minuta oli vilajer es ausen stakatot miti-yen shefa.
Raterford lyu somni-she Jek Mallon in dom e toshi go miti Emaii. Ta lai a geit yus al ke Emaii zin, avanen suy dasta. Bat sobreshefa es ya gro-shanji-ney afte kelke wik de absensia! Ta zai go al topali pa desne peda, ta es gorbi-ney e kan nich. Pluma orni-she suy kapa es rupten, myaten. On suy fa-lao-ney fas ye un chaure wunda. It swatefai bay kloten hema sub lefte wanga-osta.
Gwerjen ke Emaii dukti, li es wunden, li oli hi. Li apena muvi, morbe, exosti-ney, gande. E li es ya shao. Al kwiti janmavilaja li bin pa tri ves pyu mucho.
Pa zuy laste un gina zin geit. Ela swingi kom un herbinka sub feng. Elay nude peda es skrapen til hema; lapu e laza ye in tanglen har. Exosten fas do holifen wangas zai kan nich. Al pasi geit ela graspi stolba, dabe bu lwo.
- Eshu! – Raterford exklami, gro-astoni-ney por aspekta de suy amigina, e fa-lansi a ela.
Ela silensi.
- Kwo eventi, Eshu?
- Pyu hao bu kwesti, - yungina jawabi kyetem. – Nu fai hasima. Seguii persekwi-te nu duran dwashi dey ga blisem.
Ela ek-hili e lwo. Ta lifti ela e porti afte alarmi-ney jenmenga.
Molya de gwerjen kili-ney in batala zai wuli lautem. Ti bu partisipi in batala na man kasami tu kili Seguii e ruinisi oli suy vilaja. Emaii-ney bratason pa furia rupti suy lanza sobre swa-ney kapa.
Raterford tuhun kun jenmenga go a huta de shefa e pon exosten gela on herba bifoo zinsa. Ela dekonsi. Al turni, Raterford en-vidi Emaii kel bay un handa teni plecha de lao jaduleker e bay otre handa teni un acha sobre. Fas de Emaii es deformen bay furia, on labas ye blan skuma. Jaduleker torsi al kan acha kun dashat, ta trai expliki koysa bay intermiti-she skwili-she vos.
Raterford tuy gesi om olo. Emaii sol nau en-jan om morta de swa-ney mata. Furia-ney por fali-ney gwer, turan trefi-ney bay nove griva, ta yao tuy venji a koywan por oli beda. Buhao hi ve sta toy koywan. Raterford en-senti foba om kisma de nofortune jaduleker.