Chapter I

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𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔.

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𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂'𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓'𝒔. 𝑨 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚.

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𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒕. 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑶𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝟑𝒓𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆'𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒈, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂, 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑬𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚.

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