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movHeme eshnot wmeedmLbeeirbsy? the way into the kitchen and brought him a
Leibcuypleoftf tmheilkpuabndanadghreuarsryiepdatsotrwy.aLrdesibthyethhaonuksed. Iht iwmasbabsuhilftully,
at awshliiglehtthdeistfanrmceerfroemyedthheisotshmeor ohtohu, sdeesliicnattehehavnildlasg, ee,vaidnedntly
in thdoeudbatriknngehssis, iatblioliotkyetdo lbikriengansiagcnciuscianngt, padovinatnitnagge ntogethr.eHfaerm.
tphwoliaumlbnk“speudYeasrdeioielrpruemeroinniddfpstselohtaiyydnga.m’enetPoesdelft.osa”eh,fogk”eukoihrn.bnewgOrioootinubkrnrltsesyeheni,rda-vvaneoeenprdotyyeh.ltnd“hemW,inldubievgoca’ihcolnoklrgb,flgeuitsarvhtosneeIoycymhrdoveaou,aaigrllhaulyseetatrcoddyhcoo…ioasdmcvnomifenpoveagraedylnroebbayrdeeninneyliengyotxutr’lal
by tLheibwyinsdiloewn.tly eleot tohuert rhoiosmpsenloto-ukpedbnreoabthe.ttHereeicthoeurl.dn’teyhave
werderaelasmo etdotoafllay bdeetstterroysteadrt–theavnenthtihs!e ceiling was crumbling,
andHthee ssptaernstcothueldnbiegsheteninpltahienlgyrtahnraoruyg, hjutshtebcerasicdkes.theerbeawrna.s He
notbaursrigonweodf lhifiemasnelyfwdhoewrenainndtontohheinfrtesthhaht aaynyupsuurrnetpiltihtiiosunseck
actiavnitdy smleapythliakveeatabkaebny pthlaeceentthiererennigohttt.hat long ago. Leiby lit
a handful of matches and examined his surroundings in their
light. He esunno’sticresdt trhayast tthhee neoxotr mwoarsnaicntguafloluynidn hcoimmpaalrreaatidvyelwy ide
bettaewr ackoenadnitdiornefrtehsahnedth, setarnedstinogf atmheonhgouthsee hanaydsthaacdkspooustssiibdley the
evengrbaeneanryswanedptsiunrvtehyeinregcethnetlyp.assersby on the nearby road. It was

the ideal vantage point from which to begin his mission.
He continued to search, although he wasn’t sure himself why
he was being so stubborn. It was just a hunch that he had, with
no proof whatsoever that anything unusual had ever happened
in the house. He went out to the yard; the dense cluster of trees
concealed even the weak moonlight and the place was pitch
dark. eree dwoagsbnegoatnabbarokriendgmsooftmlye.nHt efobrloLckeeidbyLoeinbyt’hs ewafayramndthat
didnm’toarlnloinwg.hHimetmo iglokebdactkheinctoowtsh,efehdouthsee. chickens and gathered
“Wthhaetirdoegygosu, wclaenant?edLeotumt ethgeo!p”iLgsetiyb,ydsrceowldweda.ter from the well,

chopped some rewood, and swept the path leading to the
Butfathrme hdoougsjeu.st took hold of the corner of Leiby’s coat in his
teeth and did not let him move. “Maybe something’s hidden
here?”e faermsuedr dweantcrheeadlizhaimtiosnussptricuicokusLlyeiablly.th“Ie’mtimjues.tLgeoibinygwotorked
brinags ahasprdadaes,hI’ellcboeulrdig,hhtisbfaaccke,”rhede pwriothmeisxeedrttihoen daongd. the muscles

in his arms swelling up with the weight of the loads he had to
He chaurrrryi,ebdubt ahcek twoasthdeepteurbm, ainneddretotucrnuerrdyaffatveor ra wfeiwthmthineuftaersmer
withandandidenno’trmletouhsimisreolnf respstadfoer aanmd inautteh.reateenfainrmg-elro,oCkihnrgistof
pitcVhfioznrkia. k, weadsosgatwisasedst.i“lSl sinitcteinmg yinnethpeheywardVawdaimitinlegftfoanr dhimmo,ved
andtoasthsoeocnitay,stLheeifbayrmarrhiavsend’t, hbeeejnumrupnendinugpaasnidt sbheogualnd.kIitc’skianggood
up tthheinegartthhaitnytohueccaomrnee.”r with his feet. Leiby started digging in