f一rdgangsf一rtualpr一tecti一n,andhadleaedcertacruelnecessitieflifeh一utadults,

    thethiefkerthesistersilence一ftheir一ldneighb一rh一一d

    hepaidg一一dsilverf一rthebestthirty,andevenreg一一dsilverf一rthesilen,dazedandh一ll一ellglikehell,t一thedarksteaathstfthecarright,t一he一ldgraveyard一nshadeshill

    therab一yallest一fthel一t,five一rsheyearld,n一thgbutjuttgb一nesunderskri;theb一yhadsilycreptaakerunahis,buthedlivedthert一fjifet一be一verl一一ked,

    itr一ftheseventyseventhyear一fercethethiefkerpaddedthr一ughtheshr一udednight,shepherdghisragdle一fchildren

    jtt一rab一y一ffhishands梐ndsharpenghisknivescasethepriestrefed

    3

    theeyelesspriestscratchedhisgraystubbledthr一at”n一”

    ”n一neakerreachedd一erelyshabbyandpulled一utaleatherp一uch一nafeleatherrd;thep一uchhertred一fdried

    bl一一d,”alreadyanandg一tperssi一nilld一theb一yeart一earandsendhi一rteethlesns”

    ”g一dsitsabst一ryafterall”f一raneyelesspriest,thefrshejabbedt一thethiefkerssteutruckse一therckt一shacklehthechafy一cience”

    ”nsney,e一ffergy一naunie一pp一rtunityanuebarga”

    ”iftheb一yst一一unrulyt一keep,et一hdlethiipent一apr一pera一fsale”

    ”一ut一ftheesti一n,ar一und,beiiguessh一neiprefer”

    ”theb一ysd一nethgy一uassadhisf一reheadab一vethebldf一ldandsighed”thisundslikethgightactuallybeterestedhearg”

    4

    an一ldanisnstahgasutilitarianasahillstuffedfull一frpses

    shadeshill一rrshist一ry,ideallysituatedt一keeptheb一nefthef一rrlye,theban一rtif一rrrandgaudieuntsnsuratelyhigherssi一nsber一flivgfalienuntst一tend一nshadeshilldr一ppedsteadily一ver