Pinchanem me somni gro-glubem. Oni gwo joki stay in familia, ke nixa mog jagisi me al nocha. Yedoh koykomo in toy hi nocha - ob por leve eksita kausi-ney bay may syao aventura oda por koysa otre - me somni mucho pyu levem kem pinchanem. Tra sonja me vagem konsi ke koysa zai eventi in shamba, e gradualem en-konsi ke may molya he klaidi swa e zai onpon mantela e shapa. May labas muvi fo murmuri koy somnaful wordas do surprisa o protesta kontra sey nobyen tayaring, wen turan may haf-ofni-ney okos kan an elay fas, lumisi-ney bay kandela-luma, e astona mutisi me. Ela hev myen ke me bu gwo vidi... ke me iven bu mog-te imajini. Ela es mortem pale e kway spiri-she, ahfem kan-she kama, al butoni mantela, fo vidi ob ela he jagisi me. Poy, dumi-yen ke me haishi zai somni, ela fliti sin shum aus shamba, e afte momenta me audi ek-skrika kel mog lai sol fon sharnir de shefe dwar. Me en-sidi in kama e tuki may finga-jor an kama-borda, dabe mah swa serte ke me verem jagi. Poy me pren may kloka fon sub kushen. Es klok tri de sabah. Kwo hi may molya mog zwo on vilaja-ney kamina pa klok tri de sabah?
Me resti sidi duran sirke dwashi minuta dumi-yen om sey dela e trai-yen findi koy posible explika. Kem pyu me dumi, tem pyu nopinchan e noexplikibil it sembli. Me haishi zai bedumi it wen me audi suon de dwar, snova mulem klosen, e elay stepas asendi-she sulam.
- Pa boh, wo hi yu bin, Effi? - me kwesti tuy afte ke ela zin.
Ela ek-tremi gro e krai-inuspiri al ke me shwo, e toy kraisa e ek-trema disturbi me pyu kem olo otre, bikos in li ye koysa gro-kulpa-ney. May molya sempre bin gina do franke e ofni-ney natura, e me es fobisen al vidi komo ela ahfi-go inu swa-ney prope shamba e krai e ek-tremi wen elay prope mursha shwo a ela.
- Yu jagi, Jek! - ela krai, kun nerva-ney rida. - Me dumi-te ke nixa mog jagisi yu.
- Wo yu bin? - me kwesti, pyu saktem.
- Me bu divi ke yu es surprisi-ney, - ela shwo, e me vidi ke elay fingas zai tremi al debutoni mantela. - Wel, me selfa bu remembi ke me gwo zwo tal kosa in may jiva bifooen. Fakta es ke me senti-te kwasi me zai tufi, e me gro-yao-te fai ek-spira de freshe aira. Me verem dumi ke me wud dekonsi si me bu wud chu. Me stan-te pa dwar duran kelke minuta, e nau me sta ga hao snova.
Tra taim wen ela zai shwo a me sey rakonta, ela bu un ves kan pa may direksion, e elay vos es ga bupinchan. Es evidente a me ke ela zai shwo falsitaa. Me shwo nixa pa jawaba, bat turni fas versu mur, al sta buhao, al menta fulen bay mil toxin-ney-si duba e suspekta. Kwo hi may molya ahfi fon me? Wo ela bin duran toy ajibe wanda? Me senti ke me bu wud hev salam til ke me en-jan, yedoh me eviti kwesti ela snova afte ke ela shwo-te falsitaa. Tra resta de nocha me turni-turni in kama, bildi-yen teoria afte teoria, kada nove-la meno probable kem bifoo-ney-la.
Me treba go a urba pa toy dey, bat me es tro disturbi-ney in may menta fo mog atenti delas de komersa. May molya sembli sam disturbi-ney kom me selfa, e me mog vidi, por kway kweste kansa ke ela fai-fai an me, ke ela samaji ke me bu kredi elay deklara, e ke ela bu jan kwo zwo. Nu apena intershanji para worda duran sabahfan, e tuy poy me go aus fo promeni, dabe me mog bedumi sey dela hao al freshe sabah-ney aira.
Me go til Kristal Palas, mah-pasi un ora in parka, e returni a Norburi pa klok un. Eventi ke may dao mah me pasi toy vilaja-dom, e me stopi fo un momenta dabe kan windas, kan ob me mog snova ek-vidi toy ajibe fas kel kan-te an me pa bifoo-dey. Wen me stan dar, turan - imajini ba may surprisa, sinior Holms! - dwar ofni e may molya go aus.
Me es turdi-ney por astona al vidi ela; bat may emosiones es nixa pa kompara kun toy-las kel fa-diki on elay fas wen nuy okos miti. Al un-ney momenta ela sembli yao fliti bak inu dom snova; e poy, samaji-yen vanitaa de eni ahfing, ela lai a me, al fas muy blan e okos fobisi-ney, lo kel bu konkordi kun smaila on elay labas.
- Ah, Jek, - ela shwo, - me yus visiti-te nuy nove visines, dabe vidi ob me mog helpi li koykomo. Way yu zai kan me tak, Jek? Yu bu iri om me?
- Also, - me shwo, - hir hi yu go-te pa nocha.
- Kwo yu yao shwo? - ela krai.
- Yu lai-te ahir. Me es serte om to. Hu es toy personas, ke yu treba visiti li pa tal ora?
- Me bu bin hir bifooen.
- Komo yu mog shwo a me to ke es evidentem false? - me krai. - Iven yur vos hi shanji wen yu shwo. Wen me gwo hev eni sekret fon yu? Me sal zin toy dom, e me ve sondi dela kompletem.
- Non, non, Jek, pa Boh! - ela krai tufi-nem, al sta pa bukontrolibil emosion. Poy, wen me blisi dwar, ela kapti may mansha e tiri me bak kun konvulsive fortitaa.
- Me gro-pregi yu, bye zwo se, Jek, - ela krai. - Me kasami ke me ve shwo a yu olo pa un dey, bat sol tormenta mog resulti si yu zin toy dom. - Poy, wen me probi pushi ela wek, ela klingi a me, pa panika do gro-prega.