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   eapfreowfescsroartcchoensticnoumedpatroedentloigfhretendoLme?ibAyfwteirthanhoitshperoljiutimcapl, he
belifeofsu,nqduhoitminsgelpfhoiulotsiodpehoefrsthaenpdrisnotnellgercotunaldss,.but Leiby had
dfnaoocweheHm,nxihmopeesrrlsweeijegusalshpmflikatowpltenyiehd,eldeenasdnncosoed,uhwtaettnnoohrdfeetlntmihhsd,eteeierdminswgt.bnrhieneHoterdtteieon,dtwhuwttrihhaasneienthdeaepedrxraoooprnuftfeotnerortstdhstitouhnhormevne’secprsteaitr.inaialgbsgiHan.btbeeoturrogstmwashslhitoilesoewddfhaactdoe
“Hecyo,myoeuanlgl tmheanw,”atyhferopmrofMesososcroswpuatntedrewdo. “uWld hatvedotoyoreututhrnintkhere
youe’rme dpotyin-hga?”nded. He noticed the few passersby looking at him in
L“Ie’miboreybrvvuucisaolhsluilioensdlngy aoqtnovueditrtaerhkeraeieslpimzsehelyldoinuptglahd.raettr.ihn“iMsthsyceabrreeresptdatwariniasdthieobsnleteaodgiMrnegeomlfoaetcnoetv,w-” ere
RibWbenhterroep,shanoduldtohaell gthoe? oHtheerwgaos oadfr-afoidr-tnootrheitnugrns wtohothdeidon’t ces
haveofththeesebnosredteor psmrepuagrgelifnogr tohregaGniezramtiaonn;otnhselauNgKhtV.”D had surely
adraciirrleeosltslrc,boophekttonalrieihupootkgriceenfpictendne.saswi,gdnsFfsheeoctfoaelrorolrtejbvrlouhoeoemhmeograniaekootmepddelweetd?hiodsitraHta,soohaitfjrnuntna-ieesdtnderrvotatehoLioasarspfiseiyscanittiaeebhchgprssayegeic,rlmpyoeaartlepshtaohotfrenamoufaadttnbigceneeeoipddnseetaaihtrnslse,saescsvhvdhdoeieeen,diverlslaeityctnhsdrewhoergiwavemdshnie,ienctgh.rfhraeolWiteerdmhrr.rdeeiehLa.amrlooHegeerpaveeiktebrea.phnkrdyoweae’ysstbwa?iphtslhoeeetaelhilascaroett
r“freOommbdHsaveiiihczneoozeeluineldnlsgd…leasysdbas”ase.lWmocHpirsobiaeitseorhtptdnibatsihstuanosnacetki,gdt,”loheubtdehniyneutttsionhlipoddetkreheoh.erafoehetsshinpsmidoictr,akoalmfnbbhdouuoihsislkeedjdooif.nueug“lrttLnoaaeinfnkyd.heoivmsaebardawdegehmaaenolsmndpilnitg-
“MSIetav’smhAeramaapdlepao,hen”cnodtLouederrCsibtihnoylaavytaleaoaruuw,lg,oLhhcoiheektiideebld,dyc?ho”asiatsstthotgoehllodeeaoaskbmokenleaiddnch.kgai-tsefayhoceiwesmdngbiifvnorionycngoitnnhdciseomurornrpa.srwt“iesWapey.. hat
imm“eIdoiantleylyw. a“Intterdavteolegdo hrosmt cel,aasnsdina abacnodalotfrhaiono.dIl’ullmgsoatatnadcked
get mwea,s”hLedeibuyps,tanmdmienretdh.e“ meeaynctaimlleed, ymoeu‘Zgehtidr’eaanddy bteogalenavtoe hit
herem. e.”ere are trains full of Jews making their way from Russia
mtaonidnPsuofootlaeaerkndeutdhdos,acaaittnsnowdwrsoelewomlaole.rekePjeauohdnsltetaairnhsteedahpwviitemsiitctfhosrleikMqceeua,pitiatrdcniuhcdasahnolwlkdnyae.ew’Slialihsnpbeddeedtaodanhobigsikleaserpafotpaopuceiseaee.rmcf.oeEirgovrhfeaegrtryea,uze
from“StohmereeotfotEherebtrzuYisiessraheelr.eIfawreedrreym, yaoiun dhiedrne’tingeLt itdhae,mthjeusItronnow.”
Cur“tYaeins,wthilelychloistemoeneuvse,raynddawy,eb’ulltntehviesrtibme eabwleastomguecthowuto.r”se.”

Leiby e ldleodctaonrapluomuriendumhimboawcluwpitohfcmolidlkw. aStheer awnadssJcerwubisbhedanhdiswas
hanadpspaanlldedfabcye huinstsiltonroyt. a trace of black remained. He looked
at himself in the cracked mirror and saw that although his skin
had“rWeteu’rllnceadllttohietsponlaitcuer,awl ecocalonr’t, hleits thhaisirgwoabsys!”till streaked all
over“Nwoi…th pblleaacske. dHoen’tstcraulgl gthleedptooliccel…ean” Lheimibsyelbfegthgoedro,uaghulyn. ted
Finaelxlpy,rehsesiownasinchleiasne,yaens.d he changed into fresh clothes too.
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