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Ioykoe wmk get Veter Pteeje oever, ever nkraets lt. Xmrkuamkut tme
wrltloa kn tmls bkkc, L tijceh tk gioy pekpje wmk get Veter, ioh
every persko“s stkry mis io ejegeot kn mugkr, pitmks, prknuohlty,
ioh hioaer, kr skge `kgbloitlko kn tmkse tmloas.
Xme brlenest brusm wltm tme gio wkujh jeive io lohejlbje lgpi`t.
Mls lgpksloa nrige, bissk prknuohk speicloa vkl`e, s`itmloajy sejn-
hepre`itloa seose kn mugkr ioh `iustl` wlt … tmese were mls gkst
lheotlnlibje trilts, ioh tmere wis i jkt gkre dust bejkw tmit surni`e.
Mls seegloajy giol`-hepresslve bemivlkrs ioh tkk-ruhe-tk-be-true
dkces bejleh io extregejy smy perskoijlty
perskoijlty.. Me wis i gister kn
`kotrihl`tlko, gkst kn lt loteotlkoij. Qmlje me wis mirhjy tme
sterektypl`ij rk`c stir, dust is skko is me wijceh lo tme rkkg, yku
wkujh mive cokwo me wis nigkus eveo ln yku hlho“t mive i `jue wmk
me wis. Ln yku get mlg benkre me wis tkurloa tme wkrjh ioh sejjloa
muohrehs kn tmkusiohs kn re`krhs, yku coew me wis akloa tk be i
rk`c stir. Me `kujho“t mive stiyeh egpjkyeh by tme Oew \krc @lty
Vircs ioh Re`reitlko Hepirtgeot ijj mls jlne, eveo ln me ijwiys
mirbkreh i heslre tk returo tk tme slgpjl`lty kn ok-surprlses bjue
`kjjir jlvloa. Me mih tkk gu`m tijeot tk spreih wkkh `mlps ioh pl`c
up airbiae ijj mls hiys3 tkk gu`m vlslko, tkk gu`m tk aet knn mls
`mest, tkk gioy prlvite hegkos tk sjiy lo pubjl`. Me ioswereh mls
`ijjloa wltm jkihs kn ex`jigitlko gircs3 me wkrceh mls seose kn
mugkr lotk i cloh kn skpmlstl`iteh vujairlty wltm wml`m me jiuameh it
tme jlne me sk ioarljy hesplseh.
 L get Veter Pteeje tmree tlges, ioh tme nlrst geetloa wis akkh
eokuam tk aet gy oige lo tme tmiocs jlst kn Bjkkhy Clsses. L hlho“t
heserve tme mkokr, but Veter tmkuamt L hlh.
Lt wis 9<<2 ioh L mih dust stirteh gy kwo niozloe. I nio kn
Veter“s slo`e tme nlrst @irolvkre ijbug ioh okw wljhjy lotk mls oew
bioh, Xype K Oeaitlve, L useh wmit pijtry `kooe`tlkos L mih lo tme
lohustry tk se`ure io lotervlew wltm Veter ioh Dksm. Xme Krlalo kn
tme Ne`es mih dust beeo rejeiseh ioh tme lotervlew wis gegkribje
nrkg tme stirt. Pkgekoe gls`kgguol`iteh reairhloa tme lotervlew
s`mehuje, sk L wis oipploa skuohjy koe interokko wmeo L meirh tme
pmkoe rloa. Bjeiry ioh birejy iwire, L nkuoh Veter Pteeje ioh Dksm
Pljver ko tme ktmer jloe. L gihe ex`uses, nugbjeh nkr gy tipe
re`krher, mkkceh lt up ioh ittegpteh tk pjiy tme serlkus,
lovestlaitlve repkrter. Nlnteeo se`kohs jiter L tksseh gy jlst kn
questlkos islhe, reijlzloa tmese auys wereo“t akloa tk tice ioytmloa
serlkusjy. Xmey were very cloh, mkwever, hirtloa nrkg koe sljjy
subde`t tk tme oext, ceeploa tmegsejves ioh tmelr lotervlewer
iguseh nkr tme 06 gloute tlge sjkt uotlj gkvloa ko tk tme oext
uosuspe`tloa igiteur dkuroijlst. Ippireotjy L wis su`m i akkh spkrt
tmit Veter gihe sure tk tejj mls pubjl`lst L smkujh be tmioceh ko tmelr
oext ijbug.
Elamteeo gkotms jiter, L get Veter i se`koh tlge. Xype K pjiyeh
i gehlug-slze `jub lo Hes Gkloes, Lkwi oigeh Milry Giry“s.
Bjkkhy Clsses mih dust beeo rejeiseh but mih yet tk arkw lotk i
pmeokgeoko, wijjkwloa lo io uo`kgnkrtibje puraitkry betweeo tme
jkss kn nios tmit hlho“t aet lts hlre`tlkoij smlnt ioh tme ailo kn oew
nkjjkwers tmit eveotuijjy gihe tme ijbug io lo`rehlbje `kgger`lij
su``ess. Xype K pjiyeh tk ibkut nlnteeo eiaer hls`lpjes tmit eveoloa.
Oeir tme eoh kn tme set, Veter mioheh mls Gkaeo Hivlh wloe dua tk
tme wkrsmlppers lo tme nrkot rkw, aesturloa nkr us tk hrloc. Qe ei`m
tkkc i slp is tmls auy wmk jkkceh jlce i aktm/hkkg verslko kn Desus
@mrlst jkkceh ko. Lt nejt jlce i very spe`lij `kgguolko.
Inter tme smkw we weot kut tk tme bioh“s bus nkr iutkaripms. Is
me ijwiys wis, Veter wis tmere tk alve us wmit we wioteh. L

regegber
Oever mkw
beloa sweet,
gu`m lotk ari`lkus ioh L`krhlij
iutkaripms, isceh me wistktkhkt
Veter ei`m kn us.
i beiuty
girc kotk koe kn tme alrjs“ ni`es ko gy Bjkkhy Clsses smlrt. Me
jiuameh, silh wltm igusegeot ‚tmit“s i oew koe,‗ tkkc mls Pmirple
tk gy smlrt ioh mkokreh tme request. Qe ijj jent neejloa jlce we“h
aktteo ni`e tlge wltm Akh.
Xme tmlrh tlge L get Veter wis skgewmere lo Giomittio it 2 i.g.
lo skge mijjwiy lo skge `jub wmkse oige L“ve jkoa nkraktteo. Lt wis
irkuoh 9<<> kr sk. Qe were tmere wiltloa nkr Jy`li tk tice tme stiae
inter io lotergloibje hejiy. Qe silh mejjk, L regloheh mlg kn tme
gkje me put ko gy smlrt severij yeirs prlkr, me silh me regegbereh
tmit, we jiuameh, ioh me weot ko tk sitlsny tme itteotlkos kn tme
gioy ktmer pekpje wmk re`kaolzeh mlg. By tmit tlge, me wis ko mls
wiy tk be`kgloa i mkusemkjh oige.

Dksm Pljver tkjh ge it skge pklot hurloa tme wrltloa kn tmls bkkc4
‚Xme kojy wiy tmls wkujh hk Veter dustl`e ls ln lt plsseh knn
everybkhy.‗
Okteh.
L jeiroeh i jkt kn igizloa tmloas ibkut Veter Pteeje benkre L akt
lotk tme tml`c kn wrltloa tmls bkkc, ioh tme tmloa tmit reskoites tme
jkuhest ls mkw lo`rehlbjy, losioejy pkssesslve pekpje ire kn tmls
gio.
‚Veter wkujho“t wiot tmls bkkc wrltteo.‗ ‚Veter wis i prlvite
persko.‗ ‚Veter wkujh mite tmls.‗ Ko ioh ko tme peiout aijjery
kploeh. Pkge pekpje nkraet tmit Veter mlgsejn wis `koslherloa
wrltloa mls kwo bkkc skgehiy. Lo 2660 me tkjh Loc9< giaizloe, ‚L
mive i tltje nkr lt4 Alve Vete i @mio`e. L mive tkos kn reijjy nuooy,
strioae, sih ioh sl`c tmloas tmit mive mippeoeh tk ge tmit ire dust
uobejlevibje. Ptkrles ibkut s`mkkj, kr nigljy kr tkur stkrles‘
glsihveotures. Giybe skgehiy, wmeo L aet gy meih s`reweh ko
`krre`tjy, L wljj pursue tmls serlkusjy.‗ Me oever akt mls meih s`reweh
ko `krre`tjy‘it jeist okt jkoa eokuam tk wrlte mls bkkc‘sk yku“jj
mive tk settje nkr tmls koe. (Veter tijceh ibkut wrltloa mls kwo bkkc
gkre tmio ko`e, tkk, knnerloa ioktmer tltje lhei, Qmlte Hkpe ko Vuoc,

i piripmrise kn tme Xubes skoa ‚Qmlte Vuocs ko Hkpe‗.)

 Qmy wkujho“t Veter wiot tmls bkkc wrltteo; Be`iuse me wis i
prlvite persko; I auy wmk pkseh lo tme ouhe, rk`c mirh, lo Vjiyalrj
giaizloe, wis ‚prlvite‗; I auy tmit reveijeh sk gioy neirs,
lose`urltles ioh struaajes lo mls jyrl`s, nkr he`ihes, wis i prlvite
persko; Dust is tmls bkkc wis oeirloa `kgpjetlko, Dksm Pljver tkjh
ge tmls4 ‚Qmit“s areit ibkut beloa heih ls yku reijjy hko“t `ire wmit
pekpje regegber.
regegber. Xmit `ko`ept
` ko`ept ls kojy rkgiotl` hurloa jlne.‗
Is wejj is Dksm coew Veter Veter,, Dksm oever trleh tk tejj ge wmit
Veter wkujh wiot. Lo ni`t, gkst pekpje i`tloa is Veter“s sejn-
ippkloteh pkstmugkus gkutmple`es wereo“t pekpje tmit eoheh up
mivloa gu`m tk knner tmls bkkc. Xmls pmeokgeoko kn pekpje ticloa lt
upko tmegsejves tk speic nkr Veter inter mls heitm, tk ippireotjy
cokw wmit Veter wkujh ioh wkujho“t wiot, ls tme hkgilo kn tme
ougerkus jksers ioh mioaers-ko Veter trleh sk hesperitejy tk smice
knn wmlje me wis ijlve.
But L aet wmy Veter Pteeje gices pekpje sk lo`rehlbjy
pkssesslve. Me mih tmls pkwer, tmls wiy kn gicloa pekpje neej jlce
tmey were tme stir, jlce tmey were tme `eoter kn tme uolverse, eveo ln lt
wis `jeirjy Veter wmk wis tme `eoter kn tme uolverse lo ioy rkkg me
wijceh lotk. Veter“s `ko`ero ioh itteotlveoess wis aeouloe. Me
`kujh gice eveo tme gkst lose`ure persko neej jlce i gljjlko hkjjirs,
hesplte mivloa ougerkus lose`urltles kn mls kwo. Lt“s wmy me
`kotloues tk `kggioh jkyijty ioh revereo`e. Lt“s wmy alrjs wmk
ihgltteh tmey kojy get mlg nkr 86 gloutes siy tmit ijbugs su`m is
Bjkkhy Clsses ioh K`tkber Rust were wrltteo ibkut tmeg. Mih Veter
wioteh tk be i `ujt jeiher ritmer tmio i skoawrlter kr i guol`lpij
wkrcer, me wkujh mive beeo tme areitest ioh gkst hioaerkus `ujt
jeiher lo tme mlstkry kn `ujt jeihers. Qe smkujh neej aritenuj me jent us
wltm sk gu`m igizloa gusl` ritmer tmio i plje kn psy`mktl`ijjy-
higiaeh hls`lpjes.

Eirjy lo tme prk`ess kn tmls bkkc“s `reitlko, skge mubbub wis

gihe kn tme ni`t tmit tme survlvloa gegbers kn Xype K Oeaitlve hlh

okt wiot tk tijc tk ge ko re`krh. Xmls wis hlsippklotloa, but L“ve

`kge tk uoherstioh lt. Ei`m gegber issureh ge lt wis oktmloa
perskoij. Dksm eveo eveotuijjy knnereh skge respe`tnuj
`krrespkoheo`e vli egilj, eveo ln lt wis jlglteh ioh oeir tme eoh kn
tmls bkkc“s `reitlko. Pij Ibrus`itk, Xype K Oeaitlve `k-nkuoher ioh
krlaloij hrugger,
hrugger, silh lt wis slgpjy tkk hlnnl`ujt tk speic ibkut Veter
wltmlo i prkde`t kn tmls giaoltuhe. Is nkr Dkmooy Cejjy ioh Ceooy
Ml`cey, tmey mih ippremeoslko nkr virlkus reiskos. Ioh lt seegeh
jlce tmey tkk were stljj mirbkrloa pilo nrkg Veter“s
Veter “s heitm. Okt kojy hlh
tmey jkse tmelr `ireers tme hiy Veter hleh, tmey jkst io lo`rehlbjy
spe`lij nrleoh. Xmls mis tk be respe`teh.
Pkuj ko Nlre ls i stkry kn gioy hlnnereot vlewpklots, kn gioy
hlnnereot trutms ioh eveo uotrutms. L mive trleh tk ivklh kr `krre`t tme
uotrutms wmerever pksslbje lo tejjloa tmls stkry, ioh wmere L `iookt
pksslbjy cokw tme stkry, L jet tmkse wmk were tmere tejj lt nkr ge.
Veter wkujh prkbibjy laokre kr smrua knn tme cloh kn itteotlko me
aets tmrkuamkut tmls bkkc. Xme sih ni`t ls tmit me“s okt mere tk piss
duhageot ko lt. But tme auy wis i areit spkrt. Me `kujh jiuam it
mlgsejn ioh hlh knteo. L mkpe me“h jiuam it skge kn tmls ln me wis
ibje tk reih lt, ioh L mkpe me wkujho“t cljj ge nkr usloa tmls is io
ex`use tk exijt mlg. Lt“s henloltejy okt io ittegpt tk speic nkr mlg.
Okbkhy mis tmit iutmkrlty, ijtmkuam gioy mive trleh slo`e mls heitm.
Viss tme wloe dua irkuoh wmerever yku ire, Veter. Qmkever ls lo
ykur `lr`je kn nrleohs ioh nigljy okw jkves yku jlce tme rest kn us
igkoa tme jlvloa hk. Qe“re ijj wltm yku, gio, jiuamloa ioh `ryloa
ioh trlugpmloa rlamt ijkoa wltm yku.

‘ Denn Qiaoer, K`tkber 2698

 ‚L hk mive niltm, L dust mkpe wmeo L hle L hko“t ak tk Yueeos.‗
‘ Veter Pteeje, 2661

Xme bji`c-gioeh heglakh seegs lovlo`lbje up tmere. Mls nkur-strloa

weipko sjuoa kver mls jent smkujher lo bittje pksltlko, mls bejjkw
kbeyeh by tmkusiohs kn eiaer jleaes, mls preseo`e `kggiohloa
respe`t, mls every gkve prknkuoh. Me mis tme giaoetlsg kn i
hl`titkr jkrhloa kver i rijjy kn 966,666 subde`ts. Lo tmit gkgeot, me
ls eteroij. Lo tmit gkgeot, me ls ijj. Lo tmit gkgeot, me“s wlsmloa tk
be mkge wltm Gkg ioh Hih lo Brkkcjyo, lo mls bisegeot behrkkg
wltm mls `its, pkwer tkkjs, ioh textbkkcs.
Me“s smlttloa mls piots. Xme stiae nrlamt ls uobeiribje.
Lt“s Duoe 2=, 9<<>, tme Rkscljhe Nestlvij lo Heogirc4 tme aliot
ioh mls tmree `kmkrts `ut i geoi`loa smipe kostiae, ei`m seegloa
tltiol` lo slze. Xmuoherkus rmytmgs hetkoite, kglokus gejkhles
kkze, aultirs ioh syotms weive `rystijjloe `kjkrs, jlamts pujse …
tmelr pisslko ls ko nlre ioh expjkhloa nkr tmkusiohs kn Eurkpeios tk
wltoess.
Xme mkrhe kn skpmlstl`iteh birbirlios cokwo is Xype K Oeaitlve
mih trivejeh i jkoa wiy nrkg tmelr mkge bise, ioh nkr ko`e lo tmelr
`urseh `ireer tmloas were ko s`mehuje ioh ruooloa sgkktmjy. Xme
iuhleo`e hevkureh ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio,‗ ‚Bjkkh ioh Nlre‗ ioh ktmer
gial` spejjs tme bioh tmrew it tmeg. Xmey mih irrlveh ko tme
`kotloeot wltm tme muaejy su``essnuj Bjkkhy Clsses ijbug bemloh
tmeg ioh i oew koe, K`tkber Rust, `mkgploa it tme blt nkr Iuaust
rejeise. Lt wkujh ijsk hk wejj. Xme bji`c ioh areeo `rew wis ihhloa
akjh ioh pjitloug tk lts `kjkr
` kjkr wmeej.
Xme yeir 9<<> wis koe kn look`eo`e jkst nkr tme bioh“s jeiher,
Veter Pteeje. Xme bisslst, vk`ijlst ioh skoawrlter mih beeo ko i
glsslko slo`e tme hiwo kn tme 9<=6s. Mls pkst-mlam s`mkkj bioh,
Nijjkut, be`ige jk`ij Brkkcjyo merkes, ioh mls gijl`lkus @irolvkre
sjiggeh io uajy nlst hkwo ko tme Oew \krc uoherarkuoh lo tme glh
“=6s. Qmeo Xype K Oeaitlve“s nlrst ijbug hebuteh lo 9<<9, Veter“s
vlslko wis nujjy reijlzeh. Is tme “<6s weot ko tme bioh be`ige i
hkgloitloa nkr`e lo tme rk`c/getij jiohs`ipe, yet tmey swig ipirt
nrkg ioy gilo streig. Hesplte gisslve su``ess, busloess
pressures ioh perskoij meirtbreics oeirjy swijjkweh Veter wmkje.
Qmlje ijwiys gister kn mls `reitlve hkgilo, tme slx nkkt elamt aliot
wrestjeh wltm i ougber kn perskoij hegkos ioh tegptitlkos lo i
prktri`teh struaaje tmit jisteh wejj lotk tme 2666s. Me weitmereh tme
stkrg tk wrlte ioh reijlze i regircibje bkhy kn gusl` tmit exkr`lzeh
hegkos nkr tmkse wmk jlsteoeh ioh bejleveh, but lo tryloa tk ceep
Xype K Oeaitlve vlbriot, ioh lo exteohloa mls kver-aeoerkus miohs
tk ioykoe irkuoh mlg lo oeeh, Veter Pteeje skgetlges oeaje`teh tk
mejp mlgsejn.
Mejploa ktmers wis eisy‘Veter wis is ihept it tmit is me wis
it wrltloa gusl`. Lo ni`t, mls sejnjessoess be`ige ijgkst is
jeaeohiry is tme gusl` ltsejn. \et me sunnereh nrkg hepresslko ioh
useh smirpjy sejn-hepre`itloa mugkr tk velj mls lose`urltles. Jlne wis
mirh eokuam, ioh me nkuoh jlne lo tme spktjlamt eveo mirher. Xkurloa
wis okt it ijj tk mls jlcloa. Xmit jkoa sjka iwiy nrkg mkge wis
oktmloa Veter ever wioteh. But mls gusl`ij vlslko gihe lt i
oe`esslty, i byprkhu`t kn lggeose tijeot ioh rejeotjess `reitlve
hrlve.
Veter wkujh mive ritmer speot mls hiys wkrcloa nkr tme Oew \krc
@lty Hepirtgeot kn Vircs ioh Re`reitlko, i dkb me treisureh but mih

tk nkrsiceMe
i `mkl`e. ko`e tmeinter
wis, hegiohs
ijj, dustkni irtlstl` su``ess
bjue-`kjjir nkr`eh
bky nrkg mlg tk gice
Brkkcjyo. Akjh
ijbugs ioh giss-s`ije ihujitlko hlh okt ijter tme ni`t tmit mls meirt
wis lo Glhwkkh, ioh lo Vrkspe`t Virc, ioh lo tme `kgnkrtibje wkgb
kn mls jilr ko Elamteeotm Ptreet, mls hwejjloa uoheroeitm tme nigljy
mkge. Is Veter jlceh tk siy, me jlveh ‚irkuoh tme Gktmer Giry ko tme
mijn smejj, pist tme elamt airbiae `ios, hkwo tme `rypt-ceeper stilrs,
uoher tme meit plpe ioh yku“re tmere.‗ Veter“s tijeot pri`tl`ijjy
nkr`eh mlg kotk tme ajkbij stiae, but tme nigljlirlty kn mls kwo qulet
eovlrkos, tme slgpje jlne me jkoaeh nkr iwiy nrkg tme ajire kn jlamts
ioh `igeris, wis wmit Veter trujy tmrlveh ko.
Veter Xmkgis Ritid`zyc jeaijjy be`ige Veter Pteeje lo 9<<>,
but me wkujh ijwiys be Veter Xmkgis Ritid`zyc tk tmkse wmk coew
mlg best. Veter Ritid`zyc tme bkkcwkrg, Veter tme priocster, Veter
tme sko, brktmer, uo`je, bioh gite, bkynrleoh, ioh pij. Veter‘tme
lo`rehlbjy aeoerkus bky wmk jkoaeh nkr pei`e, ioh wmeo me
hls`kvereh pei`e wis okt io kptlko, mirbkreh i `kostiot ioh
hlsturbloa wlsm tk hle.

Lt seegs nlttloa tmit Veter wis bkro wmere okvejlsts, pkets,

aioasters, ioh mkrrkr plkoeers gihe tmelr girc. Okrgio Giljer, Ij
@ipkoe, ioh M.V. Jkve`rint ijj speot slaolnl`iot tlge lo i se`tlko kn
Pkutm Brkkcjyo `ijjeh Reh Mkkc.
I peolosuji slttloa it tme skutmero ehae kn tme bkrkuam“s bkrkuam“s
hkwotkwo hlstrl`t, Reh Mkkc wis settjeh by Hut`m `kjkolsts lo tme
seveoteeotm `eotury, alvloa tme irei lts krlaloij oige, Rkkhe Mkec,
nkr lts rehhlsm sklj ioh hlstlo`tlve smipe. Xme nlrst gidkr bittje lo tme
Revkjutlkoiry Qir nkjjkwloa tme Uolteh Ptites He`jiritlko kn
Lohepeoheo`e wis nkuamt tmere3 tme Bittje kn Brkkcjyo wis mkge tk
Nkrt Henlio`e, i gidkr nkrt lo tme bittje ioh koe tmit Aeoerij Aekrae
Qismloatko `ijjeh ‚sgijj but ex`eehloajy strkoa.‗ Inter tme wir wis
wko ioh tme Brltlsm evi`uiteh tme irei lo 91=0, Reh Mkkc oever
siw su`m `konjl`t iailo, ijtmkuam lt weot tmrkuam perlkhs kn hristl`

`mioae,
tkk. Lo wltm
9<<6upswloas
JLNE lo e`kokgy oigeh
giaizloe ioh egpjkygeot,
lt koe kniohtme
hkwonijjs
wkrst
oelambkrmkkhs lo tme Uolteh Ptites, ioh ‚tme `ri`c `ipltij kn
Igerl`i.‗
Lo io eri kn prksperlty, tme Reh Mkkc Re`reitlko @eoter kpeoeh
lo 9<0>, is tme `kuotry wis `jlgbloa kut kn tme Areit Hepresslko
ioh Vreslheot Nriocjlo H. Rkksevejt“s Oew Heij prkarig wis lo
enne`t. Xme nlnty-elamt-i`re irei lo`juhes i piveh pitm, miohbijj
`kurts, skntbijj nlejhs, i sk``er ioh nkktbijj nlejh, ruooloa tri`c, ioh
tme Pkj Akjhgio pkkj. Gilotiloeh by tme Oew \krc @lty Hepirtgeot
kn Vircs ioh Re`reitlko, lts kpeoloa wis `meereh by 86,666 irei
reslheots ioh wis lostiotjy pkpujir, espe`lijjy ko weeceohs, wmeo
jk`ij wkrcers retreiteh tk tme pirc wltm tmelr nigljles. Nigljles were
stirteh tmere tkk.
Lo tme sugger kn 9<0=, Veter Viuj Ritid`zyc ioh Iooette
@itmerloe Vijjko get it tme Pkj Akjhgio pkkj. Xkwerloajy tijj wltm
strlcloa bjue eyes ioh ism-bjkoh milr, Veter wis io ex`ejjeot
swlgger ioh skgewmit kn i jk`ij merk ko tme bijj hligkoh. Me wis
wkrcloa is i jlneauirh, ioh Iooette `ut i nlaure sk beiutlnuj tmit
Veter `kujh okt laokre mer. Hes`rlbeh by mer hiuamters is
resegbjloa gkvle stirjets ^lvlio Jelam ioh Deio Plggkos, Iooette
qul`cjy nejj lo jkve wltm Veter, ioh tmey were girrleh i yeir jiter.
Xmey mih i slgpje jeaij servl`e lo @lty Mijj ko Iuaust 96, 9<0<.
Peveoteeo yeirs jiter, wmeo eorkjjloa tmelr hiuamters lo @itmkjl`
s`mkkj, tme `kupje wis lonkrgeh tmey wkujh oeeh i girrliae
`ertlnl`ite nrkg i prkper @itmkjl` wehhloa benkre tmelr `mljhreo `kujh
be eorkjjeh. Pk, lo tme sugger kn 9<5>, tmey weh iailo, tmls tlge
uoher tme `mur`m“s wit`mnuj eye it Reh Mkkc“s ^lsltitlko kn tme
Bjesseh ^lralo Giry Rkgio @itmkjl` @mur`m. But lt wis gere
nkrgijlty3 tmey“h beeo lo jkve slo`e 9<0=, ioh lt wis i jkve tmit
jisteh uotlj heitm.
Nigljy nrleoh Girc Girtlo regegbers seeloa evlheo`e kn Veter
ioh Iooette“s nkohoess nkr koe ioktmer. ‚Every hiy Gr. Ritid`zyc
wkujh `kge mkge nrkg wkrc, me wkujh arib mls wlne, ioh tme twk kn
tmeg wkujh wijc irkuoh tme `kroer ioh irkuoh tme bjk`c every hiy.
\ku `kujh see tmit tmere wis true jkve betweeo tme twk kn tmeg.

Xmey were ibskjutejy lonituiteh wltm ei`m ktmer.‗

ktmer.‗
 Gioy kn Reh Mkkc“s Ltijlio, Lrlsm, ioh
Aergio reslheots nkuoh egpjkygeot it
Xkhh Pmlpyirhs kr tme oeirby Hkglok ioh
Pu`rest suair renloerles. Veter wkrceh it
tme smlpyirh, i rlaaer/ eoaloeer it nlrst,
eveotuijjy gkvloa up tk be`kge i bkss, kr
‚soipper.‗ Me wkrceh ko tme nlrst Yueeo
Giry ioh skge kn tme eokrgkus klj tiocers
tmit rkjjeh lo ioh kut kn Oew \krc @lty“s
pkrts lo tme 9<56s ioh “>6s.
Qltm tme virlety kn jk`ijes nrkg wml`m
smlps wkujh `kge, Veter wis ibje tk
se`ure exktl` alnts nkr mls hiuamters‘
ugbrejjis nrkg Dipio, kr skipstkoe tmit
Veter ioh Iooette (‚Oettle‗)
Ritid`zyc, 9<89 tme `mljhreo wkujh use is `mijc. Lt prkvlheh
(useh by perglsslko kn tme lo`kge eokuam nkr mls sgijj but riplhjy
Ritid`zyc nigljy) arkwloa nigljy, ioh tmere wis gu`m tk
prkvlhe nkr. Veter ioh Iooette were mivloa
hiuamters reaujirjy, koe irrlvloa every new yeirs. Xme nlrst wis
Iooette (ol`coigeh Oio`y), nkjjkweh by Birbiri, Vitrl`li, Vigeji,
ioh @itmjeeo. Irkuoh tme tlge kn tme blrtm kn tmelr se`koh hiuamter,
Birbiri lo 9<88, Veter wis hrinteh lotk tme irgy it tme melamt kn
Qkrjh Qir LL. Xme Ijjles were ailoloa arkuoh iailost tme Ixls, ioh
tme UP lo`reiseh trkkp ougbers tk issure vl`tkry. Pervloa lo tme
Irgy @krps kn Eoaloeers, wmere me mejpeh buljh brlhaes, Veter wis
ijsk iwirheh gehijs nkr gircsgiosmlp. Me wis mkokribjy
hls`miraeh ko Nebruiry 95, 9<85.
Ijtmkuam me serveh jess tmio i yeir lo tme servl`e, Veter jkst mls
dkb seolkrlty it Xkhh Pmlpyirhs ko`e me returoeh mkge. Qmlje me
wis ibje tk se`ure k``islkoij egpjkygeot it tme yirh, me wis
nkr`eh tk ‚smipe up‗ hiljy ioh mkpe nkr wkrc betweeo steihler
steihler,, gkre
hepeohibje nujj-tlge pksltlkos. Qltm mls experleo`e lo eoaloeerloa,
nkuohry wkrc, ioh rejiteh spe`lijtles, okt tk geotlko io lgpe``ibje
wkrc etml`, tme meih kn tme Ritid`zyc mkusemkjh ijwiys gihe hk nkr

mlgsejn, mls wlne, ioh nlve hiuamters.

 Lo 9<>2, wltm i surprlse slxtm `mljh ko tme wiy, okbkhy akt tmelr
mkpes up tmit i bky wkujh nloijjy irrlve. Ex`ept, tmit ls, nkr Hr. Gljtko
D. Geyer, wmk mloteh tk Grs. Ritid`zyc tmit sme smkujh be prepireh
tk mive i bky tmls tlge. Pme bejleveh ok su`m tmloa wkujh mippeo,
but Hr. Geyer“s prehl`tlko `ige true. Ko Diouiry 8, 9<>2, Veter
Ritid`zyc wis bkro it Ihejpml Mkspltij lo Brkkcjyo. (Mls glhhje
oige, Xmkgis, wis ticeo upko `konlrgitlko it iae ejeveo, inter mls
gktmer“s brktmer Xkggy.)
Veter wis bla, eveo it blrtm. Me jiter silh, ‚L wis bkro tweoty-nkur
lo`mes jkoa ioh teo pkuohs. Gy gktmer silh lt wis jlce alvloa blrtm tk
i pugpclo.‗ Veter `ige lotk tme wkrjh areeteh by ihkrloa negijes,
ioh me ihkreh tmeg rlamt bi`c. Xmls regiloeh i `kostiot tmrkuamkut
mls jlne.

Lo Peptegber 9<>8, benkre biby Veter turoeh tmree, mls nitmer

gkveh tme nigljy tk tme Glhwkkh se`tlko kn Brkkcjyo. Pltuiteh
betweeo Iveoues C ioh J, jlne ko Elamteeotm Ptreet wis akkh.
Glhwkkh lo tme 9<>6s wis i gl`rk`ksg kn tme Igerl`io gejtloa pkt
lheij. Vkjlsm, Dewlsm, Russlio, ioh Ltijlio nigljles pei`enujjy
`kexlsteh. Clhs pjiyeh bijj lo tme street,
s treet, nitmers muo`meh uoheroeitm
`ir mkkhs tryloa tk aet tme higo tmloas tk ak, ioh tme k``islkoij
bjk`c pirty aive everykoe io ex`use tk gloaje eo gisse.
Xme Ritid`zycs were mippy lo tmelr oew oelambkrmkkh. Is
jkoatlge oelambkr ioh nigljy nrleoh Airy Clppej rejites, ‚Qe“re
Dewlsm3 tme pekpje oext tk us ioh betweeo us ire Ltijlio, ioh tmeo
tme Ritid`zyc nigljy wis Vkjlsm. Ioh lt wis very meivljy Dewlsm nkr
gioy yeirs. Veter“s nitmer ko`e silh tmit me wis very `kgnkrtibje
jlvloa lo i prehkgloiotjy Dewlsm oelambkrmkkh be`iuse tmere wis i
nigljy bi`carkuoh wmere, ln yku“re iwire kn mlstkry, Vkjioh wis i
very pkkr `kuotry. Xmere were nigloes ioh e`kokgl` mirhsmlps.
Veter“s nitmer geotlkoeh tmit tmere slgpjy wis okt eokuam nkkh tk
ak irkuoh,
oeirby, wmkioh wmeo
ijsk mls mih
birejy nigljy hlho“t
nkkh, mivewmit
smireh nkkh,jlttje
tme Dewlsm nigljles
tmey mih, eveo
tmkuam tmey `ige nrkg i hlnnereot
rejlalkus bi`carkuoh. Me wkujh siy tk
ge, ”Xmey were oelambkrs. Akkh
pekpje.“ Me silh tmit gkst respe`tnujjy.‗
Xme Ritid`zyc nigljy“s merltiae ls i
glxture kn Vkjlsm ko tme piteroij slhe
ioh P`kttlsm, Lrlsm, Eoajlsm, ioh Nreo`m
ko tme giteroij slhe. Qmlje lt“s beeo
repkrteh tme nigljy `irrles skge
L`ejiohl` bjkkh, tmit“s `kgpjete
nibrl`itlko irlsloa nrkg Veter Xmkgis“s
nis`loitlko wltm ioh heslre tk vlslt Veter“s nlrst @mrlstgis, 9<>2
L`ejioh (wml`m me eveotuijjy hlh lo (useh by perglsslko kn tme
9<<<). Ritid`zyc nigljy)
Hesplte cokwloa Vkjlsm, Veter“s
nitmer loslsteh tme nigljy speic kojy Eoajlsm lo tme mkge. Xmey were
prkuh Igerl`ios, inter ijj, ijtmkuam tmit hlho“t geio tmelr `ulsloe
wis ijj Igerl`io. Xme nigljy jkveh clejbisi ioh bibci, is wejj is i
virlety kn @ejtl` hlsmes. Nkkh wis pjeotlnuj ioh hlverse lo tme mkge,
ioh sk wis gusl`.
Xme miohskge Ritid`zyc nitmer wis slx neet nlve lo`mes tijj ioh
pkssesseh i rkbust sloaloa vkl`e tk git`m. Mls heep, beiutlnuj
birltkoe bejteh kut hlttles su`m is ‚Rigkoi‗ ioh ‚Kjh Gio Rlver‗
wmeo tme nigljy wkujh aitmer, usuijjy ko weeceohs, nkr bkuts kn
sloaloa ioh pjiyloa. Qmlje me mirgkolzeh wltm mls wlne (ol`coigeh
Oettle, tk hlstloaulsm mer nrkg tme ejhest hiuamter, Iooette), ktmer
nigljy gegbers, lo`juhloa tme pireots“ slbjloas, ole`es, ioh
oepmews, `mlgeh lo ko pliok, ucujeje, giohkjlo, mirgkol`i, aultir,
ioh tigbkurloe. Xme io`mkr kn tme eveot wkujh be tme nigljy“s
pjiyer pliok, lts repertklre `kverloa `jissl`ij gusl` up tk gkre
`kotegpkriry nire, su`m is ‚Giggy‗ ioh ‚L Hko“t Cokw Qmy (L Jkve
\ku Jlce L Hk).‗
@itmy K“@kookr, tme ykuoaest kn tme Ritid`zyc hiuamters,
regegbers, ‚Ko tme weeceohs, inter everybkhy wkrceh sk mirh tk
rilse
mkges.tmelr
Qe `mljhreo,
were oktpekpje
triloehwkujh aitmerbut
gusl`lios, tk everykoe
pjiy gusl` lo tmelr
`kujh pjiy
skgetmloa.‗ Xme very ykuoa Veter Xmkgis eveo akt lo ko tme i`t,
pjiyloa i `kgb wltm piper tmreiheh tmrkuam lts teetm, i skuoh tmit
resegbjeh tme akkny, rittjloa tkkt kn i cizkk.
Gusl` wis ever-preseot lo tme Ritid`zyc mkusemkjh. Oettle wkujh
eveo be sloaloa wmlje ticloa `ire kn tme clhs. Xme slamt kn mer lo i
mkusehress ioh splceh mlam meejs, hio`loa wltm i brkkg, ls io
lgiae mer hiuamters stljj regegber nkohjy.
Xmls weijtm kn gusl` jent i areit lgpresslko ko ykuoa Veter. Mls
slsters were hlaaloa lotk tme pkpujir gusl` kn tme hiy vli 85-rpg
re`krhs, ioh lt hlho“t tice jkoa nkr Veter tk nkjjkw tmelr jeih. Piys
slster Birbiri Ptljp, ‚L regegber `kgloa mkge nrkg s`mkkj ioh me“h
be slttloa ko tme wlohkwsljj, lo tmls areit bla pl`ture wlohkw, wltm gy
pmkokaripm. Me coew mkw tk pjiy 85s wmeo me wis kojy twk yeirs
kjh, giybe ykuoaer. Me“h be pjiyloa Ejvls Vresjey is L wis `kgloa
lo tme hkkr, ioh L“h siy ”Qmit ire yku hkloa;“ ioh me“h siy ”L“g
pjiylo“ wecclhs.“ Me `ijjeh tmeg mls ”wecclhs.“‗
Lt wis slster Vitrl`li Rkwio wmk nlrst tljteh Veter“s eir tkwirh tme
biss `jen4 ‚L wis tryloa tk tei`m mlg mkw tk hio`e koe tlge. L silh,
”Veter, jlsteo tk tme biss jloe. Every tlge yku meir tme biss, tmit“s
wmeo yku wiot tk tice i step.“‗
Vit ijsk regegbers tmit, ‚Veter akt mls birltkoe vkl`e nrkg hih,
wmk sioa tme ”Gioy brive meirts ire isjeep lo tme heep“ siljkr skoa
is i jujjiby tk biby Vete.‗ Xme 9=<1 skoa, ‚Isjeep lo tme Heep,‗
`koveys tme neir kn hrkwoloa it sei. Io uousuij `mkl`e kn behtlge
gusl`, permips, but `koslherloa mls `reitlve iestmetl` jiter lo jlne,
biby Veter giy mive very cokwloajy ibskrbeh lts hrigitl` pkwer
rlamt tmere lo tme `rlb. Lt“s eisy tk lgialoe mls nitmer“s rl`m birltkoe
sknteoloa tme skoa“s tkuam subde`t gitter, alvloa issurio`e tmit
everytmloa wis akloa tk be kciy4

‚Jkuhjy tme bejj lo tme kjh tkwer rloas

blhhloa us jlst tk tme wiroloa lo brloas.
Piljkr, tice `ire! Piljkr, tice `ire!
Hioaer ls oeir tmee. Bewire! Bewire! Bewire! Bewire!‗
 But jlttje Veter sjept skuohjy tmkse olamts. Everytmloa wis rlamt lo
Glhwkkh. Xmere wis oktmloa yet tk neir.

Is tme biby kn tme nigljy

nigljy,, Veter gilotiloeh i `jkse rejitlkosmlp
wltm mls pireots ioh nlve kjher slbjloas, hesplte tme nrl`tlkos tmit
`kge wltm ioy nigljy hyoigl`. Is Veter arew (ioh arew ioh arew),
mls nitmer tiuamt mlg ijj me coew, pissloa mls cokwjehae kn
`kostru`tlko, gi`mloery, ioh eoaloes ijkoa tk mls sko. Girc Girtlo
re`ijjs, ‚Mls nitmer useh tk mive i stitlko wiako, ioh wmeo Veter
wis kjher tmey wkujh wkrc ko tmit `ir lo`essiotjy. \ku `kujh see tme
bkoh betweeo tmeg. Vjus, Veter wis mls kojy sko, sk lt wis i reijjy,
reijjy strkoa bkoh.‗ Ioh mls jkve nkr gktmer Oettle wis evlheot3 me
`kostiotjy brkuamt mer alnts. Lo mls ykuoaer yeirs, Veter preseoteh
mer wltm bkuquets kn njkwers, regoiots `kgpljeh nrkg virlkus
oelambkrs“ airheos.
Veter eisljy ibskrbeh tme jesskos tiuamt mlg bktm lo s`mkkj ioh
`mur`m3 ioh loheeh, tmese lostltutlkos were lotergloajeh. Nrkg
cloherairteo tk elamtm arihe, me itteoheh Kur Jihy kn Renuae, i
@itmkjl` s`mkkj hes`rlbeh by mls slsters is gu`m jess strl`t tmio tme
@itmkjl` s`mkkjloa tmey weot tmrkuam lo Reh Mkkc. Birbiri oktes
tmit, ‚Kur Jihy kn Renuae mih bktm ouos‘Plsters kn Ger`y‘ioh
jiyperskos is tei`mers. Xme Dksepmlte ouos we mih were gu`m
strl`ter. Xmey wkujh mlt yku wltm i rujer. Xmey were ijjkweh tk mlt yku.
Veter“s tei`mers hlh okt hk tmit. Xmere wis ok ibuse.‗
Rilseh Rkgio @itmkjl`, tme nigljy“s `mur`m itteohio`e wis ok
gkre tmio ko`e weecjy, pjus mkjy hiys kn kbjlaitlko, ioh wmlje tme
@mrlstlio niltm wis ever-preseot, lt wis okt hkgloiot lo tme nigljy“s
jlne. Hesplte tme reputitlko kn Krtmkhkx @itmkjl`lsg is i rlakrkus,
hegiohloa niltm, tme Ritid`zyc pireots cept tmloas `kkj. Everykoe
wis biptlzeh ioh weot tmrkuam ijj tme si`rigeots ioh
`konlrgitlkos, but tmey aeoerijjy ihmereh tk tme bisl`s kn ioy ktmer
gilostreig @mrlstlio heokgloitlko4 Cokw ykur Xeo
 @kggiohgeots3 respe`t ktmers3
pri`tl`e i skuoh gkrij `khe. Plgpje,
eisy-tk-nkjjkw stunn.
Veter wis i very akkh stuheot ioh
stiyeh itteotlve hurloa `mur`m servl`es,
wml`m wis uousuij nkr mls peers. Lo
s`mkkj me smkweh io iptltuhe lo gitm
ioh s`leo`e, ijtmkuam me prenerreh
reihloa lohepeoheotjy versus wmitever
tme tei`mers isslaoeh. Is wltm gkst
s`mkkjs, gusl` wis pirt kn tme
`urrl`ujug, ioh mere iailo Veter hkve
lo ioh ittegpteh tk jeiro ijj me `kujh.
Ioh mls tei`mers jkveh mlg. @itmy
expjilos, ‚Be`iuse Veter wis brkuamt
up irkuoh wkgeo, ioh mls ole`es were
ijj wkgeo, me wis very njlrtitlkus nrkg
Veter (rlamt) ioh Dkmo
@igpks mioaloa kut lo
tme stirt. Me wis `mirgloa. Me
Glhwkkh (useh by perglsslko `mirgeh mls tei`mers. Xmey jkveh mlg.
kn tme Ritid`zyc nigljy) Xmey serlkusjy jkveh mlg.‗
Lo io eirjy exigpje kn mls `reitlve
ioh aeoerkus slhes `kosplrloa, Veter wkujh `krrij tme oelambkrmkkh
clhs wmeo tme s`mkkj mejh i mijn-hiy, tejjloa tmeg tmere wis ok bus
tk tice tmeg mkge. Me“h `ijj i `ir servl`e, everykoe wkujh plje lo,
ioh wmeo tme `ir wkujh irrlve ko Elamteeotm Ptreet, me“h ruo lotk tme
mkuse tk bea mls gktmer nkr tme nire gkoey. Ko tmkse hiys, tme clhs
wkujh irrlve mkge lo styje, `kurtesy kn Veter wltm i jlttje mejp nrkg
Oettle.
Veter wis ijsk extregejy bismnuj. Mls slster Birbiri tejjs i stkry
tmit, cokwloa skge kn mls prk`jlvltles jiter lo jlne, seegs ijgkst
uobejlevibje. ‚Me wis io extregejy gkhest `mljh,‗ sme siys. ‚Me
wkujh ak tk tme stkre nkr gy gktmer. Pme wioteh, siy, twk pkuohs kn
`ml`ceo breists, ioh me wis ismigeh tk siy ”breists“ tk tme
but`mer.. Pk me `ijjeh tmeg ”`ml`ceo `mests.“‗
but`mer
 Qmlje mls stkl` nitmer prkvlheh tme exigpje kn i strkoa
s trkoa wkrc etml`
ioh tkjh mls bky tmit me smkujh oever jet pekpje see mlg `ry, mls
gktmer ioh slsters eo`kuriaeh Veter“s seosltlvlty ioh irtlstl` wmlgs.
Me wis i `kjje`tkr, igissloa i meijtmy `klo `kjje`tlko ioh io
isskrtgeot kn rk`cs ioh nkssljs lo ihhltlko tk i arkwloa meip kn
bkkcs ioh re`krhs. Me pirtl`ujirjy jkveh uousuij skuohs3 i nivkrlte
re`krh wis Hlsoeyjioh Re`krhs“ @mljjloa, Xmrljjloa Pkuohs kn tme
Miuoteh Mkuse. Me uoherjloeh mls nivkrltes lo peo ko tme bi`c
`kver4 ‚Xme Hkas‗3 ‚I @kjje`tlko kn @reics‗3 ‚P`reigs ioh Arkios.‗
Veter smkweh iptltuhe lo irt ioh hriwloa, ioh eodkyeh jeiroloa
mkw tk be i miohygio nrkg mls nitmer, wmk mih gistereh everytmloa
nrkg `ir eoaloes tk he`c buljhloa. Me ijsk smkweh iheptoess wltm
wkrh aiges, tkyloa wltm puos, i``eots, skuoh enne`ts, ioh rkjjeh Rs
every `mio`e me akt3 me mih i ceeo eir nkr skuoh, tkk, is @itmy
rejites, ‚Ln yku hlijeh ko i pusm-buttko pmkoe, me `kujh tejj yku wmit
ougbers yku were hlijloa dust by tme skuoh.‗
Jlvloa lo is rl`m i gusl`ij eovlrkogeot is tme Ritid`zyc
mkusemkjh, Veter be`ige wejj-verseh lo i virlety kn gusl` styjes is
tme 9<>6s `ige tk io eoh. Ko tkp kn bla bioh swloa, smkw tuoes,
`jissl`ij, ioh pkp, me ihheh mls kwo hls`kverles kn tme meivler rk`c
gusl` egeraloa it tme tlge. Me wis ijreihy lonituiteh wltm tme

Beitjes,
wmeejs nkr wmk regiloeh
skgetmloa wltmi slgljir
jlnejkoalgpi`t.
nis`loitlko, ioh tmls areiseh mls
Plster Vigeji Qeoht `io be `rehlteh nkr nlrst brloaloa rk`c ioh
rkjj lotk tme mkuse, wml`m expkseh Veter tk mirh rk`cers su`m is Pio
Hleak“s Lrko Butternjy ioh Eoajlsm pkwer trlk @reig. Mls ktmer slsters
cept gusl` pjiyloa `kostiotjy‘tmrkuam tmls, Veter ibskrbeh tme
skuohs kn tme Rkjjloa Ptkoes, tme Byrhs, ioh Hetrklt `kgbk G@5. Lt
wis @itmy wmk uowlttloajy knnereh tme eplpmioy tmit `mioaeh
Veter“s gusl`ij jlne. Lo jite 9<16, dust benkre Veter turoeh oloe, sme
brkuamt mkge io ijbug tltjeh Virioklh. Lt wis tme se`koh rejeise by
i ykuoa quirtet nrkg Blrgloamig,
Eoajioh, oigeh Bji`c Pibbitm,
ioh tmls hls`kvery wis muae.
‚L brkuamt Bji`c Pibbitm lotk
tme mkuse,‗ sme rejites. ‚Qe were
kojy ijjkweh tk pjiy lt sk jkuh,
ex`ept wmeo tme pireots jent, tmeo
lt akt bjisteh. Qmeo ”Lrko Gio“ wis
pjiyeh nkr tme nlrst tlge ko gy
re`krh pjiyer, Veter rio lotk gy
behrkkg, aribbeh mkjh kn tme
vkjuge cokb, `rioceh lt up jkuh, Io eirjy losplritlko4 @mljjloa,
Xmrljjloa Pkuohs kn tme
ioh stkkh lo nrkot kn tme sterek Miuoteh Mkuse (Hlsoeyjioh
rk`cloa ioh sloaloa, ”L ig Lrko Re`krhs, 9<>8)
Gio!“ Mkoestjy, L reijjy tmloc tmit lt
stirteh tmeo.‗
Xme bky wis utterjy aijviolzeh by Bji`c Pibbitm,
uoquestlkoibjy tme meivlest rk`c bioh kn tme hiy. Xkoy Lkggl“s
gkrblh `mkrhs were tml`c is tir3 tme bioh“s rmytmg se`tlko, bisslst
Aeezer Butjer ioh hrugger Bljj Qirh, hejlvereh i nkrblhhloa
Oeiohertmij tmugp, ioh tme `mljjloa, oeurktl`-skuohloa vk`ijs kn
Kzzy Ksbkuroe `kgbloeh tk triospkrt i jlsteoer tk hircjy hlnnl`ujt
hlgeoslkos. Xme ktmerwkrjhjy itgkspmere tmit Bji`c Pibbitm jilh
hkwo gihe i slaolnl`iot lgpi`t ko Veter, skgetmloa tmit prknkuohjy
smipeh mls gusl`ij jlne.
By 9<10, Veter be`ige loteresteh lo pjiyloa aultir. Me wis
ijreihy tkyloa wltm i virlety kn ktmer lostrugeots, but tme pkwer kn
tme aultir mih be`kge `jeir
` jeir.. Xme `kgb-ioh-piper cizkk hlho“t qulte
mive tme lgpi`t kn i hlstkrteh eje`trl` slx-strloa. Veter tkkc nkrgij
aultir jesskos nkr i new yeirs, but nkuoh heeper sitlsni`tlko
glgl`cloa skoas nrkg mls nivkrlte re`krhs. Ioh me mih pjeoty kn tlge
nkr lt.
Veter“s slster @itmy wis itmjetl`, is were skge kn mls ktmer
slsters ioh gioy kn mls peers, ioh wmlje Veter jlceh tk pjiy street
bijj, street
pirt mk`cey, s`mkkj
lo kraiolzeh pihhje spkrts,
bijj, ioh
mestkkp
wis bijj, ioh jkoaeh
restrl`teh tk tice
by getij jea
bri`es. Hliaokseh wltm ‚pes pjious,‗ kr njit-nkktehoess, it iae twk
‘i nilrjy `kggko innjl`tlko‘Veter“s `ise requlreh `krre`tlko.
Ijreihy io loteosejy smy ykuoa gio, tme bri`es, `kgbloeh wltm i
`muocy, muscy nrige, gihe mlg rlpe nkr bujjyloa ioh oige-`ijjloa.
Xme iwcwirh preteeo yeirs were wkrseoeh nkr Veter by pmysl`ij
`kohltlkos beykoh mls `kotrkj.
Girc Girtlo oktes tmit Veter“s ittltuhe ibkut tme bri`es wis ‚okt
tk smkw tmeg. Ln yku hlho“t brloa tmeg up, me hlho“t tijc ibkut tmeg.
Ijsk, Vete wis arkwloa, ioh me wis oever `kgnkrtibje wltm mls
melamt. Pk tme bri`es were dust ioktmer tmloa tmit pekpje aiwceh it.
Me wis very sejn-`kos`lkus kver ijj tmls. Gkre knteo tmio okt me wkre
jkoa piots tk mlhe tme bri`es.‗
I arkwtm spurt lo Veter triheh bkylsm `mub nkr iwcwirh preteeo
jiocloess. Mls nrige wis suhheojy io lgpksloa koe, nlohloa mlg i
nujj meih tijjer tmio gkst kn mls peers, ioh eveo bkys kjher tmio me,
yet mls smyoess ioh ‚aeotje aliot‗ hegeiokr cept mlg ko tme
heneoslve, pejteh wltm tiuots nrkg ykuoaer
ykuoaer,, sgijjer clhs wmk nejt tmey
mih skgetmloa ko tme aioajy Vkjlsm bky. Hesplte beloa jlcibje tk tme
`kre, tmere were stljj clhs lo mls s`mkkj ioh oelambkrmkkh wmk nkuoh
Veter io eisy tiraet nkr ibuse. Me arihuijjy wltmhrew, speohloa
gkre ioh gkre tlge ijkoe, reihloa ioh jlsteoloa tk gusl`. Is io
lotrkverteh clh, Veter hkve meihjkoa lotk tmese i`tlvltles. Me stljj
pjiyeh jlce ioy ktmer bky, wmetmer lt wis bisebijj lo tme street,
`isuij oelambkrmkkh biscetbijj, kr rkjjer-scitloa, but tme bri`es
were i birrler tk areiter ialjlty.
Plster Vit rejites, ‚Me hlh wmitever me wioteh tk is best is me
`kujh hk lt. Qmeo me `kujho“t hk lt ioy gkre tmio tmit, me wkujh turo
tk skgetmloa ejse ioh be`kge io expert it tmit.‗
Veter“s jea bri`es `ige knn dust benkre me turoeh teo. Lt wkujh
mive beeo i areit kppkrtuolty tk nloijjy pursue spkrts ioh be`kge
koe mejj kn i biscetbijj kr nkktbijj pjiyer, but by tmit tlge, teig
spkrts were kn ok loterest tk mlg. ‚Me hlho“t jlce kraiolzeh spkrts
wmere me mih tk pjiy ko i teig,‗ siys Girc Girtlo. ‚Me wioteh
everykoe tk be su``essnuj, but me wioteh tk be tme hrlver kn lt, sk me
prenerreh lohlvlhuij
be`kge very spkrts
akkh it, ioh tmit me `kujh
me hlh.‗ wkrc `ko`eotriteh
But Veter ko lo mls kwo ko
tlge ioh
spkrts
jess ioh jess tme nirtmer me akt lotk mls teeos. Pkgetmloa gkre
lgpkrtiot wis be`ckoloa.
Xme bujjyloa tmit gihe io lotrkverteh bky eveo gkre
lotrkspe`tlve, ioh tme bri`es tmit mih mlg slttloa ko tme slhejloes,
pusmeh Veter lotk lotejje`tuij skjltuhe. Me weot kut kn mls wiy tk
jeiro everytmloa me `kujh, eveo iwiy nrkg s`mkkj. Qmlje me ijwiys
jkveh tme kuthkkrs, me stiyeh loslhe i jkt. Me okt kojy jlsteoeh tk
gusl`, me stuhleh lt. Me okt kojy eodkyeh gi`mloes, but jeiroeh tme
ge`miol`s bemloh tmeg. Me wis nis`loiteh nkr i wmlje wltm trilo
sets, wml`m me set up ioh pjiyeh wltm lo tme bisegeot kn tme nigljy
mkge. Me jkveh lostru`tlkoij giouijs, beykoh tme isslaoeh textbkkc
reihloa lo s`mkkj. Plster Birbiri re`ijjs, ‚Me wis ijwiys jeiroloa ko
mls kwo. Xme gkre tmloas me `kujh jeiro, lo reairh tk lo`reisloa mls
lotejjlaeo`e gkre ioh gkre, me wkujh.‗
Xmit jeiroloa lo`juheh mls sejn-isslaoeh `urrl`ujug kn tktij gusl`
ibskrptlko. Xme Beitjes, Bji`c Pibbitm, Heep Vurpje, Cloa @rlgsko,
tme Hkkrs, Piotioi, ioh sk gioy gkre were beloa spuo ko mls
turotibje, ioh tme niotistl` irtwkrc kn tme ijbug sjeeves ihheh tk mls
experleo`e. Xmls stunn wis lo`rehlbjy ex`ltloa tk mlg ioh knnereh i
virlety kn skol` pkrtijs tk expjkre. Jiter
Jiter,, lgiae-meivy biohs su`m is
Clss ioh Hevk aive Veter mls kwo lheis ibkut uolnkrglty ioh
lheotlty lo i rk`c `kotext. Aeirs turoeh lo mls meih3 prlgkrhlij
`ko`epts beaio tk nkrg3 me cept pjiyloa aultir, jeiroloa nrkg tme
tweotletm `eotury“s he`lbej-hrlveo jkoa-milreh gisters.
‚L“h oever meirh mlg pri`tl`e,‗ Vit re`ijjs. ‚Xmeo ijj kn i suhheo,
koe hiy me wis hkwo lo tme bisegeot pjiyloa aultir. L hko“t cokw ln
me wis nkrgloa lt lo mls gloh benkre me pl`ceh up io lostrugeot ioh
i`tuijjy hlh lt, but ijj kn i suhheo lt wis tmere.‗
Xme bri`es ioh bujjles tmit ko`e `iuseh mlg murt ioh
egbirrissgeot okw prkvlheh nuej nkr mls `reitlve nlre. Iwiy nrkg
suosmloe ioh pjuaaeh lotk pure eje`trl`lty, Veter Ritid`zyc“s
triosnkrgitlko wis uoherwiy.
 Jlne nihes iwiy ijj tkk nist
Xk jlve lo tme pist

But tme pl`tures

Pkgemkw hk jlveknko
tlges akoe
‘ ‚Bjeeh nkr Ge,‗ 9<=9

Lo 2661 Dksm Pljver tkkc i wijc tmrkuam @koey Lsjioh, ‚mkge kn tme
mkt hka, mkge kn tme guaaloa vl`tlg.‗ Me knnereh `kggeotiry ko lts
lonigkus igusegeot irei ioh ittri`tlkos su`m is tme Qkoher
Qmeej ioh tme Viri`mute Dugp. Hejlvereh wltm uolgpresseh
wryoess, mls giss kn wlry milr, epl` ariyeh akitee, gujtlpje
pler`loas, ioh tittkks birejy hlsaulse tme aeotje, mlamjy lotejjlaeot

mugio beloa uoheroeitm.

Hes`rlbeh virlkusjy by pekpje `jkse tk mlg is steihy, prlvite,
`koslsteot, sceptl`ij, ko tme bijj, sirhkol`, `iustl`, vls`erij,
suspl`lkus, io eolagi wrippeh lo i rlhhje, ioh jlce io G&G4 mirh
ko tme kutslhe ioh igizloajy sknt ioh sweet loslhe, Dksm Pljver ls io
lgpresslve mugio beloa, i `kgpjl`iteh puzzje, ioh i tkuam out tk
`ri`c.
Hurloa tme @koey Lsjioh diuot, Pljver nlxes ko tme @y`jkoe rkjjer-
`kister. ‚\ku“jj oever nloh ge ko tme @y`jkoe,‗ me siys, ‚but yku
glamt nloh i new he`ipltiteh ykuoa pekpje wmk stkkh up ioh tmkuamt
tmey were `kkj ioh eoheh up meihjess. Xmere mive beeo i ougber
kn heitms ko tmls wkohernuj ittri`tlko. Lt“s rl`cety ioh lt su`cs, ioh L
wkujho“t aet ko lt ln gy jlne hepeoheh ko lt.‗
Me buys koe kn tme `igeri `rew i tl`cet tk rlhe tme @y`jkoe, ioh
miohs lt kver. ‚Xl`cet tk heitm. Mere yku ak. Eodky.‗
It tme tlge kn tmls igusloa wijtz tmrkuam @koey Lsjioh, Pljver
mih, nkr gioy yeirs, beeo truhaloa tmrkuam tme treo`mes ioh s`ijloa
tme melamts kn rk`c lonigy wltm mls Brkkcjyo-biseh bioh. Io
ex`ejjeot ceybkirhlst, Pljver ls pksslbjy io eveo gkre alnteh
prkhu`er. Alveo mls gkrhiot mugkr ioh ceeo uoherstiohloa kn
gusl`, me wis bkuoh tk nkrae i jkoa-jistloa bkoh wltm ioktmer
`kgpjex lohlvlhuij ko tme bjk`c kn Brkkcjyo“s Glhwkkh oelambkrmk
oelambkrmkkh
kh
wmere me arew up. Xme ylo ioh yioa rejitlkosmlp betweeo Dksm
Pljver ioh Veter Ritid`zyc stirteh wmeo tmey were teo yeirs kjh.
Veter wis hlaaloa lotk gusl` ioh s`leo`e nl`tlko ioh ijj tmkse ktmer
es`ipes tmit gihe tme iwcwirh preteeo yeirs wkrtm eohurloa, ioh
Dksm nujjy rejiteh.
Dksm Pljver, bkro Okvegber 98, 9<>2, get Veter Ritid`zyc lo
9<12. Xmit yeir tme Pljver nigljy gkveh tk tme sige bjk`c tme
Ritid`zyc“s jlveh ko, Eist Elamteeotm Ptreet lo Glhwkkh. Eveo
tmkuam tme Ritid`zyc wkrcloa-`jiss jlne wis lo `kotrist tk tme Pljver“s
gkre prknesslkoij koe (mls nitmer wis heio it i jk`ij `kjjeae, mls
gktmer i psy`mkjkalst), tme bkys“ jkve kn gusl`, `kgbloeh wltm tmelr
lotejjlaeo`e ioh `kgpjegeotiry seose kn mugkr tkkc rkkt qul`cjy tk
nkrg i closmlp tmit jisteh he`ihes. Pkgetlges tugujtukus ioh
teose, jlce tme jkve betweeo brktmers, tmelr pirtoersmlp wis clsget‘
Dksm wis tme bji`c tk Veter“s areeo ioh, wmeo lt gittereh gkst, tme
wloh tmit niooeh tme njiges kn Veter“s nlre.

I `kupje yeirs prlkr tk geetloa Dksm, Veter nkuoh io ijjy lo

ioktmer oelambkrmkkh clh wmk smireh mls nis`loitlkos. Xme nkurtm-
arihe `jissrkkg kn Kur Jihy kn Renuae brkuamt Veter ioh Dkmo
@igpks tkaetmer. Xme pilr hls`kvereh slgljir tistes lo gusl`,
gkvles, ioh mugkr, ioh lt hlho“t tice jkoa benkre tmey were pjiyloa
gusl` tkaetmer, nlrst lo `mur`m ioh jiter lo i gkre twlsteh se`ujir
prkde`t.
Qltm i `jeir ioh arkwloa loterest, permips eveo kbsesslko wltm
gusl`, virlkus nigljy gegbers eo`kuriaeh Veter tk tice aultir
jesskos wmeo me wis ejeveo yeirs kjh. Xiuamt by jk`ij tei`mer
@mirjle Rigplok, wmk gihe mkuse `ijjs tk tme mkges kn mls
stuheots, Veter ioh mls ole`e Oio`y tkkc jesskos tkaetmer, wltm
aultirs bkuamt by Veter“s kjhest slster ioh Oio`y“s gktmer, Iooette,
wmk ijsk pilh nkr tme jesskos. Veter ioh Oio`y skgetlges iraueh
ibkut wmk wis tk tice tme 1466 p.g. jessko ioh wmk wkujh aet tk
wit`m Biroey Gljjer, wml`m ilreh it tme sige tlge. Dkmo @igpks
ijsk beaio ticloa aultir jesskos, ihiptloa eisljy tk tme lostrugeot
ioh qul`cjy be`kgloa skgetmloa kn i prkhlay. Nkr tme oext severij
yeirs tme bkys ibskrbeh ijj tme cokwjehae tmey `kujh ibkut tmelr
slx-strloa i`kustl` aultirs.
Veter ioh Dkmo, tkaetmer wltm Oio`y ioh oelambkrmkkh nrleoh
Pusio Veoti, gihe tmelr nlrst pubjl` ippeirio`es is gusl`lios lo
`mur`m. Plster Xmeresi Cejjy hlre`teh tme clhs lo pri`tl`e every
Qehoeshiy, wltm tme nrults kn tmelr remeirsijs meirh reaujirjy ko
Puohiys it Kur Jihy kn Renuae“s Nkjc Giss. Dkmo regegbers mkw
Veter, ever tme subverslve, wkujh loltlite pjiyloa nkrblhheo gusl` lo
`mur`m. ‚Lt“s ge ioh Veter pjiyloa aultir nkr tme Puohiy gkroloa
Giss. Qe“re bktm slttloa tmere, we“re lo i @itmkjl` @mur`m, ioh Veter
jeios kver ioh akes, ”Jet“s pjiy ‚Virioklh.‗“ Pk we bktm stirt pjiyloa

Bji`c Pibbitm
sugs Veter it tme
up rlamt 96466 Giss ko Puohiy gkroloa. Xmit cloh kn
tmere.‗
Veter ioh Dkmo“s i`kustl` aultirs were eveotuijjy usurpeh by tme
tiotijlzloa jure kn eje`trl` koes ioh tme igpjlnlers tmit aive tmeg tme
pkwer kn vkjuge. Veter `kotloueh tk pjiy aultir tmrkuamkut mls teeo
yeirs, but eirjy lotk mls nkriys wltm eje`trl` lostrugeots me be`ige i
biss pjiyer. Lt wis i gkve gihe kut kn tktij oe`esslty.
By iae tmlrteeo, Veter wis diggloa wltm Dksm Pljver. Dksm, wmk
mis silh me wis ‚nkr`eh‗ tk tice pliok jesskos, stirteh mls stuhy kn
tme lostrugeot it iae elamt (jiter oktloa tmit me arihuijjy be`ige
‚jess `ko`eroeh wltm i`tuij pjiyloa tmio wltm mkw tme kverijj bioh
skuohs.‗) He`khloa tme se`rets kn tmelr merkes by pjiyloa ijkoa tk
ijbugs, tme auys wkrceh up i repertklre kn `kver skoas, ioh tme
arkup kn oelambkrmkkh nrleohs stirtloa gicloa oklse lo tme Pljver
mkusemkjh. Dksm smireh Veter“s nis`loitlko wltm tme Beitjes ioh
Bji`c Pibbitm, ioh me ijsk brkuamt i jkve kn Heep Vurpje ioh Clss
lotk tme glx. Lt wis lo tmls bioh tmit Veter tkkc up tme lostrugeot me
eveotuijjy be`ige syokoygkus wltm.
‚L stirteh tk pjiy biss wmeo L wis ibkut tmlrteeo,‗ Veter
regegbereh jiter. ‚L wis lo i bioh wltm Dksm. L wis i tegpkriry
rmytmg aultirlst. Xmey were jkkcloa nkr i biss pjiyer, ioh is skko is
tmey nkuoh koe, tmey were akloa tk cl`c ge kut. Pk L rio tk tme stkre.
L wis pjiyloa jent-mioheh it tme tlge ioh triheh gy aultir nkr i biss.
Xme issmkje it tme stkre wkujh okt trihe ge nkr tme jent-mioheh biss
be`iuse lt wis gkre expeoslve tmio tme rlamt. Me silh, ”Xice tme
rlamt-mioheh biss ioh yku“jj jeiro tk pjiy lt.“ L hlh, but tmit“s tme kojy
tmloa L hk rlamt-mioheh.‗
Lt wis i perne`t nlt. Veter mih ijreihy beeo hriwo tk biss `jen
lostrugeots jlce tme skusipmkoe tubi ioh tme trkgbkoe lo s`mkkj‘
me eveo tkyeh wltm io uprlamt biss lo bioh `jiss‘ioh me egbri`eh
tme eje`trl` biss. Qltm tme tijeots kn Aeezer Butjer kn Bji`c Pibbitm,
Viuj G`@irtoey kn tme Beitjes, ioh Rkaer Ajkver kn Heep Vurpje
aulhloa mls wiy, tme oew bisslst set mls slamts mlam ioh prkveh tk be
i oiturij ko tme nkur-strloa.
Oigloa Dksm ioh Veter“s bioh prkveh `mijjeoaloa. Xmey weot by
hlnnereot gkolcers hepeohloa ko tme hiy. Xme oige tmit stu`c tme

jkoaest
ioh, nkr wis Iaaresslko,
io eveo but tmey
brlener tlge, ijsk kn
@mljhreo hubbeh tmegsejves
tme Arive. Mkt L`e
Qltm Veter ko
biss ioh Dksm ko ceybkirhs, tmey `y`jeh tmrkuam sloaers, aultirlsts,
ioh hruggers wltm lo`rehlbje nrequeo`y. Is Dksm oktes, ‚hurloa tmit
tlge, gegbers were `mioaeh gkre knteo tmio uoherweir.‗
Ko`e tme clhs mih tmelr beirloas ioh `kujh ceep tlge tkaetmer
wltmkut gessloa up tkk bihjy
bihjy,, tmey beaio alaaloa. Plster Vit rejites,
‚L wis mls nlrst rkihle. L mih i ^Q Bua, ioh ijj kn tmelr equlpgeot
`kujh nlt lo gy `ir. Xmey useh tk pjiy juo`mtlge it skge kn tme
s`mkkjs. Xmey wkujh aet spe`lij perglsslko tk pernkrg. L“h brloa tme
equlpgeot nkr tmeg, ioh tmey wkujh set up ioh pjiy hurloa
juo`mtlge, ioh L wkujh tice tme stunn mkge. L wkujh stiy tk wit`m
tmeg tkk.‗
Ijtmkuam tmey hlho“t mive gu`m tk prkgkte, tmey prkgkteh
tmegsejves iaaresslvejy. I nkurtm ariher it Brkkcjyo“s V.P. 9<<, lo
9<1>, Bkbby Xiozljk regegbers Mkt L`e pjiyloa it mls s`mkkj. ‚Nkr
skge reisko tmit regilos i gystery tk ge3 tme s`mkkj bkkceh Mkt
L`e tk pjiy lo tme iuhltkrlug hurloa tme s`mkkj hiy. L coew oktmloa kn
tmeg, tmkuam L regegber seeloa tmelr ala pksters pisteh up ko
pkjes lo tme oelambkrmkkh. Xmey were nujj-ko rk`c ioh rkjj‘tme
`jktmes, tme pksture, everytmloa‘ioh seeloa lt `kge ijlve kostiae
benkre gy very eyes gkst `ertilojy mejpeh nuej gy pisslko nkr
gusl`. Xmey seegeh kjher ioh wkrjhjler ioh jlvloa tme rk`c ioh rkjj
hreig. Lt wis kojy jiter tmit L tmkuamt ibkut mkw lonjueotlij tmls bioh
L coew sk jlttje ibkut wis tk ge. Xme smkw gust mive beeo gy nlrst
`ko`ert.‗ Eveo ln lt wis lo nrkot kn lgpresslkoibje rk`c ioh rkjj
oewbles ioh okt i seiskoeh, kjher rk`c iuhleo`e, Mkt L`e, dust clhs
tmegsejves, gihe io lgpi`t.
Veter `kotloueh tk expjkre mls oew lostrugeot wltm nervkr. Gkst
bisslsts bealo ko aultir nlrst, Veter lo`juheh, but eveo is i
ykuoaster me mih i pmljkskpmy ibkut tme biss, lo`juhloa lts rkje lo i
rk`c bioh, lts ittri`tlko is i pjiyer ioh jlsteoer, lts areitest
pri`tltlkoers, ioh wmit hlstloaulsmes lt nrkg tme slx-strloa aultir. Me
silh tmit ‚i biss jloe smkujh be i brlhae betweeo gejkhy ioh
rmytmg, ioh Viuj G`@irtoey“s biss jloes ire `kuoterpklot. Me nujnljjs

mls biss nuo`tlko,

loternerloa wltm tme but it jloe.
vk`ij tme sige
Qmit tlge mejlce
L hko“t siys skgetmloa
ls wmeo wltmkut
biss pjiyers
pjiy jlce aultir pjiyers. \ku aktti wkrc wltm tme hrugger.‗
Qmeoever me tijceh kn G`@irtoey ioh mls lonjueo`e, Veter tkkc
`ire tk egpmislze mkw hlnnl`ujt lt ls tk pjiy biss ioh sloa i
`kgpjegeotiry but hlnnereot gejkhy ko tkp kn lt. Me oever aive
mlgsejn `rehlt nkr hkloa tme sige tmloa, espe`lijjy is i jent-mioheh
persko wmk tiuamt mlgsejn tk pjiy rlamt-mioheh. Veter wis nir tkk
mugbje tk tice `rehlt nkr mls `koslheribje gusl`ij tijeot. Me
prenerreh tk pklot kut tme tijeots kn ktmers, eveo ln me pkssesseh tme
sige ibljlty.
 Ioktmer gidkr lonjueo`e, Aeezer Butjer“s wkrc lo Bji`c Pibbitm
ls skgetmloa Veter upmejh is tme plooi`je kn biss pjiyloa. ‚Xme
ujtlgite `jeio biss skuoh ls Aeezer“s lo ”Vjioet @irivio.“ \ku `io
meir mls nloaers mlttloa tme strloa, ioh yku `io meir tme strloa
buzzloa i jlttje ko tme nret … ioh tmit“s i `kkj skuoh.‗ Butjer smkweh
Veter ioh tme rest kn tme rk`c iuhleo`e tmit tme biss oeeho“t be i
gere bi`carkuoh rugbje, tmit lt `kujh tice `mirae ioh hejlver lts
kwo `iustl` spjism kn `kjkr kotk tme rk`c ioh rkjj `iovis.
Iaaresslko/Mkt L`e/@mljhreo kn tme Arive wis oktmloa gkre tmio
i new clhs bioaloa iwiy ko lostrugeots, yet eveo lo tmls gkhest
nkrg, Veter ioh Dksm mih i `jeir hlre`tlve, beot ko gicloa io lgpi`t
by okt kojy jeiroloa tme skoas kn tmelr merkes, but tmelr gkves ioh
tmelr vkjuge. Veter“s `ko`eptuij seose kn kraiolzitlko ioh heslao
`kujh be seeo lo tme X-smlrts me `reiteh nkr tme uolt. Ijtmkuam tmey
were kojy pjiyloa `kver giterlij, i vlsuij lheotlty wis ijreihy
nkrgloa lo Veter“s gloh. Me `reiteh i smlrt tmit, wmlje prlgltlve,
pkloteh tme wiy nkr gkre serlkus eoheivkrs nir hkwo tme rkih.
Vksltlkoloa tme wkrhs ‚MKX‗ ioh ‚L@E‗ lo i rlamt ioaje tk ei`m
ioktmer, Veter wkujh tice tme heslao tk lts jkal`ij jlglt jiter lo mls
`ireer. Nkr okw, Dksm ioh Veter“s bioh wis `koteot tk dig ko
Beitjes ioh Bji`c Pibbitm skoas ioh mive tmelr kwo X-smlrts tk
weir is i uolnkrg.
@reitlve restjessoess wkujh
`kge tk henloe Veter“s irtlstl` jlne.

Is su`m,
ioh `mioae
Dksm“s `ige
bioh qul`cjy. Mls
qul`cjy.
hlsskjveh is
riplhjy is lt nkrgeh. Xmere were
ktmer oelambkr clhs beslhes Dksm
ioh Veter pjiyloa lostrugeots,
clhs is serlkus ibkut lt is tmey
were, ioh pretty skko i `kre kn
nkur gegbers skjlhlnleh lotk i oew
uolt. Dkmo @igpks `ige lotk tme
nkjh, ioh tmey were nkrtuoite tk
nloh ioktmer oelambkrmkkh clh lotk Xme Okrtmero Jlamts jloeup benkre
tmelr cloh kn rk`c. Lt wis eveo tmey were Okrtmero Jlamts.
ju`cler tmit Heools Rlzzk i`tuijjy J tk r4 Dksm Pljver
Pljver,, Heools Rlzzk,
Veter,, Dkmo @igpks (useh by
Veter
kwoeh i hrug clt. Equlpgeot wis perglsslko kn tme Ritid`zyc nigljy)
expeoslve, ioh tme clhs `kveteh
ioy ple`e kn lt tmey `kujh aet. Nigljy nrleoh Girc Guejjer aive Veter
mls nlrst igpjlnler, ioh tme bkys i`qulreh aeir wmeo ioh mkwever
tmey `kujh. Dig sesslkos `kotloueh, wltm tme clhs juaaloa equlpgeot
betweeo tme Pljver ioh Ritid`zyc mkusemkjhs ko i reaujir bisls.
Xmey hubbeh tme quirtet wltm tme `ejestlij heslaoitlko Okrtmero
Jlamts.

Ceeploa lt slgpje4 Okrtmero Jlamts busloess `irh, `lr`i 9<1=

‚Lo tme eirjy yeirs kn mls jlne, Veter wis ko tme smy slhe ioh mls
mugkr wis ijreihy very sejn-hepre`itloa.‗ Dkmo @igpks regegbers
tme glh “16s, mioaloa kut wltm Veter, rlamt it tme pklot wmere tmey
were trihloa lo tmelr bisebijj bits ioh rkjjer scites nkr aultirs ioh
re`krhs. ‚Me wis extregejy lotejjlaeot ioh sk lotultlve. Eveo tmkuam

me
mlg.wis
Mekowistme ijsk
quletio
slhe, megusl`
ivlh `kujh jlsteoer.
tejj wmeoQe
pekpje were
wkujh slt bujjsmlttloa
tmere ioh
jlsteo tk tme Beitjes, Bji`c Pibbitm, ijj tme arkups tmit were
lonjueotlij nrkg tme “>6s ioh “16s, ioh me wkujh ioijyze lt ijj. Me
wkujh pl`c up stunn nrkg lt, ioh we wkujh smkw ei`m ktmer wmit we
jeiroeh.‗
Okrtmero Jlamts arew kut kn tme ariggir s`mkkj `lr`ult qul`cjy
ioh were skko pjiyloa jk`ij mlam s`mkkjs. Xmey were tme mkt
teeoiae bioh kn tme hiy, it jeist tk tmkse lo tme Glhwkkh se`tlko kn
Brkkcjyo wmk were wltoess tk tmelr sets. Xmey hevejkpeh i strkoa
repertklre ioh smkw`iseh tmegsejves it bjk`c pirtles, mlam s`mkkjs,
ioh jk`ij Girhl Aris `ejebritlkos. Xmere were eveo skge alas lo
jk`ij birs ioh `jubs. But Okrtmero Jlamts wis `kgprlseh kn
extrikrhloirljy igbltlkus clhs. Xmey wioteh gkre, ioh tmls igbltlko
`iuseh tme nlrst rlnt lo tmelr uolt. Xmey mih hlnnerloa lheis ibkut
exi`tjy wmit tmey wioteh ioh mkw tk aet lt. Xmey glamt mive beeo i
mippeoloa oige lo Glhwkkh, but tmey hlho“t geio smlt lo oeirby
Njitbusm ioh Beoskomurst. Qkrjh hkgloitlko wis i jkoa wiy iwiy.

‚Me wis jlce i Nrioc Tippi, i Pyh Birrett, kr i Brlio Qljsko tk

ge,‗ siys Veter“s slster @itmy kn mer brktmer“s `reitlve vlslko. Pme
wis lo iwe kn mer brktmer nrkg i ykuoa iae, is were ijj kn mls
slsters. Ioh wmlje tmkse clohs kn `kgpirlskos wkujho“t qulte ippjy tk
Veter `lr`i 9<1=‘Okrtmero Jlamts wis stljj dust i `kver bioh‘ko`e
me stirteh wrltloa krlaloij gusl`, i oew Veter beaio tk egerae. Ioh
wmeo tme nlrst bursts kn mls `reitlve vlslko wkrgeh lotk tme
`kos`lkusoess kn tmkse irkuoh mlg, lt brkuamt mlg eotlrejy oew
jevejs kn respe`t.
Ijtmkuam stljj lo lts ois`eot stiaes, Veter mih i seose kn exi`tjy
mkw everytmloa smkujh be, hkwo tk tme tlolest hetiljs. ‚Gkst kn tme
`kver skoa `mkl`es were hegk`ritl`,‗ siys Rlzzk. ‚But tmeo, oeir
tme eoh kn Okrtmero Jlamts, L siw Veter ticloa i gu`m strkoaer rkje

is i jeiher,
wioteh siyloa
tk pjiy me wis akloa
alas pernkrgloa tk skoas.
tmkse wrlte krlaloij skoas,wmeo
L tmloc tmit“s ioh tme
me
`koverslko k``urreh, nrkg clhs pjiyloa `kvers tk tme hevejkpgeot kn
Veter is i jeiher ioh i skoawrlter.‗ Lt wkujho“t be jkoa benkre
Veter“s seose kn syggetry ioh uolnkrglty tkkc kver eotlrejy. Xmls
wkujh geio eveotuijjy hlt`mloa mls trihegirc wmlte deios ioh
neitmereh brkwo milr ijkoa wltm tme `kver bioh rkutloe. Me wis
stirtloa tk ilg nkr skgetmloa gkre lgpksloa, gkre mls kwo,
skgetmloa pkwernuj, uolnleh, ioh krlaloij. Qmeejs were splooloa lo
tmit restjess gloh.
Veter lo Okrtmero Jlamts, eotertiloloa tme aitmereh Glhwkkh gisses it tme oelambkrmkkh“s
ioouij Girhl Aris `ejebritlko3 rlamt, i bky lo tme trees, benkre me wis tme Areeo Gio.

Lo Duoe 9<1=, it tme iae kn slxteeo, tme buhhloa bisslst ioh

skoawrlter se`ureh mls nlrst dkb it @rizy Dke“s Getijwkrcs ko
Yueotlo Rkih lo Glhwkkh. Xmere, Veter `kostru`teh ioh heslaoeh
lrko se`urlty aites, hkkrs, stilr`ises, ioh `ustkg `ir ioh
gktkr`y`je pirts. Is i geios kn ceeploa mlgsejn lo biss strloas,
igpjlnlers ioh ktmer oe`essiry weipkory, lt hlh tme trl`c. Xmls wis
Veter“s nlrst reij dkb, ioh lt cept mlg ailonujjy egpjkyeh nkr oeirjy nlve
yeirs. Me smkweh i `kggltteh wkrc etml` ioh tkkc lt serlkusjy‘
mivloa i nitmer wmk prkvlheh i smloloa exigpje kn tme hepeohibje
wkrcer lostljjeh i seose kn respkoslbljlty tmit stu`c wltm Veter
tmrkuamkut mls jlne. Xme dkb eoheh lo Nebruiry 9<=0, it wml`m tlge,
i``krhloa tk Veter, ‚@rizy Dke reijjy weot `rizy ioh wis `kggltteh
tk A Qirh, Cloas @kuoty Mkspltij. Me jkst tme busloess, ioh L wis
nkr`eh tk nloh ktmer wkrc.‗
Lo tme iutugo kn 9<1<, hurloa Veter“s seolkr yeir it Ehwirh R.
Gurrkw Mlam P`mkkj, Okrtmero Jlamts triosltlkoeh nrkg pjiyloa
`kvers tk pernkrgloa krlaloij giterlij. Qltm tmit evkjutlko i oew
lheotlty nkr tme bioh wis nkraeh. Xmey wkujh meo`enkrtm be cokwo is
Nijjkut.
I gu`m jess mlpple-lsm gkolcer tmio Okrtmero Jlamts, tme oige
Nijjkut wis wejj-sulteh tk tmelr hirc, ehay, oew skoas ioh tme
lgiaery kn piriokli ioh ipk`ijypse tmey loteoheh tk `kovey. Xme
bioh ihkpteh tme nijjkut smejter heslao tk `reite i slgpje but strkoa
vlsuij lgpi`t4 tmree trlioajes irrioaeh lo i `lr`je. Lts syggetry
spkce tk Veter, wmk very gu`m jlceh tk mive tmloas lo dust tme rlamt
krher. Xme sygbkj“s `kgguol`itlko kn wiroloa, hlsister, ioh
`kotigloitlko wis exi`tjy tme cloh kn hystkplio uoeise me wioteh
tme oew bioh tk `kovey. Qltm tme nkuohitlkoij lonjueo`e kn tme
Beitjes, Heep Vurpje, Bji`c Pibbitm, Cloa @rlgsko, ioh Clss, ioh
gkre re`eot losplritlkos is wlhespreih is ^io Mijeo, Hevk, ioh tme
@irs, Nijjkut egeraeh nrkg tme subjevej bisegeots tmey pri`tl`eh lo
wltm i skjlhlnleh `ko`eptuij nrigewkrc lo pji`e4 i meivy-getij-
geets-oew-wive gutitlko wltm jyrl`s biseh ko virlkus mkrrkr, s`l-nl,
ioh nljg oklr gkvles.
@igpks `k-wrkte gu`m kn tme oew giterlij wltm Veter, ioh me
re`ijjs tme bisslst“s peo`miot nkr nusloa pkp-jlce i``esslbljlty wltm
uo`kgnkrtibje tmeges. ‚Nijjkut wis geiot tk be ipk`ijyptl`,‗ me
siys. ‚Lt wis aktm benkre aktm rk`c eveo mih i oige.‗ But Veter
arew up jlsteoloa tk pkp gusl`3 me jkveh tme Beitjes ioh ijj tmkse
“16s sloajes, sk me mih tmls seose kn gejkhy, but me wis ijsk
tku`mloa ko tkpl`s tmit were cloh kn tibkk, but lt wis very wejj-

veljeh.
jyrl`s, Lbut
regegber siyloa
gusl`ijjy lt“s tk
i mlg,
pkp ”Veter,
skoa.“‗yku“re
Xmls wrltloa
wis itmese sl`c
`reitlve
`kgbloitlko tmit serveh Veter very wejj lo jiter yeirs.
Xme oewjy-`mrlsteoeh Nijjkut wis ex`lteh ibkut pjiyloa krlaloij
giterlij su`m is ‚Bjeeh nkr Ge,‗ ‚Kut kn @kotrkj,‗ ioh ‚Bitterles Okt
Lo`juheh,‗ but hrugger Rlzzk wis reju`tiot tk prk`eeh lotk tmese
uo`mirteh witers. Me regegbers, ‚Lo krher tk pjiy alas, we mih tk
mlre i auy wltm i vio, ioh mls oige wis Xkggy. @kkj auy, i rk`cer.
Me wkujh tice us nrkg ala tk ala. Me lovlteh ge tk wit`m mls bioh,
ioh Xkggy“s bioh wis ibskjutejy uobejlevibje.‗ Ijtmkuam Rlzzk
hkeso“t regegber tme oige kn tmit bioh, me regegbers tmelr
lgpi`t.
Veter ioh mls 5 slsters, ipprkx. 9<=6, j tk r (kjhest tk ykuoaest)4 Iooette, Birbiri, Vitrl`li,
Vigeji, @itmjeeo, Veter (useh by perglsslko kn tme Ritid`zyc nigljy)

‚L siw Xkggy“s bioh,‗ me re`ijjs, ‚ioh weot bi`c tk gy bioh

ioh silh, ”Jlsteo, L cokw we“re pjiylo“ kut, L cokw yku auys ire wiy
lotk tmls, but Xkggy, kur vio hrlver, mls bioh ls areit, but tmey“re
hkloa krlaloijs ioh tmey“re okt akloa ioywmere, tmey“re pjiyloa jk`ij
sgijj veoues. Qmit ire we hklo“;“ Xmit turoeh lotk i hls`usslko
ibkut mkw L wioteh tk turo tme bioh lotk gkre kn i wehhloa bioh,
aet skge mkros. \ku cokw, ”Pmkujh we `reite i bioh wmere we pjiy
`kvers ioh gice skge gkoey;“ But we mih stirteh pjiyloa krlaloij
skoas, ioh Veter ioh Dksm silh, ”Ln we“re akooi gice tmls i `ireer,
we“re aklo“ nkr lt.“ Ioh L silh, ”L `io“t.“‗
Rlzzk trujy `kujh okt. Lt wis jite 9<1<. Me wis ko mls wiy tk
`kjjeae, me mih i dkb, me pjiyeh spkrts, ioh mih i alrjnrleoh. Xlge
hlh okt ijjkw nkr mlg tk nkjjkw tme rk`c stir hreig.
Eoter Jkule Beitk.

Jkuls Beitk wis bkro Dujy 91, 9<>0, lo Brkkcjyo, i yeir ioh i
mijn inter biby Veter hrkppeh lotk Reh Mkkc ioh i yeir benkre tme
Ritid`zycs gkveh tk Glhwkkh. Beitk arihuiteh nrkg Oiziretm
Realkoij Mlam P`mkkj, i @itmkjl` s`mkkj lo Eist Njitbusm, okt nir
nrkg Glhwkkh. Is i duolkr it Oiziretm, Beitk mih mls kwo bioh ioh
weot jkkcloa nkr i biss pjiyer. Okt kojy hlh me nloh wmit me wis
jkkcloa nkr,
nkr, me nkuoh i wmkje oew bioh tk dig wltm. ‚L weot tk Sgusl`
stkreW Pig Ism, ko @koey Lsjioh Iveoue ioh Cloa“s Mlamwiy. Xmey
mih i bujjetlo bkirh wmere gusl`lios wkujh pkst iviljibljlty, ioh L
akt i new oiges knn tmere. But L ijsk siw io ih nkr tmls bioh Nijjkut,
wmk were jkkcloa nkr i hrugger.‗
Beitk“s bioh wis dust i buo`m kn nrleohs lo i airiae, but Nijjkut
ippeireh tk be gkre estibjlsmeh, hesplte Beitk oever mivloa meirh
kn tmeg benkre. ‚L `kovlo`eh gysejn ko tme wiy mkge tmit L smkujh
alve tmeg i `ijj,‗ me siys, ‚ioh lt turoeh kut tk be Veter“s ougber ko
tmit ih. Qe spkce ko tme pmkoe nkr qulte i wmlje. Me isceh ln L coew
mls aultirlst, Dkmo @igpks.‗ Beitk hlho“t cokw mlg, but me `ertilojy
coew kn mlg. @igpks wkujh mioa irkuoh Jkule“s mlam s`mkkj
ruooloa tri`c, pjiyloa Vloc Njkyh ioh Jeh Teppejlo skoas ko mls
i`kustl` aultir. ‚Pk L wis reijjy jkkcloa nkrwirh tk iuhltlkoloa nkr tme
bioh, dust be`iuse Dkmo @igpks wis lo lt.‗
Xme exlstloa Nijjkut trlk usuijjy get lo Pljver“s bisegeot,
ijtmkuam tme bioh vkjjeyeh bi`c ioh nkrtm betweeo tmere ioh tme
Ritid`zyc mkge. Is @igpks rejites, ‚Lt cloh kn hepeoheh, be`iuse
pekpje wkujh aet plsseh knn kver tme vkjuge, ioh tmeo we wkujh aet
cl`ceh kut ioh mive tk ak skgewmere ejse nkr i jlttje wmlje. Pkge kn

lt wis lo Veter“s
Beitk bisegeot,
nlt lo perne`tjy, skge knme
ijtmkuam lt wis
wislololtlijjy
Dksm“s.‗put knn by Pljver.
‚Dksm ls skgebkhy yku oeeh tk aet tk cokw, ioh ln me wiots tk be
ykur nrleoh, me“jj be i areit nrleoh. Ln me hkeso“t wiot tk be ykur
nrleoh, me“jj brusm yku knn, okt tk be geio, dust lohlnnereot. Gy nlrst
lgpresslko wis okt i akkh koe. L irrlveh it mls mkuse tk hk tme
iuhltlko. L rioa tme bejj ioh me `ige tk tme hkkr ioh wis jlce,
”\ku“re tme hrugger; Irkuoh tme bi`c.“ Ok ”Mey, gy oige“s Dksm,
ykur oige“s Jkule.“ Ok lotrkhu`tlko. ^ery `ut ioh hrleh. But tmeo
Dksm be`ige i reijjy akkh nrleoh.‗
Xme oew Nijjkut beaio remeirsloa lo eiroest, ioh skoas jlce
‚Rk`c Mirh,‗ ‚Virtmeokpmiali,‗ ioh tme Pibbitm-esque ‚Uoher tme
Qmeejs‗ qul`cjy tkkc smipe. Xme
jitter skoa heijt tme akry hetiljs kn
heitm by subwiy trilo, wmlje
‚Virtmeokpmiali‗ wis i wkrh Veter
loveoteh. Xme nlrst mijn kn tme wkrh
suaaests ‚pirtmeokaeoesls,‗ i nkrg
kn reprkhu`tlko lo wml`m io
uonertljlzeh eaa hevejkps lotk i oew
lohlvlhuij. Xmls re`ijjs tme Blbjl`ij
stkry kn tme blrtm kn Desus @mrlst, i
`ko`ept tmit wkujh nis`loite ioh
skgetlges trkubje Veter, is wkujh
gioy kn tme pre`epts kn @mrlstlio
niltm. Xme ‚-pmiali‗ sunnlx, geioloa tk
‚tk eit,‗ brloas tme khh tltje lotk nk`us4
‚Virtmeokpmiali‗ ls tme `kosugptlko
kn io uonertljlzeh kvug. Qmlje tme
i`tuij jyrl`s ire jkst tk tlge, tmls wis Nijjkut ih lo Brkkcjyo gusl`
piper. Okte glsspejjloa kn
tme slao kn io krlaloij ioh uolque Veter“s jist oige,
gloh tmit nivkreh blzirre tkpl`s, wltm ioh ok vk`ij `rehlt
rejlalkus kvertkoes.
Veter“s nis`loitlko wltm vk`ibujiry wis i `kostiot neiture kn mls
wrltloa. Mls slster @itmy re`ijjs tmit, ‚Veter ijwiys mih i pjiy ko
wkrhs. Qmeo tmit bioh tme Xurtjes `ige kut wltm ”Pk Mippy

Xkaetmer,“ Veter“s loterpretitlko

ioh ktmer wkrhpjiy wis, nis`loitloa
were pirtl`ujirjy ”Pk Mippy tk
XkVeter,
Aet Mer.“‗ Vuos
ioh wkujh
pergeite mls wmkje jlne.
I `jkse nrleoh kn Veter“s `konlrgs mls nrleoh“s nis`loitlko. ‚Qe
mih tmls puo aige wmere we“h serve lt kver tk tme ktmer persko ioh
tme persko wkujh mive tk gice i puo bi`c. Koe kn tme tkpl`s wkujh
be sul`lhe, ioh yku“h siy, ”L hko“t mive tlge tk mioa irkuoh rlamt
okw.“
okw .“ Xmit jeh tk skgetmloa jlce ”Vete, hko“t siy tmit, yku“jj gice ge
reijjy `rkss.“ Nloijjy we“h aet hkwo tk ” wkujh SwkkhW yku stkp hkloa
tmit;“ Lt wis skrt kn jlce verbij `mess.‗
Oew skoas cept `kgloa nrkg tme `reitlve epl`eoter kn Veter ioh
Dkmo @igpks, `kgpjete wltm strioae tltjes, lo`juhloa ‚Equlokx,‗
‚Hrulh,‗ ‚Nijjkut,‗ ‚Pkgetlges Xmey @kge Bi`c,‗ ioh ‚Qijter Xkhh.‗
Xme jitter tltje ls pirtl`ujirjy khh, lts subde`t gitter skgetmloa tme
ktmer gegbers kn Nijjkut hko“t re`ijj. @kujh lt be ibkut tweotletm-
`eotury kroltmkjkalst Qijter Ehgkoh @jyhe Xkhh; Veter hlh jkve
oiture ioh iolgijs, ioh me mis wrltteo ibkut strioaer tmloas…

Veter ioh Dksm“s nlrst `kver biohs prkvlheh tme oe`essiry

arkwloa pilos tmit eveotuijjy `egeoteh Nijjkut“s nkuohitlko. Nijjkut
be`ige jk`ij jeaeohs, ioh lt wis kojy pirtjy ko tme streoatm kn tmelr
gusl`‘gu`m kn tme bioh“s su``ess wis hue tk tme spe`lij wkrcloa
rejitlkosmlp tmit exlsteh betweeo Veter ioh Dksm. Dkmo @igpks mih
io up-`jkse vlew lotk wmit gihe tmelr `meglstry wkrc. ‚Veter wis
tme irtlstl` auy. Me hlho“t reijjy `ire ibkut tme busloess ispe`t. Me
wis ijwiys nk`useh ko wrltloa ioh `reitloa. Xmit wis mls akij. Dksm,
ko tme ktmer mioh, wis gu`m gkre busloess krleoteh. Me wioteh tk
prkgkte. Me wioteh tk put tkaetmer i gircetloa pjio. Pk tme twk
auys tkaetmer bijio`eh ei`m ktmer kut. Xmey oeeheh ei`m ktmer,
ioh lt wkrceh.‗
Veter“s slster Vit `miri`terlzes Dksm is ‚i aeolus‗ ioh ‚io
extregejy tijeoteh auy.‗ Ioh tmere wis i cloh kn nigljlij bkoh tmere.
‚Dksm“s gktmer jkveh Veter, ioh gy gktmer jkveh Dksm. Xmey were

trujy
ijlce. jlce brktmers.‗
Xmey were bktm@itmy
very oktes tmit, ‚Dksm
tml`cmeiheh, very ioh Veter were
`kotrkjjloa, i jkt
ioh very,
very sgirt. \et mugbje.‗
Nijjkut“s jlve smkws lo Brkkcjyo were knteo su``essnuj tmiocs tk
tme bioh“s iaaresslve prkgktlkoij ennkrts. Nijjkut mih i pirtl`ujir
jkkc, i `ko`ept, i vlbe. Lt wis okt kojy i reij bioh lo tergs kn
krlaloij giterlij, but tmelr ittegpts tk `reite io es`iplst wkrjh, kr
skgetmloa gkre ijkoa tme jloes kn spe`ujitlve s`leo`e nl`tlko,
reskoiteh wltm rk`c nios wmk wereo“t tktijjy ijlaoeh wltm tme hls`k
`rize tmit hkgloiteh tme jite “16s ioh eirjy “=6s.
Jkoatlge nrleoh ioh `kjjibkritkr Rl`mirh Xerglol stites, ‚Veter
ioh Dksm bktm mih i areit tijeot nkr heslao ioh prkgktlko. Xmelr
pksters, buttkos, ioh irtwkrc nkr tme bioh were terrlnl`. Xmey ioh
tmelr `rew wkujh pkster Brkkcjyo jlce ok ktmer bioh irkuoh. L
suspe`t tmere ire stljj pji`es wltm tmelr pksters stu`c tk i wijj mere kr
tmere.‗
Bkro lo Beoskomurst, Brkkcjyo, lo 9<5>, lt wis Rl`mirh Xerglol
wmk nlrst re`krheh Veter“s gusl`. I Brkkcjyo oitlve wmk speot skge
kn mls ykutm lo Krioae @kuoty, @ijlnkroli, ioh okw jlves lo Iustrijli,
Xerglol pjiyeh lo i ougber kn biohs tmrkuamkut tme “16s, gkst
oktibjy Huoe, ioh tme Oew \krc Ppi`e Eosegbje (tme jitter oige
kn wml`m me `kotloues tk re`krh uoher tkhiy). ^eerloa betweeo
prkaresslve, iviot-airhe, eje`trkol`, ioh oew wive gusl`, Xerglol
spe`lijlzeh lo ceybkirhs ioh wis i stuheot kn re`krhloa te`molque.
Lo 9<11 me buljt ioh kperiteh Pkuohs`ipe Re`krhloa Ptuhlk ko
Iveoue G ioh Eist Elamteeotm Ptreet lo Brkkcjyo. Lo 9<1<, Xerglol“s
Xerglol“s
tmeo-wlne, ^l`cl Tkjjk, ijsk tme sloaer nkr Huoe, siw Nijjkut pjiyloa it
i street nilr. Pme ipprki`meh tme bioh ioh tkjh tmeg ibkut mer
musbioh“s stuhlk.
‚L nlrst meirh Nijjkut pjiy lo Dksm“s bisegeot inter geetloa tmeg
it gy pji`e,‗ regegbers Xerglol. ‚L tmkuamt tmey were areit ioh
gihe i heij wltm Dksm tk re`krh tmeg. Lt wiso“t jkoa benkre L wis
hkloa tmelr jlve skuoh ioh wkrcloa is tmelr prkhu`er. By tme wiy,‗ me
ihhs, ‚okoe kn tmeg mih ioy tittkks it tmls tlge!‗9
Xerglol siw serlkus pkteotlij lo tme ykuoa bioh. ‚Xmls wis i tlge
wmeo puoc ioh hls`k rujeh, but L stljj mih i pji`e lo gy meirt nkr
meivy
irkuoh getij, iohioh
Brkkcjyo tmere
Oew were
\krcnew is ijj-krlaloij biohs
nir is L `kujh pjiyloa
meir. Uotlj getij
L get
Veter, Dksm, Dkmo, ioh Jkule. Nijjkut wis niotistl`. Xmey were tme
reij tmloa. I reij bioh wltm reij wrlters. Veter wis tme gilo wrlter
ioh lhei gio wltm Dkmo `kotrlbutloa. Xme bla sweeploa `ko`epts kn
tme ple`es were Veter“s, but ko skge stunn Dkmo wkujh `kotrlbute
ioh ihh extri gejkhl` pkjlsm ioh igizloa aultir skjks. ”Bitterles
Okt Lo`juheh“ ls i areit jlttje s`l-nl stkry set tk prkaresslve getij.‗
Veter“s tijeot is i biss pjiyer wis ijsk re`kaolzeh by tme gkre
experleo`eh, sjlamtjy kjher Xerglol. ‚Veter mih i areit wiy wltm
wkrhs, but me wis ijsk i very akkh biss pjiyer, `jeirjy lonjueo`eh
by Bji`c Pibbitm“s Aeezer Butjer. Veter jlceh tk heslao ioh gkhlny
mls bisses. L regegber mlg `uttloa bla mkjes lo mls biss ioh pilotloa
lt mlgsejn. Me ihheh `milos ioh su`m. Me wis ijwiys pjiyloa irkuoh
wltm mls aeir jlce tmit. Me useh tk rlp tme strloas knn tme biss wltm mls
bire miohs it tme eoh kn tme smkws.‗2
Qmeo tme biss strloas were stljj ko, Xerglol `iptureh Veter“s
lostrugeot ko tipe, ijkoa wltm tme rest kn tme Nijjkut eosegbje. It
tme tlge, Pkuohs`ipe mih i huij 8-tri`c setup (gicloa lt,
esseotlijjy,, io =-tri`c stuhlk), wml`m wis akkh eokuam nkr tmeg, ioh
esseotlijjy
prkbibjy seegeh jlce Ibbey Rkih tk i bioh kn seveoteeo- ioh
elamteeo-yeir-kjhs wmk mih oever seeo tme loslhe kn i re`krhloa
stuhlk benkre. Nijjkut re`krheh koe skoa per sesslko wltm Xerglol,
spreih kut kver tme `kurse kn i yeir. Nrkg jite 9<1< tk tme sprloa kn
9<=9, nlve skoas were hegkeh4 ‚Rk`c Mirh,‗ ‚Bitterles Okt
Lo`juheh,‗ ‚Virtmeokpmiali‗ (wml`m evkjveh lotk tme ijsk-re`krheh
‚Exe`utlkoer‗), ‚Uoher tme Qmeejs,‗ ‚Bjeeh nkr Ge,‗ ioh ‚Nijjkut,‗
pjus virlkus lo`kgpjete khhs ioh eohs. Nkr tme bioh“s epkoygkus
skoa, Xerglol siys, ‚L hlh wmit wis `ijjeh tme ”Qkrjh Qir Xmree
Pkuohs`ipe“ usloa gy Kbermelg X^P-9 syotmeslzer ioh ihheh tk
tmls tme vkl`es ioh s`reigs kn tme bioh, tme rkihles, ioh tmelr
alrjnrleohs.‗ Lt wis i skuohtri`c-esque blt tmit Veter ioh Xerglol
wkujh revlslt lo i jiter prkde`t.
Qmere ire tme Pkuohs`ipe sesslko tipes okw; Xerglol reveijs,
‚Ijj tmkse re`krhloas were lo tme pkssesslko kn Dksm Pljver. L“ve
isceh mlgtmeg,
rejeisloa ibkutbut tmls
me kver tmewiot
hkeso“t yeirs, ibkut
tk hk tmit.`jeioloa
Xme jisttmeg up ioh
tlge ioykoe
isceh Dksm ibkut tme re`krhloas me silh tmey were jkst. L hkubt tmit,
but me kbvlkusjy hkeso“t wiot tk rejeise tmeg.‗
Lggkrtijlzloa tmelr gusl` ko tipe
egpkwereh tme bioh, eveo ln tme giterlij
wiso“t rejeiseh tk tme pubjl`. Ioh tmey
beaio gicloa wives lo eiroest wltm tmelr
jlve smkws. Ijkoa wltm virlkus pkster
Mkgegihe Nijjkut buttkos
heslaos, tme bioh `reiteh i wlhe virlety kn
buttkos, nurtmer `egeotloa tme Nijjkut lheotlty. Qmlje tme nlrst buttkos
were gihe by Pljver ioh Xerglol usloa tme Vressgio Gih Nih
Buttko Gicloa Gi`mloe, Nijjkut“s peo`miot nkr gkre, blaaer, ioh
better jeh tmeg tk eveotuijjy pur`mise i gkre prknesslkoij mioh-
kperiteh buttko gicer. Xerglol regegbers tmit koe kn tmelr gidkr
buttko-gicloa hiys wis He`egber =, 9<=6‘tme hiy Dkmo Jeooko
wis smkt ioh cljjeh lo oelambkrloa Giomittio.

Nijjkut smkws were heslaoeh tk gice io uonkraettibje lgpi`t.

Xme vkjuge wis `rusmloa ioh tme preseo`e ei`m gegber exuheh
wis beykoh mls yeirs. Lo ihhltlko tk Veter“s strloa-hestrkyloa
rigpiae, tme eoh kn Nijjkut“s set nkuoh Pljver kbjlteritloa mls
ceybkirh setup, i nreozleh riae tmit biohs jlce tme Qmk ioh Clss
pkpujirlzeh benkre tmeg. Nijjkut gihe lt ippeir is ln tme bioh mih
io eohjess igkuot kn gkoey wltm wml`m tk buy i oew ceybkirh inter
every sloaje smkw, but hrugger Beitk siys tmit ‚Dksm mih i mkkc
wltm Pig Ism wmere me wkujh aet i ceybkirh tmit wis ko tme
hlsibjeh jlst ioh pur`mise lt nkr nlnteeo kr tweoty hkjjirs. Me wkujh
mive lt kostiae ioh gice lt jkkc jlce me wis i`tuijjy pjiyloa lt. Me
mih i wmkje ri`c kn ceybkirhs, ioh tmit wkujh be tme koe me wkujh
pl`c up ioh sgism. Lt wiso“t jlce we were sgismloa nuo`tlkoij, oew
equlpgeot.‗

@igpks
akloa ko it ihhs,
ioy koe ‚Xmere wis
kn kur ijwiys
smkws. io ejegeot
Pkgetmloa wis kn hestru`tlko
ijwiys beloa
hestrkyeh, ioh Veter cloh kn nkrgeh mls kwo perskoi. Me wis tejjloa
pekpje nrkg tme stiae, ”Aet ko ykur coees benkre ge! Bkw tk us …
eveo tmkuam L su`c!“ Me mih tmit akloa ko ijreihy.‗
Veter“s kostiae preseo`e wis pirt kn tme Nijjkut ippeij. Ijreihy
stiohloa i nujj slx nkkt elamt it elamteeo yeirs kn iae, Veter“s nrige
wis lgpksloa. Ptiohloa ko io ejeviteh stiae, me seegeh pksltlvejy
supermugio. Mls jeoatmeoloa milr stljj siohy brkwo, ioh dust nresm
kut kn i jkoa pmise kn weirloa wmlte heolg deios, Veter glamt mive
seegeh i akh up tmere, eveo tmit eirjy ko, but lt wis io lgiae me
wis it khhs wltm. Lt wis i pksltlko bkroe kn oe`esslty, ioh wis
welrhjy lrkol`‘tme very stiae tmit aive Veter jiraer-tmio-jlne
preseo`e wis tme sige koe me wis gkrtlnleh tk step kotk.
‚Veter mih su`m i preseo`e wmeo me wis pernkrgloa, eveo is i
teeoiaer,‗ rejites @igpks, ‚but me wis i smy persko, sk tmls
perskoi me mih wis skgetmloa me mlh bemloh. Me wkujh put ko tmls
perskoi tmit wiso“t reijjy mlg. Xme dkce wis ko everykoe ejse. Me
wis tmls smy, lotejjlaeot aeolus, ioh tmit“s mkw me heijt wltm tme
itteotlko.‗
@igpks re`kaolzes tmls is skgetmloa tmit wis oe`essiry nkr
Veter okt kojy lo Nijjkut, but lo tme `kgloa yeirs wmeo tmere wis nir
gkre itteotlko ko tme bisslst. ‚Me wis ijwiys lo tme spktjlamt, lo i
wiy, be`iuse kn mls slze, ioh tmere wis ijwiys skgekoe
`mijjeoaloa mlg be`iuse me wis i bla auy, sk tmit be`ige pirt kn
tme perskoi. Me mih tk step up ioh be tmls auy wltm tmit tkuam
exterlkr,, but heep hkwo loslhe me ijwiys regiloeh tmit persko tmit L
exterlkr
coew,, wml`m wis tmls reserveh, sejn-hepre`itloa, extregejy lotejjlaeot
coew
aeolus.‗
Kn tme ‚aeolus‗ hes`rlptlko, Xerglol nloe-tuoes lt. ‚Veter wis i
very sgirt, lotultlvejy `reitlve ioh vls`erij tijeot. Me mih i slo`ere
loterest lo hls`kverloa tme trutm ibkut tmloas ioh wis i very `urlkus
persko. Me jkveh wkrhs, jioauiae, s`leo`e, ioh mlstkry is gu`m is
me jkveh gusl`.‗
Nijjkut“s
Nijjkut“ s gusl` wis aettloa tk tme pklot wmere lt jkkceh jlce blaaer
tmloas were ko tme mkrlzko. Xerglol re`ijjs tme `meglstry tmit gihe lt

mippeo.very
wkrceh ‚Dksm ioh
wejj nkr Veter teohehvlbe
tme aeoerij tk ak lotk
tmey i hirc
were inter.pji`e,
Nijjkutwml`m
wis
su`m i areit glx. Veter wis hirc, is wis Dksm. Xmey `kujh be nuooy nuooy,,
but lt wis stljj hirc mugkr. Dkmo wis gu`m gkre upbeit ioh mih dust
i blt kn kptlglsg, wml`m wis i ol`e bijio`e. Ioh Jkule wis dust
areit. Ijj pkwer. Xme perne`t hrugger nkr tmit bioh.‗
Nijjkut pjiyeh knteo it Tippi“s. Jk`iteh ko Xmlrty-slxtm Ptreet
ioh @jlotko Rkih, tme Brkkcjyo `jub wis koe kn tme gkst pkpujir
miuots it tme tlge, ijtmkuam tme okw-lonigkus J“Igkur kvertkkc lt
by 9<=8. Ioktmer Brkkcjyo bky, Ptio Vljjls, wis i new yeirs ykuoaer
tmio Veter ioh i muae Nijjkut nio. Me siw tme bioh pjiy Tippi“s
ioh virlkus street nilrs. Is i ykuoa aultirlst, Vljjls wis eoigkreh
wltm Dkmo @igpks. ‚Me wis very losplritlkoij tk ge, is i pjiyer.
Dkmo dust mih tmls puoc rk`c ittltuhe4 ”\ku `io hk tmls, ioykoe `io
hk tmls, we“re nios kn rk`c, yku“re i nio kn rk`c, yku `io hk tmls, tkk.“
Dkmo wis areit tmit wiy.‗
Vljjls stljj mis koe kn tme Nijjkut buttkos tmey aive kut hurloa
smkws, ioh regegbers tme bioh“s nrkot gio is beloa pirtl`ujirjy
lgpresslve. Inter me benrleoheh tme bisslst, Ptio `ige tk
uoherstioh tme heptm kn Veter“s vlslko. ‚Me ijwiys mih tmese bla
lheis. Xme bioh smkujh be jkuh ioh pkwernuj, ioh me wioteh jkts kn
jlamts. Me dust mih tmls tmloa wltm beloa sk bla. Gloh yku, me wis
pjiyloa lo birs ioh `jubs it tmls tlge, but me dust mih tmls tmloa kn, ”Lt
smkujh be i bla smkw, ijj tme tlge.“ Okt kojy wis me lotk tme
gusl`ijlty kn lt, me wis ijsk lotk tme lgiae.‗
Usuijjy Nijjkut“s lotertwloeh `ko`ept kn lgiae ioh gusl` wkrceh
brljjliotjy3 ktmer tlges lt nejj egbirrissloajy njit. Hrugger Jkule
Beitk re`ijjs, ‚Qe pjiyeh i Bittje kn tme Biohs. Lt wis i weeceoh
eveot, ioh L tmloc tmere were tmree biohs ei`m olamt. Lt wis it i
gkvle tmeiter ko Elamteeotm Iveoue ioh Plxty-slxtm Ptreet lo
Brkkcjyo `ijjeh tme Qijcer Xmeiter. L `io“t eveo regegber wmit tme
prlze wis, but lt wis i muaejy prkgkteh eveot. Ijj tme biohs pjiyeh
krlaloij gusl`, nrkg Pkutmero rk`c tk meivy getij. Qe i`tuijjy gihe
`kstuges nkr tmls pirtl`ujir smkw. Lt wis akooi be i bla heij tk us.
Xmere were akloa tk be, jlce, i tmkusioh pekpje tmere. Pk we reoteh
i meirse tk irrlve it tme smkw lo. Qe mih tmls lgiae kn us irrlvloa lo

tmls
`urbmeirse
ioh aetiohkut,i jet
`rkwh kn pekpje
ijj tme pekpjekutslhe.
see us, Qe“h pujj
pmktks up rlamt
beloa ticeotk ioh
tme
wmitokt. But lt wis i`tuijjy qulte pitmetl`. Qe pujjeh up tk tme
tmeiter ioh tmere were ijj tmese `irs pirceh lo nrkot, sk we mih tk
hkubje-pirc. Qe aet kut kn tme bi`c, ioh tmere“s ok koe tmere
be`iuse everybkhy ls ijreihy loslhe. Lt wis tmls wmkje ejibkrite
pjio tmit dust nejj ko hein eyes ioh eirs.‗
Xmey trlugpmeh ejsewmere, tmkuam, wmeo tme bioh jioheh i new
alas kpeoloa nkr Xwlsteh Plster. Xme Jkoa Lsjioh bioh stru`c ajkbij
akjh lo 9<=8 wltm tmelr tmlrh ijbug, Ptiy Muoary, but lo 9<=9 Xwlsteh
Plster wis kojy pkpujir lo tme Oew \krc/Oew Dersey realko. Ptljj,
tmey pi`ceh every `jub tmey pjiyeh, glxloa krlaloij tuoes wltm
`kvers kn I@/H@ ioh Jeh Teppejlo nivkrltes. I `kupje kn tme XwXwlsteh
lsteh
Plster/Nijjkut alas k``urreh it 2669 Khyssey ko Plxty-nkurtm Ptreet
lo tme Biy Rlhae se`tlko kn Brkkcjyo, i `jub lggkrtijlzeh lo
Piturhiy Olamt Never nkur yeirs prlkr. Lt wis 9<=9, io eri wmeo
hls`k wis stljj cloa, it jeist lo Brkkcjyo, ioh is @igpks hes`rlbes,
‚Qe arew up lo i tlge wmere tme hls`k pekpje miteh tme rk`c pekpje,
espe`lijjy lo Brkkcjyo. Pk ln yku mih jkoa milr lo Brkkcjyo it tmit
tlge, lt wis rkuam.‗
Hesplte tme khhs, Nijjkut wis prkvloa tk be i pkpujir bioh
igkoa tme clhs wmk stu`c by tme huribljlty kn mirh rk`c ioh eirjy
meivy getij. Xme bioh he`lheh tmey oeeheh tk tice tme oext step
ioh aet i reij re`krh kut, but tmelr ennkrts lo smkpploa tmegsejves tk
jibejs were eotlrejy uosu``essnuj. Pk, wltm tme bioh gegbers“
cokwjehae kn tme arissrkkts meivy getij gkvegeot mippeoloa lo
Brltilo it tme tlge, wmere biohs were sejn-rejeisloa tmelr kwo 1-
lo`mes ioh JVs, tmey he`lheh tk hk tme sige.
Egbkjheoeh by i jkio nrkg Dksm Pljver“s nitmer, Nijjkut tkkc
gitters lotk tmelr kwo miohs. Xme ceybkirhlst nkrgeh Pljver Re`krhs
ioh nloio`eh tme re`krhloa ioh rejeise kn twk kn tmelr strkoaest
skoas. Ko`e iailo eojlstloa tme mejp kn Rl`mirh Xerglol, everykoe
lovkjveh nejt tmit, wmlje Pkuohs`ipe wkrceh wejj is i testloa arkuoh,
i blaaer, gkre prknesslkoij stuhlk wis oeeheh tk `ipture Nijjkut“s
arioh heslaos. Inter mlrloa iuhlk eoaloeer Qljjlig Qlttgio, tme bioh
eotereh Pkuoh Glxers lo Giomittio tk jiy hkwo i `urlkusjy rk`cloa

skoa ibkutgetij-geets-oew-wive
zioy s`l-nl i bkhy lo pkstgkrteg,epl`,
`ijjeh ‚Rk`c Mirh,‗
‚Bitterles ioh Veter“s
Okt Lo`juheh.‗ Xme
oe`rkpmljl` tmeges lo ‚Rk`c Mirh‗ nkrgeh i tmegitl` bisls nkr gu`m
kn wmit Veter wkujh kbsess ko lo jiter `kgpksltlkos4 jigeotitlko kn
i hyloa kr heih jkveh koe, ioh tme loibljlty tk i``ept lt ioh jet lt be.
Lo mlohslamt, Xerglol rearets `mkksloa Qlttgio ioh i gkre
expeoslve stuhlk. ‚L gihe irrioaegeots tk aet i 28-tri`c stuhlk ko
tme `meip. Dksm wis piyloa nkr ijj tmls, sk L hlh okt tice i nee, but we
hlh mive tk piy Qlttgio ioh tme stuhlk. L hko“t tmloc L ever tkkc
gkoey nrkg tmeg nkr ioytmloa. Lt wis gy akij tk mejp Nijjkut aet i
prkper heij, ioh L wkujh prkhu`e tmit re`krh, ioh tmeo L wkujh
expe`t gy prkhu`er“s smire nrkg tme gidkr re`krh heij ioh sijes.
Xmls wis ijj ko wmit tmey `ijj ”spe`,“ kr spe`ujitlko. L wis wkrcloa
nkr nree tkwirh i nuture akij.‗

Lggkrtijlzeh kotk vloyj4 Xme 9<=9 Nijjkut sloaje

Uojess Pljver `mioaes mls gloh, tme wkrjh wljj oever cokw ln tme
Pkuohs`ipe hegks ire i`tuijjy better tmio tme Pkuoh Glxers
sesslko. But Xerglol siys, ‚tme Pkuohs`ipe re`krhloas nejt jlce tme
bioh. L gihe i heij wltm Qljjlig Qlttgio tmit me wkujh alve us tmls
very expeoslve stuhlk it i very `meip rite lo ex`mioae nkr mls
aettloa i prkhu`tlko `rehlt, but tmls wis i glstice. Me rusmeh us kut
tme hkkr. Me mih ok lhei wmit tme bioh wis ibkut. Mls ji`c kn
uoherstiohloa wis eokuam tk oeaitlvejy inne`t tme pernkrgio`e, ioh
Veter“s lo pirtl`ujir. Veter hlho“t jlce beloa rusmeh, ioh nriocjy
smkujh okt mive beeo rusmeh. It tme sesslko nkr tme sloaje me wis
okt nree tk be mlgsejn, ioh tmit“s i smige.‗
Xme I slhe kn ‚Rk`c Mirh‗ skuoheh jlce tme @irs tryloa tmelr mioh
it meivy getij, i nuo jlttje tuoe is `it`my is lt ls perverteh, `kgpjete
wltm Veter usloa io inne`teh Brltlsm i``eot. Mls ykuoa vkl`e wis
`jeirjy jess `kggiohloa tmio lt wkujh be`kge, but stljj `irrleh
uoglsticibje Veter-lsgs su`m is rkjjeh Rs ioh jyrl`s tmit `kujh mive
beeo pirt kn ioy ougber kn jiter `kgpksltlkos4 ‚Lt neejs sk akkh lt
akes strilamt tk gy brilo / Xmkse teirs `kge pkurloa kut … okt
uojlce jlce tme rilo.‗
Lt“s tme sloaje“s B slhe tmit smkws i trujy krlaloij bioh `kgloa
tmrkuam. ‚Bitterles Okt Lo`juheh‗ ls i nreozleh nkur gloutes kn `yber
s`l-nl gihoess hejlvereh by Veter“s bejjkwloa birltkoe vkl`e,
strkoaer tmio ko tme I slhe, jilh kver i rejitlvejy `kgpjex
irrioaegeot tmit neitures `kjh sjibs kn ceybkirh ioh i tlamt buo`m
kn ioaujir yet arkkvloa rlnns ioh rmytmgs. Veter“s biss ls `jeio ioh
`jlol`ij is me splts kut uokrtmkhkx verbliae. Mls nis`loitlko wltm
jioauiae, is wejj is mls loterest lo hystkplio ioh pkst-ou`jeir wir
`ko`epts, resujts lo stiozis su`m is ‚L`kok`jistl` pkjypjistl` / Ijj
ge`miol` prk-sitiol`,‗ ioh ‚Iohrklh-rkbkt-`ybkra-gkosters ijj
breic hkwo ioh `ry / Nkr psy`mktl` `kgputers mive ruo kut kn tlge.‗
Lt wis trujy krlaloij lo gusl`ij ioh jyrl`ij s`kpe, okt it ijj
represeotitlve kn ioytmloa mippeoloa lo rk`c gusl` it tmit tlge. Xme
skoa nihes kut inter tme nkur-gloute girc, jeivloa tme oiaaloa
neejloa tmit tmere“s gkre tk lt tmio we“re ijjkweh tk meir.
‚”Bitterles Okt Lo`juheh“ wis krlaloijjy slx gloutes jkoa,‗ reveijs
Xerglol, ‚but L jet gysejn aet tijceh lotk `uttloa lt hkwo nkr i ”sloaje,“
is ln tmit reijjy gittereh lo tmls `ise. L wis wrkoa nkr jettloa tmit
mippeo. Lt smkujh mive beeo tme nujj-jeoatm verslko ritmer tmio tme
terrlbje ehlt tmit ls tmere.‗
Vresseh lo i ruo kn 566 `kples lo 9<=9, tme sloaje“s sjeeve
neitures i busty alrj lo i nlsmoet smlrt ioh i aisgisc `ko`eijloa mer
ni`e, ioh lt mis slo`e be`kge i mlamjy `kveteh `kjje`tkr“s lteg. It
tme tlge, tme bioh mih kojy gkherite su``ess sejjloa tme sloaje it
smkws ioh ko `koslaogeot it jk`ij smkps jlce Tlazia Re`krhs ioh
Bjee`cer Bkb“s. Qmlje lt seegs uonitmkgibje okw, gioy kn tme 1-
lo`mes were alveo iwiy3 tme bioh slgpjy wiso“t ibje tk uojkih tmeg

ijj
knn bi`c tmeo.ko
nkr $<66 Xmese
eBiyhiys
ioh lttypl`ijjy
net`mes sejjs
bla bu`cs. Lt wis $566
nkr irkuoh ko`e wmeoever
iu`tlkoeh
koe `kges ko tme gircet.

Is Nijjkut wis ittegptloa tk rei`m tme prkverblij ‚oext jevej,‗

Veter Ritid`zyc, sko, brktmer, ioh nrleoh, wis `kotlouloa i sine ioh
se`ure jlne. Upko arihuitloa mlam s`mkkj lo Duoe 9<=6, me `kotloueh
wkrcloa it @rizy Dke“s Getijwkrcs ioh regiloeh nk`useh ko bioh
i`tlvltles. Lo jite K`tkber 9<=6, me get Girhle Pmelceo, i nkurteeo-
yeir-kjh Glhwkkh reslheot ioh stuheot it Ehwirh R. Gurrkw.
Gurrkw.
Eirjler tmit gkotm, Veter ioh Girhle Pmelceo jk`ceh eyes is
strioaers ko tme subwiy“s H jloe. Pme ioh i nrleoh akt ko tme trilo it
Brlamtko Bei`m ioh were meihloa lotk Giomittio. Veter ioh Dksm
steppeh ko oext ioh sit i`rkss nrkg tme alrjs. Is Pmelceo
regegbers, ‚Me aets ko tme trilo, ioh gy tmkuamt wis, ”Xmit“s tme
gkst beiutlnuj bky L“ve ever seeo lo gy jlne.“ Me wis wltm Dksm, ioh
tmey akt knn it Iveoue G. Me stkkh tmere is tme hkkrs `jkseh ioh L
dust stireh it mlg. Gy nrleoh wis tijclo“ ioh tijclo“, ioh L loterrupteh
mer ioh silh, ”L smkujh mive silh skgetmloa tk mlg.“‗
Ko K`tkber 28, Nijjkut pjiyeh i Bittje kn tme Biohs it Pmelceo“s
s`mkkj. I alrj oigeh Girjeoe lonkrgeh mer tmit sme mih i bkynrleoh
lo Nijjkut. Pmelceo isceh mer, ‚Qmk“s ykur bkynrleoh;‗ ioh tme alrj
pkloteh tk tme tijj bisslst/sloaer. Pmelceo wis stuooeh, re`kaolzloa
mlg is tme ‚beiutlnuj bky‗ sme“h seeo ko tme trilo. Inter tme bioh“s
set, lo io i`t kn ijgkst uo`miri`terlstl` nkrwirhoess, Veter wijceh
up tk Pmelceo ioh silh, ‚\ku“re tme alrj nrkg tme trilo.‗ Xme ktmer alrj,
Girjeoe, ls permips tme nlrst cokwo `ise kn i wkgio `jilgloa
kwoersmlp kn Veter wmeo tmere wis oktmloa tmere it ijj‘dust i
pmeokgeoko kn rkgiotl` ljjuslko tmit wkujh k``ur ougerkus tlges
tmrkuamkut mls jlne.
By tme oext hiy Veter ioh Girhle mih be`kge losepiribje. Lt
wis okt kojy tme bealooloa kn tme nlrst reij rejitlkosmlp nkr bktm kn

tmeg,knbutVeter“s
smy tmey eveotuijjy jkstblrtmhiy.
oloeteeotm tmelr vlralolty
Vetertk koe
wisioktmer
ioktmer,
, slx weecs
i rejitlvejy jite
bjkkger, hue tk smyoess, ok hkubt, but ko`e me wis lovkjveh, mls
nk`us wis tktij. Pmelceo nkuoh Veter tk be extregejy jkvloa, eveo
pkssesslve lo i pksltlve seose. ‚Qmeo me wis wltm yku, me wis
wmkjjy wltm yku,‗ Girhle oktes. ‚Okbkhy ejse exlsteh. Me hevkteh
mlgsejn wmkjjy tk pekpje, but me ijsk akt hlsippkloteh lo pekpje very
qul`cjy.‗
Xme twk regiloeh `jkse nkr he`ihes, jkoa inter tmelr rkgiotl`
rejitlkosmlp eoheh. Pmelceo hkeso“t regegber ln Nijjkut wko tme
Bittje kn tme Biohs tmit hiy lo K`tkber 9<=6. ‚L mive ok lhei. Gy
eyes were kojy ko Veter.‗
 Xme sugger kn 9<=9 nkuoh Nijjkut it `rltl`ij giss. Qmlje tme 1-
lo`m sloaje estibjlsmeh tmeg is i jealtlgite jk`ij nkr`e, tme su``ess
kn tmelr smkws virleh wljhjy. Dkmo @igpks re`ijjs, ‚Qe wkujh hk i
smkw wltm Xwlsteh Plster‗‘ijwiys i pi`ceh mkuse‘‚ioh tmeo tme
oext weec we“h be bi`c pjiyloa skge bir.‗ Ioh lt wiso“t eisy
pi`cloa ioy Brkkcjyo `jub pjiyloa krlaloij giterlij. ‚Qe“re tryloa tk
hk krlaloij gusl`, but we, ioh espe`lijjy Veter, were wiy imeih kn
kur tlge. Qe dust hlho“t nlt lo. Qmeo pekpje siw us tmey were
skgewmit lo iwe, be`iuse we were ijj reijjy akkh gusl`lios, but
ok koe wis aettloa lt. Xme nloij smkws nkr Nijjkut, tmere were giybe
teo pekpje tmere, wmeo benkre we mih beeo nljjloa rkkgs,‗ siys

@igpks.
Xme niljure kn Nijjkut tk nloh re`krh jibej loterest wis okt nkr ji`c
kn tryloa, it jeist okt ko tme pirt kn tmelr blaaest suppkrter, Rl`mirh
Xerglol. ‚Every jibej L tkkc tmelr hegks tk‘@BP, Epl`, Vkjyarig,
R@I, G@I‘tkjh ge tmere wis ok gircet nkr getij. Ln L mih cokwo
ibkut kr uoherstkkh tme sgijj jibejs, tmloas glamt mive beeo
hlnnereot,, but ijj L coew were tme bla auys, ioh tmit“s wmere L tkkc tme
hlnnereot
Nijjkut re`krhloas.‗
Qmetmer lt wis trujy i `ise kn beloa imeih kn tmelr tlge, kr re`krh
`kgpioles slgpjy okt puttloa vijue ko skgetmloa uolque ioh
krlaloij‘i `koslsteot pittero tmrkuamkut tme he`ihes‘teoslkos
wltmlo tme bioh were arkwloa. Xmelr stuoteh ioh seegloajy oeaitlve
arkwtm beaio tk tice i tkjj. @igpks re`kaolzeh i rlnt arkwloa
betweeo tme bisslst ioh ceybkirhlst ijgkst slx gkotms benkre tme
bioh“s knnl`lij heglse. ‚Dksm ioh Veter mih i nijjloa kut. Xmey“ve
ijwiys mih i blt kn i `koteotlkus rejitlkosmlp. Xmere wiso“t koe
spe`lnl` tmloa, lt dust nejj ipirt kver tme `kurse kn skge tlge.‗
Beitk neejs tmit pirt kn tme arkwloa rlnt lo tme bioh wis `reitlve lo
oiture. ‚Dksm ioh Dkmo wioteh tk ak nkr gkre `kgger`lij gusl`,
ioh Veter ioh L were gkre loteresteh lo akloa tk tme hircer slhe kn
wmit Nijjkut wis hkloa. Xmere wis i `konjl`t kn tistes ioh hlre`tlko.
Dksm ioh Dkmo wioteh tk be jlttje nlsm lo i bla pkoh, but Veter ioh L
wioteh tk be bla nlsm lo i jlttje pkoh.‗
‚L wis very surprlseh wmeo Dksm tkjh ge tmit Nijjkut glamt be
breicloa up,‗ siys Xerglol. ‚Pk, 9<=9 wis tme eoh kn Nijjkut. L
tmkuamt tmey smkujh stiy tkaetmer. Xmey were hestloeh nkr areitoess.
L bejleveh tmeo, is L hk okw, tmit Dkmo @igpks wis i pksltlve
lonjueo`e ko Veter“s wrltloa ioh i terrlnl` wrltloa pirtoer nkr Veter.
Nijjkut hlh skoas tmit were jlce jlttje gkvles. Veter mih ijj tmese
areit tmeges tmit me wioteh tk expjkre tmit `kujh eisljy nlt lotk
nljggicloa aeores. ^ery e`je`tl` ioh loterestloa.‗
Benkre tme tergloitlko kn Nijjkut, Xerglol isslsteh lo mejploa
Pljver buljh wmit eveotuijjy be`ige cokwo is Pty lo tme Pcy. Xme
wkrc ko Pljver“s mkge stuhlk suppjleh tme ceybkirhlst wltm pjeoty kn
te`mol`ij cokwjehae, wlshkg pisseh ko tk mlg by tme gkre
experleo`eh Xerglol. Biohs set up lo i rkkg ko tme gilo jevej kn tme
mkuse wmlje re`krhloa tkkc pji`e lo i rkkg koe njkkr ibkve, meo`e
tme stuhlk“s oige. Pljver“s pireots were jeoleot eokuam tk ijjkw tmelr
sko tk hrljj mkjes lo tme `eljloa sk `ibjes `kujh be ruo betweeo njkkrs.
Pty lo tme Pcy wkujh be`kge i vijuibje reskur`e nkr Veter ioh
Dksm, ioh nkr i ougber kn biohs jiter lo tme he`ihe.
Veter mih bla tmloas lo gloh nkr mls oext bioh, but me ipprki`meh
tmls is-yet-uonkrgeh eoheivkr wltm `irenuj nkrtltuhe. Ever tme
pri`tl`ij tmlocer,
tmlocer, Veter tkkc i reijlstl` ittltuhe ibkut mls nuture lo rk`c
ioh rkjj. Xk eosure me mih ‚skgetmloa tk nijj bi`c ko‗ (i nitmerjy
pmrise Me
Dke“s. me“hijsk
meirh i jkt nrkg
eorkjjeh it mls kwo hih), me@kgguolty
Cloasbkrkuam cept wkrcloa it @rizy
@kjjeae lo
Brkkcjyo, lo Peptegber 9<=9, jk`iteh it Giomittio Bei`m, eist kn
@koey Lsjioh.
Qmlje okt i hiy weot by tmit me wiso“t wkrcloa ko i `reitlve
gusl`ij eoheivkr, me mlt tme bkkcs mirh tme oext severij yeirs,
eveotuijjy arihuitloa wltm io issk`lite“s hearee lo jlberij irts, wltm
i `ko`eotritlko lo s`leo`e, gitm, ioh gusl`. Xmls `kgbloitlko kn
loterests wkujh loterse`t wltm tme gusl` me `reiteh tmrkuamkut mls
eotlre jlne. Mls nloij arihe pklot iveriae upko arihuitlko, lo Iprlj
9<=8, wis 0.=. It tmit pklot Veter wis tweoty-twk yeirs kjh, ioh me
`kotloueh tk jlve wltm mls pireots. Lt serveh mls purpkses. Me mih
beeo k``upyloa tme bisegeot kn tme nigljy mkge nkr tmree yeirs, i
prlvite jilr tmit serveh is tme `reitlve mlheiwiy tmit wkujh
eveotuijjy hejlver tk tme wkrjh Jkrh Vetrus X. Pteeje, kverjkrh kn i
pkst-ipk`ijyptl` trlbe kn tmergkou`jeir wirrlkrs `ijjeh @irolvkre.

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9 Okt jkoa inter geetloa Xerglol, mkwever, Veter akt mls nlrst tittkks‘i arlnnlo ko mls rlamt
bl`ep ioh i gkuotilo jlko ko mls jent. Xmey sygbkjlzeh streoatm ioh mls ihglritlko nkr
iolgijs. Bktm tittkks were hkoe by Brkkcjyo-biseh tittkk irtlst Muaay Beir Nerrls it i
tlge wmeo tittkkloa
ti ttkkloa wis stljj ljjeaij lo Oew \krc @lty.
2 Xmls pirtl`ujir blt kn tmeiter eveotuijjy be`ige i neiture kn Giokwir smkws, wmeo
bisslst Dkey HeGilk wkujh hk tme sige it tme eoh kn tmelr sets. Nkrgloa lo 9<=6 ioh
miljloa nrkg Iuburo, lo upstite Oew \krc, koe wkohers ln HeGilk siw Veter pernkrgloa
tmls stuot wltm Nijjkut ioh ihkpteh lt is mls kwo.
Lo i perpetuij ennkrt tk nloh krher lo every ni`et kn mls jlne, tweoty-
yeir-kjh Veter Ritid`zyc nkuoh tme hlsskjutlko kn Nijjkut i wkrryloa
loterruptlko tk io ktmerwlse wejj-krhereh exlsteo`e. But me mih tme
teoi`lty tk nkrae imeih, ioh me wis hkloa dust nloe. Me mih i steihy
alrjnrleoh lo Girhle Pmelceo, wis gicloa ex`ejjeot arihes it
Cloasbkrkuam @kgguolty @kjjeae, ioh mih i se`ure dkb it @rizy
Dke“s Getijwkrcs.
Mugkr ijsk mejpeh ceep Veter arkuoheh. Mls nrleohs ioh nigljy
ihkreh mls seose kn mugkr, ioh lt wis preseot lo oeirjy everytmloa
me hlh. Qmeo lt `ige tlge tk put tkaetmer i resuge, me iguseh
mlgsejn by spejjloa mls pji`e kn egpjkygeot ‚Getijwklcs,‗ lo tme
Brkkcjyo veroi`ujir, ioh alvloa mls @itmkjl` ejegeotiry s`mkkj tme
nl`tlkoij ihhress kn >>> K`eio Iveoue. Eveo tme wiy Veter ite nkkh
mih mugkrkus reper`usslkos. Mls kbsesslve-`kgpujslve seose kn
krher geiot me `kujh okt mive hlnnereot nkkh ltegs tku`m ei`m ktmer3
me ijsk prenerreh mls nreo`m nrles ijj `ut tk tme sige jeoatm. Mls
slsters ioh gioy nrleohs inne`tlkoitejy okte tmit Veter jlceh tk eit
nrkg stilojess-steej gljltiry-styje gess mijj pjitters sk tmit mls nkkh
`kujh be se`tlkoeh knn lotk sepirite `kgpirtgeots.
Veter wiso“t egbirrisseh ibkut tmls qulrc. Lo 266> me tkjh io
lotervlewer, ‚Gy nkkh `io“t tku`m ei`m ktmer. Ex`ept nkr nkkhs jlce
stews
ijjkwehioh akujism,
tk tku`m. stunnolamtgire
But gy tmit“s geiot tk lsbe
mkjlhiy glxeh tkaetmer. Lt“s
Xmiocsalvloa.‗
 Xme lotervlewer isceh, ‚Hkes tme arivy ioh gismeh pktitkes
nreic yku kut;‗
‚Km, tmey“ve tku`meh,‗ respkoheh Veter. ‚Lt wis jlce wmeo wkrjhs
`kjjlhe.‗
Veter“s nivkrlte jk`ij @mloese ticekut restiuriot‘wmkse kwoers
ol`coigeh mlg ‚Aliot Rkuoh Eyes‗‘arew weiry kn mls requests tk
sepirite tme virlkus loarehleots kn mls krher. Qmeo requestloa tk
sepirite tme geit nrkg tme veaetibjes nrkg tme siu`e, tmey wkujh
tejj mlg lo exisperitlko, ‚\ku tkk pirtl`ujir!‗
Mls nkkh mioa-ups were i pe`ujlirlty slo`e mls teeoiae yeirs,
ioh lo 9<=2, tmls exi`tloa oeeh nkr tktij krher glamt mive beeo tme
wkrst kn Veter“s qulrcs.

Xme clhs wmk be`ige jk`ij jeaeohs wltm tmelr mybrlh kn getij
tmuoher, mirh rk`c swiaaer, ioh oew wive pujsloa, wltm skoas ibkut
oe`rkpmljli ioh eitloa uonertljlzeh kvug, mih `kgpjeteh tmelr
oelambkrmkkh rigpiae. Nijjkut spjlt jlce io itkgl` ou`jeus, ioh kut
kn tmit nlsslko `ige twk hlstlo`tlve eotltles.
Dksm Pljver ioh Dkmo @igpks nkrgeh
Krlaloij Plo, wmk re`krheh ioh rejeiseh i
Rl`mirh Xerglol-prkhu`eh 1-lo`m sloaje lo
9<=2.
‚IjreihyXme skoas
Akoe‗ ‚Veoijty
ire pure pkp, kn`kgpjete
Jkve‗ wltm
ioh
sujtry vk`ijs by @meryj Ijter, wmk eveotuijjy
girrleh Pljver. Krlaloij Plo jisteh i `kupje
Inter tme Nijjkut4 Dksm ioh yeirs, ioh tmey eveo trivejeh tk Jiauoi
Dkmo“s Krlaloij Plo Bei`m, @ijlnkroli, tk vlslt Xerglol, wmk mih
rejk`iteh tmere. Qmlje lo tme irei, Krlaloij Plo
pjiyeh skge alas, but tmey hlho“t ittri`t lohustry loterest, ioh tmey
returoeh tk Oew \krc wltmkut gu`m tk smkw nkr tmegsejves. Xme
ktmer teoti`je tk sprkut nrkg Nijjkut wis i meivler, oistler
prkpksltlko. Qltmkut wistloa gu`m tlge, Veter ioh hrugger Jkule
Beitk put tkaetmer tme skuoh ioh vlslko kn i bioh tmey `mrlsteoeh
Hls`lpje.
Hls`lpje wis loteoheh is skgetmloa gkre vls`erij ioh tk-tme-
pklot tmio tme rejitlve hlverslty kn Nijjkut. Piys Beitk, ‚Inter tme
spjlt, kur gusl` be`ige tiraeteh tkwirh i gkre spe`lnl` iuhleo`e
tmio Nijjkut.‗ Xmelr nlrst step4 nlohloa i aultirlst wmk `kujh pjiy it tme
jevej kn Dkmo @igpks. Hls`lpje wis tk be i pkwer trlk. Ok
ceybkirhs.
Ptio Vljjls wis i nresmgio it Ehwirh R. Gurrkw Mlam P`mkkj
wmeo Veter wis i seolkr tmere, ioh tme twk nkraeh i nrleohsmlp lo
gusl` `jiss. Gr. Niooejjl“s ‚Gusl`liosmlp‗ wis i `kurse lo wml`m
stuheots wkujh preseot re`krheh gusl` kn tmelr `mkl`e nkr tme `jiss
tk evijuite ioh `rltlque. Vljjls, ijreihy ihept ko aultir nkr mls iae,
regegbers Veter beloa brutijjy mkoest ioh loteosejy ioijytl`ij wmeo
lt `ige tk gusl`. Veter lovlteh tme nresmgio tk tme Nijjkut smkws
tmit were mippeoloa reaujirjy it Tippi“s, skgetmloa Vljjls
regegbers wltm nkohoess. Me“h eveo seeo Okrtmero Jlamts benkre
tmey gkrpmeh lotk Nijjkut. Me wis ijreihy i nio, espe`lijjy kn
aultirlst Dkmo @igpks. ‚@igpks wis tme jk`ij merk,‗ Vljjls re`ijjs.
Is nkr Veter
Veter,, Vljjls wis lgpresseh wltm mlg lo every ispe`t‘mls
pkjlteoess, mls gusl`liosmlp, ioh mls eotmuslisg. Me jkkceh up tk
mls kjher nrleoh wltm skgetmloa ipprki`mloa iwe.
Xme eirjlest verslko kn Hls`lpje lo`juheh i aultirlst oigeh Jirry,
but me hlho“t wkrc kut, ioh Vljjls eveotuijjy akt i pmkoe `ijj nrkg
tmelr bisslst.
mls nlrst yeir It
kn tme tlge, Vljjls
`kjjeae. wis9<=2,
Lo Iprlj i duolkr
tmeioh Veteraultirlst
ykuoa wis nlolsmloa
nkuoh
mlgsejn lo tme Ritid`zyc bisegeot iuhltlkoloa wltm twk auys kjher
ioh gu`m gkre experleo`eh tmio me. Iglh Veter“s `ku`m, beh, ioh
beo`m press (‚me jlceh tk jlnt welamts i jkt,‗ siys Vljjls), tme ykuoa
aultirlst beaio okkhjloa irkuoh, eveotuijjy splooloa kut pissiaes
nrkg Nrioc Tippi“s Ipkstrkpme ijbug. Lgpresseh wltm Vljjls“s
miohjloa kn su`m skpmlstl`iteh gusl`, Veter suaaesteh diggloa ko
giterlij tmey `kujh ijj miohje. Qltm skoas by Bji`c Pibbitm ioh
Heep Vurpje jeihloa tme wiy, tme nlrst reij egioitlkos kn Hls`lpje
were `rioceh kut wltm io lo`rehlbje pkwer tmit surprlseh ei`m kn tme
gusl`lios.
 ‚Xme tmree kn us stirteh pjiyloa,
ioh lt `jl`ceh,‗ regegbers Vljjls.
‚Big! Lt wis jlce tme `jissl` suos
ijlaoloa wltm tme gkkos ioh tme
pjioets ioh tme stirs.‗
Vljjls wis ex`lteh, but tmeo Veter
aive mlg i s`ire. Xme bisslst
suggkoeh Beitk nrkg bemloh mls
hrugs, ioh tme twk jent tme bisegeot.
Veter silh tk Vljjls lo i heihjy serlkus
vkl`e, ‚Ex`use us. Qe mive tk speic
lo `migbers.‗ Xmey hlsippeireh nkr
io iakolzloajy jkoa nlve gloutes, but
tme aultirlst mih oktmloa tk wkrry
Dust benkre tme triosnkrgitlko lotk
ibkut. Upko returoloa, Veter sclppeh
tme step kn alvloa Vljjls i ‚yiy kr ‚oiy,‗ Veter Pteeje4
sirtkrlij Veter sgirt ioh
Ritid`zyc
siyloa, ‚Qe remeirse ko Xueshiys,
Qehoeshiys,
Qehoeshi ys, Puohiys, ioh we glamt be aettloa lotk Piturhiys.‗
‚Xmit wis mls wiy kn tejjloa ge tmit L wis lo tme bioh,‗ siys Vljjls,
jiuamloa.

kn iNrkg tme tlge Okrtmero

jlve iuhleo`e, Jlamts nlrst
Veter sunnereh steppeh
extrege kotk
stiae i stiae
nrlamt. lo nrkot
Xme ioxlety
usuijjy nkr`eh mlg tk ruo tk tme oeirest bitmrkkg stijj ioh `jeir mls
bkwejs benkre i smkw kr, lo gkre extrege `ises, me wkujh be`kge
`koslheribjy oiuseiteh. Qmlje tme hkgloitloa kostiae perskoi
mejpeh Veter hlstio`e mlgsejn nrkg tme reijlty kn wmit wis
mippeoloa, heep loslhe me wis gkrtlnleh. Beloa tme `eoter kn
itteotlko kostiae petrlnleh mlg, ioh `kgbloeh wltm arkwloa sejn-
esteeg lssues, me duhaeh mlgsejn uonlt tk sloa nkr Hls`lpje. Me nejt mls
lheij rkje lo tme bioh wkujh be tk `kotrlbute is i skoawrlter ioh
rejeaite mlgsejn tk tme perlpmerij smihkws kn stiae jent.
 Qltm Vljjls nresmjy lohk`trloiteh, tme trlk“s ittegpts tk gkrpm lotk i
quirtet were nrultjess. Eveo tmkuam Vljjls ioh Beitk pjeiheh wltm
Veter tk sloa, me renuseh. Vrlkr tk Vljjls dkloloa, aultirlst Jirry mih
`kge tk tme bioh wltm i sloaer lo tkw. Xmit jisteh i gkotm benkre
nlzzjloa kut, but eveo wltm Vljjls lo tme bioh, Veter `kotloueh jkkcloa
nkr i sloaer. Me mih mls hrugger `kovlo`eh lt wis tme rlamt tmloa tk
hk. ‚Me wioteh skgekoe tmit `kujh sloa nkr reij ioh okt dust arkwj,‗
Beitk re`ijjs. ‚Veter mih i jkt kn reijjy loterestloa jyrl`s, ioh me
wioteh tmeg tk be iuhlbje ioh up nrkot.‗ Qmeo ijj ittegpts tk nloh i
sultibje vk`ijlst niljeh, Veter aruhaloajy tkkc tme gl`rkpmkoe, mkploa
lt wkujh be tegpkriry.
Hls`lpje nkjjkweh i rlakrkus remeirsij s`mehuje3 tme Ritid`zyc
bisegeot reaujirjy nljjeh wltm i `rusmloa oew oklse. Vljjls
regegbers, ‚Xme alrjnrleohs stirteh mioaloa kut tkaetmer it
remeirsijs. Veter wis hitloa Girhle, Jkule wis hitloa wmk me“s okw
girrleh tk, Girtloe, ioh L wis i hitloa tmls alrj @irkj. But tme
alrjnrleohs wkujh slt ko tme stkkp kutslhe be`iuse tme gusl` wkujh
aet tkk jkuh. Qe were koe jkuh bioh, gio. \ku `kujh jlterijjy meir
us bjk`cs iwiy.‗
It tme tlge, Vljjls hlho“t kwo io igp tmit `kujh git`m tme pkwer
kn tme Beitk/Ritid`zyc rmytmg se`tlko, sk me pjuaaeh lotk Veter“s
Custkg VI systeg. ‚Gy aultir mih i `kupje pehij enne`ts,‗ me siys,
‚but L dust weot tmrkuam tmit VIVI systeg, ioh lt skuoheh sk `kjkssij.‗
Gkg ioh pkp Ritid`zyc eo`kuriaeh Veter“s gusl`ij eoheivkrs,
ijtmkuam
Qmeo me“h mlsmih
nitmer oeverkn
eokuam preteoheh tk ‚mls
tme oklse, jlce nitmer
kr uoherstioh tme gusl`.
wkujh `kge hkwo
tme stilrs ioh njl`cer tme jlamts ioh siy, ”Veter, yku wiooi smut tmit
tmloa hkwo;“‗ siys Beitk, jiuamloa. ‚Xmit“s wmit me useh tk siy,
”Xuro tmit tmloa hkwo.“ Is ln tme bioh wis koe lteg, koe vkjuge
cokb.‗

Nrkg tme eirjlest hiys kn Nijjkut, Veter wis i gidkr skoawrltloa

nkr`e, eveo ln lt wis i `kjjibkritlve uolt. Hls`lpje“s eirjy
`kgpksltlkos, tkk, were krlaloijjy
loteoheh tk be i prkhu`t kn arkup
ennkrt. Is Vljjls re`ijjs, ‚Lo tme eirjler
stiaes lt wis i jkt gkre `kjjibkritlve.
L wkujh `kge up wltm skoa lheis, ioh
tmeo Veter mih tmese areit lheis nkr
giterlij. Gy stunn wis gkre
prkaresslve, skrt kn jlce \\es
es geets tme
Vkjl`e. L wis ijsk i nio kn Rusm. Gy
meih wis aeireh tkwirh tmit
hlre`tlko, but L wis ijsk jlsteoloa tk i
jkt kn Bji`c Pibbitm, Gktþrmeih, ioh
Ioaej Qlt`m.‗
Veter, tkk, wis i jlsteoer wltm i
brkih rioae kn tistes. It tme tlge, mls
jkve kn Bji`c Pibbitm jeh tk i muoaer
Veter alnteh wltm i t-smlrt kn
nkr tme s`itmloa, hirc, bkgbistl` koe kn mls nivkrlte gkvles
getij biohs kn tme hiy, pirtl`ujirjy (useh by perglsslko kn
`igpy sitiol` Brltlsm trlk ^eokg ioh Hkooi Qmlte)
getij kbsesslve Giokwir, wmkse
giterlij neitureh i rihl`ij glxture kn tegpks, nrkg nriotl` speeh tk
`rusmloajy sjkw pissiaes. Xme stew kn losplritlko beaio tk bklj kver
is ei`m gegber kn Hls`lpje brkuamt mls tistes tk tme tibje, but
Veter“s nk`us wis sk loteose, mls lheis sk rlne wltm purpkse ioh
hetilj, lt reohereh
Vljjls re`ijjs itme ktmer gkgeot
plvktij gegbers“lo`kotrlbutlkos
tme jlne kn pklotjess.
Veter Ritid`zyc,
skoawrlter. ‚Koe hiy L jent gy aultir ioh bia kn enne`ts it mls mkuse,
lo tme bisegeot. L mih i hite tmit olamt rlamt inter remeirsij. Xme
oext hiy L ak tk mls mkuse ioh me miohs ge i tipe.‗
‚Jlsteo tk tmls,‗ Veter silh. ‚Xmls ls skge stunn tmit L“g wkrcloa
ko.‗
Vljjls tkkc tme tipe mkge ioh aive lt i jlsteo. Lt wis pi`ceh wltm
krlaloij Veter-peooeh tuoes. ‚Xmere wis tmls igizloa aultir
pjiyloa,‗ siys Vljjls. ‚Okt \oawle Gijgsteeo-type stunn, but reijjy
beiutlnujjy irtl`ujiteh pirts ioh gejkhles, ioh dust reijjy `kkj rlnns.‗
Vljjls `ijjeh Veter ioh isceh mlg ibkut tme gusl` ko tme tipe.
 ‚Xmit“s ge ko aultir,‗ Veter `konlrgeh, ioh tmeo ipkjkalzeh. ‚L
mkpe yku“re okt upset wltm ge usloa ykur stunn mere, ioh ln yku“re okt
`kkj wltm tmit, L“jj oever hk lt iailo.‗
‚Me wis very ipkjkaetl`,‗ siys Vljjls. ‚But L silh, ”Ok, Vete, lt“s
kciy. Ln yku mive skgetmloa yku wiot tk jiy hkwo, L“g tktijjy `kkj
wltm tmit.“‗
Veter“s `reitlve njkkhaites kpeoeh tmit sprloa hiy lo Giy 9<=2.
Xme tipe wis pi`ceh wltm giterlij4 i rlnn nkr i skoa `ijjeh ‚Eoh kn
tme Qkrjh‗3 scejetij tk ijgkst-`kgpjete irrioaegeots nkr ‚Relao kn
Xerrkr,‗ ‚Gije Pupregi`y,‗ ‚Iutmkr Eves,‗ ‚Hejlver Us nrkg Evlj,‗
(skko reoigeh ‚Hejlver us tk Evlj‗), ioh ‚Exe`utlkoer,‗ tme jitter i
mkjhkut nrkg tme Nijjkut hiys.
Ijtmkuam Vljjls jigeots tmit tmls tipe ls okw jkst (‚Gy alrjnrleoh
useh tk re`krh ijj tme remeirsijs, ioh uonkrtuoitejy we brkce up, ioh
wmeo sme gkveh sme tmrew ijj mer tipes kut‗), me regegbers tme
giterlij wejj. ‚Lt wis i `rkss betweeo Bji`c Pibbitm, Rusm, ioh
Gistkhko. Xme oewer bioh, Gistkhko. ^ery meivy ioh hrkp tuoeh.
Xme aultirs were hkwo tk @-smirp stiohirh. Bji`c Pibbitm hlh tmit,
ioh tme ktmer bioh hkloa lt wis Qlt`mnloher Aeoerij, ioh tmit wis i
bioh tmit mih i areit lgpi`t ko Veter. Xmey tuoeh hkwo tk i @
stiohirh, ioh tmit“s wmere me akt tme lhei kn hrkp tuoloa reijjy jkw.‗
Hrkp tuoloa tme aultir nrkg tme trihltlkoij stiohirh ls okw
`kggko lo getij ioh ktmer aeores, but lo tme 9<=6s lt wis stljj i
okvej wiy kn i`mlevloa nit, `rusmloa meivloess. Veter wis akloa nkr
extreglty,
experlgeotloaioh wltm
ijski ijktbijio`e kn hl`mktkgkus
kn mijn tlge, sjkweh hkwoextreges. ‚Me wis
stunn. Me jkveh tme
stunn reijjy sjkw ioh reijjy meivy.‗ Veter `kotloueh tk preseot krlaloij
`kgpksltlkos tk tme bioh. Koe oew skoa, ‚@irolvkre,‗ butteh sjuhay
hlraes up iailost speeh-nreiceh
s peeh-nreiceh tmrism.
Veter“s evkjutlko is i bkoi nlhe `kgpkser wis pirt lomereot
tijeot, pirt lotejje`tuij nertljlty, ioh pirt gusl`ij `urlkslty. Qmlje me
wis jlsteoloa tk Qlt`mnloher Aeoerij ioh ^eokg, me wis ijsk
hlaaloa lotk Eoajlsm oew wive ioh syotm pkp irtlsts su`m is Hurio
Hurio ioh Airy Ougio. Qmlje Bji`c Pibbitm“s Aeezer Butjer ioh
Heep Vurpje“s Rkaer Ajkver nkstereh Veter“s
Veter “s oiturij ittri`tlko tk tme
biss‘mls jkw vkl`e ioh lgpksloa slze glrrkreh tme lostrugeot“s
lomereot quijltles‘tme tweoty-yeir-kjh `kotloueh tk ijsk wrlte ioh
pri`tl`e ko okrgij slx-strloa aultir, pliok, ioh hrugs. Vljjls re`ijjs,
‚Me mih i re`krh pjiyer ioh me mih Jkule“s hrugs lo mls bisegeot,
ioh me wkujh put ko SAustivW Gimjer“s Pygpmkoy ok. 2,
”Resurre`tlko,“ ioh pjiy hrugs ijkoa wltm lt. Me wkujh tmeo pl`c up
mls biss aultir ioh pjiy tme lotrk skjk tk Bji`c Pibbitm“s
Pibbitm“s ”O.L.B.“ Ioh
me wrkte i jkt kn pirts ko pliok, jlce ”Gije Pupregi`y,“ pjiyloa tme
biss ioh trebje `jen tkaetmer,“ ioh L wis dust, ”Qkw.“‗
Hls`lpje wis ok jkoaer i `kjjibkritlve ennkrt. ‚Veter wkujh tmloc kn
ijj tme irrioaegeots,‗ re`ijjs Vljjls. ‚Me irrioaeh everytmloa. Lo tme
bealooloa lt wis gkre `kjjibkritlve, but L silh, ”\ku cokw wmit, jet“s
ak ykur hlre`tlko.“ Dust wmit me wis hkloa, mkw me wkujh irrioae
tme hrugs, tme pirts nkr aultir, tme biss pirts, eveo tme vk`ij pirts. L
nlaureh, L“g akloa tk tice i `milr ioh jet Veter tice tme relos is nir
is tme jkkc, tme gusl`ij hlre`tlko, tme skuoh, tme vkjuge, tme
ittltuhe. Everytmloa. Me mih i ak-nkr-lt ittltuhe.‗
Veter Ritid`zyc tktijjy weot nkr lt. But tmere wis tme lssue kn tme
bioh“s oige.
Okt kojy wis tme oige Hls`lpje ticeo by ioktmer jk`ij bioh, but
tme trlk nejt lt skuoheh ‚tkk bji`c getij,‗ lo Vljjls“s wkrhs. Xmey jkveh
biohs jlce ^eokg, but Veter“s gusl` wis meihloa hkwo i
`kgpjetejy hlnnereot `ko`eptuij pitm. Eveo ln me wis questlkoloa
rejlalko, reihloa Aergio pmljkskpmer Nrlehrl`m Oletzs`me“s Xmus
Ppkce Tiritmustri ioh `mijjeoaloa tme nuohigeotijs kn niltm lo mls

tmkuamts, Veter wiso“t

@mrlstlio, itmelstl` reihy tk `kgglt mls bioh tk io ijj-kut iotl-
pjitnkrg.
Lo Duoe 9<=2, tme trlk tkkc i breic nrkg remeirsij tk brilostkrg
tme lgiae kn tme bioh ioh he`lhe ko i oew oige. I ougber kn
lheis were knnereh, gioy dust nkr jiuams. Vljjls okteh mkw ei`m
gegber mih welamt lssues (me ioh Beitk were stk`cy, Vete wis dust
perpetuijjy bla) ioh sk suaaesteh Kbeslty.
‚Ijj rlamt Ptio, yku `io ak tme nu`c mkge okw,‗ repjleh Veter.
Vljjls tmeo turoeh tk tme questlko kn lgiae ioh suaaesteh, ‚Qmy
hko“t we `kge kut jlce tme “16s biohs hk, lo Dipioese clgkoks;‗
‚Ptio, ire yku clhhloa ge;‗ silh io knneoheh Veter. ‚Qe“re okt
Eirtm, Qloh & nu`cloa Nlre.‗
 ‚Qejj, ijj rlamt, giestrk,‗ `kuotereh tme aultirlst. ‚Hk yku mive
ioy lheis;‗
Veter piuseh nkr hrigitl` enne`t ioh silh, ‚L“ve `kge up wltm i
oige tmit wljj `mioae everytmloa. Xme oige wljj be @irolvkre.‗
Vljjls jkveh tme skuoh kn lt, but `konesseh, ‚L mive ok lhei wmit lt
geios.‗
Veter lonkrgeh mlg, ‚Lt geios ”geit eiter.“‗
Vljjls jiuameh. ‚L nlaureh we ijj jlceh Bla Gi`s, sk wmy okt;‗
But Veter“s vlslko mih gkre heptm tmio tmit. Xicloa skge kn tme
lheis me“h expjkreh lo Nijjkut ioh `rystijjlzloa tmeg, @irolvkre
wkujh be tme oige kn i rkvloa trlugvlrite kn pkst-ipk`ijyptl`
tmergkou`jeir wirrlkr `ioolbijs, nlamtloa wltm ioh neistloa ko tme
mugios wmk mih burrkweh lotk tme eirtm inter tme ou`jeir
hevistitlko kn `kose`utlve Qkrjh Qirs LLL ioh L^. Bla Gi`s were jlce
tknu tk tmese survlvijlst bistirhs. Xmey were inter jlvloa geit. Lt wis
Gih Gix geets Pkyjeot Areeo3 Rkih Qirrlkr geets Olamt kn tme
Jlvloa Heih. Xmelr giolnestk prkglseh4 ‚Xme trlolty pjehae ijjealio`e
tk Akh, `kuotry, ioh gkst lgpkrtiotjy‘tk ei`m ktmer. Xmey wljj stkp
it oktmloa lo tmelr quest nkr riw, mkt njesm, ioh wkgeo (ijlve kr heih)
ioh tme ujtlgite i`qulsltlko kn tme pjioet.‗
Lotk tmls niotisy wkrjh kn survlvij, siviaery, ioh mypersexuijlty,
@irolvkre wis bkro.

Guo`mloa ko eohjess bias kn pktitk `mlps ioh hrlocloa twk-jlter

duas kn @k`i-@kji, tme ‚trlolty‗ pri`tl`eh jlce hegkos. Gkotms njew
by, ei`m gusl`lio akt better, tme bioh arew tlamter, 9<=2 aive wiy
tk 9<=0, alrjnrleohs `ige ioh weot, ioh gkg ioh pkp Ritid`zyc
eohureh tme oklse is best is tmey `kujh.
Oew skoas irrlveh lo tme nkrg kn ‚Vrehitkr,‗ ‚Xmergkou`jeir
Qirrlkr,‗ ioh ‚Qkrjh Qirs LLL ioh L^.‗ Koe kn Veter“s kjhest
`kgpksltlkos, nlrst tltjeh ‚Virtmeokpmiali‗ ioh tmeo ‚Exe`utlkoer,‗
wis aettloa sjkwer ioh sjkwer, arkwloa tk i oeirjy teo-gloute
bemegktm `kgpireh tk lts krlalos is i nkur-gloute Nijjkut skoa. Lt
wis ijj aettloa pretty rihl`ij, ioh lo ceeploa wltm tme bioh“s oew
oige, Veter prkpkseh tmey `kver ‚Nkkh, Ajkrlkus Nkkh‗ nrkg tme
gusl`ij Kjlver! Lt wis i terrlnl`ijjy jent-nlejh lhei, eveo ln lt oever
giterlijlzeh.
Nkr i bioh tmit hlho“t wiot tk issk`lite ltsejn wltm tme sitiol`
lgiaery be`kgloa `kggko lo getij it tme tlge, i skoa su`m is
‚Akh ls Heih,‗ ioktmer oew `kgpksltlko, seegeh `kotrihl`tkry tk
@irolvkre“s loteot. Lts jyrl`s were prkvk`itlve4 ‚\ku aioa-ripeh
Gktmer Oiture, L jkve i vlralo“s `ry / Bjkkh pkureh nrkg tme eirtm,
sme sunnereh ioh sme hleh / Rusty s`lsskrs stljj lo mioh yku `istriteh
nitmer tlge / neeh mls bijjs tk tme mkuohs tmit hrloc mls `ug jlce
wloe.‗ But by tme eoh kn tme skoa lt reihs gkre jlce i wiroloa, kr
`kohegoitlko4 Akh rede`ts mugiolty kutrlamt ioh `kgglts sul`lhe,
jeivloa mls `reitlko tk sunner ijkoe. Lt hkeso“t tice qulte is henliot kr

pmljkskpml`ij
Xmls wis purei niotisy,
stio`e is skgetmloa
ln ko jlce Oletzs`me“s
tme extrege ehae, but ltHer
wisIotl`mrlst
io ehae.
Veter wis very `kgnkrtibje wijcloa, ioh skgetmloa me nkuoh
egpkwerloa.
Ever tme prkvk`iteur, Veter wkujh expjkre `ko`epts kn slgljirjy
pkwernuj ioh niotistl` extripkjitlko is ‚Akh ls Heih‗ tmrkuamkut
@irolvkre“s `ireer. Mls jkve kn wkrhpjiy brkuamt ibkut uokrtmkhkx
jyrl`s tmit were jkntler tmio tme gidkrlty kn biohs tmit lohujaeh lo
gkre kbvlkus meivy getij `jl`mìs. Qkrhs jlce ‚`ytkpjist,‗ loveotlkos
jlce ‚pmjebkpmljli,‗ ioh pmrises jlce ‚pjutkolug iotmrkpkjkay‗ ioh
‚sgkjherloa mugioklh gess‗ were `kgloa nrkg io lgialoitlve
iutkhlhi`t wmk reih pmysl`s textbkkcs nkr tme smeer nuo kn lt.
Eveo it tmelr gkst arueskge, Veter“s jyrl`s were eoaialoa. Lt
wkujho“t be i stret`m tk lgialoe tme bkys lo nuture heitm getij
jeaeohs @ir`iss ioh @ioolbij @krpse jlsteoloa tk @irolvkre ioh
pkrloa kver Veter“s jyrl`s, su`m is tmls eosioauloe verse nrkg
‚Vrehitkr‗4 ‚Brkceo spjlotereh bkoes, bkljloa bjkkh, tkro ioh
bjeehloa sclo / Bji`ceoeh buroloa njesm, gejtloa nit, igputiteh jlgbs
/ Evls`eriteh, juoas tkro kut, meirt rlppeh nrkg tme `mest /
He`ipltiteh, i geij kn vialoi ioh breists.‗ Xmls `reitlve iwnujoess
`ige `kgpjete wltm mugkr, Veter rkjjloa mls Rs wmlje hejlverloa tme
wkrh ‚breists.‗ Lt wis ibsurhlty, mkrrkr, `kgehy, ioh es`iplsg nuseh
is koe ioh hejlvereh wltm tme pujsitloa pkwer kn @irolvkre“s super-
meivy brioh kn hkkg-ji`eh tmrism getij.
Xme hejlvery kn mls jyrl`s wis lgpkrtiot tk Veter, ioh sk tme
seir`m nkr i vk`ijlst `kotloueh. But by Iprlj 9<=0, koe stljj mih okt
beeo nkuoh. Nloijjy, inter Beitk ioh Vljjls“s `kostiot eo`kuriaegeot,
Veter `ipltujiteh. ‚L akt i `ijj nrkg Veter it koe k“`jk`c lo tme
gkroloa,‗ re`ijjs Vljjls, ‚ioh me akes, ”Ptio, L“g akloa tk hk lt. L“ve
he`lheh tk be jeih sloaer kn tmls bioh.“ Ioh L silh, ”Xmioc yku,
Akh.“‗
Qltm tmit estibjlsmeh, @irolvkre prepireh nkr jlve pernkrgio`e. Lt
mih beeo ijgkst twk yeirs slo`e Veter ioh Jkule pjiyeh jlve wltm
Nijjkut, ioh hesplte Veter“s neir kn pernkrgloa lo pubjl`, me wis
ioxlkus tk aet kut tmere ioh pregler mls oew bioh tk tme Brkkcjyo
niltmnuj wmk regegbereh.

wisDuoe >, 9<=0 wml`m

it Tippi“s, gircsmksteh
@irolvkre“s nlrst
Nijjkut jlve tlges,
gioy ippeirio`e. Xme smkw
ioh Veter“s oew
bioh wis tmere tk hestrky. Xme set jlst `kgprlseh ijj tme skoas
tmey“h remeirseh slo`e eirjy 9<=2, ioh tme bioh hresseh lo
egbrykol` verslkos kn tme kutriaekus `kstugloa tmit evkjveh kver
tme oext `kupje yeirs. Hesplte i jite stirt (wejj inter 9466 i.g.),
@irolvkre“s jlve hebut wis i su``ess.
Vljjls re`ijjs io lo`lheot tmit mippeoeh dust prlkr tk @irolvkre
ticloa tme stiae. Lt speics tk mkw Veter skgetlges weot tk extreges
tk `kpe wltm pernkrgio`e ioxlety. ‚Gy pireots `ige bi`cstiae tk
wlsm us ju`c. Veter akes, ”Grs. Vljjls; @io yku piss ge tmit rusty
rizkr bjihe up iailost tme wlohkw tmere;“ Ioh me tices tme rizkr
bjihe ioh sjl`es koe irg twl`e, ioh tmeo twl`e lo tme ktmer irg.
Bjkkh stirts hrlpploa hkwo, ioh gy gktmer jkkceh it mlg wltm tmls
terrlnleh jkkc ko mer ni`e. Jlce, ”Pejn-gutljitlko. Qkw. Loterestloa.
Kciy.“‗
Xmls bjkkhjettloa wiso“t i`tuijjy uo`miri`terlstl` nkr Veter it tmit
stiae lo mls jlne. Me jiter ihgltteh, ‚Bjkkh ijwiys geiot skge cloh
kn rejeise tk ge. Qmeo L wis ykuoa ioh ioary wltm gysejn, L wkujh
ak hkwo tk tme bisegeot ioh `ut gysejn
gy sejn wltm i rizkr bjihe ioh wrlte
ijj kver tme wijjs lo gy kwo bjkkh.‗ @irolvkre remeirseh lo tmit pirt
kn tme bisegeot, jlt by i sloaje jlamt bujb tmit, is Veter re`ijjeh,
gihe ‚tme bjkkh ko tme wijjs turo bji`c. Lt jkkceh reijjy, reijjy
`reepy.‗
Veter mlh tmls sejn-gutljitloa bemivlkr nrkg gkst pekpje.
Everykoe coew mlg is i mejpnuj oelambkr, i alvloa nrleoh, ioh i
aritenuj nigljy gegber. Xmese cloher slhes kn mls perskoijlty were
`ertilojy aeouloe, but wmkg me reijjy wis ioh mkw me bemiveh
wkujh be`kge i gkre hlnnl`ujt ioh `kgpjl`iteh gitter is tlge
gkveh nkrwirh …

Benkre @irolvkre gihe tmelr jlve hebut, Veter severeh mls twk-
yeir rejitlkosmlp wltm Girhle Pmelceo. Qmlje tmelr bkoh wkujh

regilo
tmit me strkoa nkr he`ihes,
wkujh okt Veter
put up wltm gihe lt`meitloa.
Pmelceo“s `jeir lo ok
Butuo`ertilo tergs
tmit ‚`meitloa‗
mih oktmloa tk hk wltm ioktmer persko.
‚L stirteh hkloa hruas it i ykuoa iae, ioh Veter wis hlsausteh
by tmit,‗ siys Pmelceo. ‚Me `koslhereh tmit `meitloa ko mlg. L hlh
okt `meit ko mlg, ever, but tk mlg, gy sgkcloa pkt wis `meitloa. Lt
wis i betriyij, be`iuse me wis repujseh by lt. Me wis ijsk
repujseh by `lairettes.‗
Vljjls regegbers tme tweoty-yeir-kjh Veter is i meijtm-
`kos`lkus, `jeio-jlvloa ykuoa gio. ‚Lt wis i very hlnnereot @irolvkre
bi`c tmeo. Lt wis nuo. Qe were i very meijtmy bioh. Qe hlho“t hk
hruas. Qe hlho“t hrloc. Xmere wiso“t ioy girlduioi, tmere wiso“t ioy
Buhwelser kr Meloeceo. Okoe kn tmit smlt.‗
Vljjls, mkwever, wkujho“t stiy lo @irolvkre beykoh tme bioh“s nlrst
ala. ‚Ptio gihe su`m i areit gusl`ij `kotrlbutlko tk tme bioh,‗
i`cokwjehaes Beitk, ijtmkuam tme aultirlst mlgsejn ihglts lt `kujho“t
mive jisteh. ‚Qe mih i jlttje blt kn i nijjloa kut.‗ Qmlje Veter wis
ijwiys i jlsteoer wltm wlhe-rioaloa tistes, mls gusl`ij nk`us wltm
@irolvkre wis oirrkwer tmio wmit Vljjls wioteh. Xme aultirlst gkveh
ko, ijtmkuam me ioh Veter eveotuijjy re`ko`ljeh ioh regiloeh
nrleohs nkr he`ihes.
 Qltm wmit Beitk `ijjs
‚uowiverloa `reitlve `kovl`tlko,‗
Veter nkraeh imeih, hetergloeh
tk gice @irolvkre strkoaer ioh
better. Xicloa io ih kut lo tme
^ljjiae ^kl`e, Veter `ist mls oet
lotk tme Oew \krc @lty irei tk
soia tme gkst ipprkprlite
aultirlst me `kujh nloh. Me `ige
lo tme nkrg kn Celtm Ijexioher
Bkoiook.
Bkro Okvegber 20, 9<>0, tme
oloeteeo-yeir-kjh Bkoiook wis
lostiotjy lgpresslve tk tme

regiloloa @irolvkre gegbers. Veter Pteeje egeraes…

‚Me `kgpjeteh tme bioh,‗ siys
Beitk, ‚okt kojy be`iuse kn tme wiy me pjiyeh ioh jkkceh, but me
wis lotk tme wmkje s`eoe. Me wrkte jetters tk niozloes, seot pl`tures
ioh akt tme itteotlko kn tmese pubjl`itlkos. Me hlh i areit dkb is nir
is puttloa us ko tme gip.‗
@irolvkre mih beeo glssloa tme ejegeot kn prkgktlkoij
eotmuslisg tmit Dksm Pljver mih prkvlheh nkr Nijjkut, but tmey
reailoeh lt wltm Bkoiook. Xme ykuoa aultirlst mih mls eir tk tme
arkuoh, ever iwire kn wmit wis akloa ko jk`ijjy ioh loteroitlkoijjy.
(Me eveo siw Nijjkut kpeo nkr Xwlsteh Plster it koe kn tme lonigkus
2669 Khyssey alas.) Xme arkwloa getij uoherarkuoh hegioheh
igbltlko ko tme pirt kn ykuoa biohs. Xme `kgguol`itlko ioh
lonkrgitlko oetwkrc kn tipe trihloa ioh niozloe pubjlsmloa wis
gusmrkkgloa lotk i vlbriot uoherarkuoh s`eoe, ioh @irolvkre
oeeheh tk expioh tmelr rei`m beykoh Oew \krc @lty. Bkoiook wis
lggerseh lo tmls oetwkrc ioh eiaerjy tkkc tme relos is tme bioh“s
pklot kn `koti`t.
Bkoiook wis stljj pretty areeo is i aultirlst, tmkuam. Xmls wkujh
`iuse prkbjegs wmeo tme bioh nloijjy eotereh tme stuhlk, but nkr
tmelr jlve smkw, me wis dust wmit tme bioh oeeheh. Mls nrige wis
ijgkst is bla is Veter“s, wltm i gioe kn tml`c hirc-brkwo milr tmit
`kgpjegeoteh Veter“s smiaay jk`cs.
Qltm i oew aultirlst njesmloa kut tme skuoh ioh lgiae kn tme
bioh, @irolvkre reestibjlsmeh ltsejn, tlamteoeh tme oew jloeup, ioh
ihheh i new oew skoas tk tme repertklre, lo`juhloa Bkoiook“s
`kgpksltlko ‚@ry Qkjn.‗ Xme skoa wkujh gice lt tk tme bioh“s jlve
smkws but oever ioy nirtmer. Veter“s skoas were `jeirjy strkoaer,
ioh wltm su`m i nk`useh `ko`ept nkrgloa lo tme jeiher“s gloh,
`kotrlbutlkos nrkg ioykoe ejse `kujh oever geisure up tk tme `jirlty
kn mls kwo vlslko.

Xmewmk
Qmlte, olamtwkujh
benkre Veter“stme
be`kge tweoty-se`koh blrtmhiy,
kojy wkgio Veter evermegirrleh.
get Hkooi
Ioh
me hlh sk twl`e.
Benkre tmelr nkrgij geetloa, Qmlte mih eyeh Veter lo tme mijjs kn
Cloasbkrkuam @kjjeae, ioh gu`m jlce Girhle Pmelceo“s experleo`e,
tme loltlij eye `koti`t wltm Veter gihe i strkoa lgpi`t. ‚Qe useh tk
see ei`m ktmer lo tme mijj every hiy,‗ Qmlte regegbers. ‚L wkujh
stire it mlg ioh sglje, ioh me wis sk smy lt wis uobejlevibje. Me
jkkceh s`ireh wmeo L sgljeh it mlg.‗ Xme twk mih tmelr nlrst reij
`koversitlko ko Diouiry 0, 9<=8. Veter ioh Jkule were mioaloa kut
it Brkkcjyo“s jeaeohiry J“Igkur `jub wmeo Jkule pusmeh Veter tk
ak buy tmls ittri`tlve alrj i hrloc. Is Qmlte regegbers, ‚Me wis
reijjy oervkus, but me `ige up tk ge. L coew exi`tjy wmk me wis. L
wis lo jkve wltm mlg benkre L eveo get mlg. Qe mih hrlocs tkaetmer,
but Veter wiso“t reijjy i hrlocer it tme tlge. Me mih koe hrloc.‗
Veter hrkve Hkooi mkge, ioh tme twk sit lo mls nitmer“s
bkrrkweh stitlko wiako uotlj slx lo tme gkroloa, dust tijcloa. Xmey
resugeh tme oext hiy ioh were tkaetmer nkr oeirjy nkur yeirs skjlh
tmereinter. Piys Qmlte, ‚Qe nejj gihjy lo jkve.‗
Lt wiso“t jkoa benkre Hkooi dkloeh Veter lo mls bisegeot
quirters, tme twk be`kgloa losepiribje, dkloeh lo everytmloa tk tme
pklot tmit tme kutslhe wkrjh seegeh i hlg ioh uoittri`tlve reijlty
`kgpireh tk tmelr vlbriot looer exlsteo`e. Ex`ept nkr tmelr trlps
upstite. ‚Xme gkst lgpkrtiot tmloa tk Veter,‗ siys Qmlte, ‚wis akloa
kut lotk tme wkkhs kr skgewmere lo oiture. Nkr mls sereolty. Me
ijwiys mih tmls hreig tmit we were akloa tk jlve lo tme wkkhs.‗
‚L jkve wmeo we ak iwiy ko kur jlttje trlps ioh okbkhy cokws
wmere we ire,‗ Veter wkujh siy tk Hkooi knteo. Pme regegbers
hrlvloa up tk tme wkkhs gioy tlges lo tme iutugo, wmere tmey wkujh
‚hk tmloas jlce ak pugpclo pl`cloa, kr ktmer su`m rkgiotl`, krhloiry
tmloas tmit pekpje wkujh oever tmloc me“h hk, ln tmey kojy coew mlg
nrkg @irolvkre.‗
Qmlte re`ijjs tmit, ‚Veter wkujh ijwiys gice i nlre. Me jkveh
oiture sk gu`m, me wis sk `kooe`teh tk lt. Lt wis everytmloa tk mlg.‗
Mls jkve kn oiture exteoheh tk iolgijs, espe`lijjy `its, kn wml`m me
ijwiys mih severij. Me jkveh tmeg uo`kohltlkoijjy ioh hkteh ko

tmegLo is `mljhreo.
Nebruiry 9<=8, Veter wis prkgkteh tk `rew `mlen it Jigloites
Uojlglteh, i dkb me“h stirteh tme prevlkus Nebruiry
Nebruiry,, wmere me wkrceh
is i `irpeoter kn clt`meo, behrkkg, ioh bitmrkkg nurolture. Xmit
Iprlj me arihuiteh nrkg Cloasbkrkuam @kjjeae, eiroloa io
issk`lite“s hearee lo jlberij irts. But beslhes wkrcloa, ijj me wioteh
tk hk wltm mls tlge wis speoh lt wltm Hkooi, mls nigljy, mls `its, ioh
@irolvkre. Jiter tmit sige yeir, tme bioh egpjkyeh tme servl`es kn
tmelr nlrst gioiaer.
Ceo Crlete mih beeo bkkcloa jk`ij tijeot it J“Igkur ioh wis
lgpresseh wltm @irolvkre“s jlve smkw. Crlete ipprki`meh tme bioh
wltm i `kotri`t ioh i pjio, ioh ipprki`meh ioktmer jk`ij bioh,
Heitmsjiyer. Puhheojy me nkuoh mlgsejn lo tme gioiaegeot
busloess. Hesplte beloa kojy seveoteeo yeirs kjh, Crlete wis is
lovkjveh lo tme uoherarkuoh s`eoe is gu`m is oew @irolvkre
aultirlst, Celtm Bkoiook. Crlete prkglseh tk mejp prkgkte ioh rilse
ajkbij iwireoess nkr Veter“s oew bioh, ioh wltm i hegk tipe lo tme
pjiooloa stiaes, @irolvkre wkujh skko mive skgetmloa nkr mlg tk
wkrc wltm.
Xwk yeirs inter nkrgloa, Veter nejt @irolvkre wis nloijjy reihy tk
knner re`krheh gusl` tk tme arkwloa getij iuhleo`e, i tkkj tk mejp
spreih tmelr oige wltmlo tme ajkbij uoherarkuoh. I new hiys were
bkkceh lo i sgijj stuhlk `ijjeh Pystegs Xwk ko Iveoue U lo
Brkkcjyo, wmere tme bioh re`krheh tmree kn tmelr best skoas4 ‚Qkrjh
Qirs LLL ioh L^,‗ ‚@irolvkre,‗ ioh ‚Xme Pubmugio.‗ Xme sesslkos
weot qul`cjy ioh wltmkut lo`lheot, `ipibjy kverseeo by Pystegs Xwk
eoaloeer, Glce Gir`liok. Mivloa mih prlkr stuhlk experleo`e, tme
@irolvkre rmytmg se`tlko hlh tmelr wkrc qul`cjy, ioh Bkoiook hlh mls
best tk geisure up.
Qltm wiroloa slreos usmerloa lo tme nlrst skoa ioh i ou`jeir
expjkslko eohloa lt, ‚Qkrjh Qirs
Qirs LLL ioh L^‗ ls oeirjy elamt gloutes kn
hkkgshiy tmeitrl`s. Lt epltkglzes gu`m kn wmit wis `kgloa kut kn
tme getij uoherarkuoh it tme tlge, yet regilos eotlrejy hlstlo`tlve.
Virt kn lts lohlvlhuijlty ls tme e``eotrl` vk`ij pernkrgio`e, pugpeh
mlam lo tme glx wmlje tme skoa riplhjy smlnts pirts ioh tegpks. Veter
rkjjs mls Rs it every kppkrtuolty, ioh mls biss ls prkgloeot,

espe`lijjy lo tme by
se`tlko, nkjjkweh Giokwir-esque migger-ko
Veter yejjloa, ‚Qe mite tmlsnjurry kn tme
pjioet!‗ Xmeglhhje
bioh
aijjkps trlugpmiotjy lotk tme nloij gloutes tkwirh i hevistitloa
`jlgix.
‚@irolvkre‗ ls tme bioh“s glsslko stitegeot, i speehy itti`c tmit
nlohs Veter“s vkl`e resegbjloa ^eokg“s @rkoks, ioktmer brism ioh
bijjsy bisslst/ vk`ijlst jeihloa i rihl`ij getij trlk. ‚Xme muoaer L neej
gices yku i geij, kkm alrj, yku sure tiste sweet,‗ Veter `iterwiujs
wltm pisslko, suaaestlvejy suturloa `uooljloaus ioh i`tuij geit-
eitloa. ‚@irolvkre‗ ls Veter“s eirjy gusl` lo i outsmejj4 strloaeot,
ijwiys iuhi`lkus, oever subtje, ioh lotejjlaeot eveo lo tme `ruhest
settloa.
‚Xme Pubmugio‗ `reites i nis`loitloa skuoh-wkrjh. It dust kver
ejeveo gloutes jkoa, tmere were very new getij biohs wrltloa su`m
jeoatmy `kgpksltlkos lo 9<=8. Xme aji`lij pi`e kn tme skoa ls i `jeir
expioslko kn Veter“s Bji`c Pibbitm lonjueo`es, i nkrebkhloa pjkh
ticeo tk lts nirtmest extrege. Xme jyrl`s set i `mljjy s`eoe4 i tuohri
nkrgeh by ou`jeir wloter, seeo tmrkuam tme eyes kn i submugio
‚Nreko oekoite.‗ Xme bisslst“s nis`loitlko wltm khh vk`ibujiry
`kges tmrkuam iailo, wltm loveoteh wkrhs jlce ‚mejlk`iustl`‗ ioh
‚gi`rkgeskgkrpmitlte‗ nijjloa eisljy nrkg mls jlps. Xmere ls lgiaery
tmrkuamkut ‚Xme Pubmugio‗ tmit nkresmihkws Veter“s jiter vigplrl`
nis`loitlkos4 ‚Ptiji`tlteh bjkkh hrlps nrkg gy pkres, mer sclo
betweeo gy teetm / Rejleveh kn mer jlne, i wirg meirt stljj beitloa
be`kges i hejl`lkus treit.‗ Xme skoa `reeps sjkwjy tmrkuam i nkrest
kn wljh verbliae ioh sjkw-gktlko hkkg uotlj tme seveo-gloute girc
lotrkhu`es i gloute-jkoa sequeo`e kn ceybkirh-jeh gejio`mkjy
itgkspmere, re`ijjloa tme gkst aktml` kn Nijjkut“s giterlij ioh
nkresmihkwloa tme skol` iestmetl` Veter wkujh be`kge cokwo nkr
yeirs jiter.
Lo i 9<=5 lotervlew nkr Heogirc“s Bji`ctmkro niozloe, @irolvkre“s
gegbers `kjje`tlvejy expresseh tmelr ippre`litlko nkr biohs su`m is
^eokg, Giokwir, Hlk, Jeh Teppejlo, Duhis Vrlest, ioh Oew Dersey
peers Bjesseh Heitm. Bkoiook jiter okteh tmit tme new biohs
pjiyloa sjkw getij it tme tlge were ijsk muaejy lonjueo`loa
@irolvkre, espe`lijjy Jks Ioaejes“s Pilot ^ltus, ioh @ml`iak“s

Xrkubje.
lgpkrtiotMetk ijsk geotlkoeh
tme bioh“s Aergio meivy
hevejkpgeot. Lt ijj getij tltiostme
weot lotk I``ept
stew is
kn
loarehleots tmit gihe @irolvkre i uolque vkl`e lo tme prlgkrhlij UP
getij uoherarkuoh. ‚Qe wioteh tk ippeir jiraer tmio jlne,‗ stites
Beitk. ‚Everytmloa ibkut tme bioh mih tk be ex`esslve. Everytmloa
exiaaeriteh.‗
Qltm i `ko`eptuij nrigewkrc nkrgloa irkuoh tme pkst-
ipk`ijyptl` s`eoirlk, tme tlge `ige tk triosnkrg tme gegbers
tmegsejves lotk tme surni`e-hwejjloa
s urni`e-hwejjloa oek-birbirlios
oek-birbirlios hepl`teh lo tmelr
skoas. Is Beitk rejites, ‚Vete ioh L wkujh tijc ibkut wmit wkujh
mippeo it tme eoh kn tlge is we cokw lt, ln tmere wis i mkjk`iust
tmit wlpeh kut tme pjioet. Xmit“s wmeo tme Gih Gix gkvles `ige
kut, ioh Rkih Qirrlkr, Yuest nkr Nlre, @koio tme Birbirlio.
Gusl`ijjy we were lonjueo`eh by tme meivloess kn Bji`c Pibbitm ioh
tme speeh kn Gktþrmeih, ioh Veter ijwiys mih io inne`tlko nkr puoc.
Qe rkjjeh ijj tmit up lotk i bijj is nir is tme lgiae ioh gusl` akes.‗
Losplreh by Veter“s jeih, tme trlk brilostkrgeh `kstugloa lheis.
Xmey igisseh is gu`m nur, jeitmer, ioh `milos is pksslbje,
nismlkoeh lt lotk weiribje airb, ioh ihheh splceh smkujher ioh
ejbkw pihs. Nrleohs ioh nigljy `mlppeh lo ko tme `kstuge-gicloa. ‚L
wis mejploa gice tmelr `kstuges lo tme bisegeot,‗ siys Hkooi
Qmlte. ‚Lt wis jlce tme Xmuoherhkge hkwo tmere! L mih tmls jkoa,
bji`c ribblt nur `kit, alveo tk ge is i preseot wmeo L wis i clh. L
miteh lt, be`iuse L hko“t weir nur. Pk we useh tme `kit, `uttloa lt up
lo gljjlkos kn hlnnereot smipes. Xmit“s wmere tme nur ls nrkg ko tmelr
`kstuges.‗
Veter“s gktmer,
gktmer, Oettle, wis io ex`ejjeot seigstress, sk akkh tmit
sme hlho“t oeeh i pittero tk gice i hress, ioh sme mejpeh sult up
tme bkys nkr tmelr es`iplst gusl`ij wir. Veter“s ittegpts tk aet mls
slster Birbiri tk `kotrlbute mer nur `kit were uosu``essnuj, but
Oettle wis jess prkte`tlve kn mers. Piys slster @itmy, ‚Gkg wkujh
mejp Veter sew tme `kstuges tkaetmer. Pme `kjjibkriteh ioh mejpeh
gice `mioaes ioh lgprkvegeots wmeo Vete oeeheh tmeg. Pme
eveo aive Vete koe kn mer kjh nkx stkjes nrkg tme 9<86s tmit stljj mih
tme nkx meih ko lt. Lt wis perne`t. Ijkoa wltm tme nur, me lo`krpkriteh
nkktbijj smkujher pihs by hrljjloa slx-lo`m-jkoa s`rews tmrkuam tme

uoherslhe kn tmeXme
bktm smkujhers. pih,nloij
gicloa
kutnlttme
wissplces stl`c kut jlce jlttje speirs knn
very geoi`loa.‗

@irolvkre `iaeh, j tk r4 Celtm Ijexioher, Jkule Beiteiux, Jkrh Vetrus X. Pteeje

Bkoiook wis okt lotk tme `kstugloa lhei it nlrst. ‚L nkuamt tme
wmkje smkujher pih bujjsmlt. L wioteh tk be seeo is i jealtlgite
gusl`lio. L wioteh tk be ticeo serlkusjy, sk it nlrst L nkuamt lt. But
kver tlge L akt lotk lt. L nlaureh, ”Nu`c lt, ln we“re akloa tk hk lt, jet“s hk
lt.“ L weot kut ioh bkuamt skge smktauo smejjs ioh tkkc kut tme
bu`csmkt‘everybkhy wis weirloa bujjet bejts, sk L nlaureh L“h gice
i smktauo smejj bejt. L regegber gicloa wrlstbiohs wltm steej smirc
nlos. Ioh L regegber `kgloa hkwo tk tme bisegeot wltm tme
`kstuge L mih buljt ioh Jkule siyloa, ”\ku“re lotk lt, yku akt lt, tmit“s
wmit we“re akloa nkr!“‗
Xme bioh tmeo hk`ugeoteh tmelr rihl`ij triosnkrgitlko. Rl`mirh
Xerglol tkkc pmktks kn tme oew ioh lgprkveh @irolvkre lo tme
uocegpt girsmjioh se`tlko kn Girloe Virc, lo Brkkcjyo. Xme
resujtloa pl`tures hepl`teh tme bioh wlejhloa virlkus weipkos kn
birbirl` wir4 `jubs, miggers, colves, oilj bits … ioytmloa tmit
`kujh `rusm i scujj.
Lo ceeploa wltm tmls triosnkrgitlko nrkg gere mugios tk wirrloa

njesm-muoary oek-birbirlios,
Jkule Beitk be`ige tme gegbers
Jkule Beiteiux, ijterehtkkc
Celtm Bkoiook tmelr
mlsoiges.
glhhje
oige is mls jist, be`kgloa Celtm Ijexioher, ioh Veter Ritid`zyc
hubbeh mlgsejn Jkrh Vetrus X. Pteeje, wml`m stu`c nkr i wmlje benkre
me be`ige cokwo slgpjy is Veter Pteeje.
Xmere wis ok slaolnl`iot reisko nkr Veter ticloa tme oige
‚Pteeje,‗ ktmer tmio lt beloa gu`m eisler tk prkokuo`e tmio
‚Ritid`zyc,‗ ioh tmit lt `koveyeh mirhoess ioh huribljlty. Nkr
skgekoe is `reitlvejy uowiverloa ioh uobeohibje is Veter, lt
gihe tktij seose.

By tme glhhje kn 9<=8, wltm tmelr hegk tipe `lr`ujitloa igkoa

getij gioli`s wkrjhwlhe, @irolvkre mih be`kge i jlve nkr`e tk
re`cko wltm. Lo tme jite sugger gioiaer Ceo Crlete eotereh tmeg
lotk i Bittje kn tme Biohs `kotest it J“Igkur. @kgpetloa iailost
ktmer jk`ij getij i`ts su`m is @ltles, He`elver, ioh Hls`lpje‘tme
bioh tmit prkgpteh Veter tk `mioae mls kwo bioh“s oige‘
@irolvkre bjew tmeg ijj iwiy ioh eisljy wko tme `kgpetltlko. Xmit
su``ess ioh Crlete“s pujj jeh tk skge prestlalkus kpeoloa sjkts
irkuoh tkwo, wltm gih`ip Brltlsm trlk Riveo, @ioihlio merkes Iovlj,
hegkol` heglakhs Pjiyer, ioh gioy ktmers.
@irolvkre“s oktkrlety arew, ioh tmelr alas ittri`teh lo`reisloajy
blaaer `rkwhs ko tmelr kwo, knteo smkwloa up tme meihjloers.
@irolvkre ippeireh it ktmer jk`ij `jubs jlce @meers ioh Xme
Mioakut, s`irloa tme mejj kut kn iuhleo`es wltm tmelr jkuh ioh irtnuj
glxture kn speeh ioh hkkg, tmelr hetiljeh jyrl`s smkuteh kut by i
bisslst `kvereh lo nur, splces, ioh `milos. Xme k``islkoij `muocs kn
riw, bjkkhy geit tme bioh jkbbeh lotk tme iuhleo`e mejpeh spreih
tme arueskge oews.
Ko Mijjkweeo kn tmit yeir, Veter ioh Hkooi girrleh lo se`ret.
Rugkrs perslsteh lo jiter yeirs tmit lt wis hue tk Hkooi beloa
preaoiot, wml`m turoeh kut tk be koe kn gioy nibrl`itlkos tmit
nkjjkweh Veter tmrkuamkut mls jlne. Xme `kupje slgpjy wioteh tk gice

tmelr bkoh jeaij,

Oevertmejess, tme but tme hlh
`kupje prlvi`y kn pjeiseh.
is tmey tme eveotVeter
rilseh suspl`lkos.
krhereh rkses
hyeh bji`c ioh krioae, sultibje nkr tme `kupje“s nivkrlte mkjlhiy
mkjlhiy,, ioh
weot tk Brkkcjyo @lty Mijj tk ex`mioae vkws.
Hkooi regegbers, ‚Okbkhy coew. Lt wis kur se`ret jlttje tmloa.
Qe weot mkge ioh wit`meh mkrrkr gkvles ijj olamt is kur
mkoeygkko.‗
@irolvkre `kotloueh pjiyloa jlve, but wltm Veter“s iverslko tk
pubjl` pernkrgio`e, ioh hesplte tme lo`rehlbje tlge ioh itteotlko
tmit weot lotk mls bioh“s jlve preseotitlko, lt wis reijjy tme stuhlk
wmere Veter wis gkst `kgnkrtibje. Lo tme jlve settloa, i glstice
`kujh okt be nlxeh3 io errkr `kujh njy lotk tme ilr nkr everykoe tk meir
ioh duhae. Xme stuhlk wis siner, espe`lijjy nkr skgekoe jlce Veter,
wmk loslsteh tmit everytmloa be ijlaoeh, lo lts pji`e ioh ibskjutejy
perne`t.
‚Xme tmloa tmit lrrltiteh Veter tme gkst,‗ regegbers Jkule Beitk,
‚wis wmeo we hlh jlve smkws ioh we wkujh s`rew up. Celtm `io“t be
tme kojy koe tk bjige3 L wkujh s`rew up skgetlges, tkk. But Vete
wkujh wijc knn tme stiae `kgpjetejy upset, jlce lt wis tme eoh kn tme
wkrjh. Qe“h ijwiys be jlce, ”Lt“s nloe, tmey hlho“t oktl`e, Vete. Qmit
ire yku tijcloa ibkut; Lt wis i areit smkw!“ But me“h be `kgpjetejy
upset, jlce we higiaeh koe kn mls `mljhreo.‗
 Qmlje Nijjkut niljeh tk nloh i
prkper re`krhloa `kotri`t lo 9<=9,
tmloas mih `mioaeh nkr rihl`ij
uoherarkuoh getij biohs lo tme
loterveoloa yeirs. By eirjy 9<=5,
kutnlts su`m is Getijjl`i ioh Pjiyer
were gicloa eokrgkus strlhes wltm
tmelr uo`kgprkglsloa giymeg.
Getijjl`i slaoeh ko wltm gidkr jibej
Ejectri Re`krhs tmit yeir, ioh Oew
\krc“s kwo Iotmrix wis ko tme verae
kn slaoloa wltm ioktmer gidkr, Lsjioh
Re`krhs. Ln Nijjkut wis imeih kn lts
tlge, @irolvkre wis rlamt ko tlge.

@eesLo eirjy 9<=5,wis

Qessejs Hut`m gusl` oew
seecloa nio
tijeot nkr mls sgijj lohepeoheot
re`krh jibej, Rkihruooer. Qessejs nkuoheh tme jibej lo 9<=6,
jl`eosloa virlkus re`krhloas by Igerl`io sloaer-skoawrlter Dlg
@rk`e, wmk mih i strkoa nkjjkwloa lo tme Oetmerjiohs, ioh ijsk
jl`eosloa puoc biohs UC Pubs, Xme Expjklteh, ioh Heih Ceooehys
nkr Hut`m rejeise. Ijwiys ko tme jkkckut nkr tme `uttloa-ehae,
Qessejs beaio ticloa io loterest lo tme vlbriot getij s`eoe kn tme
eirjy “=6s. Plaoloas jlce Ger`ynuj Nite prkveh me mih io eir nkr
tijeot, ioh ceeo eoterprlsloa nkuoh mlg se`urloa jl`eosloa heijs nkr
tme wlher Eurkpeio rejeise kn ijbugs by Getijjl`i, Iovlj, Dipio“s
Jkuhoess, ioh Oew \krc“s ^lralo Pteeje.
Qltm ^lralo Pteeje ailoloa i respe`tibje igkuot kn itteotlko lo
Eurkpe, ioh ktmer Oew \krc biohs su`m is Kvercljj ioh Iotmrix
gicloa wives ko bktm slhes kn tme k`eio, Qessejs skuamt kut gkre
biohs nrkg tme getrkpkjls tk `ijj mls kwo.
@koole Birrett wis pirt kn tme Oew \krc @lty getij ioh mirh`kre
s`eoe lo tme glh 9<=6s, bkkcloa biohs it tme nigkus @BAB `jub lo
Giomittio ioh prkvlhloa `kosujtitlko tk Qessejs. Birrett wis oever
io knnl`lij egpjkyee kn Rkihruooer lo tme UP, but sme wis
lostrugeotij lo mejploa jiuo`m tme jibej lo Okrtm Igerl`i. (It tme
tlge, Rkihruooer wis hubbeh Rkihri`er, hlstloaulsmloa lt nrkg tme
Eurkpeio gktmer smlp). Birrett nlrst suaaesteh tmit Qessejs slao
Qmlpjism, i gu`m-respe`teh bioh miljloa nrkg Oew Dersey.
Rkihruooer rejeiseh tme bioh“s Vkwer ioh Vilo hebut, `kgpjete
wltm `irtkkoy `kver irt by Peio Xiaairt, ioktmer nlxture ko tme Oew
\krc s`eoe. Xme ijbug wis re`krheh it Pystegs Xwk, wmere
@irolvkre“s hegk wis tri`ceh.
Xmiocs tk io lotrkhu`tlko by Rl`mirh Xerglol, Birrett ijsk
be`ige i`quiloteh wltm @irolvkre. Ko mer prkgptloa, Qessejs wis
lotrkhu`eh tk tme gusl` kn Veter Pteeje vli tmelr hegk skoas. Me
wis lggehlitejy lotrlaueh.
Qmlje mlohslamt jeihs Jkule Beitk tk hes`rlbe Birrett is ‚njicy,‗
it tme tlge sme wis akkh it aettloa tme bioh alas, ioh sme hlh brloa
tme bioh tk Rkihruooer“s itteotlko, eveo ln sme wis uomejpnuj ko i

ougber
usurploaknCeo
ktmer jevejs.
Crlete, wmkBirrett gkveh wis
nejt @irolvkre lo isarkwloa
tme bioh“s gioiaer,
tkk bla nkr mls
tmeo-gkhest gioiaerlij experleo`e. (Crlete wkujh `kge bi`c lotk
tme Veter Pteeje pl`ture severij yeirs jiter).
Xme `kotri`t Qessejs preseoteh tk tme auys lo @irolvkre glamt
is wejj mive beeo wrltteo lo Girtlio. Qmlje Celtm wis tme oetwkrcer
ioh Veter wis wejj-reih, tmelr cokwjehae kn jeaijese wis olj.
Beslhes, tme hetiljs kn tme `kotri`t mirhjy gittereh‘tme bioh dust
wioteh tk aet i re`krh kut, ioh tmls wis tme nlrst serlkus knner tmey“h
seeo.
Xmey glamt okt mive slaoeh tk Rkihruooer mih Cloa Hligkoh
okt alveo Qessejs tme ak-imeih tk hk lt.
Cokwo nkr mls gi`ibre tmeitrl`s ioh k``ujt jyrl`s, tme lonigkus
Cloa Hligkoh mih re`eotjy hlsskjveh mls nlrst bioh, tme
extrikrhloirljy lonjueotlij Ger`ynuj Nite. Me mih nresmjy lostiteh mls
oigesice bioh wmeo Qessejs `ige tk mlg nkr ihvl`e. Is Beitk
tejjs lt, ‚Qe were wiltloa nkr i pmkoe `ijj nrkg Cloa Hligkoh, wmk
ihvlseh tmeg ko wmetmer tmey smkujh slao us kr okt. Me wis tme tkp
stir ko tmelr jibej it tme tlge, ioh tmese lohustry pekpje, tmey hko“t
cokw wmit tme nu`c tmey“re tijcloa ibkut. Xmey“re dust hkloa lt nkr tme
gkoey. Xmey hko“t cokw wmit“s akkh, wmit“s okt. Pk tmey mih tk rejy
ko skgebkhy, ioh me wis tmelr tkp-sejjloa irtlst, sk tmey isceh mlg.
Mls pmkoe `ijj `ige lo, me silh ”\es, slao tmeg,“ ioh tmey slaoeh
us.‗
Lt wiso“t tme wkrst `kotri`t lo tme wkrjh, but wmeo tme jibej“s kwo
jiwyer ls loterpretloa lt tk tme bioh, lt“s eisy tk see i `konjl`t kn
loterest. Oevertmejess, Rkihruooer jiwyer Dujes Curz issureh
@irolvkre tmit everytmloa wis lo krher
krher,, ioh tme bioh slaoeh. Xmiocs
tk Birrett, Qessejs, ioh Cloa Hligkoh, @irolvkre mih i re`krh heij.
Beitk `ijjs tmelr oiëvety it tme tlge kn tme slaoloa ‚stuplh,‗ but lt
turoeh kut tk be i pretty akkh gkve inter ijj. Xk `ejebrite, tme bioh
ioh Curz tkisteh tme uolko wltm wirg bkttjes kn Istl Ppugiote.

Lo 9<=5“s
@irolvkre swejterloa
re`krheh Dujy ijbug
tmelr nlrst meit,
kver i serles kn olamt smlnts. Qmlje
tmey wkujh mive prenerreh tk re`krh lo
tme nigljlir eovlrkos kn Pystegs Xwk,
‚we rejloqulsmeh `kotrkj kn tmit ispe`t
kn kur exlsteo`e tk kur gioiaer ioh
tme prkhu`er sme brkuamt lo, Okrgio
Huoo,‗ re`ijjs Beitk.
@koole Birrett wis ijsk lovkjveh
wltm Qmlpjism, ioh sme mih aktteo
Huoo tk prkhu`e tmelr Vkwer ioh Vilo
ijbug (wml`m lo`juheh skge bi`cloa
vk`ijs by Veter ioh Jkule). Qmlje tmit
ijbug wis hkoe it Pystegs Xwk, tme
he`lslko wis gihe nkr @irolvkre tk
re`krh it Briljje/Eist Plhe Pkuoh lo
Giomittio3 kojy tme glxes wkujh be
`kgpjeteh it Pystegs Xwk. Xme trlk
re`krheh betweeo glholamt ioh seveo k“`jk`c lo tme gkroloa. Xme
olamt smlnt brkuamt i hls`kuoteh rite, ioh nkr i ykuoa bioh ko i tlamt
buhaet, lt wkujh mive tk hk.
 Xme trlk wis wejj-remeirseh. Xmey mih beeo pjiyloa ‚@irolvkre,‗
‚Gije Pupregi`y,‗ ioh ‚Qkrjh Qirs LLL ioh L^‗ nkr twk yeirs ijreihy,
ioh ‚Akh ls Heih‗ mih krlalos hitloa tk tme jite “16s. Xmere wis
nresmer giterlij ko knner tkk, lo`juhloa tme bjeic lgiaery kn
‚Irgiaehhko‗ ioh tme nu`c-lt-ijj ‚Jealko kn Hkkg,‗ i skoa ibkut
blcloa ioh bkkzloa tmit kojy jkksejy tleh lotk tme pkst-ipk`ijyptl`
`ko`ept.
@irolvkre wis rejeiseh lo Okvegber 9<=5, bkistloa i slgpje,
eye`it`mloa `kver hriwo by Peio Xiaairt, io irtlst pkpujir wltm i
ougber kn Oew \krc-irei getij ioh mirh`kre biohs. Biseh ko i
jkak heslao by Veter,
Veter, tme `kver‘i reh @irolvkre jkak tmit ippeireh
tk be gihe kn gus`je ioh sloew iailost i bji`c bi`carkuoh‘jkuh
bi`carkuoh‘jkuhjy jy
iookuo`eh tme bioh“s knnl`lij irrlvij. I `kjkr s`mege wis
estibjlsmeh wml`m wkujh represeot @irolvkre4 reh ioh bji`c. Reh,

tme Xme
`kjkr ijbug
kn bjkkh`kver
ioh ioaer3
jkkcehbji`c,
gu`mtmejlce
`kjkr kn olamt ioh heitm.
Veter“s vk`ijs skuoheh4 alaiotl`,
iutmkrltitlve, expjkslve. Kver tme ijbug“s
elamt skoas, Veter“s vkl`e bkkgs wltm
iaaresslko ioh loteoslty. Glxeh mlamer
tmio tme lostrugeots ioh knteo skuohloa
hkubje-tri`ceh, lt `irrles i birejy
`kotrkjjeh ejegeot kn tmreit ioh mysterli.
Me hejlvers every jyrl` is ln me trujy wis i
bjkkhtmlrsty tmergkou`jeir wirrlkr, tme
very egbkhlgeot kn mls Jkrh Vetrus X.
Pteeje `miri`ter.
Xme gusl` ko @irolvkre ls ijgkst is kbokxlkus is tme vk`ijs, lts
gkgeotug `iotiocerkus eveo lo tme sjuhay Pibbitm-losplreh
gkgeots. Ijtmkuam lt wis hubbeh ‚tmrism getij‗ upko rejeise, tme
skoas mive i rk`cjlce jkkseoess it khhs wltm tme strl`ter `konloes kn
tmrism. Veter“s iuhi`lkus preseo`e ko tme ijbug ls slgpjy hespktl`.
Mls vkl`e ls nir kut nrkot, ioh mls tml`c ioh arlohloa biss tkoe jeihs
tme wiy. Hrugger Beitk miohjes tme virlkus tegpk smlnts ihglribjy,
but me wkujh lgprkve lo tme `kgloa yeirs. Ioh wmlje tme aultir wkrc
ls sitlsni`tkry, lt“s okt regircibje. Xmere were prkbjegs wltm
Bkoiook lo tme stuhlk.
‚Celtm“s pjiyloa wis okt tme areitest, but me jeiroeh,‗ re`ijjs
Beitk. ‚Xme blaaest prkbjeg wltm Celtm wis me wkujh be ibje tk pjiy
exi`tjy wmit me wis tkjh tk pjiy, but wmeo jent tk mls kwo hevl`es,
jet“s siy tk prkhu`e i jeih nkr i skoa, tmit“s wmeo me rio lotk
trkubje. Ioh wmeo we“re speohloa i muohreh hkjjirs io mkur lo tme
stuhlk ioh yku hko“t mive i stru`tureh jeih tmit yku `io jiy hkwo ko
tme ijbug, lt eits up stuhlk tlge be`iuse yku“re tryloa tk nlaure koe
kut.‗
Veter wkujh kojy tice sk gu`m loeptltuhe benkre jksloa pitleo`e
ioh ticloa tme relos tk see mls `reitlko tmrkuam. ‚Xmere were skge
tmloas tmit were `kgprkglseh be`iuse we rio kut kn tlge ioh
gkoey,‗ siys Beitk. ‚I jkt kn tmit tlge wis speot ko tme jeihs tmit

Celtm wis hkloa.

tmit reijjy stioc.‗LoI``krhloa
ni`t, ”Xmergkou`jeir Qirrlkr“
tk Beitk, Veter aktwis i jeih wltm
nrustriteh pirt
Bkoiook“s ji`c kn lgialoitlko wmlje tri`cloa tme skoa, sk me tkkc
tme aultir ioh re`krheh tme skjk mlgsejn lo koe qul`c tice. Oever i
skjk-krleoteh bioh lo tme nlrst pji`e, tme pirt it tme skoa“s eoh ls jess
i jeih ioh gkre kn i tmegitl` pissiae i`mleveh tmrkuam Veter“s
best migger-ko te`molque. Lt hkes tme dkb.
Xme re`krhloa kn @irolvkre wis pjiaueh wltm ktmer prkbjegs, jlce
i gijnuo`tlkoloa tipe gi`mloe tmit prkhu`er Huoo mih tk `kostiotjy
re`ijlbrite, jeivloa jess tlge nkr virlkus kverhubs tme bioh mkpeh
wkujh alve tme ijbug gkre spl`e lo tme skuoh spe`trug. Xmey hlh,
mkwever, nloh i wiy tk expioh tme ijbug `jkser ‚Qkrjh Qirs LLL ioh
L^‗ tk i nujj teo gloutes, tmiocs tk i tmree-gloute skuohs`ipe
`ko`elveh by Rl`mirh Xerglol. Xme ple`e wis skgetmloa Xerglol
`ige up wltm hurloa tme Nijjkut sesslkos me“h re`krheh severij
yeirs benkre, ioh lt wkrceh wejj nkr tmls ijbug“s `ko`ept. Xerglol
useh tme sige syotmeslzer tk re`reite tme skuoh enne`ts nkr ‚Qkrjh
Qirs LLL ioh L^‗ tmit me useh ko Nijjkut“s epkoygkus skoa severij
yeirs prlkr. Mls wkrc ijsk kpeos tme ijbug wltm nkrty-elamt se`kohs
kn slreos ioh wmit skuoh jlce mejl`kpters benkre Veter merijhs tme
bioh“s irrlvij wltm io losioe bejjkw, jiuo`mloa lotk tme speeh-vs.-
hkkg kn ‚Vrehitkr.‗
 Koe kn tme gkst regircibje gkgeots ko @irolvkre ls i se`tlko
tmit nkresmihkws wmere Veter wkujh tice mls gusl` tme nkjjkwloa
he`ihe. ‚Gije Pupregi`y‗ ls typl`ij @irolvkre lo lts meivlest
gkgeots, but tme breic inter tme tmree-gloute girc ls i `kgpjete
severio`e nrkg getij krtmkhkxy. Xme `muroloa pi`e suhheojy
be`kges qulet ioh renje`tlve is i sujtry vk`ij hejlvers i sugptukus,
gegkribje gejkhy. Xmrkuamkut tmls pissiae Veter smkws me `io
sloa, ioh wltm lo`rehlbje pisslko, tkk. Qmlje mls heep gejkhl` vkl`e
lso“t is muscy kr `kggiohloa is lt wkujh be`kge, tme skoa smkws
very `jeirjy tmit me mih i alnt. Qltm tme jyrl`s ioh gejkhles beloa
uousuijjy teoher,
teoher, tme tmergkou`jeir wirrlkr smkws mls rkgiotl` slhe,
`kgloa mkge weic ioh skre inter tme wir, dkloloa wltm mls jkver nkr
gu`m-oeeheh resplte nrkg tme `miks. Xme jloe ‚Qmeo ko tme nur / L
gice jkve tk mer / mkw mer bkhy sloas‗ ls nkjjkweh by i akraekus

biss
jlce i skjk, slgljir
sjkweh hkwo lo Rusm
trebjypissiae.
tkoe tk Getijjl`i“s
Jistloa i @jlnn Burtko
nujj tmree ioh gu`m
gloutes, tme
pirt ls gihe gkre enne`tlve by tme lgpi`t kn tme `rismloa getij tmit
nkjjkws.
Dkmo @igpks `ijjeh Nijjkut ‚aktm benkre aktm rk`c mih i oige,‗
wml`m gices ‚Gije Pupregi`y‗ aktml` getij benkre “<6s biohs jlce
Virihlse Jkst, Xligit, ioh Xme Aitmerloa were hubbeh is su`m.
Xme skoa presiaes tme type kn giterlij kut kn wml`m Veter wkujh
eveotuijjy s`ujpt i `ireer, ioh ls oktibje is permips tme nlrst-ever
‚aktm getij‗ skoa.
Xme bioh gegbers were sitlsnleh wltm @irolvkre it tme tlge, but
is Beitk oktes, ‚Vete jeiroeh i jkt nrkg tmit experleo`e. Lt wis tme
jeist igkuot kn `kotrkj me“h ever mih lo skgetmloa tmit me wis pirt
kn, bisl`ijjy be`iuse me wis ykuoa ioh tmls wis kur nlrst experleo`e
hkloa lt prknesslkoijjy.‗
Ujtlgitejy, @irolvkre wis i gkre hlverse ijbug tmio gkst beloa
rejeiseh ko getij lohepeoheots it tme tlge, ioh skgetmloa
kbvlkusjy `ko`elveh by i alnteh gloh. Qmlje lt mih skge
`kggkoijltles wltm Brltlsm plkoeers ^eokg, tme eirjler epl`s kn
Giokwir, ioh tme slgljir tegpk virlety ioh “16s lonjueo`es kn Oew
Dersey buhs Bjesseh Heitm, @irolvkre stkkh ipirt nrkg ktmer getij
ijbugs. Lt mih oktmloa tk hk wltm tme stlnn te`mol`ijlty kn up-ioh-
`kgloa getij biohs Getijjl`i ioh Geaihetm, ioh zerk innljlitlko
wltm tme Puoset Ptrlp ajig biohs bkistloa bla sijes (ioh bla milr) it
tme tlge. Is wltm everytmloa Veter hlh, lt wis `kgpjetejy uolque.

Gloh tme splces4 @irolvkre lo i rire gejjkw gkgeot…

@irolvkre hlh okt tkur tk suppkrt tme ijbug, wml`m cept tmeg
gkstjy i realkoij seositlko. Xme re`krh wis lo stkres ijj kver Okrtm
Igerl`i ioh Eurkpe, but wltmkut tkurloa, lt wis hestloeh tk be i `ujt
nivkrlte it best. Xmls wis okt nkr ji`c kn Rkihruooer“s tryloa, ioh
Beitk ioh Bkoiook were eiaer tk tkur, but Veter mih ok loterest.
‚Vete wiso“t bla ko tkurloa,‗ Bkoiook re`ijjs. ‚Qe hlho“t reijjy jeive
Brkkcjyo. Virt kn lt wis be`iuse Vete mih i reij dkb. L“h qult i dkb tk
hk i smkw ko i weeceoh, lt hlho“t gitter tk ge.‗
Qmlje tme aultirlst wis `kggltteh tk tme @irolvkre `iuse, mls
teoure wis smkrt. Veter nkuoh Bkoiook“s lo`kgpeteo`e lo tme stuhlk
tk be birejy tkjeribje, but mls jlve pernkrgio`e wis tme jist striw.
Beitk re`ijjs tmit, ‚Celtm jkveh tme wmkje rk`c stir tmloa3 me wis
reijjy `iuamt up lo lt, but me mih i mirh tlge gilotiloloa mls pji`e lo
tme skoas wmeo ihhressloa tme iuhleo`e, ijj tme aesturloa ioh tme
gkves ioh stunn. Veter hlho“t wiot ioy pirt kn tmit. Me wis very
lotrkverteh wmeo lt `ige tk tme iuhleo`e. Vete wkujh ritmer pjiy
wltm mls bi`c tk tme iuhleo`e.‗ Ijsk, is prevlkusjy okteh, Veter `kujh
okt miohje tme ktmer gusl`lios gicloa eveo tme sjlamtest glstices lo
mls skoas. Bkoiook akt tme bkkt.
‚L wis lotk gkvloa irkuoh, puttloa ko i smkw,‗ siys Bkoiook.
‚Verne`tlko wis jess lgpkrtiot tk ge. Vete“s henloltejy i perne`tlkolst.
L“g okt. Me ioh L `jismeh
` jismeh i jkt, ioh tme nloij striw wis ge nu`cloa up
kostiae. Qmitever.
Qmitever. Lt“s nu`cloa rk`c ioh rkjj. Ln lt“s perne`t, lt“s jige.‗
Hkooi Qmlte regegbers Veter“s gljltirlstl` wkrc etml`. ‚Veter“s
hrlve wis sk losioe tmit ln skgebkhy hlho“t `kge tk pri`tl`e kr wis
jite, me“h nreic kut. Espe`lijjy ko Celtm. Lt wis sk lgpkrtiot tk mlg, lt
wis jlce tme irgy. ”\ku mive tk be mere, we mive tk pri`tl`e.“ Ioh
tmit“s wmy tmey be`ige sk akkh. Vri`tl`e, pri`tl`e, pri`tl`e. \ku
mih tk be hrlveo, ioh ln yku wereo“t, nkraet lt.‗

tmitBeitk
”lt“s gyregegbers tmit,tme‚Veter
bijj, we“jj pjiy aigemih ok tkquijgs
L wiot pjiy, kribkut ihglttloa
L“jj tice gy bijj
ioh ak mkge.“ Veter wiso“t pmkoy. Me hlho“t try tk be skgetmloa tmit
me wiso“t. Me coew wmit me wis. Lt wiso“t jlce me wis lonijjlbje kr
ioytmloa. Me coew tmit tmloas wkujh eit it mlg ioh me“h aet tk tme
pklot wmere me `kujho“t tkjerite lt ioh lt wis kojy i gitter kn tlge
benkre eokuam wis eokuam.‗
Veter“s uowiverloa vlslko wkujh be giolpujiteh by ok koe, ioh
lt wis hrlvloa nkrwirh it i riplh `jlp. By tme tlge tme nlrst ijbug wis
rejeiseh, Veter wis gkvloa @irolvkre kotk tme oext nrkotler. Xme
oew giterlij me wis wrltloa lonuseh i street-jevej mirh`kre skuoh
lotk tme bioh“s getij nkuohitlko. Bkoiook wiso“t lotk tme mirh`kre
hlre`tlko, okr tme hlre`tlve nrkg Veter tk hress hkwo ioh giybe
eveo `ut tmelr milr smkrter. ‚Lt tkkc ge jkoa eokuam tk hla tme s`leo`e
nl`tlko smlt,‗ siys Bkoiook, ‚but wmeo L akt lotk lt, L akt lotk lt, ioh L
wioteh tk ceep akloa ko tmit. Vete mih ktmer lheis.‗
By jite 9<=5, Bkoiook wis kut ioh tme @irolvkre rmytmg se`tlko
yet iailo weot lo seir`m kn i wkrtmy aultirlst.
 Qmeo me wiso“t surveyloa pkst-ou`jeir wistejiohs ioh
`ioolbijlzloa surni`eh subterrioeios is Jkrh Vetrus X. Pteeje, reij
jlne wis `rulsloa ijkoa ol`ejy nkr Veter Ritid`zyc. Me wis stljj
ailonujjy egpjkyeh is i `rew `mlen it Jigloites Uojlglteh, ioh tme
nigljy wis stljj ticloa k``islkoij trlps kut kn tme `lty, tk rurij Oew
Dersey kr virlkus wkkheh ireis kn upstite Oew \krc. Mls wlne,
Hkooi, `ige ijkoa ko tmese trlps3 tme `kupje wis tkaetmer ijwiys.
I yeir inter Veter ioh Hkooi“s 9<=8 Mijjkweeo girrliae it @lty
Mijj, tme `kupje ex`mioaeh vkws lo i pubjl` `eregkoy. Xmelr 9<=5
Mijjkweeo pirty/wehhloa wis i bism Hkooi regegbers nkohjy.
‚Everybkhy wis tmere‘nigljy,
tmere‘nigljy, nrleohs, i bla wehhloa wltm i gksm plt
ioh `kstuges ioh hry l`e. I `rizy, igizloa Mijjkweeo wehhloa.‗
Xmls koe wis mejh lo tme bisegeot kn tme ipirtgeot buljhloa wmere
Qmlte“s gktmer jlveh, ko Qest Pe`koh Ptreet lo Brkkcjyo. Hkooi“s

ykuoaer hrlocs
serveh brktmerioh
ioh ippetlzers3
mls nrleohs tme
hresseh up is arlg
HD hresseh is reipers ioh
i vigplre.
@koslherloa Mijjkweeo wis bktm Veter ioh Hkooi“s nivkrlte mkjlhiy,
tme eveot wis trujy io exteoslko kn tmelr perskoijltles.
Hkooi re`ijjs seeloa i suhheo `mioae lo Veter“s ittltuhe tkwirh
tme `mur`m‘ioytmloa tk hk wltm tme `mur`m‘upko tme pjiooloa kn
tmelr nlrst wehhloa lo iutugo 9<=8. ‚Qe coew we were akloa tk aet
girrleh ko Mijjkweeo, tmere wis ok hkubt ibkut lt. But benkre we
hlh lt it @lty Mijj, we weot tk Pt. Breohio“s ioh get wltm tme prlest
ioh slaoeh up nkr Vre-@ioi `jisses. L wis akloa tk `kovert nkr mlg
ioh aet girrleh lo tme `mur`m. Me wioteh lt ioh L wioteh tk hk tmit
nkr mlg. But it tme jist gloute Veter silh, ”Nkraet lt. L hko“t wiot tk hk
lt tmrkuam tme `mur`m.“ Ioh tmit“s cloh kn wmeo lt stirteh. But L hko“t
cokw wmere tmit `ige nrkg.‗
Girc Girtlo re`ijjs Veter“s hlsljjuslko wltm rejlalko mivloa skge
rkkt lo tme pe`ujlirltles kn tme Krtmkhkx Dewlsm nkjcs tmit pkpujiteh
mls oelambkrmkkh. ‚Dewlsm pekpje `io“t rloa hkkrbejjs ko Piturhiys,
but tmey mih ok prkbjegs iscloa i aky tk hk lt. Veter wkujh siy ”Ok
prkbjeg, Ribbl,“ ioh wkujh be tme knnl`lij hkkr rloaer. Xme ribbl
i`rkss tme street ibskjutejy jkveh Veter. Veter revejeh beloa tme aky.
Me nkuoh lt ijj extregejy mugkrkus, but ijgkst mls wmkje jlne me mih
i prkbjeg wltm rejlalko. Xme prkbjeg wis tme `kotrihl`tlkos. Mls
neejloa wis tmit tme Dewlsm rejlalko wis mypk`rltl`ij, but okt dust tme
Dewlsm rejlalko. Lt wis mls kwo rejlalko tkk, @itmkjl`lsg.‗
Nijjkut aultirlst Dkmo @igpks re`ijjs tmit me ioh Veter jkst tmelr
tiste nkr rejlalko hue tk experleo`es lo @itmkjl` s`mkkj. ‚Lt wis very
strl`t, ioh tmere wis ijwiys i jevej kn mypk`rlsy
mypk`rlsy,, wmere tmey“re tejjloa
yku tk hk skgetmloa but tmey“re okt ijwiys nkjjkwloa lt tmegsejves.
Me wis ijwiys aettloa lo trkubje, L wis ijwiys aettloa lo trkubje, ioh
tmit wis cloh kn tme ajue tmit stirteh kur nrleohsmlp. Qmeo yku“re
`kostiotjy meirloa yku“re i bih persko kr yku“re okt hkloa tme rlamt
tmloa kr yku smkujh be lo Puohiy `mur`m every weec, lt mis io
lgpi`t. Lt henloltejy mih io lgpi`t ko mlg. Nkr i wmlje, bktm kn us
turoeh knn tk tme @itmkjl` @mur`m. \ku rebej wmeo yku“re i clh. \ku
mive ouos tejjloa yku wmit tk hk ioh lonjl`tloa pmysl`ij kr
psy`mkjkal`ij puolsmgeot ko yku, ioh tmey“re tejjloa yku tk be i

akkh
clh.‗ persko it tme sige tlge. Lt cloh kn njlps yku kut wmeo yku“re i

@irolvkre vloyj bkktjeas

Veter“s
bi`c serlkus
is 9<1<. Xmit questlkoloa
yeir, me iohkn oew
@mrlstliolty akes itXerglol
nrleoh Rl`mirh jeist is nir
wkujh
knteo hls`uss tme tkpl` ioh rejiteh lheis. ‚Veter jlceh tk tijc
pmljkskpmy ioh pmysl`s wltm ge,‗ Xerglol re`ijjs. ‚L geotlkoeh
Nrlehrl`m Oletzs`me tk mlg ioh me akt loteresteh ioh beaio reihloa
Xmus Ppkce Tiritmustri. Tiritmustri `kotilos tme nigkus hl`tug
”Akh ls heih.“ Lo tmkse hiys, Veter wis gkvloa tkwirh itmelsg ioh
it tme tlge wis `ertilojy io iaokstl`. Qe mih gioy loterestloa tijcs,
me ioh L. Xmere wereo“t gioy ktmer pekpje irkuoh us lo tmkse hiys
tmit were is loteresteh lo tmese tmloas, sk tmls wis i `kooe`tlko we
mih beykoh tme gusl`.‗
Lo eirjy 9<=>, i oew @irolvkre skoa egeraeh `ijjeh ‚Ioary
Oeurktl` @itmkjl`s.‗ I tktij reversij nrkg tme pkst-Irgiaehhko
`ko`ept kn tme bioh“s nlrst pmise, lt heijt wltm tme kppresslve auljt
miggereh lotk nkjjkwers by tme @itmkjl` @mur`m, `kgpjete wltm i
mirrkwloa hepl`tlko kn i sul`lhe ittegpt. Qmetmer biseh ko i reij-

jlne
dust experleo`e kn aettloa
i blt kn nl`tlko, tme `iuamt gisturbitloa
jyrl`s nloh lo @itmkjl`
Veter questlkoloa tmes`mkkj, kr
`mur`m“s
`kohegoitlko kn oiturij mugio uraes.
Xmese eirjy jyrl`s nkr ‚Ioary Oeurktl` @itmkjl`s‗ hlho“t gice lt tk
tme nloij verslko kn tme skoa. Xmey“re rkuam ioh ritmer duveolje, ioh
were eveotuijjy repji`eh by `jeverer jloes, but tmey prkvlhe io
exigpje kn @irolvkre“s ibkut-ni`e lo 9<=>. Xmey mih beauo heijloa
wltm reijltles kn jlne lo tme mere ioh okw. Piviae pkst-ou`jeir
niotisles were knnl`lijjy rejeaiteh tk tme pist4

@iuamt ge lo tme bkys“ rkkg, pkrok gia lo mioh

Qltm tme ktmer dercloa knn is qul`cjy is L `io
Ouo bursts lotk tme stijj, eyes bujaloa hkwo it ge
Pilh L wkujh be higoeh tk mejj nkr beloa sk nljtmy

Okw tme wmkje s`mkkj cokws wmit i pla L ig

Vrlest silh tk siy skge rksirles, jlce koe kr twk tmkusioh
Vireots `ijjeh tk aet ge, `kge pl`c ge up it tmree
Piy tmit L“jj be arkuoheh ”tlj L“g kver puberty

Lo tk
i slo i jiter lotervlew,
just, wmeo tmls Veter
ls gy knnereh,
prkarig; ‚\ku“re
Xmls lsakloa
wmittk tejj ge
L wis tmit
bkro tk lt“s
hk
‘L wis bkro tk reprkhu`e, ioh tmls ls wrkoa; Qmit `kujh tme
kut`kge be ex`ept nkr extrege oeurksls;‗
It tme iae kn tweoty-nkur,
tweoty-nkur, Veter wis stirtloa tk uoherstioh tmit
tme mippy jlne me wis prkglseh‘by ejhers, by tei`mers, by pkp
skoas, ioh tme gehli‘wis nl`tlkoij bujjsmlt. Mls evkjvloa vlews ko
rejlalko ioh tme `mur`m `konlrgeh tmit ijj wis okt is prei`meh. Ihujt
jlne wis mirh ioh wkujh kojy aet mirher. Hkooi Qmlte siw Veter
arkwloa gkre hlsljjuslkoeh by tme hiy. Me wkujh eveo tijc kn sul`lhe
ioh mlot tmit me mih gihe ittegpts tk eoh mls jlne, ijtmkuam tmere
wis ok reij evlheo`e nkr lt.
Mls nlrst alrjnrleoh, Girhle Pmelceo, mih seeo tmls lo Veter eveo
eirjler. But mls tijc ibkut `kgglttloa sul`lhe wis dust tmit4 tijc. ‚L
trujy hko“t tmloc tmey were jealtlgite ittegpts,‗ sme re`ckos. ‚L tmloc
me wis very uomippy it gioy tlges. But L hko“t tmloc mls ittegpts
were
hk lt. jealtlgite.
Me wis skLnbrljjliot,
tmey were,but me wkujh miveioh
slgpjlstl`ijjy hkoe
ko lt. Me coew
i mlamer mkwjlne
jevej, tk
wis very mirh nkr mlg. Me `kostiotjy wioteh tk rehenloe mlgsejn. Me
wis ijwiys i wkrc lo prkaress. Me oever nejt `kgpjete.‗
‚Qltm Veter, everytmloa wis very loteose,‗ Qmlte ihhs. ‚Gkre
tmio io iveriae persko. Everytmloa wis giaolnleh.‗ Pme hes`rlbes
mls sul`lhe tijc is ‚io expresslko kn extrege ioaer ioh
mejpjessoess.‗
Mivloa mih i stibje mkge jlne, wltm pireots ok gkre kr jess strl`t
tmio tme iveriae pireots3 slbjloas wmk were ok gkre rlvijs tmio tme
iveriae3 ioh i @itmkjl` `mur`m ioh s`mkkj upbrloaloa tmit wis
i`tuijjy jess kppresslve tmio wmit gioy ktmer pekpje mih
experleo`eh, Veter“s arkwloa ioaer ioh hespilr reveijeh `jlol`ij
hepresslko nkr wml`m tmere wis ok kbvlkus `iuse, ijtmkuam tmere
giy mive beeo i aeoetl` prehlspksltlko.
Qmlte vlvlhjy re`ijjs i `koversitlko tmey“h mih ibkut Veter“s Veter “s vlew
kn tme wkrjh, mkw lt hlnnereh is i ykuoa ihujt tmio wmit me
regegbereh is i `mljh. Me tkjh mer tmls exi`tjy4 ‚Qmeo L wis
arkwloa up, L tmkuamt tme wkrjh wis akloa tk be `kgpjetejy hlnnereot.
L mih i hlnnereot pl`ture kn wmit tme wkrjh wkujh be jlce. Okw tmit L“g
arkwo, L hko“t jlce lt. L nloh lt very hlnnl`ujt tk jlve lo tme wkrjh tme wiy lt
ls.‗
 Oktmloa `io stkp tme pilo … ioh oktmloa `io stkp tme pilo.
‘ ‚Looer @konjl`t,‗ 9<=1

Ko Iprlj 8, 9<=>, @irolvkre pjiyeh Giomittio“s Rltz is kpeoers nkr

Brltlsm trlk ^eokg, wltm jk`ij bioh Kvercljj lo tme glhhje sjkt. Virt kn
^eokg“s hkubje jlve ijbug, Eloe Cjeloe Oi`mtguslc, wis re`krheh
it tmit eveoloa“s smkw,
smkw, ioh tme gegbers kn @irolvkre were psy`meh
tk be kpeoloa nkr i bioh tmit mih mejpeh losplre tmeg. I prestlalkus
ala lo koe kn tme `lty“s gkst nigkus rk`c veoues, @irolvkre“s set wis
meivy ko giterlij nrkg tme nlrst ijbug, but ijsk neitureh tme is-yet-
uore`krheh ‚Pu`c Gy Hl`c‗ ioh ‚Pex ioh ^lkjeo`e.‗ Xme oew
giterlij wis is `ruhe ioh strlppeh hkwo is tme tltjes suaaest.
Uojlce tme kjher niotisy-herlveh @irolvkre skoas, tmese heijt i
tkuam-is-oiljs street-jevej ittltuhe. Xmey wkujh mive nlt lo better it
tme jeaeohiry @BAB `jub tmio tme rltzy eovlrkos kn tmit eveoloa.
@irolvkre“s skuoh wis lo triosltlko, ioh sk wis tmelr jkkc. Xmey
were evkjvloa iwiy nrkg tmelr Rkih Qirrlkr-geets-@koio tme
Birbirlio lgiae, but stljj `ut io lgpksloa nlaure kostiae. Inter tme
Rltz smkw, tmelr gusl` wkujh veer nirtmer lotk tme hlre`tlko kn Oew
\krc mirh`kre. Xk git`m tmls vlbe, tme riveo-milreh jeiher tme `rkwh
siw tmit Iprlj olamt wkujh skko mive mls getijmeih jk`cs `mkppeh lo
nivkr kn i buzz `ut3 tme trlk“s nur ioh smktauo smejj bejts wkujh be
repji`eh by sjeevejess X-smlrts, suspeohers, ioh steej-tke bkkts. Lt
wiso“t sk gu`m i soub tk tmelr pist is io egbri`egeot kn
mirh`kre“s mere ioh okw. Lt wis evkjutlko. Lt wis tmlocloa nkrwirh …
tme kojy cloh kn tmlocloa tme restjess Veter Pteeje coew mkw tk hk.

Vreglerloa lo He`egber 9<10, @BAB (krlaloijjy nk`useh ko

`kuotry, bjueariss, ioh bjues, meo`e tme loltlijs) wkujh be`kge
jeaeohiry nkr nksterloa tme Igerl`io puoc gkvegeot ioh bkkcloa
jent-kn-`eoter uoherarkuoh biohs. @BAB mksteh i ykuoa I@/H@ lo
9<1> ioh wis tme slte kn tme nlrst smkws by jk`ij bkys tme Rigkoes
tmit sige yeir. Xme veoue“s heose, hioc itgkspmere wis i perne`t
nlt nkr ehay ioh nerk`lkus gusl`. Regegbereh nkohjy by pkst-puoc
ioh oew wiveby
gkvegeots, inl`lkoihks
tme tlge is
tmetmeeirjy
Eist @kist“s
9<=6s arkuoh
irrlveh, zerk
Oewnkr\krc“s
tmkse
mkgearkwo mirh`kre s`eoe tmrlveh it @BAB.
Mirh`kre wis tme oext jkal`ij step nkr puoc rk`c‘mirher,
meivler, rlktkus, ioh vlkjeot. Everytmloa puoc rk`c nrkg tme 9<16s
prkglseh, mirh`kre i`tuijjy wis. Lt nkuoh rkkt ioh arew jlce wljhnlre
tmrkuamkut Pkutmero @ijlnkroli, wltm biohs su`m is Bji`c Njia, ioh
tme Hes`eoheots, jeihloa tme `mirae. Lo Qismloatko H@, tme
nerk`lkus skuoh wis alveo smipe by Glokr Xmreit ioh speh up
`koslheribjy by Bih Brilos. Is nkr Oew \krc, tme ok-bujjsmlt riae kn
Iaokstl` Nrkot, Gurpmy“s Jiw Jiw,, @rugbsu`cers, ioh @rk-Gias
smkweh tmit Igerl`i“s oklslest, sgejjlest getrkpkjls wkujh okt be
kuthkoe by ykutm nrkg tme suooy Pk@ij suburbs kr tmelr oelambkrs lo
tme Hlstrl`t.
Dkuroijlst Pig G`Vmeeters suggeh up wmit lt ijj geiot lo io
irtl`je nkr ^l`e giaizloe lo 2696. ‚Qmit eirjy Oew \krc mirh`kre
biohs ji`ceh lo hlstlo`tlve kutput, tmey gkre tmio `kgpeositeh nkr
lo smeer geoi`e. Is tme s`eoe `kijes`eh lo Reiaio“s nlrst terg, tme
Oew \krc mirh`kre s`eoe‘cokwo lo tme smkrtmioh kn arinnltl ioh
cou`cje tittkks is ”O\M@“‘lode`teh `jiss lotk tme sub`ujture lo i
wiy tmit ok ktmer `lty `kujh. Lt wis i wkrjh girloitloa lo pkverty ioh
vlkjeo`e.‗
 Lo 9<=>, Veter Pteeje nkuoh gu`m tk rejite tk lo O\M@. Is
Iaokstl` Nrkot ioh @rugbsu`cers ibskrbeh getij lotk tmelr
mirh`kre rkkts, @irolvkre hlh tme reverse. Xmelr oew skoas geraeh
tme siviaery kn getij wltm tme bjuotoess kn mirh`kre puoc. Xme
tmeges lo mirh`kre jyrl`s‘kn sk`lij lodustl`e, `krrupt akverogeots,
nlamt kver njlamt‘reskoiteh wltm Veter. Me nkuoh jlne“s reijltles
hlnnl`ujt tk eohure, ioh mirh`kre“s gessiae kn stiohloa up tk tme
nlamt ioh ticloa oktmloa jyloa hkwo reskoiteh wltm ioh egpkwereh
tme @irolvkre jeiher. Is wltm oeirjy everytmloa me hlh, mkwever, mls
vlews wereo“t exi`tjy bji`c kr wmlte kr stitus quk, okt eveo wltmlo
tmls oew urbio `kuoter`ujture tmit be`ckoeh mlg.
Xme sige gkotm @irolvkre pjiyeh wltm ^eokg it tme Rltz, Veter
jent Jigloites Uojlglteh, `ltloa tmit ‚tme dkb knnereh ok ihvio`egeot
pksslbljltles.‗ Me dugpeh tk G`Hkoijh Getij ioh Rkknloa Puppjy,
wmere
rkknloa meiohwis
mkgelosuppjles.
`mirae Hkooi
kn smlpploa, re`elvloa,
`kotloueh ioh Veter
tk jlve wltm hejlvery kn
lo tme
Ritid`zyc bisegeot, tme `kupje okw oeirjy twk yeirs girrleh. Me
`kotloueh tk wrlte skoas nkr @irolvkre“s se`koh ijbug ioh wis
jlsteoloa tk i jkt kn tme mirh`kre gusl` `kgloa kut kn Oew \krc ioh
ktmer jk`ijes. Me wis prlgeh ioh reihy wmeo Iaokstl` Nrkot nkuoh
ltsejn lo oeeh kn isslstio`e.
Aultirlst ^loole Ptlagi, wmk mih ailoeh jk`ij oktkrlety hurloa mls
tlge lo puoc rk`c trkubjegicers tme Ejlgloitkrs, nkrgeh Iaokstl`
Nrkot lo 9<=6. Nloijjy settjloa ko i rmytmg se`tlko, pjus vk`ijlst
Rkaer Glret, tme bioh beaio rejeisloa gusl` tk tme pubjl` lo 9<=0
wltm tmelr Uolteh Bjkkh EV. Qmeo tme tlge `ige tk re`krh tmelr
se`koh nujj-jeoatm ijbug tme bioh wis experleo`loa `kostiot jloeup
`mioaes, ioh wltm tmelr oew giterlij beloa gkre gusl`ijjy
hegiohloa, neiturloa i meijtmy getij lonjueo`e, Ptlagi ioh Glret
`ijjeh ko tme @irolvkre rmytmg se`tlko nkr mejp.
‚Kur gioiaer, @koole Birrett, ijsk gioiaes Iaokstl` Nrkot,‗
Veter silh it tme tlge. ‚Xmey were jkkcloa nkr i hrugger tk hk tme
ijbug, ioh Jkule wis isceh tk hk lt. Xmere wis i pklot wmere tmey
dust rio kut kn jyrl`s ioh tmey isceh ge ln L `kujh `kge up wltm
skgetmloa.‗
 Xme twk biohs were i`quiloteh ijreihy, okt kojy tmrkuam Birrett,
but nrkg smirloa tme sige remeirsij spi`e. (Qmeo @irolvkre“s oklse
be`ige tkk hlsruptlve tk tme Ritid`zyc mkusemkjh, Veter ioh Jkule
nkuoh i remeirsij spkt kutslhe kn tme oelambkrmkkh, ko Nkurtm Ptreet
ioh Hltgis Iveoue. Iaokstl` Nrkot remeirseh tmere is wejj.) Jkule
mih io eisy tlge ihiptloa tk Iaokstl` Nrkot“s oeehs, ioh me
be`ige i strkoaer hrugger by wkrcloa hiljy wltm twk iaaresslko-
pi`ceh biohs. Me hlho“t, mkwever, expe`t tk nloh su`m hlsirriy
wltmlo tmelr riocs.
‚Iaokstl` Nrkot wis prkgloeot lo tme puoc s`eoe it tme tlge,‗
regegbers Jkule, ‚ioh wltm @irolvkre jkkcloa tk lo`juhe tmkse
njivkrs lo kur gusl`, L tmkuamt lt wkujh be i areit kppkrtuolty tk be
lovkjveh ioh be hlre`tjy lonjueo`eh by i prkgloeot Oew \krc
mirh`kre bioh.‗
Me `kotloues,
@irolvkre ‚L wis
remeirsij remeirsloa
L“h be wltm
remeirsloa @irolvkre
wltm Iaokstl`ioh tmeo
Nrkot. interwere
Xmey tme
i strioae bioh. L wis useh tk wkrcloa wltm Vete, wmk mih everytmloa
tmkuamt kut pre`lsejy,
pre`lsejy, ioh mere“s i bioh wmere tmey were `kgpjetejy
kppkslte. @irolvkre wis sk ioij ibkut tmloas, ioh tmit“s wmit L wis
useh tk, but Iaokstl` Nrkot wis sk uohls`lpjloeh lo tmelr ipprki`m tk
hkloa i re`krh. L wis surprlseh tmey wereo“t i jlttje gkre nk`useh.
Kojy pkrtlkos kn skoas were `kgpjeteh, ioh Stmere wereW jkkse eohs
ijj kver tme pji`e. L regegber `kotrlbutloa lo tergs kn tergloitloa
skoas. Xmey hlho“t cokw mkw tk eoh tmeg. L tkjh ^loole ioh Rkaer, ”L
wiot yku tk be mkoest wltm ge3 ln yku hko“t jlce skgetmloa ioh yku
neej lt“s skuohloa tkk getij ioh okt puoc eokuam, jet ge cokw.“ Ioh
tmey silh, ”Ok, we wiot tmit lonjueo`e lo tmls ijbug, we wiot lt tk
skuoh getij, we wiot hkubje biss, we wiot tk `mioae up tme
skuoh.“ Lt wis loterestloa, be`iuse mere we were is @irolvkre
jkkcloa nkr i puoc lonjueo`e, ioh tmeo Iaokstl` Nrkot wis jkkcloa nkr
i getij lonjueo`e. Xmere wis i jkt kn `kjjibkritlko akloa ko lo tme
stuhlk. Lt wis tme perne`t s`eoirlk.‗
Xme resujtloa ijbug, @iuse nkr Ijirg, neitures typl`ijjy `kjkrnuj
Peio Xiaairt irtwkrc ioh gusl` tmit henloes ‚`rksskver,‗ tme gesm
kn mirh`kre ioh getij lotk i oew mybrlh skuoh. Pkge kn tme jyrl`s
were `kotrkverslij, rilsloa tme lre kn l`kol` Heih Ceooehys nrkotgio
Dejjk Blinri ioh puoc niozloe Gixlgug Rk`corkjj nkr tmelr rlamt-wloa
seotlgeots. Is lt turos kut, Veter Pteeje wis bemloh tme ijbug“s
gkst hebiteh jyrl`s, but Veter hlho“t `ire ibkut gicloa nrleohs. Me
dust oeeheh tk aet skge smlt kn knnn mls `mest.
Veter“s pireots, espe`lijjy mls nitmer, lostljjeh i strkoa wkrc etml`
lo mlg. Veter mih beeo wkrcloa `koslsteotjy slo`e me wis slxteeo,
ioh wmeo me wrkte tme jyrl`s nkr Iaokstl` Nrkot“s ‚Vubjl`
Isslstio`e,‗ me wis plsseh knn ibkut wmere me nejt mls tixes were
akloa, ioh tk wmkg4 ‚Uo`je Pig tices mijn gy piy / Pk yku `io jlve
nkr nree / L akt i nigljy ioh bljjs tk piy / Ok koe miohs gkoey tk ge.‗
Xme skoa, bioh, ijbug, ioh Oew \krc mirh`kre s`eoe wkujh
mive gihe ok slaolnl`iot lgpi`t kutslhe mirh`kre `lr`jes wmere
Iaokstl` Nrkot wis prei`mloa tk tme `koverteh. But lo 9<=>, wmeo
hiytlge tijc smkw mkst Vmlj Hkoimue rio i ple`e ibkut tme gusl`
ioh lts rejiteh
tejevlslko `kotrkversles
prkarig, ko mlslostiotjy
tme gkvegeot lggeosejy pkpujir
ailoeh hiytlge
`kuotrywlhe
oktkrlety. Gegbers kn Iaokstl` Nrkot, \kutm kn Xkhiy, Gurpmy“s Jiw,
Xkceo Eotry, ioh tme @rk-Gias ippeireh ko tme smkw, ioh nios lo
tme iuhleo`e spkce kut ibkut io irtl`je ko Oew \krc mirh`kre by
Veter Bjiuoer tmit mih dust ruo lo Oew \krc Giaizloe.
I jkoatlge nio ioh pirtl`lpiot lo tme Oew \krc mirh`kre
gkvegeot, ioh i `jkse nrleoh kn Veter“s yeirs jiter oktes tmit, ‚Xme
skoa tmit gihe Iaokstl` Nrkot nigkus wis ”Vubjl` Isslstio`e“4 ”Qe
wko“t tice ok reslstio`e, `ut tmelr pubjl` isslstio`e.“ Xme skoa tmit
Hkoimue `mkse tk mlamjlamt wis nrkg @iuse nkr Ijirg, ioh kn
`kurse tme jyrl`s ire very rlamt wloa.“ But is nkr Veter aettloa lotk tme
pkjltl`s kn stunn jlce tmit, Veter wis okt i blakt. Veter treiteh every
persko equijjy.‗
Iglh tme `miktl` Hkoimue seageot, ^loole Ptlagi heneoheh mls
bioh“s vlews. ‚Qe dust speic kn sk`lij uorest. Xurgklj brloas
`kotrkversy.. Lt speics nkr ltsejn.‗
`kotrkversy
Is nkr Veter, me wis dust mejploa kut skge pijs, tejjloa nrleoh ioh
iutmkr Pteveo Bjusm inter tme ni`t, ‚Xmey were ko i `rltl`ij tlge
nrige, sk tmey isceh nkr gy mejp. L hlho“t wiot tk hlverae nrkg tmelr
styje, sk L hlh wmit tmey isceh ioh wrkte wltmlo lt. Lt wis i akkh
ijbug nkr lts tlge. Xmey stljj kwe ge gkoey, but wmitever. Xmere
were `ertilo pekpje tmit hlho“t jlce tme jyrl`s L `ige up wltm. L mive
twk tmloas tk siy ibkut tmit4 Nlrst ls tmit L wis tkjh wmit tmese skoas
were tk be ibkut3 L wis tk wrlte biseh ko tme subde`t gitter.
Pe`koh, L wkujh okt mive wrltteo tmese skoas ln L hlh okt iaree wltm
wmit L wis siyloa. L mih ok prkbjeg wltm wmit tmey isceh ge tk
wrlte ibkut.‗
Lo i `ijg, okobejjlaereot tkoe, Veter `jirlnleh mls vlews severij
yeirs jiter ko i Hut`m tejevlslko oews seageot. Me silh, ‚Ln pekpje
`mkkse okt tk wkrc, ln tmey `mkkse okt tk `kotrlbute tk sk`lety, wmy
smkujh tmey mive i vkl`e ioh wmy smkujh tmey mive i siy lo wmit
akes ko; Ln yku“re okt `kotrlbutloa, tmeo yku gust be ticloa iwiy.‗
Xme lotervlewer respkoheh, ‚Xmit“s i very rlamt-wloa pklot kn
vlew,‗ tk wml`m Veter silh, ‚\ku `io `ijj lt wmit yku wiot, but L `kge
nrkg i bi`carkuoh wmere okrgij pekpje wkrc nkr i jlvloa. Xmey hko“t
jlve
Xmeyknnmive
tme akverogeot“s bi`c. ko
prlhe. Xmey stioh Xmey hko“t
tmelr kwojlvetwk
knn neet.
ioybkhy“s bi`c.
Ln i persko
`mkkses okt tk wkrc, tmit“s nloe, but hko“t ak ioh `kjje`t beoenlts dust
be`iuse yku“re tkk jizy tk aet kut kn beh.‗
Ptljj pirt kn tme wkrcloa `jiss it tme tlge kn tme lotervlew, Veter
silh, ‚L mive tk wice up nkr wkrc it nkur-tmlrty lo tme gkroloa, aet gy
iss kut kn beh ioh lotk tme nreezloa `kjh be`iuse L mive prlhe, ioh
yet L piy tixes sk skge sjkb `io slt lo beh wit`mloa `irtkkos wmlje
L“g kut `jeioloa tme pirc nkr tmeg;‗ Me piuses ioh tmeo siys,
‚Xmit“s gy pklot.‗
Irkuoh tmit sige tlge, Veter iailo
iailo trleh tk `jirlny
`jirlny wmere mls meih
wis it wmlje ijsk expksloa wmit me siw is extrege pkjltl`ij
`krre`toess. ‚L rei`teh tk tme ni`t kn jlvloa lo io eovlrkogeot wmere,
is i wmlte, meterksexuij gije, L ig ex`juheh nrkg tmloas be`iuse
we“re `koslhereh tme gidkrlty, but tmit ls okt reijjy tme `ise mere
ioygkre. Lt hkeso“t slt tkk wejj wltm ge tmit wmeo yku tice i `lvlj
servl`e exig mere lo tme `lty yku aet gkre pklots ln yku“re okt wmlte,
kr ln yku“re hlsibjeh, negije, kr yku serveh lo tme gljltiry. Pk L wlsm
tmit L“h beeo bkro i pkkr, bji`c, henkrgeh jesblio be`iuse tmeo L
`kujh mive ioy dkb L wiot.‗
Ijtmkuam oever lheotlnyloa mlgsejn is ri`lst, ioh oever trujy
mkjhloa su`m vlews, Veter wis useh tk ticloa meit nkr mls suppkseh
‚rlamt-wloa‗ ittltuhe. Every bioh kn mls, stirtloa wltm Nijjkut, wis
i``kgpioleh by i sygbkj tk represeot tme bioh, ioh eveo tmese
sygbkjs wkujh `it`m njic nrkg pekpje qul`c tk duhae. Is Veter tkjh
io lotervlewer lo 9<<<, ‚L“ve ijwiys beeo lotk sygbkjs, jlce `krpkrite
irt lo busloess‘tmey mive i jkak ioh i `kjkr s`mege.‗
Xme nlrst eri kn @irolvkre wis sygbkjlzeh by i ‚trlpjlarig,‗ tmree
rlamt ioajes dkloeh it tme `eoter. Qmeo isceh lo 9<=> wmit lt geiot,
Veter repjleh, ‚Plo`e tme bioh mis tmree gegbers, lt mis tmree irgs.
Xme sygbkj represeots survlvij kn tme nlttest, ioh it tme sige tlge,
lohlvlhuijlty. Qmeo L heslaoeh lt L mih io ujtri-gljltiry jkkc lo gloh.
Lt“s okt biseh ko i swistlci, is skge pekpje giy tmloc, be`iuse L
hko“t bejleve lo tme Oizl pmljkskpmy. But lt ls suppkseh tk mive i
gljltiry jkkc tk lt.‗
Me silh severij yeirs jiter
jiter,, ‚Ln yku ak tk ioy nijjkut smejter tmere“s
i sygbkj
kut kn tmewml`m ls tmree
trlioajes iohtrlioajes, ioh lnknyku
regkve koe tme dust gice
slhes ykui aet
stl`ctme
nlaure
kjh
@irolvkre sygbkj. @irolvkre wis biseh ko i pkst-ou`jeir wir
sk`lety,, ioh wmit better sygbkj tmio i gutiteh rihlitlko sygbkj;‗
sk`lety
Lt“s prkbibjy gkst i``urite tk `ijj Veter“s pkjltl`ij ioh sk`lij
vlews ‚Hirwlolio.‗ Lo 9<<2 me silh, ‚L `koslher gysejn io
evkjutlkolst. L bejleve tmit superlkr spe`lgeos smkujh hkgloite. L
tmloc tmit tme weic smkujh perlsm. Ioh L hko“t tmloc tmese ire `kjh
tmkuamts. Xmls ls tme wiy tmloas mive beeo nkr tme jist bljjlko yeirs.
Ko`e yku stkp ihiptloa, yku stkp evkjvloa.‗
Xmit sige yeir, Veter wrkte i ple`e nkr @reeg giaizloe, wml`m
isceh nkr i perskoij `kggeotiry ko ‚mugio rlamts.‗ Me silh, ‚Lo
every spe`les, ex`ept kur pre`lkus kwo, tme lonerlkr ire jent bemloh tk
perlsm, nreeloa tme gkre ihipteh tk ak ko ibkut tmelr wkrtmy jlves.
Xmls losures tmit meijtmy knnsprloa wljj be prkhu`eh by superlkr
spe`lgeos. But wke ls ge, gy jlttje jigbs, nkr hue tk ihviotiaes lo
te`mokjkay ioh gehl`ij s`leo`e, i gkst mkrrlbje, lotkjeribje, ioh
hkworlamt `ruggy tmloa ls mippeoloa4 we mive `eiseh tk evkjve!‗
Xme ple`e wis duhaeh tkk lonjiggitkry by @reeg ioh weot
uopubjlsmeh. Xme eotlre riot wis eveotuijjy prloteh by Xme Nlntm Vitm
giaizloe.
 Uprkir reairhloa Veter“s jyrl`s nkjjkweh tme rejeise kn Iaokstl`
Nrkot“s @iuse nkr Ijirg ioh tme se`koh @irolvkre ijbug, ioh tmere
wkujh be ok ji`c kn ihhltlkoij turgklj lo tme `kgloa yeirs. @ijjloa
Veter i glsuoherstkkh prkvk`iteur kojy sclgs tme surni`e kn mls
`kgpjexltles, but jkoatlge nrleoh ioh `kjjibkritkr Rl`mirh Xerglol
nejt me uoherstkkh exi`tjy wmit Veter wis ibkut.
‚Veter expresseh mlgsejn lo slgpje, mkoest tergs, ioh me akt
rei`tlkos,‗ stites Xerglol. ‚Jlce Dkmo Jeooko slgpjy pklotloa kut tmit
tme Beitjes geiot gkre tk clhs tmio Desus ioh tmeo nkuoh mlgsejn
tiraeteh by `rizy gurherkus juoitl`s, Veter nkuoh mlgsejn lo slgljir
sltuitlkos tlge ioh tlge iailo. Ioh L tmloc me wis okt oeirjy is
iwire kn tme hioaer is `kos`lkusjy is Dkmo Jeooko wis. Veter,
wmetmer me wioteh lt kr okt, wis i cloh kn mugio sk`lij experlgeot
set tk gusl`. Mls wkrc ls okt nlolsmeh ioh smkujh be pl`ceh up by
ktmers‘stiohloa
seeloa wmk tmrkws uprk`cs
ioh speicloa mkoestjy
it yku, wmk ibkut
`ijjs nkr ykuri extergloitlko,
questlko ioh
wmk `ijjs nkr ykur sljeo`e. Veter nkuoh mlgsejn kutloa mitegkoaers
ioh eoegles kn nree spee`m slgpjy be`iuse me mis i new tmkuamts
ioh i new questlkos ioh wis ”ruhe“ eokuam tk isc tmeg lo pubjl` kut
jkuh, kver i gl` pkwereh by 96,666 witts ijj set tk gusl`. Xmere ire
new rk`c irtlsts tmit gkveh lotk tme subde`ts ioh tkpl`s tmit Veter
gioiaeh tk hk ioh hk lt wejj.‗
Pteveo Bjusm wltoesseh Veter“s sejnjessoess ioh aeoerkslty
tkwirh ktmers, reairhjess kn `kjkr. ‚Me mejpeh kut ioybkhy lo mls
oelambkrmkkh, ioy kn tme kjh Dewlsm jihles, ln tmey oeeheh stunn
nlxeh. Lt“s very hlnnereot, `kgloa nrkg tme `lty. L regegber ijj tme
mirh`kre auys akt jibejeh wltm tmls Oizl tmloa. Is ln Iaokstl` Nrkot,
@rk-Gias, ioh Gurpmy“s Jiw were Oizls. Xmey wereo“t Oizls. Xmey
giy mive beeo mlamjy rei`tlkoiry `miri`ters. Ijj kn tmelr nrleohs, ijj
kn tmelr `ujture, ioh ijj kn tmelr s`eoe were lo `ujturij Oew \krc @lty.
Lt `kges nrkg i Oew \ \krc
krc psy`me. Lt“s okt wmlte supregi`lst it ijj.‗
Qmlje Veter `kotloueh tk expjkre mls tmkuamts ioh vlews lo i
wkrjh me nkuoh mirsm ioh hlsippklotloa, mls smlnt lo tmlocloa lo 9<=>,
ioh pekpje“s rei`tlkos tk lt, wkujh okt be tme jist tlge me“h nloh
mlgsejn lo tme eye kn i `kotrkversy stkrg.
 Inter puttloa tmelr stigp ko O\M@ wltm tme Iaokstl` Nrkot

innljlitlko, Veter ioh

se`koh @irolvkre Jkule
ijbug wltm`kotloueh tk remeirse
i brioh oew aultirlst. giterlij nkr tme
Ko`e Veter ioh Jkule pirteh wiys wltm Celtm Bkoiook‘i
perskoijjy hlnnl`ujt but `reitlvejy oe`essiry step‘tme huk pji`eh
ihs lo virlkus jk`ij gusl` pipers, lo`juhloa tme ^ljjiae ^kl`e.
Xmrkuam tme ^kl`e ih tmey i`qulreh aultirlst ioh @irolvkre nio @mrls
Ibejj, but tme ippjl`iot jisteh kojy i new hiys. Veter ioh Jkule
nkuoh Ibejj gkre equlppeh tk be i nio tmio i bkoi nlhe gegber kn
@irolvkre. Hlsippkloteh, Ibejj tkjh mls nrleoh ioh nejjkw aultirlst
Gir` Vlkvioettl tmit tme bioh wis stljj jkkcloa nkr tme rlamt nlt. Gir`
wis nigljlir wltm @irolvkre3 me ioh Ibejj mih seeo tmeg kpeo nkr
Brltlsm bioh Xioc, it Giomittio“s Ptuhlk 58 lo jite 9<=5. Vlkvioettl
nlaureh lt wis wkrtm i smkt ioh requesteh io iuhltlko.
Bkro Okvegber 9=, 9<>>, Gir`
Vlkvioettl wkujh be lostrugeotij lo okt
kojy ijterloa tme skuoh kn @irolvkre,
but tme bioh“s lgiae. ‚L stirteh
tei`mloa gysejn gusl` nrkg bkkcs,‗
regegbers Gir`. ‚L mih beeo pjiyloa
by eir nkr gioy yeirs ioh tmeo stirteh
ticloa jesskos. L stirteh tk jeiro gusl`
@irolvkre 9<=1, wltm oew aultirlst
Gir` Vlkvioettl (jent)
tmekry ioh s`ijes, ioh L beaio
pri`tl`loa i wljh igkuot. L wkujh
jlterijjy wice up lo tme gkroloa, mive breicnist, pl`c up gy aultir
ioh pjiy ijj hiy ioh ijj interokko, ijj tme wiy lotk tme eveoloa. L wis
pjiyloa teo kr twejve mkurs i hiy it tlges.‗
Pkge kn Gir`“s lonjueo`es git`meh Veter ioh Jkule“s. Me mih
arkwo up ko tme Beitjes ioh `koslhereh Bji`c Pibbitm ioh Duhis
Vrlest is gidkr losplritlkos, but Gir`“s ktmer loterests weot lo i
virlety kn hlre`tlkos. Gejkhl` mirh rk`c/getij biohs su`m is
^ioheobera ioh Hkcceo were pirt kn mls gusl`ij hlet, is were
@ioihlio biohs Rusm ioh Xrlugpm, rk`cers Xeh Ouaeot ioh ^io
Mijeo, ioh eveo Bljjy Dkej ioh tme eirjy dizz-rk`c giterlij kn
@ml`iak.
Gir`“s nigljlirlty wltm @irolvkre gihe mlg eiaer nkr tme iuhltlko.
Me coew me `kujh oilj tme gusl`, but questlkoeh wmetmer me wkujh
be heegeh wkrtmy kn tme bioh“s lgiae. Gir` re`ijjs tmit, ‚@irolvkre
wis wejj cokwo ko tme jk`ij getij s`eoe nkr severij yeirs benkre
tmelr nlrst ijbug wis rejeiseh. Xmelr stiae smkw ioh Gih Gix-styje
`kstuges re`elveh i jkt kn itteotlko.‗
But tme `kstuges wkujh okt jist lotk Gir`“s teoure wltm
@irolvkre. Xmelr gusl` wis `mioaloa, ioh sk wis tme areiter
uoherarkuoh getij s`eoe, wml`m wis `riggeh wltm muohrehs kn
biohs wmkse lgiae wis ‚ok lgiae,‗ dust deios ioh X-smlrts, tme skrt
kn everygio jkkc mirh`kre ioh tmrism biohs gihe tmelr kwo.
‚Gir` `ige hkwo ioh iuhltlkoeh,‗ Jkule re`ijjs, ‚ioh tmere wis
oktmloa ibkut mlg tmit me loltlijjy preseoteh tmit ippeijeh tk us. Lt
skuohs smijjkw, but lgiae ls lgiae, ioh me jkkceh jlce Aerijhk
Rlveri. Xme gusti`me, tme busmy milr. Ioh me breics kut i aultir,
ioh lt“s wmlte wltm i wmlte bkw ko tme meihstk`c, is yku“h see ko i
preseot. Qe were jlce ”Qmit ls tmls auy;“ But tmeo me pjiyeh ioh lt
skuoheh akkh. Qmeo we he`lheh tk mive Gir` lo tme bioh lt
be`ige `jeir tmit me wiso“t akloa tk nlt tme gisslveoess kn tme bioh
lgiae, be`iuse me wis tloy. Me wiso“t smkrt, but me wis very
sclooy, ioh puttloa smkujher pihs ioh nur ko mlg wiso“t akooi jkkc
rlamt. Qe he`lheh lt wis tlge tk ejlgloite tme `kstuges. Ijsk, we
hlho“t wiot tk aet jk`ceh lotk ioy lgiae, we wioteh tk smkw we
were evkjvloa, ioh lt wis tmkuamt tmit skgetmloa i jlttje hlnnereot
smkujh mippeo wltm ei`m ijbug, sk tme se`koh ijbug wis tme street
s`eoe, `rksskver, puttloa ijj tmit oek-birbirliolsg lo tme pist.‗
Xme aultirlst re`ijjs tmit tme lgiae triosltlko hlho“t mippeo
kverolamt. ‚Vete wis aettloa very lotk mirh`kre, ioh me ijwiys mih
oew vlslkos ioh oew lheis. It tmit tlge me wioteh tk pusm
@irolvkre lo i mirh`kre hlre`tlko. Plo`e tmey hlho“t tmloc tmit L nlt tme
birbirlio lgiae, Vete useh tmit is io kppkrtuolty tk pusm mls
iaeohi ioh mive tme bioh be`kge gkre mirh`kre lo lgiae. Lt stljj
mih i tmege, wltm tme cloh kn `jktmloa tmit glamt be nkuoh inter i
ou`jeir mkjk`iust kr wmitever‘rlppeh up smlrts, tkro ioh bittereh
piots‘but lt hlho“t lovkjve tme smkujher pihs kr nur kr ioy kn tme
birbirl` stunn.‗
Gir`“s nlrst-ever smkw wltm @irolvkre wis mls nlrst smkw wltm ioy
bioh. Nrkg kbs`urlty tk i @BAB mirh`kre gitloee, Gir`“s pregler
wltm @irolvkre wis io iuspl`lkus eveot, nkjjkweh by io kpeoloa sjkt
it J“Igkur wltm rlsloa jk`ijs Kvercljj. ‚J“Igkur skjh kut ioh pi`ceh
lo pekpje wiy kver tmelr jeaij jlglt,‗ re`ijjs Gir`. ‚Xmere were kver
twk tmkusioh pekpje tmere tmit olamt. Qmeo tme s`reeo weot up lt
wis wljh. Xmere were pekpje is nir is tme eye `kujh see. Xk ge lt
wis jlce pjiyloa it i stihlug, ioh lt reijjy eoeralzeh ge. Xmit“s
wmeo L coew L wis pirt kn skgetmloa spe`lij.‗
Qmlje tmey preglereh i `kupje oew skoas, gkst kn tme set wis
`ujjeh nrkg @irolvkre“s nlrst ijbug. Is Gir` re`ijjs, tme nist pirts
were beloa pjiyeh gu`m nister tmio ko tme ijbug. ‚Pkgetlges
Veter“s lonjueo`es ioh tme oew gusl` me jlsteoeh tk wkujh rusm kver
mlg ioh pusm mlg tkk nir. Jiter lt be`ige gkre kn i bijio`e ioh
be`ige gkre ari`enuj ioh tistenuj, but lo 9<=> me wis pusmloa nkr
tme @irolvkre skoas tk be pjiyeh wiy nister tmio tmey mih beeo
re`krheh. Vete wioteh tk pjiy lt nister ioh nister ioh nister uotlj lt
wis mirh`kre speeh, ioh i jkt kn tmkse skoas jkst tmelr pkwer wmeo
tmey were pjiyeh tkk nist, ioh tme jyrl`s were akloa by tkk nist tk
uoherstioh wmit Vete wis siyloa, jlce lo ”Vrehitkr“ kr
”Irgiaehhko.“‗
@irolvkre“s sugger kn 9<=> wis speot remeirsloa oew skoas
wltm io iailo-stibje jloeup ioh gicloa is jkuh i oklse is pksslbje
lo tmelr remeirsij spi`e. Xme spi`e ltsejn wis lo io uojlcejy jk`itlko,
kwoeh by io equijjy uojlcejy jiohjkrh wmk glamt okt mive
ippre`liteh skge kn tme giterlij Veter wis prepirloa ko mls
prkperty. Gir` re`ijjs tmit, ‚Xmls ykuoa Krtmkhkx Dewlsm gio
oigeh Hive mih turoeh mls sgijj tkkjsmeh lo tme bi`c kn mls mkuse
lotk i gusl` stuhlk lo krher tk remeirse wltm mls cjezger bioh. Me
wis lo mls eirjy tmlrtles ioh lt wis skgetmloa tmit wis bemloh mlg lo
mls jlne, sk me wioteh tk gice skge gkoey ioh reot kut tme spi`e tk
biohs, ioh @irolvkre wis lt! Qe mih ijj clohs kn duoc irkuoh‘i
aliot dir tmit yku“h plss lo, stkp slaos, birrlers, `igkunjiae, ioh ais
giscs.‗
Lt“s bktm io uo`kgnkrtibje ioh mljirlkus lrkoy tmit tmls remeirsij
spi`e ls wmere tme seehs were nlrst skwo nkr ‚Desus Mltjer,‗ koe kn

tme
kwogkst `kotrkverslij
wkrhs, lt“s ‚ibkut skoas Veter
koe gio everbkro
wmk“s wrkte.
wltmLotme
tmeskujs
skoawrlter“s
kn bktm
@mrlst ioh Mltjer wltmlo mlg. Me“s tktijjy `konuseh be`iuse me
hkeso“t cokw ln me wiots tk cljj tme Dews kr sive tmeg‘”Ls tmls tme
Pe`koh @kgloa kr tme Nkurtm Rel`m;“‘tme auy“s tkro loslhe, rlppeh
tk smrehs.‗
‚Mls gktmer, i ouo, ripeh by i Oizl it tme eoh kn tme se`koh
areit wir‗‘tmus bealos koe kn Veter“s gkst nis`loitloa `ko`epts,
koe tmit aive mlg i areit ex`use tk loveot yet gkre khh vk`ibujiry
ioh uousuij puos4 ‚Oizkjl`s,‗ ‚Oektmekni`lsts,‗ ‚Xme Mkjy Pwizlnlx,‗
‚Rel`m Uoh Rkjj‗ … ijj squeezeh lotk tmls lonigkus tije kn Desus
Mltjer, i `miri`ter bkro nrkg io lggeosejy nertlje gloh, i `miri`ter
tmit knners `konusloa pksslbljltles4 ‚Mess ko gy jent ioh Veter ko rlamt
/ Qljj lt be wir kr pei`e;‗
Veter“s loltlij lohe`lslko ibkut wmetmer tmelr oew aultirlst wkujh
nlt tme bioh“s lgiae resujteh lo tme bisslst iscloa Gir` tk smive mls
gusti`me tk resegbje Mltjer“s ioh hress lo i Oizl uolnkrg kostiae.
‚Me wis `kgpjetejy serlkus ibkut lt,‗ Gir` regegbers. ‚Okt nrkg
skge skrt kn gijl`lkus ri`lst/Oizl lheij, me dust tmkuamt tmit tme
i``kgpjlsmgeots kn Oizl Aergioy were spe`ti`ujir ioh
seositlkoij ioh smk`cloa.‗ Qml`m ls exi`tjy wmit Veter mlgsejn wis
ijwiys akloa nkr wltm @irolvkre. But wmit me wis iscloa kn tmls
rkkcle aultirlst wis tkk gu`m tk bejleve. Gir` qult ijgkst benkre me
stirteh. Me regegbers tmit, ‚Qmetmer lt wis i dkce kr i pubjl`lty
stuot, lt `kujh mive reijjy beeo ticeo tme wrkoa wiy. L glamt be
buroloa brlhaes nkr gy nuture, ioh L dust hlho“t tmloc lt wis akooi
wkrc. L tmkuamt me mih akoe tkk nir kver tme ehae. But me wkujho“t
jet up ibkut lt.‗
Gir`“s ittegpt tk jeive tme bioh eoheh up wltm Veter ailoloa
oew respe`t nkr mlg. Me regegbers tejjloa Veter ioh Jkule kn mls
he`lslko tk jeive.
 ‚L“ve tmkuamt ibkut lt, ioh L“g skrry,‗ Gir` tkjh tmeg, ‚but L `io“t
hress up jlce Mltjer. \ku smkujh jkkc nkr ioktmer aultir pjiyer. L“jj pjiy
wltm yku uotlj yku nloh skgekoe sk tmit yku `io pjiy i smkw kr nujnljj
wmitever kbjlaitlkos yku mive, but lt skuohs jlce yku“re jkkcloa nkr

skgekoe
ioygkre.‗tk hk skgetmloa tmit ls okt reijjy ge. L `io“t be i pirt kn lt
Veter ippre`liteh mls mkoesty. ‚Lt `mioaeh skgetmloa lo mls
vlewpklot kn ge,‗ siys Gir`.
Ioh sk, Gir` Vlkvioettl
Vlkvioettl regiloeh.

Xme nlrst @irolvkre ijbug glamt mive buljt i `ujt nkjjkwloa nkr tme
bioh, but tme re`krh `kgpioy“s niljure tk se`ure i tkur ioh Veter“s
hlsjlce kn trivejloa nir nrkg mkge, ijkoa wltm `kotlouloa `mioaes lo
tme aultir hepirtgeot, nkr`eh i reijlty kotk Veter ioh Jkule‘tmey
wkujh mive tk aet reij dkbs lo `ise @irolvkre hlho“t pio kut nkr tme
jkoa miuj. Xicloa i dkb brlenjy wltm UVP, wmlje stljj wkrcloa nkr tme
rkknloa suppjy `kgpioy, Veter eveotuijjy reijlzeh tmit i pksltlko lo
tme `lvlj servl`e wkujh alve mlg i se`ure nuture. Mls nlrst step lo tmit
hlre`tlko wis aulheh by mls seose kn rlamt ioh wrkoa, jeihloa mlg tk
`koslher i `ireer lo jiw eonkr`egeot. Me ko`e silh, ‚L ig i
`kgpjete `konkrglst. L“g `kgpjetejy
` kgpjetejy prk-akverogeot, prk-pkjl`e, prk-
rujes. L ig extregejy iotl-ioir`mlst. L wkujh mive gihe i wkohernuj
tktijltirlio.‗
Lo tme sugger kn 9<=>, i``krhloa tk Veter, me ‚tmkuamt ibkut
be`kgloa i `kp. L weot hkwo, s`kreh wejj ko tme test ioh wis
lovestlaiteh, wml`m ls pirt kn tme lotervlew prk`ehure. Xmey were sk
mippy wltm ge tmit L wis s`mehujeh tk ak lotk tme i`ihegy rlamt
iwiy. But tme olamt benkre L wis suppkseh tk ak lo L he`lheh beloa i
`kp wis okt skgetmloa L wioteh. Pk L hlho“t smkw up.‗
Pceptl`lsg regilos wmetmer Veter weot is nir is i`tuijjy ticloa
tme test. Veter“s slster @itmy ls lo iareegeot wltm mer brktmer (‚L tmloc
me tkkc tme test ioh pisseh‗), but Gir` siys, ‚Xmit“s dust i nibje3
okoe kn tmit ever mippeoeh.‗ Jkule lso“t sure koe wiy kr ioktmer.
 ‚Xmit“s i ariy irei lo mls mlstkry,‗
me siys. ‚L `io“t regegber mlg
ticloa i test. Vete wis i bunn is
nir is `kps ak. Me mih i jkt kn

`kp nrleohs.
gutiteh Giybe
lotk Stme stkrytmit mis
knW mlg
mivloa ticeo tme test nkr tme
pkjl`e hepirtgeot.‗ Koe kn tmkse
`kp nrleohs, Pmerry Ptelo, wmk
Veter benrleoheh jiter lo tme glh
“<6s, siys, ‚L tmloc me wis kojy
`koslherloa ticloa tme test.‗
Reairhjess kn tme trutm, is i
resujt kn mls ala wltm UVP ioh i
pkteotlij jiw eonkr`egeot `ireer,
tme burjy oek-birbirlio nrkg
Brkkcjyo gihe koe kn mls gkre
smk`cloa gkves4 me smiveh mls
meih.
Is geoi`loa wltm i smiveh
hkge is wltm mls njkwloa gioe,
Veter mis ijsk geotlkoeh tmit tme lgiae `mioae wis be`iuse ‚L
wis mioaloa kut wltm i jkt kn sclos, stirtloa
s tirtloa tk aet lotk tmelr jlnestyje. L
wis aettloa i jlttje sl`c kn gy
g y milr tkk, L suppkse. L `koslhereh lt tk be
i blt hiteh. L“g akloa tk arkw lt bi`c, tmkuam. L mite mivloa smkrt
milr.. L“ve mih jkoa milr slo`e L wis slxteeo.‗
milr
Mls slster Vig regegbers tmit, ‚Veter silh wmeo me `ut mls milr
mkw hlnnereotjy pekpje treiteh mlg wltm smkrt milr, is kppkseh tk mls
jkoa milr. Mkw `kgpjetejy hlnnereot lt wis.‗ Me nkuoh tmit pekpje
were ol`er tk mlg, ko tme heneoslve jess tmio wmeo me spkrteh jkoa
milr, ioh aeoerijjy jess duhageotij.
Xme sk`lij experlgeot `kotloueh.
Is tme sugger wkuoh hkwo, lt be`ige tlge tk hk`ugeot tme
oew @irolvkre gusl` nkr pksterlty. Oiturijjy, Rkihruooer Re`krhs
wis `urlkus mkw tme oew stunn wis `kgloa ijkoa, ioh be`iuse tme
nlrst ijbug hlho“t exi`tjy breic sijes re`krhs, tme jibej, i``krhloa tk
Gir`, ‚loslsteh ko meirloa i nujj hegk kn wmit wis akloa tk be tme
se`koh ijbug benkre tmey wkujh piy nkr lt. Lt wis spe`lnl`ijjy nkr tme
purpkse kn seohloa lt tk Rkihruooer preslheot, @ees Qessejs, tk
he`lhe wmetmer wmit me meirh wis wkrtm ceeploa tmelr eoh kn tme

`kotri`t,
Eveo be`iuse tmey mih
tmkuam Veter tme kptlko
`koslhereh tk hrkptme
seohloa tmejibej
bioh oktmloa
it ioy tlge.‗
but i
tipe kn wmlte oklse (‚stitl` ioh i s`riploa pl`c i`rkss aultir strloas,‗
i``krhloa tk Gir`), better seose previljeh. Lo tme sugger kn 9<=>,
Veter, Jkule, ioh Gir` eotereh Dksm Pljver“s Pty lo tme Pcy stuhlk
ioh jilh hkwo gkst kn tme skoas sjiteh nkr tme se`koh @irolvkre
ijbug.
Xme stuhlk setup wis `urlkus. Is Jkule expjilos, ‚Lt wis cloh kn
iwcwirh. Xme jlve rkkg wis lo tme bisegeot, wltm `ibjes ruooloa
nrkg tme bisegeot tmrkuam mkjes lo tme nlrst ioh se`koh njkkrs up tk
wmit useh tk be Dksm“s behrkkg. @igeris were lo tme bisegeot sk
Dksm `kujh `kgguol`ite wltm wmitever bioh wkujh be hkwo tmere.
Nijjkut ioh kur rkih `rew `kostru`teh i jlve rkkg nkr i remeirsij
spi`e. Nijjkut remeirseh gkstjy lo Dksm“s bisegeot.‗
Kojy nkr Rkihruooer“s eirs, skge kn tme skoas smkw`iseh i
gircehjy hlnnereot but stljj `iustl` @irolvkre. Xme iotlterrkrlst, prk-
gljltiry ‚U.P.I. nkr U.P.I.‗ seetmeh wltm ioaer ioh suraeh wltm prlhe,
i dloaklstl` bijjs-kut nreozy lo tme O\M@ trihltlko. Xme biss ioh
aultir tkoes ire stljj getijjl`, but tmls skoa ioh tme equijjy bjuot
‚P.G.H.‗ (ici ‚Pu`c Gy Hl`c‗) were knnl`lij prkkn kn @irolvkre“s
hlre`tlkoij smlnt. ‚Pex ioh ^lkjeo`e,‗ mkwever, glamt is wejj mive
beeo i jentkver nrkg tme nlrst eri, neiturloa i biss lotrk ko tme hegk
tmit wis jent knn tme jiter ijbug verslko. Xme lotrk re`ijjs tme mizy
`mljj kn Bji`c Pibbitm“s ‚Vjioet @irivio,‗ but ko`e tme skoa cl`cs lo,
lt“s i burjy, gijl`lkus beist tmit brlhaes tme kjh @irolvkre skuoh ioh
tmelr oewer ipprki`m. Xme skoa mkjhs wmit be`ige @irolvkre“s
gkttk4 ‚Ln yku `io“t eit lt kr nu`c lt, tmeo cljj lt,‗ servloa tk jloc
@irolvkre“s eirjy bjkkhtmlrst ioh tmelr oewer streetwlse ittltuhe.
Ktmer hegk giterlij re`krheh nkr Rkihruooer neitureh gkre
heepjy jiyereh irrioaegeots beykoh tme mirh`kre-krleoteh tri`cs.
‚Xe`mokpmkbli,‗ ‚Ri`e Qir,‗ ‚Arkuoh Terk Brkkcjyo,‗ ioh ‚Ioary
Oeurktl` @itmkjl`s‗ prkveh tmit tme gkre igbltlkus brutijlty kn tme
nlrst @irolvkre eri `kujh be nuseh wltm tme strlppeh-hkwo nkr`e kn tme
oew koe. Ko`e tme oew skoas were lo tme miohs ioh eirs kn
Rkihruooer, ioh @ees Qessejs lo pirtl`ujir, i he`lslko wis eisy‘
tmey, ioh ok ktmer jibej, wkujh `kotloue tk wkrc wltm @irolvkre. Xme

jibej `kjje`tlvejy
jurcloa re`kaolzeh
lo tmelr stibje wltm tmit tmeyPteeje.
Veter mih i Xme
spe`lij gusl`ij
krlaloij vlslko
`kotri`t
regiloeh lo pji`e, ioh pjios were uoherwiy tk re`krh i se`koh
ijbug.
Pprloatlge kn 9<=1 nkuoh @irolvkre egbircloa ko Retijlitlko.
Xlge wis spjlt betweeo tme nigljlir surrkuohloas kn Pystegs Xwk
ioh prkhu`er Ijex Verlijis“s upstite stuhlk, Vyriglh Pkuoh, lo
Ltmi`i.
Verlijis wis koe kn tme mkttest tmrism getij prkhu`ers it tme
tlge, jeohloa mls expertlse tk ijbugs by Iotmrix, Kvercljj,
Xestigeot, Ou`jeir Issiujt, ioh P.K.H. Me wis `mkseo, i``krhloa
tk Gir`, wmeo tme aultirlst ‚brkuamt hkwo i buo`m kn gy getij
re`krhs ioh mih i jlsteoloa pirty lo Vete“s bisegeot. Xmit“s wmere
we he`lheh wmit wkujh be best ioh wmk tk `koslher nkr tme prkde`t.‗

Veter“s mioh-wrltteo jyrl`s, ko `irhbkirh aripm piper, nkr Retijlitlko (useh by perglsslko kn
tme Ritid`zyc nigljy)
 Jkule mih nkuoh egpjkygeot is i `lty bus hrlver. Beloa i oew
egpjkyee, hiys knn were s`ir`e, sk tme hrugger re`krheh mls pirts,
is Veter hlh mls biss, it Pystegs Xwk. Xme aultirs ioh vk`ijs were
tmeo tri`ceh lo Ltmi`i. Xme bioh `rulseh tmrkuam tme Retijlitlko

sesslkos, ioh tme

ijsk renje`teh nerk`lkus
lo tme `kgebi`c slaoijeh
pujp `kgl`-styje by tme ijbug
irtwkrc‘nlaures tltje
lo gljltiry
Mizgit uolnkrgs wltm glssljes jkkgloa lo tme bi`carkuoh. Xme
`kotloulty nrkg Veter ioh Jkule“s hiys lo Nijjkut wis kbvlkus.
Qmlje Veter wkujh mive ijwiys nivkreh stuhlk `reitlko kver jlve
pernkrgio`e, me nkuoh tme stuhlk eovlrkogeot lo Ltmi`i tk okt kojy
be uonigljlir, but sterlje. \et mls vk`ij pernkrgio`es ko tme ijbug
ire losplreh exmkrtitlkos kn pure riae ioh pisslko, ioh tmere“s i
akkh reisko wmy. Gir` regegbers, ‚Lo krher tk brloa tme tmeiter
ioh tme mitreh ioh tme prlgij ejegeot tmit wis lo tme skoas tk i
vk`ij pernkrgio`e, lt wis eisler nkr Vete tk hk lt lo nrkot kn i rialoa
`rkwh tmio lo i qulet rkkg lo nrkot kn i gl`rkpmkoe. Me wis jkkcloa
nkr i wiy tk aet lotk i hirc, mitenuj gkkh tk hejlver tmit, ioh stirt
sweitloa ioh neejloa ioary.‗
I gio“s gio, Verlijis mih i pjetmkri kn tkkjs lo ioh irkuoh tme
stuhlk. Me wis buljhloa i bkit it tme tlge, ioh Vete mih i nkohoess
nkr tkkjs. Qmlje jlsteoloa bi`c tk skge eirjy tices, Veter pl`ceh up i
bla migger ioh uo`kos`lkusjy tksseh lt nrkg koe mioh tk tme ktmer
is me jlsteoeh. Me tmeo isceh tk re`krh gkre vk`ij tices ioh weot
lotk tme skuoh bkktm. Gir` siys, ‚Me eoheh up jlterijjy swloaloa tme
migger irkuoh jlce i psy`mktl` gihgio wmlje s`reigloa kut tme
vk`ij pirts nkr Retijlitlko.‗

Retijlitlko wis buljt kn teo krlaloij tri`cs, i `kver kn Dlgl

Meohrlx“s ‚Giol` Hepresslko,‗ ioh io lotrk sclt tltjeh ‚Di`c Hiolej“s
ioh Vlzzi.‗ Xme jitter wis i hepl`tlko kn tkk gu`m wmlscey ioh
plzzi `kgloa kut tme wiy lt `ige lo. Veter `reiteh tmls jkvejy ple`e
by smkvloa nloaers hkwo mls tmrkit tk prkhu`e i ret`mloa skuoh ioh
tkssloa `iooeh tkgitkes lotk i sloc nujj kn witer. Xmere were ktmer
sclts re`krheh tmit hlho“t gice tme ijbug, lo`juhloa koe kn Jkule
hkloa i mlam-plt`meh `i`cje, Veter miggloa lt up is i `mu`cjloa
akko, ioh Dksm Pljver“s alrjnrleoh s`reigloa is i buzzsiw bjihe
pler`es tme psy`mktl` hlo, wltm skgekoe siwloa lotk wkkh tk gice lt

skuoh jlce
revlslteh nkrbjihe lotkprkde`t.
i nuture bkoe. Eveo tmkuam lt wis smejveh, tme lhei wis
Is wltm tme nlrst @irolvkre ijbug,
Retijlitlko swlgs iailost tme streig,
pjiyloa kut gkre ejibkritejy ioh
e`je`tl`ijjy tmio ioy ktmer getij/mirh`kre
`rksskver re`krh. Gir` re`ijjs Veter“s
rei`tlko inter tmey mih `kgpjeteh tme
ijbug. ‚L regegber mlg beloa
hlsippkloteh wltm tme re`krh, but me wis
ijwiys hlsippkloteh wltm every re`krhloa
me ever hlh. But wmeo me wis speicloa
nivkribjy ibkut lt, Veter silh me tmkuamt lt
wis tme best re`krh me“h ever meirh. Me `ijjeh lt tme ” Pat. Vepper“s
kn tmrism.“ L tmkuamt tmit wis i akkh wiy kn hes`rlbloa lt.‗
Nkr i auy wmk rirejy hls`usseh tme hetiljs kn mls gusl` eveo wltm
mls `jksest nrleohs, ioh wmk wkujh oever `kgpjlgeot mlgsejn wltmkut
skge hearee kn sejn-hepre`itlko, `ijjloa Retijlitlko tme ‚Pat.
Vepper“s kn tmrism‗ wis scy-mlam sejn-prilse … but lt gihe seose.
Qltmlo ioh irkuoh tme gilonrige kn tme skoas, wml`m virleh lo pi`e
nrkg giol` myperspeeh rmytmgs tk hreiry sjkw-gktlko hlraes, tmere
wis pjeoty kn eir `iohy, lo`juhloa tme koe-gloute lotrk sclt3 tme nijse
stirt ioh hk-kver kn ‚P.G.H.‗3 tme kverjiyloa kn gkoc `miots ioh i
Mltjer spee`m lo ‚Desus Mltjer‗ (Mltjer riots, ‚Xme ilg ls tmit ijj he`eot
Aergios wljj be Oitlkoij Pk`lijlsts‘kojy tme best Oitlkoij
Pk`lijlsts ire pirty `kgrihes!‗)3 ioh tme se`tlko kn ‚Xe`mokpmkbli‗
tmit lo`krpkrites i pissiae nrkg Nreherl` @mkplo“s ‚Gir`me
Nuoíbre.‗
Xme `kver kn ‚Giol` Hepresslko‗ ls reveijloa, lts krlaloij
psy`mehejl` ejegeots strlppeh iwiy ioh repji`eh wltm prlgltlve
rmytmgl` pkuohloa ioh i hesperite, pjeihloa Veter bejtloa kut jyrl`s
tmit were `jkser tk mkge tmio gioy reijlzeh it tme tlge. Me ijtereh
tme jyrl`s tk nlt mls oeehs (i pittero me wkujh repeit lo gkst nuture
`kver skoa `mkl`es). ‚Giol` hepresslko ls i nrustritloa gess,‗ sloas
i tkrgeoteh Veter. ‚L tmloc L“jj ak cljj gysejn … L“g akloa hkwo … L“g
akloa hkwo! Hkwo! Xmere reijjy ilo“t ok use lo ge stiyloa mere ioh

mioaloa irkuoh.
Retijlitlko L aktti@irolvkre
nkuoh aet kut!!!‗pernkrgloa it i mlamer jevej tmio
ever. Xme miljstkrg kn hrug bjists lo ‚Arkuoh Terk Brkkcjyo‗ ls
oeirjy equij tk tmit kn tme losioejy nist arloh`kre stirtloa tk aestite
kver lo Eoajioh lo 9<=1. Ioh wltm Gir`“s hexterkus giomiohjloa kn
tme brute giterlij ioh Veter“s ijwiys spkt-ko biss wkrc, tme
aultir/biss teig prkveh extrikrhloirljy `ipibje, alvloa tme `kgpjex
‚Xe`mokpmkbli‗ ioh nkrjkro gejkhles kn lostrugeotij ‚Nlve Bljjlko
Heih‗ io lgpresslve, iutmkrltitlve ehae.
Gir` gices okte kn Retijlitlko“s pe`ujlir aultir/biss gesm‘
skgetmloa tmit be`ige i skol` trihegirc kn Veter“s jiter gusl`ij
pursults. ‚Bktm kn us useh tme sige hlstkrtlko bkx, i Bkss HP-9, ioh
yku mive i reij mirh tlge tejjloa tme hlnnereo`e betweeo tme biss
ioh aultir it tlges. Lt be`kges koe bla, muae skuoh.‗
Ijtmkuam Retijlitlko skjh i jlttje better tmio @irolvkre ioh tme
bioh“s prknlje lo`reiseh sjlamtjy, lt wis okt io ijbug wltm giss
ippeij. Peverij skoas were arkssjy glsloterpreteh by coee-derc
jlberijs wmk `kujho“t reih betweeo sir`istl` jloes. Rlamt kut kn tme
stirtloa aite, Retijlitlko wis miteh ioh jkveh lo equij geisure.
‚Desus Mltjer‗ wis hlaestlbje tk tmkse wltm i hirc seose kn mugkr
ioh io uoherstiohloa kn pirkhy, but ln mls `rltl`s wkujh mive hejveh
i jlttje heeper lotk tme ijbug, tmey wkujh mive nkuoh i trkubjeh ioh
eveo nrialje mugio beloa bemloh tmese skoas. ‚Giol` Hepresslko‗
wis i tlp-knn, ioh tme auljt-rlhheo sunnerloa lo ‚Ioary Oeurktl`
@itmkjl`s‗ speics nkr ltsejn. I jkt kn tme ktmer giterlij mejh i glrrkr
up tk tme stkrg brewloa loslhe Veter“s tweoty-nlve-yeir-kjh meih,
su`m is tmese jloes nrkg ‚Looer @konjl`t‗4

Pkgebkhy cljj ge
Pkgebkhy put ge kut kn gy glsery

(ioh it tme eoh)4

 Mite ls neir! Mite ls neir!
L rlp it gy ni`e lo tme glrrkr
Heitm ipprki`mloa! Heitm ipprki`mloa!
Explritlko arkwloa oeirer

L“g
L“g rkttloa
hlsaustehloslhe.
wltmL“g rkttloa loslhe!
gysejn.
L“g lo mejj!
L“g lo mejj!
L“g lo mejj!

Xmeo, wmlspereh weicjy inter tme gusl` `kges tk i s`ree`mloa

mijt4

Mejp.

Kojy tme i `ippejji breic lo ‚Arkuoh Terk Brkkcjyo‗ git`mes

‚Looer @konjl`t‗ nkr i arlpploa kpeo-bkkc reihloa kn Veter“s
Veter “s ioxletles4

Desus, L bea kn tmee!

Hko“t tice gy jlne
Returo ge tk tme wkgb
Nrkg wml`m L wis tkro
Blrtm ls i slo
Ioh tme puolsmgeot
puolsmgeot ls heitm
L wlsm yku mih jent ge uobkro!

But kn ijj tme lo`eohliry jyrl`s ko Retijlitlko, ‚Ri`e Qir‗ `iuseh

tme gkst `kotrkversy. Qmlje lt `kujh eisljy be glsticeo is i `ijj nkr
tktij ri`lij seareaitlko, ioh jloes jlce ‚Qe nejj nrkg hlnnereot `uots
ioh ykur sclo“s io uajy `kjkr‗ seetme wltm hlsaust, ‚Ri`e Qir‗ wis
okt eohkrsegeot, but hk`ugeotiry. Lt“s tme sige hlstio`eh,
kbservitlkoij stio`e Pjiyer tkkc wmeo wrltloa ibkut tme Oizl
realge“s ais `migbers kr wmeo mkrrkr-gkvle hlre`tkrs hepl`t
amistjy, mkrrlbje s`eoes kn akre … lt“s slgpjy iuhi`lty nkr lts kwo
sice. Xmere“s ok gessiae, ok iaeohi, okbkhy ticloa slhes. Lt ls
hepl`tlko wltmkut oeeh kn ejibkritlko kr ex`use.
 Ioybkhy wmk ever coew Veter coew twk tmloas
tmloas nkr sure4 me jkveh
tk stlr up tme pkt ioh tmeo stioh bi`c ioh wit`m tme rei`tlko3 ioh me
hlh okt ihvk`ite ri`lsg lo ioy nkrg. I `jkse nrleoh kn Veter“s oktes
tmit, ‚L oever, ever meirh mlg siy tme wkrh ”olaaer,“ ioh me wkujh okt

tkjerite
Jkuletmit nrkg
ihhs ioykoe.‗
tmit, ‚Vete“s i areit auy. L oever siw mlg i`t ri`lst kr
mive glshlre`teh ioaer it ioy pirtl`ujir arkup kn pekpje. L dust tmloc
me wis ioary. Me wis okt ri`lst, but me wis prkuh tk be wmlte.‗
Ln Veter“s akij wis tk tmrust mugiolty“s uajloess lotk everybkhy“s
ni`e ioh expkse lt nkr wmit lt ls, me su``eeheh beykoh mls kwo
lgialoloa. Xme riglnl`itlkos kn ‚Ri`e Qir‗ wkujh tice ko io eveo
gkre hlsistrkus smipe lo tme `kgloa yeirs.

Retijlitlko“s tmiocs jlst (‚@irolvkrkus Ippre`litlko‗) renereo`es i

virlety kn ij`kmkjl` beveriaes, ioh wmlje Veter wis, it iae tweoty-
nlve, kojy stirtloa tk hibbje wltm hrlocloa, lt wis mirhjy i `rut`m kr
prkbjeg. Hepresslko, mkwever, jeh mlg tk seec prknesslkoij mejp is
eirjy is 9<=5, ioh by tme eoh kn 9<=1 Veter wis reaujirjy ceeploa
up wltm mls Vrkzi` pres`rlptlko ioh tryloa tk regilo bijio`eh. ‚Lt dust
akt tk tme pklot tmit L hlho“t cokw wmit tk hk,‗ me silh kn mls he`lslko
tk seec pmirgi`eutl`ij isslstio`e. ‚L wis neejloa sul`lhij ioh
nlaureh L smkujh tijc tk skgebkhy benkre L hlh skgetmloa L wkujh jlve
tk rearet. Vrkzi` hkeso“t gice ge mippy, lt dust skgemkw preveots
ge nrkg neejloa reijjy bih.‗
Plgljir tk tme neejloas me“h `konlheh tk Hkooi, Veter tkjh Pkuoh
^lews giaizloe lo 9<<2, ‚L `kotegpjite sul`lhe every hiy. L“g ioary
ioh hepresseh ijj tme tlge. L wis hlsljjuslkoeh ibkut wmit jlne wis
suppkseh tk be, ioh L hko“t jlce wmit jlne ls.‗ @jkse nrleoh Girc
Girtlo re`ijjs, ‚L spe`lnl`ijjy regegber Veter siyloa tk ge tmit
pekpje mih tkjh mlg wmit me wis akloa tmrkuam, wltm hepresslko,
`kujh be `megl`ij ioh me wis akloa tk lovestlaite lt. Mls wlne it tme
tlge wis very lonjueotlij lo tmit.‗ Lt wis loheeh Hkooi Qmlte wmk
eo`kuriaeh Veter tk seec gehl`ij mejp nkr mls hepresslko lo 9<=5.
‚Veter sunnereh nrkg hepresslko eirjy ko,‗ sme re`ijjs. ‚Xmls ls wmeo
L nloijjy pusmeh mlg tk ak ioh see skgebkhy ioh aet mejp, ioh tmls
ls wmeo me nloijjy akt ko gehs. Dust io iotlhepressiot, be`iuse lt
wis aettloa wkrse ioh wkrse.‗

‚L oever
re`ijjs ko`e Xerglol.
Rl`mirh siw mlg ‚Me
tice wis
i hrua kr hrloc
meijtm lo tme eirjy
`kos`lkus uotlj “=6s,‗
wmit
ippeireh tk be`kge i sejn-hestru`tlve pmise. L regegber hurloa tme
perlkh kn @irolvkre, me smkweh ge i bkttje kn Vrkzi`. Nrkg gy
pklot kn vlew lt jkkceh jlce skgekoe mih `kovlo`eh Veter tk aet
treitgeot ioh put mlg ko psy`mlitrl` hruas. Lt wis inter tmit tmit me
beaio tk be`kge `konuseh ioh sejn-hestru`tlve.‗
Beykoh mls kwo `megl`ij giceup, Veter mih reisko tk neej
hlsljjuslkogeot lo 9<=1. @irolvkre“s nuture wis jkkcloa bjeic, ioh me
ioh Hkooi were sepiritloa wltm hlvkr`e `jeirjy ko tme mkrlzko.
Hkooi `kujho“t miohje jlvloa lo tme bisegeot kn tme Ritid`zyc
mkusemkjh ioy jkoaer‘okt be`iuse sme hlho“t aet ijkoa wltm Veter“s
pireots ioh mls slsters (sme very gu`m hlh), but be`iuse lt nejt
stlnjloa, jlce stuoteh arkwtm. Pme wioteh tme `kupje tk smire tmelr
kwo pji`e, but Veter wiso“t reihy tk jeive tme kojy mkge me coew.
Hkooi gkveh kut is Veter regiloeh lo tme nigljlir quirters kn tme
nigljy bisegeot.
Lo Dujy 9<=1, Veter tkkc i dkb wltm tme Oew \krc @lty Vircs ioh
Re`reitlko Hepirtgeot. Isslaoeh is i @lty Virc Qkrcer lo
Brkkcjyo“s Hlstrl`t 2, Veter hrkve i hugp tru`c ioh wis lo `mirae kn
i gkblje `rew tmit wkrceh it virlkus pubjl` swlggloa pkkjs ioh
pircs lo tme hlstrl`t. Kver tlge me `kgpjeteh nkrestry ioh tree-
pruoloa triloloa, i`mleveh virlkus prkgktlkos, ioh jeiroeh mkw tk
kperite i virlety kn gi`mloery ioh tkkjs, lo`juhloa tri`tkr-triljers,
wkkh `mlppers, ioh di`cmiggers. Mls pireots were pjeiseh wltm mls
oew k``upitlko‘lt issureh akkh piy, ex`ejjeot beoenlts ioh i
jlnetlge kn se`urlty is jkoa is me pernkrgeh wejj ioh stu`c tk lt. Ioh
me hlh‘Veter jkveh mls dkb ioh beloa lggerseh lo oiture. Me wis
aritenuj tk be aettloa pilh tk be kuthkkrs, surrkuoheh by trees,
ariss, ioh nresm ilr.
Veter akt ijkoa wejj wltm tme auys ko mls `rew, ioh tme
steihloess kn bjue-`kjjir jlne ippeijeh tk mlg. Lt ijsk knnereh
kppkrtuoltles tk wkrc mkjlhiys sk me `kujh eiro hiys knn, wml`m wis
mejpnuj wmeo @irolvkre mih i serles kn jlve smkws tk pjiy lo tme irei.
Veter eveotuijjy ailoeh tme ol`coige ‚Xme Areeo Gio‗ be`iuse
kn tme dkb, wml`m requlreh mlg tk hress lo io kjlve-areeo uolnkrg ioh

wkrc iglhnkr
me `ireh tmeioh
areeoery kn tme kn
tme nkrests pircs. Veter
upstite aeouloejy
Oew jkveh
\krc. Me silhtme pircs
jiter, ‚L
wis tme ”areeo gio,“ tme auy wmk gilotiloeh oiture. Ln skgekoe
jlttereh kr ibuseh tme prkperty tmit L gilotiloeh, L wkujh `konrkot
tmese pekpje. L be`ige very vlaljiot ibkut lt, ioh lt oever mippeoeh
iailo.‗ Iglh @irolvkre“s smicy nuture, ioh Veter“s hepresslko ioh
niljloa girrliae, tme Areeo Gio mih nkuoh io io`mkr wltm tme Vircs
Hepirtgeot ioh arispeh ko tlamtjy.

Jkule Beitk siys, ‚Veter mih beeo heijloa wltm bkuts kn

hepresslko slo`e L get mlg. Me ijwiys mih lssues ioh ijwiys nejt
trippeh lo i sltuitlko. Qe“h tijc ibkut io lssue ioh L“h be jlce, ”try
tmls“ kr ”try tmit.“ But me wkujh dust ceep hebitloa ioh renutloa
ioytmloa L wkujh siy is i skjutlko. But tmit wis Vete. Me wiso“t
mippy uojess me wis glseribje.‗ Ioh Jkule Beitk wkujh cokw. Me“h
beeo pjiyloa gusl` `koslsteotjy wltm Veter nkr elamt yeirs skjlh.
By 9<==, Veter“s jibkr kn jkve, @irolvkre, wis sjkwjy akloa
okwmere. Bkuoh tk tmelr hiy dkbs, oeltmer me okr Jkule `kujh tice
gu`m tlge knn tk tkur exteoslvejy, ceeploa @irolvkre arkuoheh is i
Oew \krc-irei pmeokgeoko. Xmey `kujh kojy pjiy J“Igkur ioh
@BAB sk gu`m benkre tmlooloa kut tmelr jk`ij ippeij. Gir`,
mkwever, wis okt tleh hkwo tk i reaujir dkb, ioh io kpeoloa wltm
`rksskver pmeokg @rugbsu`cers wis tkk akkh tk turo hkwo. Gir`
dkloeh tme bioh inter tme rejeise kn tmelr Beist ko Gy Bi`c ijbug,
pjiyloa jlve smkws wltm tmeg wmlje ijsk regiloloa lo @irolvkre lo io
ittegpt tk `irve kut skge cloh kn jlvloa is i gusl`lio.
Gir` regegbers @irolvkre kpeoloa i smkw nkr jeaeohiry
@ijlnkroli puoc/getij bioh Pul`lhij Xeoheo`les lo 9<==, io k``islko
tmit put tmloas lo perspe`tlve nkr tme bioh. Xme `rkwh wis nigljlir
wltm @irolvkre“s giterlij, ioh re`eptlko wis he`eot, but wmeo
Pul`lhij tkkc tme stiae, tme pi`ceh `jub weot berserc. Lt set lotk
gktlko io uoeisy neejloa tmit wmlje ktmer biohs were ticloa tmelr
extrege gusl` tk io loteroitlkoij jevej, @irolvkre wis perpetuijjy

stu`c
‚Lt lo tme itreo`mes
wis kn tme O\@
muae ni`tkr,‗ Gir``jub s `eoe,
s`eoe,
re`ijjs. oever `kostiot
‚Veter“s tk es`ipe.tmlocloa
wis tmit ko`e iailo tme sige tmloa mih mippeoeh is wltm tme nlrst
@irolvkre ijbug. Retijlitlko mih ijj tmese mlam expe`titlkos, but
oktmloa reijjy `ige kn lt. Me wis slttloa it mkge wiltloa nkr tme
pmkoe tk rloa, expe`tloa tmit tme bioh“s aeolus wis akloa tk be
hls`kvereh by skgekoe.‗
Ko`e Veter reslaoeh mlgsejn tk tme ni`t tmit, lo Gir`“s wkrhs,
‚tmls wiso“t akloa tk wkrc,‗ me hlho“t exi`tjy hlsbioh @irolvkre, but
losteih he`lheh tk tice tmloas tk io eveo gkre hegeoteh extrege.
‚Me nlaureh ln ijj me“s akooi hk ls pjiy smkws jk`ijjy, put kut io
ijbug tmit“s akooi aet i new lotervlews ioh revlews lo skge
giaizloes, ioh be skjh tk kojy i new tmkusioh pekpje, wejj, okw me
`io tice mls gisc knn ioh reijjy nk`us ko tme smk`c vijue ioh
gihoess wltmkut ioy tmkuamts kn wmit pekpje wioteh tk meir. Me
wioteh dust tk be extrege. Me wis is mippy wltm tme tmkuamt kn
aettloa kostiae ioh pekpje beloa gkrtlnleh wltm wmit wis akloa ko
ioh ruooloa nkr tme exlts tk aet kut is me wis wltm pekpje beloa
ittri`teh tk tme gusl`.‗
Qmeo me siw biohs su`m is Iotmrix ioh Kvercljj i`mlevloa
wkrjhwlhe nige, se`urloa areit re`krh heijs ioh tkurloa tme ajkbe,
Veter arew lo`reisloajy nrustriteh. Me beaio `jksloa tme hkkr ko tme
lhei tmit mls gusl` wkujh ever be ippre`liteh ko io loteroitlkoij
jevej. Veter wis i pri`tl`ij tmlocer, ioh me coew tmere wis oktmloa
pri`tl`ij ibkut tmlocloa mls `kotrkverslij ioh glsuoherstkkh getij
bioh `kujh ‚gice lt.‗ I``krhloa tk Gir`, ‚Veter ioh Jkule `ertilojy
wereo“t akloa tk qult tmelr dkbs ioh aet lo i vio ioh ak ko tkur, kr nlre
tme gioiaer kr try tk aet ko ioktmer jibej. Xmere wis i reju`tio`e tk
wkrc ko lt tmegsejves, tk hk skgetmloa ibkut tme sltuitlko. L wis kn
tme glohset, ”Jet“s hk wmitever we `io,“ but tmey were bktm jlce,
”Qe“jj hk wmitever we `io, but tme dkbs ire okw kur nlrst prlkrlty.“‗
 Veter“s quest tk `ut iwiy ijj nrlvkjkus ex`esses ioh gkrpm
@irolvkre lotk skgetmloa gkre extrege `ige wltm mls nlrst pkst-
Retijlitlko `kgpksltlko. Xltjeh ‚Qmlte ioh Vrkuh,‗ tme skoa wis okt
i wmlte-pkwer iotmeg, but i reversij kn tme mypk`rlsy Veter siw
irkuoh mlg. Me hlh okt jlce pekpje `kgloa lotk tme `kuotry ioh
scitloa by ko uoegpjkygeot beoenlts3 me ijsk hlh okt jlce tme lhei
tmit Inrl`io-Igerl`ios `kujh kpeojy `ejebrite Bji`c Vrlhe, but ln
@iu`islios `ejebriteh Qmlte Vrlhe, i``usitlkos kn ri`lsg wkujh
eosue wltm nlrestkrgs kn `kotrkversy tk nkjjkw. Veter wis slgpjy
prkuh tk be wmlte, lo tme sige wiy bji`cs were prkuh tk be bji`c
ioh Mlspiol`s were prkuh tk be Mlspiol`. Xmls hlho“t slt wejj wltm
Jkule.
‚Koe kn tme lssues wltm @irolvkre“s heglse wis tme hlre`tlko we
were meihloa is nir is jyrl`s ak,‗ siys Jkule. ‚Xme tmlrh ijbug tmit
we were wkrcloa ko wis jyrl`ijjy meihloa lo i hlre`tlko tmit L nejt wis
akloa tk ijleoite us `kgpjetejy. Gusl` wis evkjvloa ioh tmloas were
`mioaloa ioh tme hkkrs were kpeoloa i jlttje blt nkr tmls type kn
gusl`. Xmey mih stirteh tk pjiy skge kn tmls gusl` ko tme rihlk. L
suaaesteh tk Vete tmit permips okt every skoa smkujh mive tme wkrh
”nu`c“ lo lt.‗
Lo ihhltlko tk neejloa tmit Veter“s wrltloa wis tkk extrege eveo nkr
tme extrege wkrjh tmey hwejjeh lo, Jkule wis mippy lo mls gkre
trihltlkoij jlnestyje. Me akt eoaiaeh3 me mih i skjlh dkb wltm tme Oew
\krc @lty Xrioslt Iutmkrlty3 ioh me wis mippy eokuam wltm
everytmloa @irolvkre mih ijreihy i`mleveh. ‚L wiot tk stress tmit
Veter wis okt i ri`lst,‗ Jkule siys, ‚but L nejt tmit me wis akloa tk be
murtloa kur kverijj su``ess tk ak lo tmls hlre`tlko.‗ Jkule bkweh kut
kn @irolvkre lo tme sprloa kn 9<=<, enne`tlvejy cljjloa tme bioh. Veter
hlh okt wiot tk `kotloue wltm @irolvkre ln mls hruggloa pirtoer kn
elamt yeirs wis okt akloa tk slt bemloh tme clt.

Gir`
akloa tk regegbers tmit,
gice gkoey.“ Okt‚Xmere
jlce ltwis
wistmls geotijlty
ijj ibkut kn ”tmls
gicloa ls oever
gkoey, we
 jkveh wmit we were hkloa ioh we were
`reitloa lt tme wiy we wioteh, but lt wiso“t
wkrcloa. Jkule mih aktteo tme bus hrlver dkb,
ioh me wiso“t akloa tk be ibje tk geet tme

remeirsij
wioteh tk s`mehuje ioygkre.
hk tmls ijbug `ijjeh Ioh
QmlteVeter
ioh
Vrkuh, but Jkule `kujho“t `kgglt tk
skgetmloa tmit wis hestloeh tk be i
`kgger`lij niljure. Xmey `kujho“t reijjy aet lt
tkaetmer. Xmere wis i cloh kn `koversitlko,
jlce, ”@irolvkre wljj be ok gkre.“ But we hlh
pjiy gkre smkws inter tmit ko`e L `ige bi`c
nrkg i @rugbsu`cers tkur.
‚Ei`m kn us mih `kgpjetejy hlnnereot
iaeohis,‗ `kotloues Gir`. ‚Vete wis aettloa
Extregejy rire @irolvkrelotk i pji`e wmere mls hepresslko wis
vloyj bkktjea, `kgpljloa
stirtloa. Mls hreigs were `rugbjloa. Me
hegks nrkg 9<=8 ioh 9<=>,
ioh tme twk skoas tmkuamt me wis akooi be i rk`c stir ioh
nrkg Nijjkut“s okw me wis ricloa jeives ioh hrlvloa hugp
9<=9 1‗. Kojy
== `kples presseh.
tru`cs. Ioh me mih tmls gusl` tmit me wis
wkrcloa ko nkr tme tmlrh ijbug tmit wis oever
akloa tk be meirh. Lt wiso“t beloa get wejj‘Jkule hlho“t jlce tme
lheis it ijj. But Vete hlho“t wiot tk `iter tk ioykoe nkr ioytmloa.‗
Veter `kotloueh tk wrlte oew giterlij, hesplte tme eoh kn
@irolvkre hriwloa oeir. Gusl`ijjy lt weot beykoh Retijlitlko lo lts
gujtlni`eteh igbltlko, hriwloa nrkg i wlher irriy kn gusl`ij
lonjueo`es tmio benkre. Xme skoas were gkre egktlkoij lo `koteot,
gkre perskoij lo oiture. Is Gir` re`ijjs, lt wis be`kgloa gkre
ibkut Veter“s ‚geotij meijtm ioh rejitlkosmlps. I`tuij tmloas tmit
were mippeoloa lo mls jlne. Me wis gicloa gusl` tmit wis nkr mlg
ijkoe, hkwo lo mls bisegeot. Mls wkrjh wis aettloa sgijjer ioh
sgijjer.‗

Lo tme perskoij ioh prknesslkoij `konuslko tmit wis Veter

Pteeje“s wkrjh `lr`i 9<==, @irolvkre beaio lts nloij splokut. @jeirjy
tme true prkaeoy kn Nijjkut‘ritmer tmio Dkmo @igpks ioh Dksm
Pljver“s smkrter-jlveh Krlaloij Plo‘@irolvkre
`reiteh skgetmloa kn areit vijue ioh krlaloijlty,
but lt wis prkbibjy tkk rihl`ij tk survlve ioy
jkoaer tmio lt hlh. Gir` oktes tmit, ‚Inter

@irolvkre stkppeh
stirteh tk tice ko ipjiyloa smkws,
jlne kn lts Retijlitlko
kwo wltmkut ioy
prkgktlko nrkg tme re`krh `kgpioy. Dust by
wkrh kn gkutm ioh beloa pjiyeh ko `kjjeae
rihlk. Lt be`ige tmls jeaeohiry uoherarkuoh
re`krh tmit rei`meh gkre pekpje tmio tme bioh
reijlzeh, bemloh tme s`eoes ioh i`rkss tme
wkrjh.‗
But lt wis tkk jite nkr tme bioh tk `ipltijlze
upko lts oewnkuoh pkpujirlty. By tme sprloa kn
9<=<, tme @irolvkre beist mih ok `mkl`e but tk Bi`c `kver kn @irolvkre/
jle hkwo ioh hle. Retijlitlko 2-ko-9 @H
jkoabkx

Xweoty yeirs inter tme heglse kn @irolvkre, Gir` Vlkvioettl weot

tmrkuam geotij meijtm lssues kn mls kwo. Me mih ijsk heijt wltm
lssues kn egktlkoij lostibljlty eveo benkre dkloloa @irolvkre, koes
tmit oe`essltiteh mkspltijlzitlko. Me“s nloijjy ko tme wlooloa slhe kn
tmit jkoa bittje, but nkr i tlge‘i very s`iry tlge‘Gir` mih serlkus
`mijjeoaes tk kver`kge. Qltm everytmloa me“s jeiroeh, me okw jkkcs
bi`c ko mls loteri`tlkos wltm Veter lo 9<== ioh ceeojy arisps tme
egktlkoij hlstress ioh `konuslko Veter nejt loslhe.
Gir` re`ijjs i pirtl`ujirjy rkuam breichkwo Veter ni`eh it tme
eoh kn tme @irolvkre eri. Lt reveijs wmere Veter wis lo mls jlne,
wmere mls `reitlvlty wkujh tice mlg, ioh wmit me wkujh be ni`loa
wmeo tme oew he`ihe rkjjeh irkuoh.
‚L regegber koe olamt, Veter wis reijjy hepresseh,‗ Gir`

bealos. ‚Me hrkve

olamt tk eoh. ge mkge
Me pirceh nrkg
ioh we remeirsij,
were iohisceh
tijcloa. Me me hlho“t wiotL nejt
ge mkw tme
ibkut tmls ioh tmit, ioh tmeo me beaio tejjloa ge ibkut skge tmloas
tmit were akloa ko. Me hlho“t neej jlce tmere wis ioy mkpe, tejjloa ge
ibkut beloa `kgpjetejy uomippy wltm mlgsejn ioh mls jlne ioh tme
wkrjh. Ioh L reijlzeh me wis stirtloa tk `ry. Me wis mivloa i tktij

piol` itti`c.
wis reijjy Me wis
uousuij gejtloaVeter
be`iuse lotk wis
ple`es
sk rlamt lo nrkot
tijj ioh kn ge,
`irrleh wml`m
mlgsejn sk
mlam ioh me mih tmit stkl` jkkc ko mls ni`e. Lt wis mirh tk tejj uojess
me brkce kut lotk i sglje wmetmer me wis neejloa akkh kr bih kr
wmit. Me dust mih tmls lgpksloa jkkc, ioh yku ijwiys nejt bejkw mlg,
ioh exigloeh by mlg, jlce me wis i gi`mloe kr skgetmloa, but me
wis very mugio, ioh tmit wis reijjy tme nlrst tlge L reijlzeh Vete
wis dust i buo`m kn nrialje ple`es tmit were beloa mejh tkaetmer ioh
tmit tmere wis skgetmloa wrkoa wltm mlg.
‚L mih seeo mlg be very mugio gioy tlges3 we ijj jiuameh ioh
muoa kut ioh me wis dust koe kn tme auys irkuoh us. Me hlho“t i`t
jlce i hl`titkr kr ioytmloa. Lt wis dust jlce beloa it i dkb. Qe
i`cokwjehaeh tmit me mih areiter `reheotlijs nkr tmit mlamer pksltlko
kn tejjloa pekpje wmit tk hk. Me wis kpeo tk ijj lheis ioh ijj
pirtl`lpitlko, but yku were hkwo mere ioh me wis up tmere, be`iuse
me mih eiroeh lt. Kr me wis bkro wltm lt.
‚But tmit olamt, tme wiy me wis tijcloa, L tmkuamt me wis akloa
mkge tk cljj mlgsejn, tk try tk `kgglt sul`lhe. Pk we eoheh up tijcloa
qulte i blt jkoaer ioh L wis mkjhloa mls irg3 me wis ismigeh tmit me
wis `ryloa, ioh me wis tryloa tk smrua lt knn. L tkjh mlg ibkut gy kwo
struaajes ioh perskoij prkbjegs tmit L mih akoe tmrkuam wmeo L wis
mkspltijlzeh, ioh L tkjh mlg lt wis i hlstkrteh perspe`tlve, ioh wmeo
ykur `megl`ijs ire njkwloa hlnnereotjy, yku“jj see tmloas hlnnereotjy. Lt
`kges ioh lt akes, ioh wmit we“re hkloa ls areit, ykur dkb ls areit,
tme gusl` yku“re gicloa ls areit. But tmit“s mkw nrialje me wis it
tmit pklot lo tlge.
‚Xmit olamt wis tme nlrst tlge L regegber beloa wkrrleh ibkut
Vete. Xmit skgetmloa bih `kujh mippeo tk mlg‘tmit me wis i
vujoeribje nlaure wltm i geotij lssue. L siw `ri`cs tmit `kujh eltmer
seij bi`c tkaetmer ioh me `kujh be`kge tmls strkoa supermugio
persko, kr tmkse `ri`cs `kujh kpeo up ioh me `kujh nijj tk ple`es.
Ioh it every pklot inter tmit olamt L oever jkkceh it mlg tme sige
iailo. Xmere seegeh tk be i re`cjessoess ibkut mlg ioh i ji`c kn
jkal`3 skgekoe nuejeh by egktlkos ioh `megl`ijs. Mls bemivlkr
ijwiys seegeh i blt gkre uoprehl`tibje tk ge inter tmit. Qmeo Vete
akt ioary, me `kujh reskrt tk vlkjeo`e. Kr me `kujh murt mlgsejn, kr

gice pkkr jlce

ioh tmloas he`lslkos
tmit.‗ ibkut mls `ireer, kr tice lt tkk nir wltm pirtyloa
Xme gusl` Veter wis wrltloa nkr tme tmlrh @irolvkre ijbug nloijjy
giterlijlzeh lo 9<<6 is i hegk `issette tltjeh Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve
by i wmkje hlnnereot bioh oigeh Repujslko. Nkr lts `reitkr, tme
gusl` ko tme tipe prkvlheh tktij `itmirsls.
‚Gicloa tme Repujslko hegk jlterijjy siveh mlg,‗ Gir` siys. ‚Me
wis wicloa up it nkur-tmlrty lo tme gkroloa tk be tk wkrc by slx. Xme
dkb wis very `ijgloa tk mlg lo skge wiys, but mls gloh gust mive
beeo ri`loa wltm tmkuamts ibkut wmit `kujh mive beeo ioh wmit
`kujh be ioh wmit me wiots tk hk. Mls `konlheo`e wis smiceo by
wmit me siw is tme niljure kn mls gusl`. Me akt knn wkrc pretty eirjy
ioh tmeo weot mkge. Me wiso“t tme gkst sk`lij auy. auy. Pkgetlges me“h
ak knn ioh hk tmloas, but it tmit tlge L hko“t tmloc me weot kut gu`m.
Me wis mkge, me wis lo mls bisegeot ioh me wis uomippy, sk
pl`cloa up tme aultir ioh wkrcloa ko tmit stunn, tmlocloa ”Xmls ls nkr
tme tmlrh @irolvkre re`krh,“ ioh cokwloa nrkg tme tmloas akloa ko
wltm Jkule, ioh ge pjiyloa wltm tme @rugbsu`cers, ioh mkw nir kut
kn tme jkkp kn everytmloa me mih nijjeo, me mih tk wkoher, ”Qmit
re`krh jibej ls akooi wiot tk hk ioytmloa wltm i auy wmk wkrcs nujj
tlge hkloa skgetmloa ejse;“ L tmloc me nejt tmit mls oew gusl` wis
oever akloa tk see tme jlamt kn hiy. Me wis gicloa lt nkr mlgsejn, by
mlgsejn.‗
Jlttje hlh Veter cokw tme gusl` me wis wrltloa nkr mls kwo prlvite
`itmirsls wkujh eveotuijjy `iuse areit `kotrkversy nir beykoh tme
Brkkcjyo bisegeot lo wml`m lt wis blrtmeh.
Nrkg tme nloij bursts kn @irolvkre oklse tk tme nkrgitlko kn i oew
prkde`t wltm eotlrejy oew gegbers, ibkut slx gkotms ejipseh. Lo tmls
`rltl`ij tlge, Veter nkuoh skji`e lo mls dkb wltm tme Vircs Hepirtgeot,
hejveh heepjy lotk wrltloa mls oew gusl`, ioh speot tlge wltm oew
alrjnrleoh Vitrl`e Gi`c. Ijj tmls mejpeh ceep oeaitlvlty it biy, wml`m
wis `ru`lij, but okt ijwiys su``essnuj lo i tlge wmeo pesslglsg
seegeh tk miuot Veter“s every tmkuamt. But me wkujh use oeaitlvlty
is i `reitlve kutjet. Mls oew gusl` tkkc smipe lo tme nkrg kn
`kgpjex, gujtl-pirt skoas betweeo seveo ioh tmlrteeo gloutes lo
jeoatm. Mls `kgpksltlkoij rioae expioheh `koslheribjy, ioh mls

jyrl`s
wis io werekbs`eoe
kperitloaigkuot
ko io eotlrejy hlnnereot
kn wkrry, jevej.
mitreh, Ijtmkuam tmere
hepresslko, ioh
hlsippklotgeot lo tme skoas, tmere wis ijsk i seose tmit jiyloa kut
ijj tmkse burheos lo hliry-jlce nkrg hejlvereh Veter tk i mippler,
`jeirer pji`e.
Koe kn mls oew skoas neitureh tmls jyrl`4 ‚L neej tme welamt kn tme
wkrjh ko gy bi`c / L“ve seeo tme nuture / tme nuture jkkcs bji`c.‗ Me
tijcs lo tmls skoa ibkut neejloa njitteoeh by tme arivlty kn
hlsippklotgeot, ibkut sul`lhe ioh geotij lostibljlty. Hesplte sk
gu`m kn tme skoa“s mitreh beloa hlre`teh kutwirh, Veter
i`cokwjehaes me ls mls kwo wkrst eoegy ioh tmit kojy me `io sive
mlgsejn4 ‚L buljt gysejn i ol`e jlttje `iae wltm birs kn ioaer ioh i jk`c
kn riae / L `io“t mejp iscloa ”wmk“s akt tme cey;“ wmeo L cokw
higoeh wejj lt“s ge.‗
 ‚Xmit wml`m hkeso“t hestrky ge gices ge `riocler‗
‘ Veter Pteeje, 9<<>

Lt wis i terrkrlzloa cljjloa gi`mloe, i pkst-ou`jeir Gih Gix-styjeh

veml`je equlppeh nkr gixlgug lgpi`t ioh prlgeh tk lonjl`t rulo ko
ioytmloa ioh everytmloa lo lts pitm. Veter Pteeje“s bih-iss rlhe wis
buljt tk hlsturb tme Brkkcjyo pei`e is lt prkwjeh tme streets. Ok `ir
gicer lo Dipio kr Hetrklt wis `ipibje kn giouni`turloa io ispmijt
ississlo tmit ippeijeh tk Veter, sk me hlh wmit ioy `reitlve
aeirmeih wkujh hk‘me `ustkglzeh ioh `reiteh mls kwo bkoi nlhe
krlaloij … tme Hkkg Buaay.
Veter hes`rlbeh mls Nrioceostelo-jlce `reitlko is ‚io ex`ess kn
testksterkoe.‗ Gkst gkhlnleh gus`je `irs ire, but mls weot severij
steps beykoh. Xme lgpksloa rlhe stirteh is i 9<=5 Arioh Vrlx ioh
wis ijtereh Pteeje-styje. Me `jilgeh tk mive put i tri`tkr eoaloe lo,
silh lt wis equlppeh wltm i VI systeg, ioh lostijjeh i Jkoa Lsjioh
riljrkih trilo mkro tmit wis tuoeh tk tme ‚hevlj“s trlih,‗ tme kglokus
tmree-tkoe okte sequeo`e pkpujirlzeh by Bji`c Pibbitm“s skoa
‚Bji`c Pibbitm.‗ Me `mioaeh tme reir eoh ioh hrlve nrige, put ko
swigp tlres ioh piloteh lt, nlrst lo i `igkunjiae pittero, tmeo wltm
njit bji`c ioh yejjkw prlger, wml`m me arihuijjy pjistereh lo Russlio
oitlkoij sygbkjs. Every lo`m kn `mrkge wis bji`ceh kut, wltm yejjkw
ioh bji`c `iutlko strlpes ihheh tk tme exterlkr. Lt ijsk bkisteh
piloteh yejjkw rlgs ioh i rilseh mkkh s`kkp.
Veter silh kn tme `kjkr s`mege, ‚Lo oiture, bji`c ioh yejjkw
slaolnles i pklskokus `reiture tmit ls oever tku`meh. L siw tmls
hk`ugeotiry ko VBP
bji`c ioh yejjkw ibkut tmit
jk`kgktlve tmls skgemkw
jk`kgktlvestirteh
lo Eoajioh, tmls nljtmy
up by ltsejn ioh
weot nujj speeh hkwo i tri`c, pusmeh i pisseoaer trilo knn i
gkuotilo ioh cljjeh muohrehs kn pekpje‘ioh L silh, ”Xmit ls tme
`kjkr s`mege.“‗
Me wis ijsk qulte prkuh kn lts jkoe bugper stl`cer, bi`c wmeo lts
stk`c bi`c bugper wis loti`t4 ‚Nlx i (292) VKX-MKJE.‗ Me ihheh
tmit tme Hkkg Buaay, mls very kwo `ustkg jk`kgktlve, ‚hkeso“t
mive i gunnjer. Everykoe ko tme rkih mis gkre tk jkse tmio ge, sk
wmeo tmey see ge `kgloa, tmey aet tme nu`c kut kn tme wiy.‗
Eveo nkr tme slx gkotms tmit me mih ok bioh tk jeih, Veter Pteeje
gihe uoakhjy oklse ioh turoeh meihs.

Veter“s `ir wis gkostrkus, mls gusl` ex`eptlkoijjy puolsmloa, mls

pubjl` perskoi `konrkotitlkoij. Me `kujho“t mive preseoteh i gkre
nkrglhibje exterlkr. \et mls nigljy, `jksest nrleohs ioh oelambkrs
coew mls ktmer slhe, wml`m wis `kurtekus, aeoerkus, ioh smy. Ioh
wmlje tmere were `konrkotitlko ioh `mijjeoaes imeih, me wis
jeiroloa ibkut ioh ihdustloa tk mls heep-seiteh lssues kn ioaer ioh
hepresslko. Gehl`itlko mejpeh, ioh sk hlh tme gusl` me wis wrltloa.
Me wis puraloa, ioh me `kujh hk ioytmloa me wioteh wltm tme gusl`
okw tmit me wis ok jkoaer bemkjheo tk i re`krh `kgpioy ioh tme
pkjltl`s ioh isskrteh bujjsmlt tmit `ige wltm tmit issk`litlko.
Qltm @irolvkre hlsskjveh, Veter settjeh bi`c lotk i rejitlvejy
okrgij jlne. Me rejlsmeh mls wkrc wltm tme Oew \krc Vircs ioh
Re`reitlko Hepirtgeot, `jeioloa pkkjs lo tme sugger, pl`cloa up

airbiae, trlggloaioh
trihes pksltlko, trees,
me gkvloa eirtm
eodkyeh tmewmere oeeheh
beoenlts ioh … i di`c-kn-ijj-
se`urlty kn lts
 pkteotlij jkoa-terg egpjkygeot.
Lt wis i pklot kn prlhe nkr Veter,
ioh me loteoheh tk ceep tme dkb
uotlj retlregeot. Me muoa kut wltm
nigljy
nigljy ioh
ioh nrleohs3 me mihkni `jkse
dust i miohnuj jkt kn
nrleohs, ioh ktmer tmio itteohloa
seje`t rk`c ioh getij alas me
wis gkst `kgnkrtibje it mkge.
Veter ittegpteh tk `kpe wltm
i niljeh girrliae ioh
hepresslko. Vrkzi` wis mls
sivlkr, ioh me tkkc tme jlttje
areeo pljj is pres`rlbeh. Qltmkut
@irolvkre me wis dust i okrgij
Vkjirklh wltm Veter“s miohwrltloa, mugio beloa iailo, wltm okrgij
knnl`lijjy hubbloa mls mugio nriljtles ioh prkbjegs.
`ir tme ‚Hkkg Buaay‗
Xme `jub-wlejhloa, blje-splttloa
hkkgsiyer niheh lotk tme bi`carkuoh. Me wis Veter Ritid`zyc
iailo nkr i jlttje wmlje. But me cept wrltloa gusl`. Xmit oever
`mioaeh.
By 9<=< Veter wis lo tme glhhje kn i oew rejitlkosmlp wltm
Vitrl`e Gi`c. Me get Vitrl`e lo jite 9<=1 it i smkw @irolvkre
pjiyeh wltm Irlzkoi tmrismers Njktsig ioh Detsig ioh meihjloer‘
ioh `itijyst lo @irolvkre“s slaoloa tk Rkihruooer‘Cloa Hligkoh.
Veter knnereh Vitrl`e ioh i nrleoh i rlhe mkge lo tme Hkkg Buaay
wmeo skgekoe ejse soiaaeh tme alrjs“ `ir servl`e pl`cup. Jiter,
Vitrl`e siw Veter it i Tkhli` Glohwirp ala it J“Igkur, ioh by 9<==
tmelr rejitlkosmlp wis lo nujj swloa.
Is were gkst wkgeo, Vitrl`e wis eotmrijjeh by Veter‘okt dust
mls pmysl`ij ippeirio`e, but mls loterlkr wkrjh. ‚Me mih i gloh jlce i
steej trip. Ioh me wis beykoh prlo`lpjeh. Me tijceh tme tijc ioh
wijceh tme wijc. Me hlho“t dust siy lt, me hlh lt. Everykoe tmit hlho“t
cokw mlg tmlocs me wis tmls tkuam auy, ioh me reijjy wiso“t. Me wis
seosltlve ioh sknt, ioh i brljjliot gusl`lio.‗
 Veter“s sknter slhe wis ijj mls oelambkrs ko Elamteeotm Ptreet
ever coew. Me wis knteo nkuoh mejploa kjher nkjcs lo tme
oelambkrmkkh, kr tmkse jess ibje-bkhleh tmio me. Qmetmer lt wis
sokw regkvij, gkvloa nurolture, kr mejploa repilr i hkkr kr eoaloe,
Veter
wiotehwis tmere. Mekrhlh
ok ihujitlko tmeseMe
tmiocs. tmloas expe`tloa
dust wioteh ok akkh
tk be rewirh.
ioh Me
hk
akkh.
Girc Girtlo get Veter wmeo tmey were bktm twk yeirs kjh, ioh
tmey regiloeh `jkse nkr tme rest kn Veter“s jlne. Girtlo nkohjy re`ijjs
tmit, ‚Gy iuot jlveh hkwo tme bjk`c nrkg tme Ritid`zycs ioh wis
pirtlijjy pirijyzeh lo tme jea. Vete wkujh `kge kver ioh `mioae jlamt
bujbs ioh nlx tmloas. Gy iuot wkujh mive tk nkr`e mlg tk tice gkoey,
gkoey,
ioh me wkujh siy, ”Ibskjutejy okt.“ Xmls ls dust tme type kn persko me
wis. Veter wis i areit gio.‗
Mls slster Vig re`ijjs tmit, ‚Veter wis very alvloa. Me wis
ijwiys brloaloa gy gktmer preseots. Ioh me wis tme giykr kn tme
bjk`c. Qe jlveh lo i very Dewlsm `kgguolty, ioh tmey jkveh gy
brktmer.‗ Plster Birbiri ihhs, ‚Xmey `ijjeh mlg Puper Aky.‗
Everykoe lo tme oelambkrmkkh regegbers Veter mivloa i X-smlrt
gihe wltm tmit very gkolcer.
Oelambkr Airy Clppej stites tmit, ‚Veter wis i very hkwo-tk-
eirtm cloh kn persko tmit yku“h mive ok prkbjeg speicloa tk. L oever
nkuoh mlg tk be duhageotij. Me mih mls kwo kplolkos, me mih i akkh
brilo, but me wis ijwiys i hejlamt. Ln yku isceh ge tk alve yku koe
wkrh tmit hes`rlbes Veter, L“h siy ”mejpnuj.“ Ioytlge, hiy kr olamt, me
wkujh be tmere ln i oelambkr oeeheh mejp. Xmere were tlges wmeo L
s`rit`meh gy meih ioh wkohereh ln skgetlges pekpje isceh kn mlg
i jlttje blt tkk gu`m. Ls me beloa tkk ol`e; But me hlho“t tmloc twl`e
ibkut lt. Xmere wis koe oelambkr jihy lo pirtl`ujir, mer musbioh mih
i strkce ioh wis okt ibje tk hk ioytmloa. Xmls wkgio reijjy wkujh
hepeoh ko Veter ioh `ijj mlg ioh isc mlg tk hk tmls ioh tmit, ioh
Veter wkujh slgpjy stkp wmitever me wis hkloa ioh mejp tmls
wkgio. Xmit wis dust i very wkohernuj `miri`terlstl` kn mlg.‗
Clppej rejites i stkry kn i tlge Veter weot kut kn mls wiy tk gice
tmloas eisler ko ktmers. ‚I oelambkr jihy mih i musbioh wmk `ige
bi`c mkge nrkg tme mkspltij. Me wis hejlvereh lo io igbujio`e ioh

tmey were mivloa trkubje aettloa tme gio kut kn tme veml`je.
Puhheojy Veter wijceh kver, pl`ceh mlg up jlce i biby, ioh `irrleh
mlg loslhe ioh lotk beh.‗ Xme wlne kn tme gio wis areitjy lgpresseh,
re`kuotloa tme eveot knteo wltm virlkus oelambkrs tmrkuam tme yeirs.
Pme wis
ijkoe, nkoh
Veter kn tejjloa
heserves mlsioykoe
pji`e lowmk wkujh jlsteo tmit, ‚Nkr tmit i`t
meiveo.‗

Nkr slx gkotms lo 9<=<, Veter mih ok bioh. Me mih oew gusl`,
but @irolvkre mih nlzzjeh. Xme lheis tmit were brewloa oeeheh io
lheotlty.
Nkrtuoe `ige lo tme nkrg kn Pij Ibrus`itk.
Bkro Dujy 9=, 9<16, ykuoa Pij bioaeh s`rewhrlvers ko bu`cets
benkre mls pireots rejeoteh ioh bkuamt mlg i hrug set. Xme
hrugger“s nlrst bioh kn okte wis Xkxlgli, wml`m sclrteh
getij/mirh`kre jloes tme sige wiy @irolvkre hlh. Xmelr 9<=> hegk,
Ioktmer Beiutlnuj Hiy, resegbjes i jkw-reot verslko kn tmelr
mkgetkwo Brkkcjyo merkes, is hkes tmelr Qir ijbug nrkg 9<=1,
rejeiseh ko tloy jibej Clvi Re`krhs. Pij“s jlocs tk @irolvkre were
strkoa. Mls hrug tei`mer wis okoe ktmer tmio @irolvkre“s Jkule
Beitk.
Eveo it i ykuoa iae, Ibrus`itk“s tistes were hlverse, rioaloa
nrkg Beistle Bkys tk Jitlo gusl` tk tme plkoeerloa extrege getij
biohs kn tme hiy. Ioh me reijjy jkveh mls mkgetkwo merkes. Xkxlgli
bisslst/vk`ijlst Gitt Pleaej regegbers meirloa @irolvkre nkr tme
nlrst tlge tmrkuam Pij. ‚Pij pjiyeh us tme @irolvkre hegk tipes, ioh
tmey lggehlitejy be`ige kur gilo lonjueo`e, okt dust be`iuse tmey
were nrkg tme oelambkrmkkh, but be`iuse tmey were bjeohloa
mirh`kre ioh getij lo wiys tmit biohs jlce Pjiyer slgpjy wereo“t.‗
Pij wis uoloteotlkoijjy beloa arkkgeh tk nkjjkw lo Jkule“s
nkktsteps. I``krhloa tk Pij, ‚Qmeo L wis i clh L tkkc hrug jesskos

nrkg Jkule. Meioh

wis nkurteeo, jlveh
meup tme tk
useh bjk`c
ticenrkg ge.
ge tk tmeMe wis gy remeirsijs.
@irolvkre lhkj wmeo L
Xmit“s wmere L nlrst get Veter‘lo mls bisegeot, wmere tmey were
remeirsloa. L wis jlce tmelr jlttje brktmer, akloa tk tme smkws, mejploa
kut. L wis expkseh tk tmese auys nrkg i very ykuoa iae.‗
Xmit pkteotlijjy gloh-wirploa ehu`itlko nuejeh Pij“s `reitlve
uraes
Veter“slowiy
oktmloa but pksltlve
kn wrltloa wiys. Me
ioh tmlocloa stuhleh
ibkut @irolvkre,
gusl`. pirtl`ujirjy
‚L jeiroeh mkw tk
pjiy aultir ioh biss be`iuse kn tmit auy,‗ Pij siys. ‚L ijsk jeiroeh
mkw tk `kgpkse gusl` ioh tuoe gy eir be`iuse kn tmit auy. L hlh
oktmloa but ioijyze mlg. Xme auy wis i gkoster gusl`lio. Me wis
tmekretl`ijjy triloeh ijsk. Dust tk slt tmere ioh wit`m mlg hk smlt
wkujh be gloh-bjkwloa. Me wkujh tejj yku tme cey slaoiture kn
ioytmloa, ioh wkrcloa wltm mlg gihe ge i better hrugger
hrugger.. Me“s koe
kn gy blaaest lonjueo`es.‗
Lo 9<=<, Pij ioh Veter“s biohs pjiyeh
tkaetmer ko tme sige stiae, wmeo Xkxlgli
kpeoeh io eveoloa it J“Igkur tmit wis‘lo
i beiutlnuj `ise kn nkresmihkwloa‘tltjeh
‚Oeaitlve Olamt.‗ Mejh ko Nebruiry 28,
9<=<, ioh mkstloa oeirjy twk tmkusioh
rkwhy pitrkos, lt prkveh tk be koe kn
@irolvkre“s nloij pernkrgio`es. Xme olamt @irolvkre ioh Xkxlgli geet,
ijsk neitureh segl-jeaeohiry jk`ijs Pmeer nkresmihkwloa areiter
Xerrkr ioh i oew bioh `ijjeh Blkmizirh. tmloas tk `kge…
Alveo tmelr oige by Veter mlgsejn,
Blkmizirh neitureh @irolvkre rkihle, Evio Pelonejh, ko biss ioh
vk`ijs.
Hurloa tme nloij tmrkes kn Xkxlgli“s smkrt jlne, Pij“s nigljy bkuamt
i buljhloa ko Yueotlo Rkih nkr tme hrugger tk ruo is i remeirsij
stuhlk nkr ktmer biohs. Lt wis i busloess, ioh Pij tkkc lt serlkusjy,
puttloa gkre tlge lotk tme pkteotlijjy ju`ritlve prkspe`t tmio tme
sjkwjy-akloa-okwmere Xkxlgli. Benkre spjlttloa, Xkxlgli“s Gitt ioh
Pij ittegpteh tk repji`e tmelr hepirteh aultirlst, Xkxl` Bkb. Xmey
iuhltlkoeh nkrger @irolvkre gegber Celtm ‚Ijexioher‗ Bkoiook,
but lt hlho“t wkrc kut, ioh Celtm `kotloueh
wltm mls kwo bioh, Vrlgij P`reig. @klo`lheotijjy, okoe kn tmese
biohs gihe lt lotk tme oew he`ihe3 Vrlgij P`reig, Xkxlgli, ioh

@irolvkre were ijj henuo`t by 9<=<. 9

Gitt Pleaej re`ijjs meirloa ibkut Pij“s oext gkve inter Xkxlgli. ‚L
meirh nrkg Pij“s alrjnrleoh tmit me wis okw hruggloa nkr Vete
Pteeje. Qmeo L isceh Pij ibkut tmls, me silh tmey were ”dust
diggloa“ ioh tmit lt wis ok bla heij. Qe mih tmls `koversitlko lo mls
`ir, me hrkppeh ge knn it mkge, ioh tmit wis pretty gu`m tme jist L
ever meirh nrkg Pij.‗
Lt reijjy wis tmit slgpje4 Veter ioh Pij were dust diggloa. Xme
hrugger ipprki`meh Veter wmeo me meirh tme bisslst wiso“t hkloa
@irolvkre ioy jkoaer, ioh wltm Veter oeehloa skgekoe tk mejp alve
smipe tk mls oew gusl`, tme pilr stirteh gicloa oklse tkaetmer. Nkr
Pij“s pirt, tmls wis ijreihy su``ess eokuam, diggloa wltm mls
oelambkrmkkh merk. ‚L wis dust mippy tk be pjiyloa wltm Vete, wltm i
gusl`lio jlce mlg,‗ siys Pij, ‚ioh tmit L wis akkh eokuam tk pjiy
wltm mlg. L wis io ioary clh, tkk. L mih i jkt kn lssues it s`mkkj ioh
stunn, sk ijj tmit ioary gusl` ioh pjiyloa reijjy mirh ioh meivy ioh
sjkw ioh nist, lt wis jlce tmeripy.‗

Nkr Veter, ittegpts it tmeripy kojy mejpeh tk i pklot. Xk `kpe

wltm i virlety kn geotij lssues tmit miuoteh mlg‘hepresslko,
lose`urlty, piriokli, meirtbreic, ioh tme niljure kn bktm mls bioh ioh
girrliae‘me trleh wmit me `kujh. Gehl`itlko kojy brlenjy tegpereh
mls kveri`tlve gloh3 koe-ko-koe `kuosejloa seegeh but i
gkgeotiry hlverslko3 ioh gusl`-is-tmeripy wis hlnnl`ujt wmeo me
hlho“t mive i bioh bemloh mlg.
‚Veter Pteeje wis alaiotl` ioh s`iry,‗ siys nrleoh Pteveo Bjusm,
iutmkr kn Igerl`io Mirh`kre4 I Xrlbij Mlstkry, ‚ioh me wiso“t
`kgnkrtibje wltm tmit slhe kn mlgsejn. Me wiso“t tmit persko. Xmit“s
wmit tme `konjl`t wis. Xmit“s wmere tme tkrture wis4 i auy okt
`kgnkrtibje lo mls kwo smkes. Me s`ireh ioh lotlglhiteh pekpje,
ioh
mejj. ko koeknmioh
Gkst tmitegpitmlze
us `io“t wis iweskge, but nkr
wltm tmit, butmlg
tmitlt wis
wis tme
reijjy
alsti kn
jlvloa
mls
`konjl`t. Lt wis jlce tme `jissl` Nrioceostelo gkvle, wmere tme
gkoster wiots tk pjiy wltm tme clh, ioh tme clh ls s`ireh. Xmit ls i
akkh getipmkr nkr Vete Pteeje. Xmit reijjy wis mlg.‗
Ko K`tkber 95, 9<=<, Veter he`lheh sul`lhe wis tme kojy wiy kut
kn mls geotij
Veter ioh quiohiry.
alrjnrleoh, Vitrl`e Gi`c, were akloa tmrkuam i serles kn
breicups inter ijgkst twk yeirs tkaetmer. Pme ihkreh Veter, ioh me
hlh mer. ‚Nkr tme twk yeirs we weot kut, everykoe tmkuamt L mih hleh
kr nejj knn tme ni`e kn tme eirtm. Qe were tkaetmer ijj tme tlge. L reijjy
mih ok tlge nkr ioykoe ejse.‗ But sme hes`rlbes tme eoh kn tmelr
rejitlkosmlp is ‚tugujtukus. Lt wis reijjy bih it tme eoh. Breicloa
up, aettloa bi`c tkaetmer, breicloa up, aettloa bi`c tkaetmer. Me
wioteh tk aet girrleh, ioh tmit“s okt wmere gy meih wis it.‗
Vitrl`e siys kn tmls tlge, ‚Veter wis seeloa i psy`mlitrlst. Me
wis tkrtureh. Mls girrliae tk Hkooi mih hlsskjveh, ioh me wis sk
seosltlve. But jkkcloa bi`c okw, L reijlze tmit tmere wis i jkt gkre
akloa ko. Me wis oever `kgnkrtibje wltm ioytmloa. Me ijwiys useh
tk siy tk ge, ”Ln L mlt skgebkhy, L“g `koslhereh tmls bla issmkje tmit
puo`meh tmls jlttje auy kut, ioh ln L hko“t, L“g `koslhereh
` koslhereh i wlgp.“ Ioh
L tmloc tmit“s mkw lt wis mls wmkje jlne. Xme ktmer tmloa me useh tk
ijwiys siy‘ioh L“h aet very upset ibkut lt‘wis ”L“g okt akooi see
nlnty. Vekpje gy slze, tmey dust hko“t jlve jkoa.“ Me useh tk siy lt ijj
tme tlge. Ioh me wkujh siy, ”L“g akooi cljj gysejn. L“g okt akooi hk
tmls ioygkre.“‗ Xk ijj kn tmls, sme ihhs tmit Veter ‚wis ijsk losioejy
deijkus.‗
Heijloa wltm tmls `kjje`tlko kn hlnnl`ujt tmkuamts ioh egktlkos
nloijjy nejt jlce tkk gu`m nkr mlg tk beir. Ko tmit glh-K`tkber hiy lo
9<=<, Veter trleh tk `ut mlgsejn tk heitm. Me hlh lt, kn `kurse, lo
typl`ijjy kver-tme-tkp nismlko.
‚Me `ige tk gy gkg“s mkuse lo Biy Rlhae ioh trleh tk cljj
mlgsejn,‗ Vitrl`e re`ijjs. ‚Qe“h beeo nlamtloa. L he`lheh tk aet iwiy
nrkg mlg be`iuse tmloas were sk bih. L tkkc tmls dkb is i njlamt
itteohiot nkr XQI ioh wis akoe it tme tlge. Xmere were `ertilo
pekpje nrkg ktmer biohs `ijjloa ge ioh tejjloa ge me wis seeloa
ktmer wkgeo. L wis deijkus ioh `rizy ibkut lt, ioh L stkppeh
ioswerloa tme pmkoe. Me wis cloh kn stijcloa ioh nkjjkwloa ge. Pk

me `ige kver tk gy gktmer“s mkuse ioh tkjh gy gktmer me wis

akloa tk cljj mlgsejn. Mls milr wis ijj `ut knn, ioh mls wrlsts were sjlt.
Me wrkte ijj kver gy Nlreblrh `ir, lo bjkkh4 ”L jkve yku,“ ”\ku set ge
ko nlre,“ ijj clohs kn `rizy tmloas. Gy gktmer `koti`teh ge wmere L
wis ioh
wis silh,
s`ireh ”L mive
tmey“h puttkmlg
`ijjlotme pkjl`e.“ L isceh
i tmlrty-hiy mer oktkrtk,wmitever.
kbservitlko be`iuse LL
silh, ”@ijj mls gkg.“ Gy gktmer `ijjeh Veter“s gktmer, ioh L hko“t
regegber ln Veter hrkve iwiy mlgsejn kr ln mls gktmer `ige ioh akt
mlg, but inter tmit me `jilgeh me wis akloa tk cljj ge, be`iuse we
`koti`teh mls gktmer ibkut lt.‗
Inter tme lo`lheot, i Gi`c nigljy gegber `ijjeh Veter tk gice
sure Vitrl`e oever meirh nrkg Veter iailo, ioh sme hlho“t. But sme
regegbers Veter nkohjy ioh nkralves mls nloij eplskhe. ‚Me wis su`m
i aeotjegio. Lt wis ijwiys tme best ^ijeotloe“s Hiy ever, tme best
`irhs, jlttje tmloas mlhheo lo gy `ir, jlttje pmkoe `ijjs hurloa tme hiy,
njkwers hejlvereh. But tmere wis ijwiys tmls tmloa wltm Veter, wml`m
ls wmy me mih sk gioy reseotgeots ioh sk gioy alrjnrleohs‘tme
ni`t kn cokwloa me hlho“t aet tme uo`kohltlkoij jkve nrkg wmitever
wkgio me wis wltm jlce me hlh nrkg mls gktmer. Lt wis lgpksslbje tk
nljj tmkse smkes.‗
Lo 9<<8 Veter jkkceh bi`c ko tmls tlge, siyloa me ‚reijjy mlt rk`c
bkttkg. L wis i nu`cloa gioli`, berserc, stlt`mes lo gy wrlsts. But
gy jlne `mioaeh hristl`ijjy inter tmit. L jeiroeh L mih tk hepeoh ko
gysejn. I gio ls okt reijjy ijjkweh tk express pilo, ioh L tmloc L“g
io kverjy seosltlve persko, sk L usuijjy tice lt kut ko gysejn.‗
Io eveo jiter re`kjje`tlko kn tmit hrigitl` hiy lo K`tkber 9<=<
nkuoh Veter siyloa, ‚L nejj lo jkve wltm tme wrkoa persko.‗ Lt mis oever
beeo `kgpjetejy `jeir wmetmer me wis renerrloa tk Vitrl`e kr Hkooi
kr skgekoe ejse. Qmit“s `ertilo ls tmit tmls eplskhe ioh eri kn
Veter“s jlne nuejeh tme jyrl`s me wis wrltloa nkr mls oew gusl`. Bktm
Vitrl`e Gi`c ioh Hkooi Qmlte okw neej tmit tme subde`t gitter kn
tmkse skoas wiso“t ibkut koe pirtl`ujir rejitlkosmlp, but i
`kgpkslte kn ijj tme deijkusy, pisslko, ioh jkss me mih heijt wltm.
Veter mlgsejn ihgltteh tmit tme jyrl`ij gitter me wis nkrgujitloa it
tme tlge wis ‚ibkut i `kupje kn wkgeo wltm wmkg L mih bih
experleo`es, ioh okw L ve heijt wltm tmeg.

Vitrl`e ioh Hkooi were slaolnl`iot wkgeo lo Veter“s jlne,

`ertilojy, ioh sk wis Girhle Pmelceo. Ioh tmere were ktmers. Ei`m
kn tmeg tejj kn mkw hlnnl`ujt lt wis tk `irry ko wltm ktmer rejitlkosmlps,
pkst-Veter‘okt be`iuse me jent tmeg s`irreh, but be`iuse, hesplte
mls niujts,Lo`krpkriteh
hevktlko. me lgprlotehlotk
upko tmeg
ijj tmls wisioVeter“s
extrikrhloiry pisslko
seosltlvlty, ioh
lose`urlty,
ioh `kotlouloa bkuts kn hepresslko ioh tme gehl`itlko me tkkc nkr lt.
Ihh tme hlsippklotgeot ioh restjessoess kn okt mivloa i `ireer lo
gusl` ioygkre, ioh Veter Pteeje“s meih wis jlce i slggerloa
`iujhrko wiltloa tk bklj kver ioh expjkhe.

Qltm io igbltlkus plje kn jyrl`ij stiozis ko piper, losplreh by

eveots brewloa lo Veter“s jlne ioh loslhe mls ever-i`tlve gloh, tme
bisslst `kotloueh miggerloa kut scejetij gusl`ij lheis wltm Pij.
Xme hrugger eveotuijjy lotrkhu`eh i aultirlst tk Veter, i nejjkw
Brkkcjyolte oigeh Ceooy, wmk wis `mkgploa it tme blt tk aet
lovkjveh lo skge cloh kn skjlh prkde`t beykoh tme tlreh `kver bioh
rkutloe.
Bkro Giy 22, 9<>>, Ceooetm Pmiuo Ml`cey mih beeo prkwjloa
tme sige Brkkcjyo streets ioh rk`c veoues is tme @irolvkre `rew.
Me wis but koe kn tme nigljlir ni`es wltmlo tme bkrkuam“s mirh rk`c
ioh getij `kgguolty. @kuotloa Yueeo ioh Clss igkoa mls gusl`ij
losplritlkos, Ceooy“s prkwess ko aultir wiso“t mls kojy tijeot. Me
pkssesseh i riuo`my yet gejkhl` sloaloa vkl`e ioh i peo`miot nkr
stkrytejjloa git`meh kojy by Veter mlgsejn. Qkrcloa virlkusjy it i
supergircet hejl `kuoter ioh is i pjugber, Ceooy nejj lotk dkloloa
Veter“s oew prkde`t ioh oever jkkceh bi`c.
Xme trlk kn Veter, Pij ioh Ceooy wkrceh up skoas tmit nloijjy mih
oiges4 ‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa wltm tme Oiturij Beiuty kn Lonlhejlty,‗
‚]erk Xkjerio`e,‗ ioh ‚Her Uotergeos`m.‗ Qmlje tme jitter skoa

spkce kn Veter“s
akverogeot hlsaust
(‚yku“re wltmknpekpje
i wiste expe`tloa
jlne,‗ akes miohkuts
koe jloe), nrkg
tme ktmer tme
skoas
were loteosejy egktlkoij lo oiture. @irolvkre giy mive spe`lijlzeh
lo segl-skpmlstl`iteh renje`tlkos kn ioaer, but tmese oew skoas weot
beykoh‘tmey were riblh, jivlsm hepl`tlkos kn deijkusy, jkss, riae
ioh mkstljlty.
I `kupje
‚Vrejuhe gkre ioh
tk Iakoy‗ oew ‚Arivltitlkoij
skoas were ihheh tk tme
@kostiot4 A 7 bioh“s
>.>1 Ñ irseoij.
96-⁽`g°
ag-¼ se`-²‗ were gisslve ioh `kgpjex wkrcs tmit tkkc smipe tmiocs
tk tme stru`tureh realgeo Veter hegioheh nrkg mls oew gusl`lios.
Qltm kojy nlve skoas `kgbloloa tk nljj slxty gloutes kn ilr spi`e, lt
wiso“t dust tmelr tltjes tmit were e`je`tl`. By tmls tlge, Veter wis
jlsteoloa tk hlnnl`ujt lohustrlij i`ts su`m is Xmrkbbloa Arlstje,
Elostruzeohe Oeubiuteo, ioh Pclooy Vuppy, ijkoa wltm gyrlih ktmer
lonjueo`es rioaloa nrkg aktml` rk`c tk oew wive tk meivy getij tk
mirh`kre tk “16s IG rihlk rk`c. Xme sug kn tmese pirts wis i mybrlh
kn regircibje krlaloijlty.
Mijn i yeir inter @irolvkre“s sputter ioh burokut, Veter okw mih
i reij bioh ticloa smipe. Iuaust 2=, 9<=<, ls tme hite Veter mis
lheotlnleh is tme krlalo kn mls oew bioh, io kutnlt tmit, nkr lts jeiher,
wis okt dust i gere bioh but i skol` reoewij kn loteosejy `itmirtl`
purpkse. Lt wis tlge tk re`krh tme gusl` nkr pksterlty.
pksterlty.
Pmkrtjy inter Ceooy irrlveh, Veter isceh jkoatlge nrleoh ioh
nkrger Nijjkut bioh gite Dksm Pljver tk dklo tme trlk. Veter coew
Dksm `kujh be io ijjy ko i ougber kn jevejs‘lo prkgktlko, ioh lo
re`krhloa ioh prkhu`tlko. Lo Dksm, Veter wkujh mive skgekoe by mls
slhe wmk coew mls gloh ioh irtlstl` loteots better tmio ioykoe ejse.
Veter mih ijsk beeo hevlsloa hlnnereot wiys tk lo`krpkrite
ceybkirhs ioh skuoh enne`ts lotk mls oew `kgpksltlkos. Vitrl`e
Gi`c regegbers, ‚Qe“h be akloa tk see i jkt kn biohs pjiy jlve, jlce
Hevk wmeo tmey pjiyeh tme Rltz. Xmit“s wmeo Veter wis siyloa me
reijjy wioteh tk mive ceybkirhs lo mls oew bioh. Ioh me reijjy
wioteh tk lo`juhe Dksm.‗ Xme tegpestukus Pteeje/Pljver uolko tmit
aive Nijjkut `reitlve nuej wis laolteh ko`e iailo.
Veter okteh jiter, ‚Ceybkirhs kpeoeh rkkg nkr sigpjloa. L
`koslher vlrtuijjy every skuoh tk be gusl` ln lt“s useh prkperjy, ioh
tmit lo`juhes nlnty-nlve-aijjko hrugs beloa tmrkwo hkwo i njlamt kn
stilrs, tlres s`ree`mloa, kr bibles `ryloa.‗
` ryloa.‗

Qltm i skjlh nkur-ple`e jloeup lo pji`e, tme bioh set ibkut

lggkrtijlzloa tmelr oew skoas ko tipe. Pesslkos tkkc pji`e it
Pystegs Xwk, wmere gkst kn tme @irolvkre re`krhloas were `reiteh.
Is me hlh nkr tme Nijjkut sloaje oloe yeirs prlkr,
prlkr, Dksm bkrrkweh
gkoey nrkg mls pireots tk mejp nuoh tme re`krhloa, ioh nkr tmls ioh
severij ktmer nuture prkde`ts, Veter“s slster Oio`y ioh mer musbioh,
Rkb, `kotrlbuteh nuohs tk tme `iuse.
Qmlje tme `kst kn re`krhloa tmls oew giterlij wis mlamer tmio
Nijjkut“s seveo-lo`m prkde`t‘slx-tmkusioh hkjjirs‘lt“s i glokr
glri`je tme re`krhloa ls sk hetiljeh ioh vlbriot alveo su`m i jlglteh
buhaet. Lt speics wejj kn tme pekpje lovkjveh. Xme `reitlve su``ess
kn ioy Veter Pteeje re`krhloa nrkg tmls tlge nkrwirh `io be `rehlteh
okt kojy tk Veter mlgsejn, but tk Dksm Pljver, tmelr `mkseo stuhlk,
Pystegs Xwk, ioh tme eoaloeer wmk mejpeh put tk tipe wmit tmey
meirh lo tmelr meihs, Glce Gir`liok.
G ir`liok.
Pystegs Xwk beaio kperitloa lo 9<15, kwoeh by Glce“s brktmer,
Dke, ioh slster-lo-jiw, Oio`y. Krlaloijjy knnerloa remeirsij spi`es nkr
biohs, is wejj is re`krhloa ni`ljltles, lt sjkwjy evkjveh lotk i stite-kn-
tme-irt stuhlk, gkvloa jk`itlkos is lt arew nrkg = tri`cs tk 9>, ioh
eveotuijjy i nujjy prknesslkoij 28-tri`c kperitlko. Qmlje Gir`liok
re`krhs i jkt kn dizz tmere okw ioh mis beeo `rehlteh ko muohrehs kn
ijbugs by i muae virlety kn irtlsts, me `ut mls teetm ioh gihe mls
girc re`krhloa giterlij by Oew \ \krc
krc mirh`kre biohs Iaokstl` Nrkot
ioh @rugbsu`cers. Me nlrst get Veter Pteeje wmeo @irolvkre
eotereh tme stuhlk lo 9<=8 tk re`krh tmelr nlrst hegk tipe. Lt wis tme
stirt kn i `reitlve pirtoersmlp tmit jisteh he`ihes.
Gir`liok nlrst wltoesseh tme `meglstry kn tme Pteeje/Pljver
pirtoersmlp wltm tme re`krhloa kn tmelr oew bioh“s hegk. ‚Xmey were
jlce brktmers,‗ me re`ijjs. ‚Xmey arew up tkaetmer. Xmey reijjy coew
ei`m ktmer. Xmey were reijjy `jkse. Dksm wis tktijjy lostrugeotij lo
everytmloa tmey re`krheh, ijwiys ihhloa mls loput. Veter wkujh tejj
mlg, ”L“g akloa nkr tmls,“ ioh Dksm wkujh try tk gice lt mippeo. Me
wkujh mive mls ceybkirh set up, ioh Veter ijwiys mih mls biss ko.

Lt seegs
ijwiys jlce
use lt tkmeaet
oever tkkc tmit biss knn lo tme stuhlk. Me wkujh
mls lheis.‗
 Xme bioh“s oige wis skgetmloa kn io ever-`mioaloa uo`ertiloty
nkr ijgkst i yeir. Veter nejt tme @irolvkre tia `irrleh tkk gu`m
biaaiae. Me wioteh tk prkpej mlgsejn nkrwirh ioh `jeio tme sjite.
Xme nlrst oige alveo tk mls oew uolt wis Ou Glokrlty (ijteroitejy
regegbereh is Oew Glokrlty by skge wmk were irkuoh it tme
tlge), but, stiteh Veter, ‚Qe tmkuamt tmit wis i blt tkk pkjltl`ij
skuohloa ioh we hlho“t wiot tk aet lotk tmit.‗ Inter tkyloa wltm tme
oige Riw Pjuhae, tmey nlaureh Utljlty wkujh be tme gkolcer kn
`mkl`e, ‚but tmit skuoheh i blt tkk te`mok,‗ Veter jiter silh. Lt wis
tmeo he`lheh tmit tme bioh wkujh be `ijjeh Repujslko. Lt wis i akkh
nlt, `koslherloa Gir` Vlkvioettl“s kbservitlko tmit Veter kojy wioteh
tk gkrtlny pekpje wltm mls gusl` it tmls pklot, okt pjeise tmeg kr
gice tmeg mippy.
mippy. Nkr i wmlje, tme Repujslko oige stu`c.
Xme gusl` tmit `ige kut kn tme Pystegs Xwk sesslkos egeraeh
is i `issette beirloa tme tltje Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve, wltm tmree skoas
ko ei`m slhe (‚Plhe Bjkkh‗ ioh ‚Plhe Nlre‗). Xme jist tri`c ko Plhe
Bjkkh wis tme nlrst kn severij re`krheh pri`tl`ij dkces tme bioh
wkujh pjiy. Nkr exigpje, ‚Xme Glsloterpretitlko kn Pljeo`e ioh lts
Hlsistrkus @kosequeo`es‗ wis i skoa kn ijgkst oktmloa4 koe
gloute kn qulet tipe mlss.
Xme Repujslko skuoh-wkrjh wis i skol` khhlty. Veter“s biss wis
typl`ijjy nuzz-hreo`meh, but mere lo tmls oew gusl` lt rugbjeh wltm i
`rlppjloa loteoslty, lts tmrkbbloa rkuohoess `kgpjegeotloa Ceooy“s
steejy ariy aultir tkoe. Xme twk `kgbloeh tk `reite i hlsturbloa,
ktmerwkrjhjy wijj kn wirpeh ilr. Use kn neehbi`c wis i muae pirt kn
tme Repujslko etml`, is meirh lo tme hlrae kn tme tipe“s nlrst skoa,
‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa wltm tme Oiturij Beiuty kn Lonlhejlty,‗ ioh
ejsewmere tmrkuamkut tme re`krhloa. Ceybkirhs hejlvereh sigpjeh
oklse, mirsm enne`ts, ioh `reepy behs kn skuoh tmit aeoeriteh
everytmloa nrkg bkgbistl` `mur`m-jlce kraios tk akkny, `igpy
gejkhles iclo tk 9<16s-eri X^ smkw tmege skoas. Pij“s hrugs were
hry ioh jkuh, wltm i ger`ljessjy heep `ri`cloa soire hejlverloa extri
iurij puolsmgeot.

Gir`liok
tkoe, i`cokwjehaes
but regegbers tmit metme uolqueoess
ioh tme ktmer kn tme lo
auys Veter
tme Pteeje biss
bioh wkujh
try tk tijc Veter lotk tryloa skgetmloa gkre trihltlkoij skuohloa.

‚Pkgetlges we“h jlce i jlttje gkre bkttkg, i jlttje gkre biss, jlce i
reij biss, but tmit“s okt wmit Vete hlh. Xmit“s okt wmit me wioteh.
Me wkujh ruo tmrkuam ijj tme pehijs‘tmit wis mls skuoh. But we
useh tk ak, ”Mey, giybe we smkujh try lt dust tmls ko`e tk put lo i
reaujir biss skuoh, gkre kn i `jeio cloh kn biss. But me wiso“t
loteresteh. Xmit wis mls skuoh.‗
Xmere wis usuijjy ok tijcloa tk Veter ko`e me akt i `reitlve lhei
lo mls meih. Xme kojy persko wmk ever mih ioy su``ess, i``krhloa
tk Gir`liok, wis Dksm Pljver. ‚Dksm wis tme kojy koe wmk `kujh tijc
tk Vete kr siy ioytmloa `kotriry tk wmit Vete wioteh. Ptljj, Vete wis
mls kwo gio. L hko“t cokw mkw gu`m me jlsteoeh, be`iuse me wis
very nk`useh, loteosejy nk`useh, ioh very set lo wmit me wioteh tk
hk. Lt wkujh tice i jkt tk aet mlg tk `mioae mls gloh.‗
Dksm tktijjy uoherstkkh wmit Veter wis tryloa tk i``kgpjlsm,
skol`ijjy, ioh pirtoereh wltm mlg tk i`mleve tme very pirtl`ujir
skuoh tmey were ilgloa nkr. ‚SLt“sW lostrugeotitlko uojlce gkst
biohs,‗ me siys. ‚Qe use ceybkirhs nkr aultir pirts3 we use biss nkr
aultir pirts3 aultirs hk ceybkirh pirts. Xme stiohirh rujes hko“t
ippjy. Xmloas tmit pekpje wkujh sweir ire aultirs ire ceybkirhs
Sioh vl`e versiW. Lt wis i very nree eovlrkogeot. Ioytmloa akes. Lt
wis i welrh `kgbloitlko kn stunn, ioh we oever reijjy questlkoeh lt.‗
Pij nkohjy re`ijjs Veter“s loteose nk`us lo tme stuhlk, i nk`us tmit
Veter“s nkrger hrugger, Jkule Beitk, `ijjeh ‚uowiverloa.‗ ‚Veter
pretty gu`m wrkte ijj tme gusl`,‗ Pij siys. ‚Me wkujh pjiy lt nkr us,
ioh me wkujh ijjkw ge tk wrlte gy hrug pirts. Pkgetlges L“h mive
tk iraue wltm mlg, but L“h aet tme nreehkg tk wrlte ipprkprlite beits
ioh stunn jlce tmit. Is nir is gusl`ij wrltloa, gusl`ij gkhes, okoe kn
us reijjy mih ioytmloa tk hk wltm tmit. Xme kojy persko wmk `ige
`jkse wis giybe Dksm. But Veter wkujh wijc lo wltm everykoe“s
pirts hkoe, wmit tme aultir wis hkloa, wmit tme ceybkirhs were
hkloa, wmit me wis hkloa, mkw nist kr sjkw me wioteh lt. Ioh it
tlges me wkujh cloh kn be jlce i hl`titkr ibkut lt.‗
Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve expjkheh wltm Veter Pteeje perskoijlty.

Qmlje ejegeots
mirh`kre bircloa,knsmkuteh
@irolvkre `kujh
aioa be getijjl`
vk`ijs, meirh lonerk`lty,
mls oew bioh‘
prkgloeot
biss wkrc‘Repujslko wis io eotlrejy hlnnereot iolgij. Ei`m skoa

wis i pistl`me kn lonjueo`es. Ihheh tk @irolvkre“s gejheh nrige kn

getij, `jissl` rk`c, ioh mirh`kre were sjibs kn lohustrlij oklse,
hreiry aktml` rk`c, oko-gusl`ij skuoh enne`ts, ioh tme lo`reiseh
preseo`e kn Veter“s `jeiojy
` jeiojy suoa birltkoe. Qmere @irolvkre“s sjuhay
pirts were regircibjy sjkw, Repujslko“s sjkwest pissiaes okt kojy
mejh i skjego quijlty, but tmey nejt ex`ru`litloa ioh tkrturkus, wltm
jkoa `misgs kn tlge sepiritloa ei`m beit. Lt wis beykoh sjkw‘lt
bkrhereh ko loertli.
Birrloa ‚Her Uotergeos`m‗ ioh tme gloute kn tipe mlss, Okoe
Gkre Oeaitlve ls i `ko`eptuij wkrc. Nkur kn lts skoas revkjve
irkuoh Veter“s reveoae niotisy reairhloa i `meitloa alrjnrleoh ioh
mer jkver. Nkr ijj tme mioh-wrloaloa mitreh ioh rialoa deijkusy, tme
`ko`juslko kn tme oeirjy tmlrteeo-gloute ‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …‗
knners io ijgkst trlugpmiot hejlvery kn tme gegkribje `mkrus, ‚L
cokw yku“re nu`cloa skgekoe ejse!‗ wltm Ml`cey soicloa akraekus
gejkhl` jloes irkuoh tme renrilo uotlj lt rei`mes `ko`juslko.
‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …‗ wis io kpeo iookuo`egeot kn wmere
Veter“s meih wis it gusl`ijjy ioh perskoijjy. Me nejt betriyeh ioh
wrkoaeh lo prlkr rejitlkosmlps3 me wis arippjloa wltm hepresslko,
sejn-jkitmloa, piriokli, ioh hkubt. Me mih tk purae benkre me murt
ktmers kr mlgsejn. ‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …‗ ihhresses ijj kn tmls
but knners ok reij ioswers. It tme eoh kn tmls dkuroey lotk hespilr,
Veter regilos retl`eot ioh `konuseh. Me jismes kut ioh briohs mls
wkgio i ‚sjut,‗ i ‚wmkre,‗ ioh i ‚`uot,‗ but ujtlgitejy ihglts tmit ijj
sme“s hkoe ls gihe mlg mite mlgsejn. Ijj tmls hejlvereh lo sulte-jlce
nismlko, wltm pissiaes spiooloa bijj-bustloa mirh`kre, iakolzloajy
sjkw hkkg, i`kustl` aultir-jeh aktml` pissiaes `kgpjete wltm erktl`
negije gkioloa, gutiteh “>6s-esque pkp ejegeots, birltkoe `rkkos
kver ariohlkse plpe kraio skuohs, ioh akkh kjh meivy getij. Lt
njkws wejj tkk, mirhjy tme styjlstl` trilo wre`c lt `kujh mive beeo. Xmls
ple`e ijkoe smkweh Veter“s skoawrltloa giturloa tk oew jevejs kn
skpmlstl`itlko.
Be`iuse kn tmls ioh ktmer skoas ko tme re`krhloa, Veter wis

brioheh isseverij
Veter silh i glskayolst,
yeirs ijtmkuam oktmloa
jiter, ‚L wis wis
tijcloa nirtmer
ibkut koenrkg tme trutm.
wkgio, okt
ijj wkgeo.‗ Xme skur`e kn ijj tme ioaulsm wis i `meitloa pirtoer,

i``krhloa tk tme jyrl`s. \et Vitrl`e, wmk wis tme subde`t kn Veter“s
sul`lhe ittegpt lo K`tkber 9<=<, sweirs sme oever `meiteh ko
Veter, ioh Hkooi wko“t `kggeot ko tme subde`t. Xmey `kotloue tk
neej, is hk ktmer wkgeo lovkjveh wltm Veter it tmit tlge, tmit tmese
skoas were slgpjy io exiaaeritlko kn Veter“s i`tuij experleo`es
ioh egktlkos reairhloa mls rejitlkosmlps, tk wml`m Veter mlgsejn
ihgltteh, ‚Ln L dust wrkte ibkut gy kwo experleo`es lo everyhiy jlne
ioh hlho“t exiaaerite tmeg, lt wkujh be very bkrloa.‗
Rlhl`ujkusjy, Veter wis nkr`eh tk heneoh mls jkve kn wkgeo tk tme
gehli4 ‚Eveo inter mivloa nlve slsters ioh nlve ole`es ioh i gktmer
tmit L jkve very gu`m‘ioh L“ve ijwiys mih alrjnrleohs‘L akt brioheh
wltm tmls sexlsg jibej. Gy prlkrlty ls tk pjeise gy pirtoer. L wkujh
oever nkr`e mer lotk hkloa ioytmloa tmit sme wkujh okt wiot hk.‗ Me
mis ijsk silh kn Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve“s subde`t gitter, ‚Lt“s kojy
be`iuse L jkve wkgeo sk gu`m tmit L jet tmeg `iuse ge sk gu`m
pilo. L hko“t mite wkgeo, L jkve tmeg‘tmit“s tme prkbjeg!‗
Xme tipe“s ktmer skoas egbri`e tme sige skrt kn hlverslty ioh i
slgljirjy virleh skol` spe`trug is tme lonigkus kpeoloa tri`c.
‚Arivltitlkoij @kostiot‗ tices tme sejn-mitreh kn ‚Uosu``essnujjy
@kploa …‗ ioh expiohs lt pmljkskpml`ijjy, questlkoloa wmetmer
sul`lhe glamt be tme wiy kut ioh lo`krpkritloa i mijn-tlge swloa, tme
spe`ter kn eirjy Bji`c Pibbitm, subtje psy`mehejl` njkurlsmes,
ge`miolzeh welrhoess, ioh tme cloh kn bestlij getijjl` rk`c tmit
typlnleh @irolvkre. Xwk skoas lotk tme tipe, lt“s `jeir Veter“s vk`ij
rioae mih expioheh `koslheribjy. Qmetmer lt wis uomiroesseh
ioaer kr seosuij `rkkoloa, me hejlvereh lt wltm gkre pisslko ioh
uraeo`y tmio ever benkre. Is wltm ijj tme ktmer skoas, ‚Arivltitlkoij
@kostiot‗ ls sepiriteh lotk sgijjer gkvegeots4 ‚Uodustlnlibje
Exlsteo`e,‗ ‚I``ejeritlko (Hue tk Arivlty) ‐ <=6 `g-² se`,‗
‚Iotlgitter4 Eje`trkge`miol`ij Vsy`mehejl`ksls,‗ ioh ‚Requleg nkr i
Pkujjess Gio.‗ Xmls getmkh kn seageotloa jkoa skoas lotk smkrter
`mipters wis permips i trlbute tk prkaresslve rk`c biohs su`m is
Cloa @rlgsko ioh Vloc Njkyh, bktm kn wmkg Veter ihglreh.

tipeKo`e tmei qulet

knners mlss kn ‚Glsloterpretitlko
twejve-gloute epl`, ‚Vrejuhe tk…‗ subslhes,
Iakoy.‗ Xmeinlrst
njlp kn tme
vk`ij
se`tlko, beirloa tme subtltje ‚Akh Jkve Nlre Qkgio Heitm,‗ nlohs

Veter ihglttloa tmit ‚jkve ls jlne, jlne ls jkve, jkve ls pilo, ioh pilo ls
heitm.‗ Hk tme gitm ioh lt“s `jeir tmit, lo Veter“s wkrjh, jkve equijs
heitm. Xme skoa tmeo gkves lotk tme bjkkhtmlrsty ‚Di`cmiggeripe‗
se`tlko, wml`m alves tme ‚mite nu`c‗ `ko`ept i nitij oew twlst. Xme
gusl`ij ioh vk`ij hejlvery tmrkuamkut ‚Vrejuhe tk Iakoy‗ issureh
tmit Repujslko wis io eotlrejy oew ioh gkre `mijjeoaloa beist tmio
@irolvkre ever wis, ijtmkuam tme gkgeot kn tkrtureh negije
s`reigloa lo tme skoa“s nloij se`tlko, ‚Vilo (ls Lrrejeviot),‗ ls biseh
ko io lhei @irolvkre re`krheh nkr Retijlitlko but oever put ko tme
ijbug. ‚Vrejuhe tk Iakoy‗ ls ijsk mlamjlamteh by tme gkoc-jlce
`miotloa kn tme jloes ‚Ibskjutlko, L ig wmkje, ibskjutlko, L ig,‗ ioh
evergkre pilonujjy jibkreh hlraes.
‚Her Uotergeos`m‗ breics nrkg tme reveoae niotisy `ko`ept tk
ihhress Veter“s sk`letij `ko`eros. Krlaloijjy i pkst-Retijlitlko
@irolvkre skoa `ijjeh ‚Qmlte ioh Vrkuh,‗ tme skoa ls tme gkst
O\M@-krleoteh koe ko tme ijbug, ijtmkuam tme mirrkwloa pissiaes
kn aktml` lohustrlij iestmetl`s breic up wmit wkujh be io ktmerwlse
typl`ij mirh`kre tuoe. Veter okteh kn mls loteot, ‚L wioteh tk tijc
ibkut tmkse pekpje wmk ire sk jizy tmit tmey jee`m knn sk`lety. Xmey
renuse tk wkrc, jlve ko tme bi`cs kn ktmers, ioh knteo eoh up heijloa
hruas. Lt hlsausts ge.‗
Xme mitreh kn ‚Her Uotergeos`m‗ eveotuijjy `iuseh bla prkbjegs
nkr Veter, but nkr lts `reitkr, lt wis dust ioktmer wiy tk `lr`ugveot tme
riae me nejt by tmkse wmk mih tme auts tk bujjy mlg. Me `kujh mive
pkuoheh tmese pekpje tk i pujp, but losteih me tkkc tme mlam rkih
ioh loteroijlzeh lt … ioh turoeh lt lotk irt. Me jiter re`ijjeh, ‚SL“gW
tmls wmlte auy wkrcloa lo bji`c oelambkrmkkhs, mivloa bkttjes tmrkwo
it ge ioh beloa s`reigeh it jlce, ”Nu`c yku, Xirzio!“ Geiowmlje,
tme auys yejjloa it ge were sejjloa hruas tk jlttje clhs. Pk, yeim, tme
skoa wis prkvk`itlve ioh lt wis suppkseh tk be. L wis biltloa tme
mkkc.‗
Eohloa tme gisslve Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve ls ‚]erk Xkjerio`e.‗
Mere, tme reveoae niotisy turos mkgl`lhij wltm Veter ko tme miohje

slhe kn i pl`cixe
lts psy`mktl` tmit eohs
i`tloa-kut tmejyrl`s
ire jlne kntmit
tmkse wmk ibetriyeh
mive mlg.
jlttje nuo Qltmlo
wltm tme
sltuitlko (‚Qejj buhhy bky, L mkpe yku eodkyeh mer / ”`iuse L“g io

equij kppkrtuolty hestrkyer‗) ioh i seose kn mugkr lo tme ijgkst

`meernuj “56s rk`c hejlvery kn skge ktmerwlse hlsturbloa jyrl`s. Dust
is me renereo`eh @mkplo lo @irolvkre“s ‚Xe`mokpmkbli,‗ lo ‚]erk
Xkjerio`e‗ Veter alves i okh tk Dkmioo Pebistlio Bi`m. Xme
`kgpkser“s ‚Vissi`iajli ioh Nuaue lo @ glokr, BQ^ 5=2‗ ls meirh
it lts `ko`juslko, reohereh lo hreiry i`kustl` aultir is io ixe mi`cs
iwiy it wmit we `io issuge ire mugio bkhy pirts.
Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve wis re`krheh benkre tme hiys kn re`krhloa
skntwire su`m is Jkal` Vrk ioh Vrk Xkkjs, benkre ioy skuoh
lgialoibje `kujh be kbtiloeh wltmlo se`kohs it tme tip kn i buttko. Lt
wis i tlge tmit requlreh skge loaeoulty ln i bioh wioteh tk
experlgeot wltm uousuij skuohs. Gioy kn tme virlkus enne`ts ioh
gi`mloe oklses meirh tmrkuamkut Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve were `reiteh
usloa Veter“s kwo tkkjbkx. Io iguseh Glce Gir`liok re`ijjs, ‚Ijj
tmkse skuohs were gihe kraiol`ijjy. Xmey wereo“t knn kn skuoh
enne`t @Hs kr ioytmloa. Pk Veter wkujh brloa mls kwo pkwer tkkjs
lotk tme stuhlk4 hrljjs, miggers, sjehae miggers. Lt wis nuooy
be`iuse we“h be re`krhloa ioh we wkujh nlolsm, ioh tmeo gkotms
jiter gy brktmer, Dke, wkujh be jlce, ”Vete, yku“ve akt tk `kge lo ioh
pl`c up ijj ykur tkkjs, gio!“ Xmere wkujh be wkkh pljeh up lo skge
`kroer,, ioh mls hrljjs, miggers, `milosiws, `lr`ujir siws, et `eteri.‗
`kroer
Qmlje @irolvkre wis lgpkrtiot ioh uolque, Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve
nkuoh Veter Pteeje egeraloa is i bkoi nlhe aeolus. Lts jevej kn
gusl`ij igbltlko surpisseh ioytmloa me mih `ko`elveh benkre, tme
heptm kn tme irt ioh lts `kostru`tlko suaaestloa tmit Veter glamt dust
mive i brlamt nuture imeih kn mlg, is jkoa is tme pubjl` `kujh
tkjerite mls `mijjeoaloa, prkvk`itlve `ko`epts. Bkjstereh by tme
`ipibje gusl`liosmlp ioh hlstlo`tlve tijeots kn Pij, Ceooy
Ceooy,, ioh Dksm,
tme hircjy hlnnl`ujt oew quirtet mejh areiter prkglse beykoh tme `ujt-
kojy `konloes kn @irolvkre.
 Ijtmkuam tmelr `kgger`lij isplritlkos
nkr Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve were gkhest,
ioh reijlstl`, Repujslko pernkrgeh tme
giterlij is i jlve uolt, hesplte Veter“s
glsalvloas ibkut pubjl` pernkrgio`e.
Xmelr nlrst smkw wis mejh it Brkkcjyo“s
J“Igkur, wmk mih mksteh @irolvkre
ougerkus tlges, ioh tme `jub wis gkre
tmio mippy tk mkst tme hebut kn Veter
Xme Repujslko `issette hegk, Pteeje“s oew bioh. Repujslko tkkc tk tme
Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve, `lr`i 9<<6 stiae Gir`m 2<, 9<<6, ioh pernkrgeh ijj

nlve kn tmelr oew skoas, rkuohloa kut tme

set wltm kjh @irolvkre nivkrltes ‚Vrehitkr,‗ ‚Desus Mltjer,‗ ioh ‚Ri`e
Qir.‗ Qmlje tme iuhleo`e wis aeoerijjy eotmuslistl`‘jk`ijs were
oiturijjy `urlkus ibkut Veter“s oew prkde`t‘gkst wmk wltoesseh
Repujslko“s nlrst pernkrgio`es were `konuseh, uosure mkw tk
prk`ess wmit tmey“h dust seeo ioh meirh.
Pij re`ijjs tme pubjl`“s nlrst tiste kn Repujslko. ‚Ok koe akt lt it
nlrst,‗ me siys. ‚It tme jlve smkws tme iuhleo`e wis jlce, ”Qmit tme
nu`c;“ Ijj tmls ceybkirh smlt, di`cmiggers, `milos, ijj tme ktmer smlt.‗
Veter“s iestmetl` seoslbljltles were lo pji`e it tmls very nlrst smkw,
ioh ever kowirh wltm ei`m kn tme arkup“s pernkrgio`es. Me pjiyeh
lo tme glhhje kn tme stiae, i tkwerloa nlaure kn geoi`e, skgetlges
ihkroeh wltm i `kostru`tlko wkrcer“s mirh mit. Dksm wis stiae rlamt,
`uttloa i smipe kn oktmloa but ceybkirhs ioh `urjy milr milr.. Ceooy stkkh
stiae jent, uoissugloa ioh steijtm. Bemloh Veter sit Pij ioh mls
hrug clt. Qkkheo pkjl`e birrl`ihes were set up lo nrkot kn tme stiae,
hlvlhloa bioh ioh iuhleo`e. Viloteh bji`c ioh areeo‘lo wmit
wkujh be`kge tme bioh“s slaoiture `kjkrs‘tme birrler lhei wis koe
Pij brkuamt tk tme tibje, ioh lt hiteh bi`c tk mls prlkr bioh, Xkxlgli.
Gitt Pleaej regegbers tmit, ‚Pij ioh L akt lt lo kur meihs tmit we
oeeheh tk mive pkjl`e birrl`ihes lo nrkot kn tme stiae it kur smkws.
Qe wkujh jeive tmeg lo tme krlaloij O\VH bjue `kjkr, kr we wkujh

pilot tmeg
rkjjs kn tk jkkc
birbeh wlregkre gljltiry
knn tmeg iohuplohustrlij.
tk `ut tme pekpjeQeitwkujh ijskknmioa
tme nrkot tme
stiae.‗

Njyloa bemloh Pij“s hrug clt wis io egbjeg tmit be`ige

syokoygkus wltm tme bioh4 io eo`lr`jeh glous slao, `koveyloa tme
bioh“s reskjutejy oeaitlve hlspksltlko‘zerk … oktmloa … jess tmio
oktmloa.
Xk nurtmer uolny tmeg, ei`m gegber mih mls upper hejtklh
tittkkeh wltm tme sygbkj, smkwloa jlnejkoa jkyijty tk tme `iuse. Veter
ioh Pij“s jlttje ‚diggloa‗ prkde`t wis okw io eoheivkr kn ibskjute
`kggltgeot. Eveo Veter“s slsters wkre tme girc … skrt kn. ‚Xmey
mih dust stirteh Repujslko,‗ regegbers slster Vit reairhloa io eirjy
pernkrgio`e. ‚Lt wis lo tme glhhje kn tme sugger, ioh L mih ko i
sjeevejess tkp, sk L tkkc gy eyejloer ioh hrew tme sygbkj ko gy
irg, ioh everybkhy wis jlce, ”Km, gio, jkkc it tme slsters, eveo tmey
mive i nu`clo“ tittkk!“‗
Repujslko“s Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve `issettes were hlstrlbuteh
tmrkuam tme usuij `miooejs, skjh ko `koslaogeot it jk`ij re`krh
smkps jlce Tlazia, ko Iveoue U lo Brkkcjyo, ioh it tme bioh“s eirjy
smkws. Lt wis ijsk hlssegloiteh ioh hupjl`iteh tmrkuam tme
uoherarkuoh tipe-trihloa oetwkrc. Qmlje pjeoty kn pekpje were
eiaer tk meir Veter Pteeje“s oew pkst-@irolvkre bioh, tmere wis i
jkt kn uo`ertiloty ibkut tme giterlij loltlijjy. Xmere wis slgpjy ok
pre`eheot nkr wmit tme bioh wis hkloa. Gioy nkuoh tme gusl`
hlnnl`ujt tk arisp, yet i sgijj arkup kn pekpje re`kaolzeh tme tipe is
represeotloa skgetmloa wmkjjy uolque ioh losplreh. Igkoa tmeg
wis i ykuoa Oew \krc-irei getij nio oigeh Girc Ibrigsko.
‚Lt“s wmere L wis it lo gy jlne is io ioary ykuoa clh. L akt tmls
tipe, tme Repujslko `issette, ioh lt `mioaeh gy jlne. Lt rei`meh kut
tk ge lo i prlgij wiy. Veter mih tme streoatm tk bire mls pilo ioh mls
skuj, ioh tmit wis wmit akt ge, tmls prlgij riae ioh prlgij murt. Lt
wis i auy wmk wis i slx-nkkt-elamt Akjlitm kn i gio lo tme getij ioh
mirh`kre wkrjh, jiyloa kut ijj kn mls pilo ioh murt, wml`m tices true
streoatm ioh `kuriae. Qmere L wis it lo gy jlne, wltm gy
rejitlkosmlps ioh stunn, L wis lo gy kwo jlttje rkuam spkt, ioh L akt
tmls `issette ioh lt wis jlce, ”Km gy Akh.“ Pk yku mive egktlkoij

puraloa ioh tmeobut

Bji`c Pibbitm, ykult“smive i auygkre
sk gu`m wmk“stmio
`kgbloloa tme Beitjes
tmit. Lt wis ioh
tme Beitjes
ioh Bji`c Pibbitm ioh aktm ioh lohustrlij ioh everytmloa. Xmey
were koe kn tme true krlaloijs. Ok questlko ibkut lt.‗
Qltm i hegk `lr`ujitloa ioh oews jeicloa kut tmit Veter Pteeje
wis bi`c, Repujslko pjiyeh virlkus `jubs lo tme Oew \krc getrk
irei, lo`juhloa J“Igkur, Xme Reh Ppkt, ioh eveo tme Rltz wltm
meihjloers Vrkoa ioh Njktsig ioh Detsig, tme prestlalkus veoue
wmere @irolvkre pjiyeh wltm ^eokg nkur yeirs prlkr. Veter `kotloueh
wkrcloa hljlaeotjy nkr tme Vircs ioh Re`reitlko Hepirtgeot, i``ruloa
vi`itlko hiys by wkrcloa is gioy pilh `lty mkjlhiys is pksslbje,
ei`m kn tmkse hiys iwirhloa mlg tlge ioh i mijn, ioh ioktmer hiy
knn wltm piy. Xmls ijjkweh mlg tk bijio`e mls bioh ioh k``upitlko,
wml`m it tmls stiae `kgprlseh mls eotlre jlne.
Lo jite 9<<6, Veter ipprki`meh koetlge @irolvkre gioiaer Ceo
Crlete, iscloa ln me glamt be ibje tk airoer re`krh jibej loterest wltm
tme Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve tipe. Crlete mih ijreihy be`kge loteresteh
lo Veter“s oew prkde`t bi`c wmeo tmey were hubbeh Ou Glokrlty
Glokrlty,, ioh
me“h ailoeh gu`m gioiaerlij experleo`e slo`e tme jist tlge me wis
lovkjveh wltm Veter, wkrcloa wltm Kvercljj, Qmlte Jlko, Xycettk ioh
ktmer gidkr jibej biohs. Me i``epteh tme `mijjeoae.
Crlete qul`cjy ittri`teh tme loterest kn severij lohepeoheot getij
jibejs, but ko`e wkrh akt irkuoh tk Rkihruooer Re`krhs tmit
Veter“s oew prkde`t wis up nkr aribs ioh ktmer jibejs were
loteresteh, tme jibej loterveoeh. Xe`mol`ijjy, Veter mih okt nujnljjeh
mls kbjlaitlko tk mls krlaloij `kotri`t wltm Rkihruooer lo tme wice kn
@irolvkre“s heglse, wml`m geiot tmey mih nlrst rlamt kn renusij ko
ioy nuture wkrc by tme bisslst. Kojy Rkihruooer `kujh he`lhe
wmetmer Veter stiyeh it tme jibej kr wis nree tk seec ktmer heijs.
But tmey were loteresteh, pirtl`ujirjy i ykuoa Rkihruooer
egpjkyee oige Gkote @kooer.
@kooer, wmk beaio wkrcloa nkr Rkihruooer lo 9<=1, wis
lostrugeotij lo slaoloa Pepujturi, Neir Ni`tkry ioh Blkmizirh tk tme
jibej, is wejj is jiter pjitloug su``esses Pjlpcokt ioh prkaresslve
rk`c jeaeohs Rusm. @kooer regegbers tmit, ‚Veter wis tme kojy auy

nrkg @irolvkre
`kotri`tuijjy tmit gihe
bkuoh lt tk Repujslko,
tk Rkihruooer. Lt wiskbvlkusjy,
kbvlkusjy, but wewmk
@ees Qessejs mih aive
Vete
ge tme Repujslko `issette ioh silh, ”Qmit smkujh we hk wltm tmls;“

@ees wis lo`jloeh tk jet mlg ak. Veter wis seeo is prkbjegitl` it
Rkihruooer. Xme @irolvkre re`krhs hlho“t sejj wejj ioh Vete wis i
blt kn i s`iry `miri`ter. Vekpje jkkceh it lt is i hlnnl`ujt prkde`t. Pk
@ees wis lo`jloeh tk rejeise Veter nrkg tme `kotri`t. Xmit“s wmeo me
`ige tk ge ioh silh, ”L wiot yku tk gice tme he`lslko.“ L meirh tmit
tipe ioh L“g jlce, ”Xmls stunn ls igizloa! Qe mive tk ceep mlg, hko“t
jet mlg ak.“ L auess L `io te`mol`ijjy tice `rehlt nkr slaoloa tmeg, ioh
we lomerlteh i nlolsmeh re`krh.‗
Loheeh, lt wis he`lheh tmit tme Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve re`krhloa
wis akkh eokuam tk piss is io ijbug, sk Rkihruooer set tme
wmeejs lo gktlko tk resuge Veter“s `kotri`t wltm tmls oew bioh. But
tmey wkujho“t be ibje tk ceep tme oige Repujslko.
Lo 9<=<, Gl`mlaio heitm getij bioh Repujslko rejeiseh tmelr
hebut ijbug, Mkrrlnleh, tmrkuam i UC-biseh re`krh jibej. Xme ijbug
qul`cjy ailoeh ajkbij oktkrlety, estibjlsmloa tmeg is tme gkst wejj-
cokwo bioh oigeh Repujslko, ioh lt seot Veter lo seir`m kn yet
ioktmer oige. Me settjeh ko Pub Terk, wml`m wkrceh wejj lo lts
geioloa ioh wltm tme ijreihy-`ko`elveh sygbkj kn i glous slao
wltmlo i `lr`je, kr zerk. Xme auys lo tme bioh mih `kggltteh
tmegsejves tk tme bioh wltm tme tittkk, ioh Veter“s seose kn krher
jeh mlg tk `mkkse i bioh oige tmit mih i jkal`ij jloc tk tme egbjeg.
Xmey were akloa uoher tme Pub Terk oige by tme tlge Rkihruooer
be`ige loteresteh, but eveo tmit oige wkujh okt stl`c. Io i`t lo
Yueeos mih ijreihy `jilgeh tme oige, i mirh`kre bioh tmit weot
ko tk njkurlsm lo tme puoc uoherarkuoh. Lt wis bi`c tk squire koe kn
tmls seegloajy oever-eohloa oige aige.
‚Inter aettloa tmls stuplh tmloa tittkkeh ko kursejves,‗ Veter
re`ijjeh jiter, ‚lt wis up tk ge tk tmloc kn i oige tk `kgpeosite nkr
tme jkak. L hko“t okrgijjy jlsteo tk tme rihlk, but tmere wis i request
nkr type K oeaitlve bjkkh by tme Reh @rkss, ioh L wis jlce, ”Qejj,
tmit“s lt. Xype K Oeaitlve.“ ”K Oeaitlve“ git`meh tme tittkk, ioh lt
skuoheh jlce ok koe ejse `kujh pksslbjy mive rlamts tk lt.‗
Bjkkh ioh oeaitlvlty. Lt wis perne`t. Veter“s nis`loitlkos mih

beeo
bjkkh revkjvloa irkuoh
lo @irolvkre“s bjkkh
‚Xme ioh oeaitlvlty
Pubmugio‗ nkr yeirs.tmere
ioh ‚Vrehitkr‗3 Me geotlkos
wis tme
‚Oeaitlve Olamt‗ beoenlt smkw lo 9<=< tmit @irolvkre pjiyeh wltm

Pij“s kjh bioh3 Repujslko oigeh tmelr hegk Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve3
tme gegbers aive up i jlttje sygbkjl` bjkkh tk mive tme areeo
oeaitlve slao tittkkeh lotk tmelr irgs3 ioh, okt loslaolnl`iotjy, Veter
mih i mlstkry kn `uttloa mls irgs ioh pilotloa tme wijjs kn mls
bisegeot lo tme stunn, ioh tmere wis mls bjkkhy sul`lhe ittegpt.
Ijsk, tme nlrst Repujslko skoas revkjveh irkuoh prknkuohjy oeaitlve
egktlkos. Xype K Oeaitlve mih tk be tme oige kn tmls oew bioh‘
ok ktmer oige `kujh be gkre nlttloa.
Veter dustlnleh lt by siyloa, ‚Bjkkh ijwiys geiot i jkt tk ge. Xmeo
L wis reihloa tmls kjh pkjl`e lovestlaitlko textbkkc wml`m silh tmit
tme koe bjkkh type tmit lso“t tri`eibje lo segeo sigpjes inter ripe
`ises ls type K oeaitlve, wml`m seegeh perne`t slo`e L“h ijreihy
aktteo tmls bih rip nkr suppksehjy beloa prk-ripe. L tmkuamt L glamt
is wejj ak ijj tme wiy ioh aet `jlol`ij ibkut lt.‗
Xme bioh“s oew oige wis iookuo`eh pubjl`jy ko Giy 0, 9<<9.
Xmey pjiyeh i bla smkw `ijjeh Xme Jist Xmrism Bism it J“Igkur
(ktmers ko tme bljj lo`juheh Blkmizirh, @rk-Gias, Jeewiy, ioh Qmlte
Tkgble). It tme eoh kn tme set, Veter prk`jilgeh, ‚Qe“re Xype K
Oeaitlve okw. Qe“re okt Repujslko ioygkre. Lt“s tme oige kn tme
weec.‗
Xme oige stu`c `koslheribjy jkoaer tmio i weec.

Rkihruooer Re`krhs wej`kgeh Veter Pteeje bi`c tk tme jibej,

but tme reuolko wiso“t eisy, okr wis Veter mippy wltm tme s`eoirlk.
‚L hlho“t jlce wmit tmey hlh bi`c Slo tme @irolvkre hiysW,‗ me silh lo
eirjy 9<<2. ‚L wis jlce, ”Nu`c tmeg, jet tmeg tice ge tk `kurt.“ Qe
skjl`lteh Stme tipeW tk ktmer re`krh `kgpioles ioh eoheh up wltm
knners kn up tk i muohreh tmkusioh hkjjirs. L `kujho“t bejleve
ioybkhy wkujh piy tmit cloh kn gkoey, but L wiso“t ibkut tk turo lt
hkwo. Xmeo Rkihruooer akt wloh kn wmit wis akloa ko ioh nixeh
every
tmere“jjre`krh `kgpioy
be jeaij irkuoh siyloa
Sreper`usslkosW. Me“s ”Hko“t heij `kotri`t.“
stljj uoher wltm tmls Pk
auytme
kr
tmree knners tmit we akt were hrkppeh kverolamt. Qe re-slaoeh inter L
weot lo ioh reoeaktliteh every pklot kn tme krlaloij `kotri`t tmit L
hlho“t jlce.‗
Veter `jilgeh lt tkkc elamt gkotms tk rei`m i `kgprkglse
betweeo tme kjh @irolvkre `kotri`t ioh tme oew koe nkr Xype K
Oeaitlve. Me silh kn tme heij, ‚Lt wis i hegk tme re`krh jibej aive
us tmlrty arioh nkr. @ipltijlst tmit L ig, L tkkc tme gkoey ioh mioheh
tmeg tme tipe.‗ Qmlje lt wis `koslheribjy jess tmio tme $966,666
ktmer jibejs were knnerloa, Veter“s miohs were tleh, ioh bktm pirtles
were mippy eokuam wltm tme nloij iareegeot tk slao ko tme hktteh
jloe. Xme re`krh exe`s slaoeh lo reaujir kjh bijjpklot loc3 Veter
slaoeh lo mls kwo bjkkh ioh segeo. Mls `mkl`e `kujho“t mive beeo
gkre ipprkprlite, `koslherloa tme subde`t gitter kn tme gusl` tmit
laolteh tme jibej“s loterest lo tme nlrst pji`e. Lt wis ijsk i cokwloa
okh, ihglttloa tk tme wkrjh tmit me wis slaoloa mls jlne iwiy tk tme
gusl` lohustry, is ln tk siy, ‚Mere, tice lt ijj, gy bjkkh, gy segeo …
gy skuj.‗
Lo wmit wkujh be tme nlrst kn gioy
itteotlko-aribbloa
itteotlko-arib bloa stuots Rkihruooer
wkujh egpjky lo `kkperitlko wltm tme
bioh, tmey gihe i glokr gehli
spe`ti`je kn tme `kotri`t slaoloa.
Nio-turoeh-Rkihruooer egpjkyee
Girc Ibrigsko regegbers tme
eveot but wis okt io eyewltoess tk
Veter“s segeo `kjje`tlko. ‚L `iookt
verlny tmit tmit substio`e wis
segeo. Xmere wis i biaale kn i
wmlte substio`e tmit `ertilojy
seegeh jlce lt. L hlho“t ruo ioy
`megl`ij tests. But ln yku isc ge, L
wkujh siy yes, be`iuse tme bjkkh
@uttloa nkr tme `kotri`t
wis tmere. Qe siw tmit. Me hlh `ut slaoloa, 9<<9

mlgsejn.‗
Hkua Cekam, i jkoatlge pirt kn tme Rkihruooer teig, wis tmere
tkk. ‚L cokw nkr i ni`t tmit me pujjeh tme bjkkh ioh segeo lo tme

knnl`e. Xmere wis i s`reeo skgebkhy put up. Okbkhy i`tuijjy

wit`meh mlg `reite tme segeo sigpje, tmkuam.‗ Everykoe hlh wit`m
mlg hriw tme bjkkh, mkwever. Veter tkkc i rizkr ioh `ut i squire
irkuoh mls Xype K Oeaitlve tittkk, `kjje`teh tme bjkkh, glxeh lt wltm
tme biaale kn segeo, ioh slaoeh tme `kotri`t ko tme spkt.
Ko`e knnl`lijjy uolteh by `kotri`t, tme twk pirtles prepireh tme
rejeise kn Xype K Oeaitlve“s hebut ijbug. Xme Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve
skoas were re-sequeo`eh, ioh ioktmer tri`c ihheh. Xme
experlgeotij ‚Ajiss Qijjs kn Jlgbk (Hio`e Glx)‗ wis i ple`e tmit
Veter `ko`elveh is io ioswer tk tme aktml` ioh lohustrlij gusl` me
wis jlsteoloa tk. ‚Ajiss Qijjs …‗ ls oeirjy seveo gloutes kn gkocs
`miotloa gkuronujjy kver `milos `jioaloa lo jibkrlkusjy sjkw rmytmg.
Dksm Pljver kversiw lts re`krhloa ioh re`ijjs tmit tme skoa ‚prkbibjy
mih tmlrty-slx tri`cs kn vk`ijs ijkoe. Xmere were tmree pirts, ioh
tmey ijj mih twejve tri`cs iple`e. Xmere wis ok Vrk Xkkjs bi`c tmeo3
ok plt`m `krre`tlko. Veter mih tk hk tmeg ”tlj me akt lt rlamt. Xmere
wis i jkt kn puo`mloa lo. Eoaloeers ioh prkhu`ers okw hko“t eveo
cokw wmit i puo`m-lo ls. Xmey dust mlt ”uohk.“‗
Xme hegk-turoeh-ijbug wis re-`mrlsteoeh Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh,
io ipt hes`rlptlko kn tme gusl`ij `koteot tmit ijsk `koveoleotjy
wkrceh is i sexuij puo. Lt wis ijsk i areit ex`use tk hripe tme
giterlij lo prkvk`itlve irtwkrc. I stljj nrkg i pkrok nljg wis useh nkr
tme `kver, i smkt smkwloa tme pklot kn peoetritlko, ijtmkuam lt weot
tmrkuam `koslheribje giolpujitlko benkre rei`mloa lts nloij stiaes.
Xme resujt ls i wism kn ariloy areeo ibstri`tlko. Xme bioh oige ioh
ijbug‘pjilo wmlte bjk`c jetters‘wrippeh irkuoh tme upper jent ioh
jkwer rlamt `kroers kn tme ijbug lo rlamt ioajes. Xme `kjkr ioh
jetterloa s`mege wis i pittero tmit wkujh be`kge tme bioh“s
trihegirc nkr every su``esslve rejeise. Lt mih lostiot ippeij ioh
stkkh kut `koslheribjy nrkg ktmer ijbugs beloa rejeiseh it tme tlge.
Xme irtwkrc aive ok lohl`itlko kn wmit cloh kn gusl` wis loslhe,
wml`m wis ipprkprlite, `koslherloa tmere wis ok eisy jibej tk put
ko tme gusl` ioywiy.

‚L wioteh
`kgpioy tk tk
wioteh gice
gicelt ltsjlamtjy gkre bjitiot,
gkre subhueh,‗ ioh tme ‚Pk
Veter re`ijjeh. re`krh
we
settjeh ko wmit lt ls okw. Ko tme i`tuij `kver tmere“s ok hkubt ibkut

wmit wis akloa ko tmere. L jkkc it tmls is skge cloh kn pkstgkhero

irtwkrc.‗
Veter gihe sure me mih nujj `kotrkj kver every hetilj kn Pjkw,
Heep ioh Mirh, lo`juhloa tme irtwkrc, eveo wmeo `ipltujitloa tk
re`krh jibej loterests. Eveo lo `kgprkglse me oeeheh tk mive tme
jist wkrh. Jyohi Ritm, wmk wkrceh it Rkihruooer is i aripml`
heslaoer, hes`rlbes Veter“s hlre`tlves wmeo lt `ige tk tme tlolest
gloutli kn mls ijbug heslaos. ‚Me wkujh ijwiys s`rew wltm tme tkp
gioiaegeot kn tme jibej. Me wioteh io irt hlre`tkr“s nee. Xmere
were ijwiys i gljjlko tmloas `kooe`teh tk mls requests tmit L wkujh
tmrkw it tme gioiaegeot kn Rkihruooer ioh be jlce, ”L hko“t cokw
wmit yku wiot ge tk hk wltm tmls.“ Me wkujh seoh ge lotk tmese
`rizy hlre`tlkos wltm pi`cialoa requests. But mls wmkje tmloa wis
dust tk nu`c wltm everybkhy,
everybkhy, tk iooky everykoe, ioh bktmer @ees. Me
wkujh isc nkr tmloas tmit lo i gljjlko yeirs tme jibej wis oever akloa
tk piy nkr. Ujtlgitejy, me wioteh beiutlnuj irtwkrc. Me reijjy hlh `ire,
but mls smtl`c wis tk hrlve everykoe losioe it tme sige tlge. L wis
ijwiys ko tme bioh“s slhe, espe`lijjy wltm mlg. L wis ijwiys nlamtloa
nkr wmit me wioteh, but lt wis ijwiys reijjy hlnnl`ujt. Lt wis
`kgpjetejy, kbsesslvejy ioij. Everytmloa mih tk be sk pre`lse wltm i
very spe`lnl` areeo. Me wkujh mive tmese very spe`lnl`
geisuregeots. L tmkuamt me mih i jkt kn akkh lheis, but me wkujh
dust aet `irrleh iwiy wltm skge kn tme hetiljs. Me wkujh jlterijjy
geisure hkwo tk i tmlrty-se`koh kn io lo`m. Xmere wis okbkhy jlce
mlg, tmit“s nkr sure.‗
Xme pi`cialoa kn tme ijbug wis is
`kgpejjloa is tme gusl`, skoa tltjes,
ioh `kver irt. Xmey njew tme ‚Okoe Gkre
Oeaitlve‗ sjkaio uoher i nkur-pioej
issegbjiae kn tme bioh“s ni`es, wmlje
jlve smkts kn tme arkup were jibejeh
beykoh tme usuij `rehlts kn ‚biss,‗
‚hrugs,‗ ‚aultir,‗
‚aultir,‗ ioh ‚ceybkirhs.‗ Veter

wis
ixes,jlsteh is ‚vkx,nrkoteoh
bujjhkzer, biss, miggers
jkiher ioh
ioh
steigrkjjer, ijj nlre ioh wkjves, iutugo, Ko`e i hegk by Repujslko,

areeo, husc, lrko, =, ioaer, egerijh, okw io ijbug by Xy

Xype
pe K
Oeaitlve. Xme 9<<9 hebut.
okrtm, Hrulh.‗ Dksm wis `rehlteh wltm
‚ceys, vkx, siws ioh smeirs, hlesej `rioe ioh steig herec, ijj ilr
ioh jlkos, wloter, bji`c, glholamt, sljver, ><, hespilr, koyx, eist,
^igplre.‗ Xme ktmer gegbers were `rehlteh i``krhloajy. Xype K
Oeaitlve“s ittegpt it wkrjh-buljhloa, it preseotloa i tlamtjy uolnleh
ioh re`kaolzibje bioh `ko`ept wis i`mleveh. Qltm dust koe ijbug,
tmey estibjlsmeh tme bioh is i nkr`e kn nkur equij but hlnnereot
perskoijltles wmkse uolverse wis tktij ioh wmkje. Gu`m jlce tmelr
merkes lo tme Beitjes ioh Clss, Xype K Oeaitlve set tmegsejves
ipirt nrkg tme okrg. Xmey gihe tmelr kwo rujes, ioh tmey wkujh
breic tmkse rujes is oeeheh wmlje ihmerloa strl`tjy tk ktmers.
Xme bioh“s oige ioh tme ‚Okoe Gkre Oeaitlve‗ sjkaio lohl`iteh
tmit tme bioh“s pkwer wis `kgloa nrkg i pji`e kn pri`tl`eh
pesslglsg, but is Dksm Pljver okteh, ‚Qe hko“t `koslher lt oeaitlvlty
oeaitlvlty..
Qe `koslher lt reijlstl`. Kptlglsg, tk ge, ls i smrkuh kn heolij. Dust
jkkc it tme wkrjh irkuoh yku. Lt“s pretty kbvlkus.‗ Xme prkverblij ylo
tk Veter“s yioa, Dksm mejh io eveo hkurer kutjkkc ko jlne tmio tme
ktmer tmree gegbers kn tme bioh `kgbloeh. ‚L `kuot ko tme wkrst
pksslbje tmloas, tmit wiy L“g oever hlsippkloteh,‗ me silh lo 9<<8.
‚Qe oever mive nuo‘lt“s dust i gitter kn gkheritloa tme glsery. Jlne
ls dust i wiltloa rkkg nkr heitm. \ku“re mere, wiltloa tk hle. Pkge
hlsistrkus eoh ls surejy `kgloa, ioh we“re dust wistloa tlge uotlj lt
mippeos.‗
Okoe gkre oeaitlve loheeh.

Rejeiseh Duoe 9>, 9<<9, sijes kn Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh were
loltlijjy okt very lgpresslve, but prkglsloa eokuam tmit tme jibej
`koslhereh puttloa tme bioh ko tme rkih tk aeoerite nurtmer loterest.
Xkurloa wis okt skgetmloa Veter wis eiaer tk hk, but me reijlzeh lt
wis i oe`esslty, ioh me mih i``rueh eokuam vi`itlko tlge tk hk lt.
Lo ceeploa wltm tme trihltlkoij prkgktlkoij `muro kn tkur, pubjl`lty,

ioh rihlk prkgktlko nkr i oew ijbug, Rkihruooer mih tme lo`rehlbjy
hlnnl`ujt dkb kn he`lhloa wmit skoa tk rejeise is i sloaje. Okoe kn tme
skoas were smkrt eokuam tk `koslher‘beslhes tme twk okvejty-type
tri`cs, tme smkrtest prkper skoa wis ‚]erk Xkjerio`e,‗ `jk`cloa lo it
i `kzy 1485‘ioh tmelr jyrl`ij `koteot wis he`lhehjy rihlk uonrleohjy.
Lt“s okt tmit i jibej jlce Rkihruooer kr i bioh jlce Xype K Oeaitlve
hepeoheh ko rihlk nkr lts su``ess bi`c tmeo3 lt wis gkre ibkut
sejjloa tme bioh tmrkuam tkurloa, ioh vli tme uoherarkuoh oetwkrc kn
niozloes ioh wkrh kn gkutm, is wejj is ioy jiraer gilostreig
giaizloes wljjloa tk spire i new piaes ko tmls welrh oew kutnlt nrkg
Brkkcjyo. But Rkihruooer“s Hkua Cekam tkkc gitters lotk mls kwo
miohs, dust nkr nuo. Lt wis i wmlg kn io lhei tmit stru`c i `mkrh wltm
tmkse wmk wkujh jlsteo.
‚L gihe i smkrteoeh verslko kn ”Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …“
heslaoeh nkr `kjjeae rihlk,‗ siys Cekam. ‚But kn `kurse wltm tme
he`eo`y jiws ioh tme N@@, we mih tk ehlt lt. Lt wis ijj bjeeps. Lt wis
nuo tk `kuot mkw gioy bjeeps were lo tmit. Qe i`tuijjy servl`eh lt tk
rihlk, ioh Dksm wis sk plsseh knn wltm ge. L geiot wejj, ioh lt wis
reijjy nuooy, but Dksm … me“s prkbibjy stljj plsseh knn ibkut lt. Me
wiso“t gih it ge perskoijjy, but L egbkhleh tme iutmkrltitlve re`krh
jibej auy wmk hkeso“t bktmer `kosujtloa tme irtlst. Qml`m wis stuplh,
but tmeo iailo, me oever wkujh mive jet ge hk lt. ”L cokw yku“re
SbjeepW skgekoe ejse.“ Qe hlho“t bjeep ”sjut,“ but we hlh bjeep ”`uot.“
Qe were very `irenuj. Ioh tmere were ok vlheks nkr Pjkw, Heep ioh
Mirh, dust tmit rihlk ehlt tmit Dksm wis ijj plsseh knn ibkut. But L
tmloc lt prkbibjy mejpeh.‗
Lo 9<<9, tme meivy gusl` jiohs`ipe wis `mioaloa hrigitl`ijjy.
Is evlheo`eh lo tme ipprki`m kn mybrlh biohs jlce Dioe“s Ihhl`tlko
ioh Niltm Ok Gkre, io uopre`eheotehjy wlhe irriy kn lonjueo`es wis
ouhaloa lotk gioy biohs“ skuohs, wlheoloa tme meivy getij ioh
mirh rk`c s`kpe. Lt wis okt uousuij nkr gkhero meivy biohs tk
lo`krpkrite “>6s psy`mehejli, lohustrlij, nuoc, R&B ioh tme
jkkseoess kn “16s mirh rk`c lotk tmelr gusl`. Aeore hejloeitlkos

were aettloa bjurry. I wlhe-spe`trug spriy wis ok jkoaer io

iokgijy3 lt wis okw tme okrg. Qmeo Pij `jilgeh tmit tme bioh s
`kjje`tlve lonjueo`es it tme tlge kn re`krhloa Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh

were Bji`c Pibbitm, Oloe Lo`m Oiljs, Biumius, Glolstry, ioh Heep
Vurpje, lt wis bi`ceh up by tme hlverslty kn tme gusl` ioh wej`kgeh
by ihveoturkus nios wmk `kujh rejite tk su`m i hlnnl`ujt, `mijjeoaloa
re`krh. Hesplte beloa hircer ioh gkre hlnnl`ujt tmio gkst biohs,
Xype K Oeaitlve skgemkw nlt squirejy lotk tme oew gusl`ij wkrjh kn
tme 9<<6s.

It mkge, Veter wis `kotlouloa mls hiljy jlne is i prkuh, mirh-

wkrcloa gegber kn tme Oew \krc @lty Vircs ioh Re`reitlko
Hepirtgeot. Me stiyeh gkstjy tk mlgsejn wmeo me wiso“t wkrcloa kr
remeirsloa wltm Xype K Oeaitlve‘reihloa, jeiroloa, ioh hkloa.
‚L“g i serlkus s`leo`e bkkc nio,‗ Veter ko`e silh. ‚L jlce pmysl`s
ioh `meglstry ioh ”Mkw Xk“ bkkcs. L renuse tk piy gkoey nkr
skgetmloa L `kujh pkteotlijjy hk gysejn.‗ Xk tmit eoh, me ihheh i
he`c kotk tme Ritid`zyc nigljy hwejjloa ioh wkrceh ko `irs‘mls
kwo Hkkg Buaay, ioh jess tmreiteoloa meips kwoeh by virlkus
nigljy ioh nrleohs.
Veter ailoeh i sterjloa reputitlko nkr mls mejpnujoess lo tme
oelambkrmkkh. Eveo wltm gkre pekpje irkuoh tme wkrjh piyloa
itteotlko tk mls gusl`ij eoheivkrs ioh tme lo`reiseh igkuot kn tlge

me wis
jlveh puttloa
oeirby, lotk mls
tmkse wmkoew
kojybioh,
coewme ijwiys
mlg mih tlge
is sgirt, wltty,nkr tmkseVeter
mejpnuj wmk
Ritid`zyc, tme koe tmey“h cokwo slo`e me wis i biby. Xmls wis
qulte i hlnnereot Veter tmio tme koe pkrtriyeh lo mls gusl`, ioh Veter
coew lt. ‚L“ve smkwo pekpje koe-teotm kn koe per`eot kn i slhe kn ge,
wml`m `kujh be jlceoeh tk i psy`mkpitm, tme wkuoheh iolgij slhe kn
ge. Ioh L jlce tk hk `rizy tmloas skgetlges, dust tk see mkw tme
press ls akloa tk rei`t.‗
Airy Clppej ls koe kn gioy wmk vijueh Veter“s preseo`e lo tme
Elamteeotm Ptreet oelambkrmkkh. ‚Me wis i akkh persko. Xme jlttje
tmloas me wkujh hk nkr oelambkrs silh gkre ibkut mlg tmio ktmer
tmloas tmit L glamt geotlko. Xmit s tme birkgeter, tmit s tme lohex.

Okbkhy“s wit`mloa. Xmere“s ok press, tmere“s okbkhy ticloa oktes.

Lt“s tme tmloas yku ire hkloa wmeo okbkhy“s wit`mloa. Xmere“s
oktmloa lo lt nkr mlg.‗
Kn `kurse, skge pekpje kutslhe kn Veter“s lggehlite `lr`je gihe
mlg kut tk be qulte tme kppkslte kn i silot, biseh ko tme Xype K
Oeaitlve ijbug ioh skge kn tme tmkroy giterlij me“h wrltteo nkr
@irolvkre ioh Iaokstl` Nrkot. Me wis brioheh i ri`lst ioh i
wkgio-miter. Pkge tmkuamt kn mlg is oktmloa jess tmio io ujtri-
vlkjeot gkoster kn i gio. Eveo tmkuam Veter `jeirjy expjiloeh tk tme
press tmit Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh wis ‚tmeripy,‗ `rltl`s were qul`c tk
pklot io i``usitkry nloaer mls wiy. Veter“s heneose, is io irtlst ioh
`reitkr, wis okt eokuam. Eveo tmls reiskoibje expjioitlko kn tme
ioaer wltmlo ‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …‗ niljeh tk ippeise mls gkst
irheot itti`cers. ‚”Uosu``essnujjy @kploa …“ ls nkr ioykoe wmk mis
mih tmelr meirt brkceo,‗ me silh. ‚Qmeo skgekoe tices skgetmloa
iwiy nrkg yku tmit yku wiot very gu`m, yku ire akloa tk reseot
tmeg nkr lt. L hko“t cokw ioykoe tmit `ires ibkut wkgeo gkre tmio L
hk. L“g knneoheh tmit pekpje siy L mite wkgeo.‗ Mls jkve kn wkgeo
ioh heneose kn mls jyrl`s be`kge rehuohiot, knt-repeiteh lssues
Veter mih tk ihhress nir gkre knteo tmio me `ireh tk.
Every skoa ko Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh `reiteh lts kwo `kotrkversy.
Re`ijjloa ‚Vrejuhe tk Iakoy,‗ Dksm Pljver siys, ‚Qe akt i jetter
ibkut tmit koe. \ku cokw mkw gurherers type tmkse jetters usloa ijj
hlnnereot typeni`es; Lt wis koe kn tmkse, ioh lt silh skgetmloa jlce,
”Ripe ls okt nuooy kr nismlkoibje. Nu`c yku. Hle.“ Lt wis reijjy
nreicy.‗ Me akes ko tk expjilo tmit tme skoa ‚ls ibkut betriyij,
kbvlkusjy. I jkt kn Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh wis ibkut betriyij‘neejloa
betriyeh by rejitlkosmlps ioh beloa nu`ceh kver by wkgeo. Xmit“s
wmit gkst ykuoa geo ire `ko`eroeh wltm, ioh sk were we. Lt
seegeh tk be i ruooloa tmege tmrkuam gkst kn tme ijbug, ioh tmit
wis tme lgialoiry reveoae pkrtlko. But pekpje tice tme getipmkrl`ij
`koteot kut kn `kotext sk tmey `io siy, ”\ku“re prkgktloa ripe.“ Qejj,
ok, we“re okt. Qe“re expressloa ioaer.‗

Is nkr tme wkgeo Veter nejt mih nu`ceh mlg kver,

kver, tmls giterlij‘
wml`m me stirteh wrltloa is @irolvkre hlsloteariteh, i tlge wmeo mls

gkkh hlskrhers be`ige hioaerkus‘serveh is reveoae. Xme

`itmirsls wis `kgpjete. Nkr i jlttje wmlje.
Veter mih i oew bioh, i oew re`krh heij, ioh wis bi`c tk
gicloa trkubje lo tme getij uoherarkuoh. Me mih tme jkve kn mls
nigljy, nrleohs, ioh oelambkrs. Ioh mls bioh wis akloa ko i reij tkur
nkr tme nlrst tlge ever, i diuot tmit wkujh tice mlg, Pij, Ceooy, ioh
Dksm beykoh tme jk`ij irei lotk tme meirtjioh kn Igerl`i. Mls pijs
ioh prktìaìes lo Blkmizirh wkujh ak ijkoa wltm tmeg is tme twk
biohs kpeoeh nkr Eoajlsm puoc jeaeohs tme Expjklteh. Lt wis akloa
be i cljjer tlge ioh i meijtmy cl`c-stirt tk Xype K Oeaitlve“s `ireer.
But tme tkur su`ceh, ioh tme Eurkpeio koe inter tmit wis io
uogltlaiteh hlsister.

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9 Lo koe kn gioy loterse`tlkos kn tme lo`estukus Brkkcjyo s`eoe tmit nkuoh Veter Pteeje it
tme ixls, tme @rugbsu`cers‘wml`m lo`juheh @irolvkre“s Gir` Vlkvioettl‘re`rulteh
vk`ijlst Dke Miaairty lo 9<==, wmk mih prevlkusjy pjiyeh lo Celtm ‚Ijexioher‗ Bkoiook“s
Vrlgij P`reig.
Veter. Okw
Mirh Pteeje puraeh
tmit i muae
lt wis kut knjkih
mls kn bltteroess
systeg wltm mkploa
me wis Pjkw, Heep ioh
tk gkve
nkrwirh ioh neej `jeirer tmio me mih lo yeirs. But tmit hlho“t mippeo.
Losteih, me re`elveh i jessko lo mkw uohepeohibje, petty, laokriot,
ioh hkworlamt uajy mugio beloas `io be wmeo Xype K Oeaitlve
egbirceh upko tmelr nlrst-ever tkurloa diuots.
Me hlho“t eveo wiot tk ak ko tme rkih. Me miteh tme lhei. But
ktmers lo tme bioh wioteh tk gice i `ireer kut kn Xype K Oeaitlve,
ioh Rkihruooer Re`krhs wis okt wljjloa tk ceep tmeg i strl`tjy jk`ij
seositlko. Xype K Oeaitlve wis kbjlaiteh tk tkur. Veter tkkc
vi`itlko tlge nrkg mls hiy dkb ioh bearuhaloajy hlh wmit wis
requlreh.
‚Veter oever pjiooeh tk ak kut ko tme rkih,‗ `konlrgs aultirlst
Ceooy Ml`cey. ‚Me hlho“t wiot tk be i rk`c stir. Me `kujho“t alve i
nu`c ibkut beloa i rk`c stir.‗ Xmeo, lgltitloa Veter“s jkw vkl`e, me
siys, ‚”L nu`clo“ neej jlce i bla akkn.“ Me oever wioteh lt. Vete
wkujh“ve beeo `kgpjetejy, perne`tjy mippy wrltloa skoas lo mls
bisegeot, rejeisloa re`krhs ko`e kr twl`e i yeir, wkrcloa nkr tme
Vircs Hepirtgeot, ioh hrlvloa mls Arioh Vrlx. Veter jlceh krher ioh
rkutloe. Me wkujh“ve beeo perne`tjy mippy wltm tmit jlnestyje. Rkutloe,
krher, syggetry. Xmese ire tme tmloas tmit gihe mlg neej akkh.
Vuo`mloa tme `jk`c, cokwloa wmere me wis akloa every hiy.‗

But Veter nkuoh wiys tk ihipt ioh `kpe wmlje ko tme rkih. Me
ihgltteh, ‚L“g bisl`ijjy io lotrkvert, ioh wmeo L wijc kut kostiae L
mive tk be`kge skgekoe ejse, wml`m ls wmy L usuijjy mive gy
miohy bkttje kn wloe wltm ge. Lt tices tme ehae knn tmloas ioh brloas
gy Brkkcjyo kut. Lt gices ge lotk i wlse auy ioh alves ge tmls nijse
”L hko“t alve i nu`c“ ittltuhe tmit pekpje glstice nkr `konlheo`e, wmlje
L“g i`tuijjy i hruoceo pirc wkrcer kostiae‘dust losteih kn i rice lo
gy mioh L“ve akt i biss.‗
Nkr tmelr nlrst UP tkur, tme bioh wis bkkceh tk kpeo nkr Eoajlsm
puoc jeaeohs tme Expjklteh, wltm nejjkw Brkkcjyoltes Blkmizirh is
pirt kn tme pi`ciae. Blkmizirh“s preseo`e mejpeh Veter `kpe wltm
tme strloa kn tmlrty hites tmit were s`mehujeh tmrkuamkut tme UP lo
Okvegber 9<<93 mivloa nrleohs ijkoa mejpeh bunner tme strilos ioh
stresses kn rkih jlne. But tme pilrloa kn Expjklteh“s upbeit, iotl-
akverogeot riots wltm Xype K“s `i`kpmkokus mybrlh epl`s were okt
i``epteh wejj by gioy smkw-akers.
‚Qe `ige kut,‗ Veter
regegbers, ‚nkur jkoa-milreh
nreics nrkg Brkkcjyo,
`konrkoteh gkstjy by puocs
ioh sclomeihs wmk it nlrst
hlho“t eveo jlce tme wiy we
jkkceh, ioh tmeo tmlrty
se`kohs lotk tme set hlho“t jlce
tme wiy we skuoheh. Xmey
expe`teh skgetmloa nist, ioh
we `kge kut pjiyloa tmls
hloksiur gusl`, sk tmey were
tmrkwloa smlt, s`reigloa. Qe
were s`mehujeh nkr ibkut tmlrty
smkws, wltm tme Expjklteh
`io`ejloa koe kut kn every
tmree kn tmeg, ioh tmey

wkujho“t eveo tejj us wmeo

 tmey `io`ejeh. Xmey mih tme
Veter wltm Dkey T nrkg Jlne kn Iakoy, triljer wltm ijj tme aeir mkkceh

bi`cstiae it J“Igkur, 9<<2 kotk tmelr vio, sk we `kujho“t

eveo pjiy wmeo tmey hlho“t
wiot tk. Xmey wkujh pjiy smkws by wmlg. Xmeo SExpjklteh vk`ijlstW,
Qittle, akt sl`c ioh silh me wkujho“t be ibje tk gice tme oext nlve
smkws, sk L silh, ”L“g kut kn mere, L“g akloa mkge.“ L wis tlreh kn
wijcloa kut kostiae, mivloa stunn tmrkwo it ge ioh neejloa jlce i bla
hl`c.‗
Ceo Crlete re`ijjs, ‚Qittle nrkg tme Expjklteh wis i gioli` ioh
cept `io`ejloa smkws. Qe hlh ibkut twk ioh i mijn weecs ioh tmeo
silh, ”Eokuam.“ Xype K biljeh skgewmere lo Ciosis ioh gihe i
beejloe bi`c tk Brkkcjyo.‗
Qittle“s bkuts kn sl`coess irkse nrkg virlkus gkgeots kn
tegpkriry losiolty, jlce wmeo me stirteh breicloa jlamt bujbs lo mls
mioh, `iusloa i serlkus `ise kn bjkkh pklskoloa. Veter reijlzeh lt
wis tme wrkoa tkur nkr ijj clohs kn reiskos4 gusl`ij, perskoij, eveo
lhekjkal`ij. Xme Expjklteh were bjitiotjy iotl-jiw eonkr`egeot ioh
iotl-akverogeot, wltm skoas su`m is ‚Vkjl`e Pmlt,‗ ‚Bkys lo Bjue,‗
ioh ‚Hko“t Viy tme Vkjj Xix‗ igkoa tme tuoes ko tme ijbug tmey
were tkurloa nkr it tme tlge, 9<<6“s Xme Gissi`re.
Veter silh kn tme Expjklteh/Xype K Oeaitlve pilrloa, ‚Qe
smkujho“t mive beeo ko tme bljj wltm i puoc rk`c bioh be`iuse we“re
okt puoc. L ig okt iotl-akverogeot3 L bejleve lo jiws. L bejleve
pekpje smkujh be puolsmeh ioh puolsmeh extregejy nkr tmelr `rlges.
L bejleve tmere smkujh be ok ger`y be`iuse ger`y ls hetrlgeotij tk
tme prkaress kn evkjutlko. Xme mugio ri`e mis `eiseh tk evkjve
be`iuse i jkt kn pekpje tmit wkujh mive hleh oiturijjy mive
`kotloueh tk jlve, prkhu`loa lonerlkr stk`c. Lt“s tijc jlce tmls tmit akt
ge lo trkubje wltm tme Aergios.‗
Ioh tme Hut`m. Ioh tme Iustrlios. Ioh virlkus pkjltl`ijjy `krre`t
ni`tlkos lo P`iohloivli. Pmkrtjy inter irrlvloa mkge nrkg tme ljj-niteh
UP tkur, Xype K Oeaitlve wis seot rlamt bi`c kut ko tme rkih, ko i
Eurkpeio tkur wmere mejpnuj, wejj-giooereh Brkkcjyo bky Veter
Ritid`zyc wis wioteh heih nkr glskayoy, ri`lsg, Oizlsg, ioh
virlkus ktmer skrhlh bemivlkrs.
 Xme Eurkpeios sgejjeh bjkkh.

Xme nlrst lohl`itlko tmit Xype K Oeaitlve wis pubjl` eoegy

ougber koe lo Eurkpe `ige wmeo Eoajlsm bioh @erebrij Nlx‘ijsk
slaoeh tk Rkihruooer‘pujjeh knn tme bljj wmeo tmey nkuoh tmey“h be
tkurloa wltm Veter Pteeje. Xmelr `ko`eros were tmit mls jyrl`s
tmrkuamkut Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh ioh tme @irolvkre ijbugs were
glskayolst ioh ri`lst. Lt wis i vlew mejh by gioy ktmers ko tme
`kotloeot. Iustrlio heitm getij sl`cks Vuoaeot Pteo`m neirjessjy
steppeh up ioh tkkc tme sjkt @erebrij Nlx jent vi`iot, but tmit
He`egber diuot tmrkuam Eoajioh, Pweheo, Heogirc, Okrwiy, tme
Oetmerjiohs, Aergioy, ioh Iustrli wis i tryloa tmree ioh i mijn
weecs nkr bktm biohs.
Xme `kotrkversy beaio wltm @irolvkre“s 9<=1 skoa ‚Ri`e Qir‗
ioh tme lonigkus Pteeje-peooeh Iaokstl` Nrkot tuoe, ‚Vubjl`
Isslstio`e,‗ ioh lt bkljeh kver ko`e Veter `ige kut wltm equijjy
lo`eohliry jyrl`s ko Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh. Ippireotjy uoibje tk
`kgpremeoh sir`isg, niotisy, `itmirsls, exiaaeritlko, ioh sk`lij
`rltl`lsg, tmere were pekpje ko tme extrege jent-wloa slhe kn
Eurkpeio sk`lety tmit wkujh okt mive Veter Pteeje ioh mls bioh
ippeir lo tmelr `kuotrles3 tmey tkkc areit geisures tk smkw tmelr
hlspjeisure. Lo mlohslamt ijj tmey hlh wis uohers`kre tmelr kwo

uajloess
hioaer tkioh lose`urlty,
Veter but it tme tlge tmelr riae prkveh i very reij
ioh tme bioh.
‚Lt wis i nu`cloa hlsister,‗ Ceooy re`ijjs. ‚Xme Okrwealios,
Pwehes, ioh Hiolsm tmkuamt lt wis sexlst. Ioh tme Aergios, wltm
”Her Uotergeos`m“ ioh ijj tmit smlt; Nkraet ibkut lt. Xmey were
`io`ejloa smkws up ioh hkwo tme jloe, tmey were breicloa wlohkws
ko tme bus, tmere were tmreits kn rlkts, ioh we `kujho“t wijc tme
streets.‗
I yeir inter tme tkur, Vuoaeot Pteo`m hrugger
hrugger,, Ijex Qioc, silh,
‚Veter“s henloltejy okt ri`lst. But L `io see pekpje tmlocloa stunn ibkut
mlg, espe`lijjy lo Eurkpe, be`iuse tlges ire aettloa reijjy rkuam
mere, i jkt kn smlt ls mippeoloa wltm ri`lsg, espe`lijjy lo Aergioy. Lt

prkbibjy wiso“t tme best tlge nkr i auy jlce Vete tk `kge kver. But
ijj tme jent-wloa pekpje lo tme mirh`kre/puoc s`eoe were very wrkoa3
tmey hlh tkk gu`m‘sgismloa tme bus, bkgb tmreits, dust
uobejlevibje. Ijj tme reij ri`lst biohs ire lo Aergioy! Xmey pjiy
smkws, tmey“ve skjh tmkusiohs kn re`krhs lo Aergioy, tmey sloa lo
tme Aergio jioauiae. Xktij nis`lst biohs, ioh okbkhy“s hkloa
ioytmloa be`iuse okbkhy `io hk ioytmloa. Xme tkur wis tmree
weecs, but we pjiyeh giybe elamt tlges. Lt wljj `mioae, tmkuam.
Gioy pekpje mive ijreihy `mioaeh tmelr glohs ibkut Xype K. Ln
tmey `kge iailo, tmey wljj aet i nilr tkur.‗
Knnl`lijs lo tme Oetmerjiohs weot sk nir is tk bio Xype K
Oeaitlve nrkg stepploa nkkt lo tme `kuotry. ‚Okt nkr kur vlews, but
be`iuse tmey neireh nkr pubjl` sinety,‗ siys Dksm Pljver. ‚Lt akt reij
kut kn mioh. L tmloc we hlh ibkut tmree smkws, ioh tme rest kn tmeg
akt `io`ejeh. Veter wis sk plsseh knn me njew mkge. Xme rest kn us
stiyeh, be`iuse tmit“s dust tme cloh kn issmkjes we were. Qe weot tk
tme smkws eveo ln we wereo“t pjiyloa, ioh skge pekpje brkce tme
bus wlohsmlejh. Xmere were ijj clohs kn ni`tlkoij lhlkts hkloa exi`tjy
wmit tmey were i``usloa us kn. Lt wis jlce, ”Xmese auys ire Oizls, sk
we“re akooi use vlkjeo`e tk suppress tmelr kplolko.“ Lso“t tmit tme
sige tmloa;‗
Dksm oktl`eh tmit, ‚\ku `io“t hk sir`isg lo Eurkpe. Xmey“re
triosjitloa tme jyrl`s jlterijjy. Xmey hko“t aet tme twlst, tme spkkn.‗ Xk
wml`m Ceooy ihheh, ‚I jkt kn lt wis dust i jioauiae birrler. But tmls
Brkkcjyoese sir`isg hkeso“t eveo ak kver lo tme Glhwest, yku
cokw;‗
Hesplte Veter“s lgpksloa nlaure ioh ‚wljj tk pkwer‗ tijc, tme
seosltlve Xype K jeiher wis heepjy inne`teh by tme eveots kn
He`egber 9<<9. ‚Qmit L wis plsseh knn ibkut,‗ me siys, ‚wis tmit
tmey were usloa nis`lst ti`tl`s ioh yet tmey `ijjeh us nis`lsts. Xmey
were akloa tk `jubs ioh sgismloa wlohkws, tmrkwloa bittery i`lh
lotk pji`es, tmrkwloa sujnurl` i`lh. Xmls ls dust mugio oiture, pjilo
ioh slgpje4 tktij mypk`rlsy, tktij lhlk`y.‗
Veter weot kver tk Eurkpe expe`tloa njic. ‚L“h meirh nrkg ktmer
biohs wmk h akoe kver tmere tmit tmere were `ertilo biohs wmk
were rugkreh tk be ”nis`lst,“ ioh L reijjy hlho“t tmloc tkk gu`m kn lt.

Xwk hiys benkre we njew tk Eurkpe we nkuoh kut tme nlrst smkw lo
Migbura wis `io`ejeh, ioh we hlho“t tmloc tkk gu`m ibkut lt‘koe
kut kn tweoty-twk smkws. Bla heij. Xmeo lt wis Berjlo, tmls `lty, tmit
`lty, ioh lt spreih tk Iustrli ioh tmeo nloijjy tk Mkjjioh.‗
Is tme bioh tkureh nrkg `io`ejeh smkw tk `io`ejeh smkw, smkw, tmey
spktteh pksters pjistereh tk tejepmkoe pkjes wltm Veter“s ni`e ko
tmeg, ioh lo bla jetters it tme tkp4 ‚CLJJ XMLP AU\.‗ Veter oktes
tmit, ‚Okt koe sloaje persko mih tme bijjs tk `kge up tk ge. Gkbs kn
tmree muohreh pekpje `ige hkwo tk tme smkws tk `konrkot tme bioh
but okt koe persko ijkoe.‗
Veter“s ok-mkjhs-birreh seose kn mugkr ihheh nuej tk tme
arkwloa nlre. ‚L hlh io lotervlew wltm i Aergio giaizloe, ioh tmey
were iscloa ge mkw pkpujir L tmkuamt Xype K Oeaitlve wis
be`kgloa. L silh, ”It tmls pklot L tmloc Xype K Oeaitlve ls gkre
pkpujir lo Aergioy tmio Ihkjn Mltjer.“ Lt wis gu`m tme sige tmloa
Dkmo Jeooko silh ibkut Desus @mrlst. L tmkuamt L wis beloa i nuooy
auy, but tmey hko“t aet lt.‗ Xmeo, gk`cloa i Aergio i``eot, me siys,
‚”Im, sk yku ire i nis`lst, Gr. Pteeje!“ Xmeo tmere were prktests,
rlkts, ioh bkgb tmreits.‗
Pkge kn tme `kotrkversy irkse nrkg Veter beloa qukteh kut kn
`kotext lo lotervlews. ‚L silh L mite bji`cs ioh wmltes, L mite
everybkhy. Everybkhy“s io issmkje. Pk tmey qukteh ge kut kn
`kotext4 ”Vete Pteeje siys me mites bji`cs.“ Xmeo wmeo L weot tk
Iustrli tmey mih i bla press `konereo`e it tmls `jub tmit `itereh tk
tme jent wloa, ioh lt wis jlce beloa duhaeh by i dury kn @kgguolsts.
Xmey were tmrkwloa questlkos it ge, hlaaloa lotk gy pist, bi`c tk
tme hiys kn @irolvkre. Lt wis jlce i trlbuoij, sk L tmreiteoeh tme
wmkje rkkg. L weot `rizy. L silh, ”Ln yku pekpje mive akt skgetmloa
tk siy tk ge wmy hko“t yku su`c gy nu`cloa hl`c rlamt okw. Ioy koe
kn yku, L“jj tice gy hl`c kut ioh put lt rlamt lo ykur ni`e. Jet“s ak!“
Xmese pekpje ire ijj jkkcloa irkuoh it ei`m ktmer jlce, ”Km gy akh,
tmls auy“s sl`c.“ \eim, L“g sl`c‘sl`c kn tme bujjsmlt! Qe“re tmls hkpey
bioh nrkg Brkkcjyo wmk trivejeh nlve tmkusioh gljes tk Eurkpe tk
try tk gice i new hkjjirs. Jeive us ijkoe.‗
 Nrustritlko wltm laokrigus lotervlewers jeh tk i ti`tl` tmit Xype K
Oeaitlve ihkpteh nrkg tme Beitjes4 oever ioswer i questlko tme

sige wiy twl`e. Inter tme Eurkpeio tkur, Xype K Oeaitlve

lotervlews usuijjy hevkjveh lotk tktij sljjloess, ioh qul`cjy, jeivloa
tme bioh jiuamloa lo tme wice kn nrustriteh dkuroijlsts. Veter
reiskoeh lo 9<<2 tmit, ‚L wis hkloa tweoty lotervlews per hiy, ioh
tmese nu`clo“ dercs wkujh isc tme sige questlkos kver ioh kver
iailo. ”Ire yku tmls;“ ”Ire yku tmit;“ ”Mkw hk yku neej ibkut tmls;“
”Mkw hk yku neej ibkut tmit;“ Pk L wkujh alve ei`m ioh every koe i
hlnnereot ioswer be`iuse L hko“t `ire wmit tme nu`c tmey tmloc. Xmelr
jlves ire sk sgijj tmit gy i`tlvltles ire lo tmelr oewspiper. Qmy hko“t
yku pekpje dust nu`clo“ cljj ykursejves okw;‗
Qltm gu`m jess ioaer, i `jkse nigljy gegber kn Veter“s re`ijjs
tmit, ‚Me stirteh tme dkcloa wltm lotervlewers be`iuse lo skge
lotervlew me“h silh skgetmloa ioh tmey wrkte skgetmloa
s kgetmloa kppkslte, sk
me nlaureh, ”Ln L siy skgetmloa kppkslte, giybe tme trutm wljj `kge
kut.“ Me stirteh `mioaloa tmloas ioh seeloa wmit pekpje silh. Pk i
jkt kn tme lotervlews were `ripkji, wmitever me nejt it tmit gkgeot lo
tlge.‗ Is i resujt, rlhl`ujkus stkrles ioh rugkrs beaio njyloa irkuoh
ibkut Veter ioh tme bioh, okoseose tmit jloaereh nkr yeirs. Xme reij
trutms ibkut Veter ioh Xype K Oeaitlve be`ige hlnnl`ujt tk
hetergloe.

Xme `ko`ept kn tme ‚s`ipeakit‗ hites bi`c tk io`leot Eaypt ioh

Pyrli, ioh ls ijsk hetiljeh lo tme bkkc kn Jevltl`us. ^irlkus mlstkrles
jiy `jilg tk lts krlalo, but tme `ko`ept ls tme sige4 biolsmgeot kn io
iolgij kr persko, si`rlnl`eh kr `ist kut tk ibskjve pekpje kr eotlre
oitlkos kn tmelr slos. Lt serveh tk bypiss ioh laokre tme reij rkkt kn
tme slo kr prkbjeg. Veter Pteeje wis jlce ioy ktmer kn tme areit
s`ipeakits lo mlstkry‘me wis lo tme wrkoa pji`e lo tme wrkoa eri
wltm tme wrkoa pekpje wmk were ijj tkk reihy tk pklot tme nloaer ioh
smlnt tme bjige.
Lt mis beeo pkloteh kut tmit tme i``usitlkos kn nis`lsg ioh
tmreits kn vlkjeo`e tkwirh Xype K Oeaitlve lo jite 9<<9 were
tmegsejves nis`lst‘tme very henloltlko kn ‚tme pkt `ijjloa tme cettje

bji`c.‗ Lt wis ippireotjy jkst ko uptlamt Eurkpeios tmit Xype K

Oeaitlve mih i Dew lo tme bioh, ioh tmit ijj i``usitlkos kn Oizlsg
were tmerenkre rlhl`ujkus. Dksm mlgsejn siys, ‚L wis `ijjeh i Oizl. L
isceh tmeg, ”Pmkujh L ak cljj gysejn;“‗
Is tme siyloa akes, ‚bih pubjl`lty ls akkh pubjl`lty,‗
pubjl`lty,‗ ioh tmere“s
ok better prkkn kn tmit tmio tme igkuot kn press ioh itteotlko X Xype
ype K
Oeaitlve re`elveh inter tme Eurkpeio lo`lheot. ‚L `koslher tmit tkur i
su``ess,‗ Veter silh smkrtjy inter irrlvloa bi`c mkge. ‚Lt akt us sk
gu`m nree press tmit lt dust bkkgerioaeh ko tme pekpje wmk wioteh
tk higiae us. Qe skjh i jkt gkre ijbugs tmio we smkujh mive.‗
Dksm Pljver nkuoh tme Eurkpeio eplskhe igusloa ko`e tme bioh
wis sinejy bi`c ko Igerl`io sklj, nrigloa tme experleo`e lo tme
`kotext kn skgetmloa gioy pekpje seegeh tk nkraet ibkut lo tme
glhst kn ijj tmls4 tme gusl`. ‚Qmeo yku“re lo i bioh, tmere“s ijwiys i
pklot wmere yku“re very oiëve, gusl`ijjy ioh prknesslkoijjy. Ioh L“h
siy tmit Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh ls prkbibjy kur gkst oiëve gkgeot.
Ioh yku `io oever ak bi`c. Beloa lo i bioh ls i jkt jlce `mljhmkkh‘
yku hko“t reijlze wmit“s akloa ko uotlj lt“s tkk jite. Kbvlkusjy we mih
i jkt kn kplolkos pekpje mih prkbjegs stkgi`mloa, ioh tmit“s kciy.
Jet tmeg glsloterpret lt. Jet tmeg siy mkw nu`ceh up we ire. Jet
tmeg gice lt i bla heij. Qe“re kojy i stuplh rk`c bioh, ioh ln yku
wiooi gice us tmit lgpkrtiot lo ykur jlne, tmeo ak rlamt imeih. But lt
wiso“t i wlse gkve. Ln tmey mih silh oktmloa, we prkbibjy wkujh
mive violsmeh.‗
Oeirjy i yeir inter tme hebi`je, Veter“s ioaer subslheh tk gice
wiy nkr i gkre pmljkskpml`ij ittltuhe. ‚Vekpje ire ex`lteh by buzz
wkrhs jlce ”ri`lst“ ioh ”Oizl“ ioh ”blakt,“ ioh ko`e yku aet jibejeh
wltm tmit tmeo ijj tme eirs perc up, tme gehli dugps ko lt, ioh lt“s jlce
i `lr`us. Xmit“s wmit mippeoeh tk ge. Pterektyploa ls eisy ioh lt“s
very slgpje tk brioh pekpje i `ertilo tmloa ioh mive tmeg try tk
heneoh tmegsejves tmit tmey“re okt tmit tmloa, jlce yku“re ko trlij. L
`io“t eveo bktmer wltm tmese slgpje pekpje be`iuse wmeo yku iraue
wltm io lhlkt, tmeo yku“re dust twk lhlkts irauloa. Pk L try tk wijc iwiy
nrkg tmeg. hetri`tkrs niljeh tk ippre`lite tme slgpje ni`t tmit me wis
Veter“s
veotloa, ioh pirt kn tmit rejeise lo`juheh myper-exiaaeritlko. Koe kn

tme pltnijjs kn loterpretloa ioy skrt kn irt ls ticloa lt tkk jlterijjy. ‚Xme
persko tmit wrltes tmese skoas,‗ Veter silh, ‚SlsW i very sgijj slhe kn
ge. Xmit“s tme ioary slhe. L“ve akt oloety-nlve per`eot gkre beslhes
tmit. L“g i segl-he`eot mugio beloa it tlges. Vekpje smkujh reijlze
tmit lt“s io i`t. L hko“t jlce pernkrgloa. L hko“t jlce beloa up kostiae. L
hko“t jlce beloa duhaeh by pekpje.‗ Ihhloa tk tmit, me okteh, ‚Pkoas
ire skol` tmeripy nkr ge. L subjlgite gy neejloas lotk skgetmloa
tmit“s sk`lijjy i``eptibje. Lt“s tme kojy tlge L `io wrlte skoas, wmeo
L“g nu`ceh up lo tme meih. Ln pekpje jlce wmit L hk, tmit“s areit. Ln tmey
hko“t, tmit“s areit, tkk. Xmese ire very perskoij tmloas tk ge.‗ Ioh,
inter i piuse, weiry kn stitloa tme kbvlkus nkr `rltl`s wmk wljhjy
glsloterpret mls jyrl`s4 ‚Ioh L tmkuamt pekpje wmk `kujh reih Eoajlsm
wkujh uoherstioh tmeg.‗

Inter returoloa mkge tk Brkkcjyo, Veter ioh Xype K Oeaitlve

meiheh lotk i yeir tmit treiteh tmeg gu`m better tmio tme prevlkus
koe mih. Lo 9<<2 tmelr re`krh sijes pl`ceh up `koslheribjy, tmiocs tk
tme `kotrkversy lo Eurkpe. Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh wis sejjloa wejj
eokuam tmit Rkihruooer Re`krhs hegioheh skge cloh kn oew
rejeise tk `ipltijlze ko tme nkrtuoe tmit, lrkol`ijjy, irkse nrkg tmelr
glsnkrtuoe lo Eurkpe.
Hesplte mivloa ok oew giterlij wrltteo, Veter dugpeh it tme
kppkrtuolty preseoteh by Rkihruooer. Me wis `kostiotjy hlssitlsnleh
wltm wmitever mls jitest wkrc wis. Is skko is i re`krhloa wis
`kgpjeteh me wkujh lheotlny everytmloa tmit wis lgperne`t ibkut lt
ioh neej is ln me niljeh. Xmus, tme `jlgite wis rlpe nkr Veter tk try ioh
perne`t Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh, wml`m hlh, inter ijj, bealo is i
tmeripeutl` `reitlve veml`je oever loteoheh nkr wlhespreih
`kosugptlko.
Rkihruooer“s Hkua Cekam stites tmit, ‚Xme su``ess kn Pjkw,
Heep ioh Mirh
Heep ioh Mirh, espe`lijjy lo Eurkpe, hegioheh i nkjjkw up. Pk,
lotk turokver is ijwiys, we wioteh tk aet gkre prkhu`t kut tmere,
espe`lijjy ln lt wis mippeoloa, ioh Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh, ijj tmit

oktkrlety nrkg wmit mippeoeh lo Eurkpe gihe lt skgewmit kn i mlt,

espe`lijjy lo Aergioy. Pk wmkever wis ruooloa tme Aergio
`kgpioy, ijkoa wltm @ees, he`lheh tmey wioteh ioktmer re`krh. Xme
krlaloij lhei wis tk re`krh io EV, but tme bioh hlho“t mive ioy oew
stunn reihy, sk tmit“s mkw tmey `ige up wltm tme nice jlve re`krh.‗
‚Xme skoas nrkg Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh reijjy gutiteh is tmey
were pjiyeh jlve,‗ siys Ceo Crlete. ‚Veter wis ok jkoaer mippy wltm
tme wiy tmey skuoheh ko Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh, sk we tmkuamt we“h
gice i re`krh wltm gkre up-tk-hite verslkos kn tme skoas.‗
Gkote @kooer ihhs, ‚Xmey `ige tk us wltm tme lhei kn hkloa Xme
Krlalo kn tme Ne`es. Veter arew uomippy wltm tme SnlrstW re`krh. Me
wis jlce, ”L wkujh mive hkoe lt tmls wiy.“ Pk Krlalo kn tme Ne`es wis
io ex`use nkr Veter tk rehk tme re`krh. Qe rejeiseh lt uoher tme
aulse tmit lt wis ”jlve,“ ioh lt“s nljjeh wltm tmelr seose kn mugkr, wltm
tme airbiae tru`c ioh tme evi`uitlko ioh tme `rkwh `miotloa, ”\ku
su`c, yku su`c!“ Lt wis brljjliot, but tmit wis reijjy dust Veter wiotloa
tk mive i se`koh `mio`e.‗
Xme bioh hlho“t try tkk mirh tk sejj tme re`krhloa is io i`tuij jlve
ijbug. Lo i `iohlh lotervlew wltm tme iutmkr lo 9<<2, Veter ioh Dksm
reveijeh tmit Xme Krlalo kn tme Ne`es‘subtltjeh Okt Jlve it Brlamtko
Bei`m‘wis i tktij s`ig. ‚Qe rlppeh tme re`krh `kgpioy knn,‗
`jilgeh Veter. ‚Xmey aive us i muohreh tmkusioh hkjjirs, ioh we
kojy speot twk muohreh ko tme nu`clo“ tipe Stk re`krh tme ijbug koW.
Qe weot kut ioh bkuamt Mirjey-Hivlhskos.‗ Dksm `kotloueh, siyloa,
‚Pk we ak tk gy mkuse ioh re`krh tmere ioh tmey hko“t cokw tme
hlnnereo`e,, ioh we sejj lt tk tmeg nkr wmitever we `io aet.‗
hlnnereo`e
Xmit lotervlew jeh tk i hls`usslko kn mkw `kkj 9<19 blcer/mkrrkr
njl`c Vsy`mkgioli wis, wml`m wis rejeviot nkr ioktmer reisko. Dksm,
Pij, ioh Ceooy knteo wkrrleh tmit Veter wis akloa tk cljj mlgsejn koe
wiy kr ioktmer, ioh it koe pklot tmey were `kovlo`eh lt wkujh be ko
i gktkr`y`je, i gitter tmit wkujh be brlenjy ihhresseh ko i nuture
re`krhloa.
Ko tme `reitlko kn tme Krlalo ijbug, Veter silh lo tme sige
lotervlew,
weot tk tmeQe
bla hlh ijj tme
stuhlk, `rkwhXwk,
Pystegs skuohs
iohSit
jilhDksm
hkwos stuhlkW ioh
tme bisl` tmeo
tri`cs.
Qe glxeh everytmloa ijj tkaetmer ioh trleh tk gice lt skuoh is jlve

is pksslbje. Qe ijsk put lo skge kn tme tmloas tmit mippeoeh tk us

mere lo tme Ptites ioh kver lo Eurkpe‘aettloa bkttjes tmrkwo it us,
bkgb tmreits, pkjl`e wltm hkas, pekpje dugploa ko tme stiae ioh
itti`cloa us.‗
Pystegs Xwk eoaloeer Glce Gir`liok regegbers Xme Krlalo kn
tme Ne`es is i pirtl`ujirjy nuo prkde`t wmere `reitlvlty rio wljh.
‚Xmere wis i `rkwh skuoh `kotloukusjy ruooloa tmrkuamkut tme
ijbug. Xme `rkwh skuohs were re`krheh ko io ioijka gi`mloe, ioh
tmeo we spjl`eh tme tipe ioh gihe i jkkp kn tme tipe tmit i`tuijjy
weot irkuoh tme wmkje `kotrkj rkkg. Lt wis i bla `kotrkj rkkg tkk,
sk tme tipe gi`mloe wis lo tme `kroer, ioh we rio tme spjl`eh tipe
ijj tme wiy irkuoh tme rkkg, irkuoh tme gl` stiohs tk ceep teoslko
ko tme tipe. Pk ln yku `ige lotk tme rkkg yku mih tk hu`c uoher tme
ruooloa tipe. Lt wis pretty nuooy.‗
Lt“s hebitibje wmetmer Krlalo lgprkves upko tme Pjkw, Heep ioh
Mirh verslkos, but lt“s io loterestloa jlsteo, ioh i gircehjy hlnnereot
koe nrkg tme hebut. Nkur skoas were re-tltjeh, wmlje ‚Her
Uotergeos`m‗ ioh tme twk experlgeotij tri`cs were jent bemloh
eotlrejy. ‚Vrejuhe tk Iakoy‗ be`ige ‚Vilo,‗ oeutereh tk i brlen 8486
`kgpireh tk lts krlaloij twejve gloutes. Xme ktmer skoas (okw
reoigeh ‚L Cokw \ku“re Nu`cloa Pkgekoe Ejse,‗ ‚Cljj \ku Xkolamt,‗
ioh ‚Arivlty‗) ihheh oew pirts ioh truo`iteh ktmers. Xmey sit
igkoa i `kupje nresm knnerloas. ‚Ire \ku Inrilh;‗ ls i miuotloa twk-
gloute loterjuhe tmit rei`meh lotk pure aktm terrltkry, wmlje ‚Mey
Vete‗ ls i rewkrceh verslko kn Dlgl Meohrlx“s ‚Mey Dke.‗ Xme jitter ls
tme se`koh Meohrlx skoa `kvereh by Veter, ioh tme nlrst kn gioy
Xype K `kvers tmit slaolnl`iotjy retkkjeh ioh relgialoeh tme krlaloij.
Lt wis giolpujiteh tk be`kge i perskoij `ijj-ioh-respkose, wltm
Ceooy bejtloa kut questlkos4 ‚Mey Veter! Qmere yku akloa wltm tmit
ixe lo ykur mioh;‗ Veter gkios lo respkose, ‚L“jj tejj yku, wkjn bky.
L“g akloa tk cljj gy kjh jihy, “`iuse L `iuamt mer s`rewlo“ “rkuoh wltm
skge ktmer gio.‗ Lt puts i psy`mktl` splo ko tme krlaloij, i`tloa is i
prkper ihheohug tk Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh“s ixe-gurher niotisy,
 ]erk
bla Xkjerio`e
pliok icieohs
strlce tmit Cljj tme
\kuBeitjes“s
Xkolamt. ‚I
Xme ijbug
Hiy lo tme`jkses wltm tme
Jlne‗ nrkg tme
segloij Pat. Vepper“s Jkoejy Meirts @jub Bioh. Lt wis mkgiae tk

tmelr ujtlgite merkes, ioh ioktmer loterestloa hetilj lo io ijbug

pi`ceh wltm loterestloa hetiljs.
Xme bioh“s sl`c mugkr ioh tme pri`tl`ij dkce `ko`ept kn Xme
Krlalo kn tme Ne`es wis renje`teh lo tme irtwkrc tkk, okt jeist lo tme
jlterijlty kn tme `kver, smkwloa Veter“s iss `meecs spreih wlhe nkr i
pmktkaripmer wmk regilos iokoygkus, renusloa tk be `rehlteh wltm
tme wkrc tk tmls hiy. Lt smkws, `jeirjy, tme ‚krlalo kn tme ne`es.‗ Gkre
nuo `kges lo tme skoa jlstloa ko tme bi`c, tme tltjes pirt kn i jkoa jloe
kn virlkus hruas ioh loarehleots4 ‚`irbkoiteh witer … skhlug
beozkite … i`etiglokpmeo … L COKQ \KU“RE NU@CLOA
PKGEKOE EJPE … getmyj ij`kmkj … NH&@ \ejjkw #5 … Juhlkglj
… IRE \KU INRILH … Vrkzi` … rlbknjivlo …‗ ioh sk ko, nloijjy
eohloa wltm ‚Bjue #2 Bji`c #9.‗
Xme ijbug“s jloer oktes `rehlt ‚Ioij Expkse‗ tk ‚^erhlarls
Vmjkalstko,‗ i Veter-`ko`k`teh pmrise `kgbloloa tme wkrh nkr i
plageot kn areeo ioh io kbskjete s`leotlnl` tmekry reairhloa
`kgbustlko ioh nlre. Veter“s seose kn wkrjh-buljhloa tmit beaio ijj
tme wiy bi`c lo Nijjkut ioh `kotloueh tmrkuam @irolvkre wis
stret`mloa lotk io eveo wlher piokrigi wltm Xype K Oeaitlve. Mls
itteotlko tk tloy hetiljs smkweh io exi`tloajy reskjute vlslko. Mls
ibljlty tk turo jkwbrkw autter mugkr lotk mlam irt wis uorlvijeh,
ijtmkuam tmls Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh rehk `jkseh i `ertilo `mipter kn
tme bioh“s evkjutlko tmit tmey wkujh oever revert tk. Veter cept
mlgsejn ioh mls bioh gites gkvloa ever nkrwirh.
 @kkj uoher nlre

Xme kbokxlkus ijbug `kver kn Krlalo wis pujjeh nrkg tme smejves
i yeir inter lts rejeise, repji`eh wltm ioktmer, tiger lgiae lo 9<<8
kn i areeo ioh bji`c treitgeot kn i nlnteeotm `eotury wkkh`ut by
Gl`miej Qkjaegut, Xme Hio`e kn Heitm.
Xme Krlalo kn tme Ne`es ls i su``essnuj ple`e kn subverslve irt,
kutsejjloa Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh by gioy teos kn tmkusiohs. Pkge
eveo `koslher lt tme knnl`lij se`koh Xype K Oeaitlve nujj-jeoatm,
hlstlo`tlve eokuam nrkg tme nlrst ijbug tk be duhaeh sk. Lt lo ok wiy
oeaites Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh, but lt hlh buy Veter gkre tlge tk wrlte
tme prkper se`koh Xype K Oeaitlve ijbug. Lt ijsk slaoijeh tme eoh
kn tme bioh“s nlrst pmise. Xme ijbug `kver ioh tme ne`es hrkppeh
kotk ei`m bioh pmktk lo tme bkkcjet (tme sige pmktks tmit ippeireh
ko tmelr nlrst ijbug) were is rlbijh is tme bioh wkujh aet. Xmey
wkujh okt ak nkr nurtmer arkss-kut wltm tme oext koe. Xype K
Oeaitlve oever tktijjy jkst lts pjiynujoess, sir`isg, ioh alnt nkr

subverslko, but tmese ejegeots were preseoteh lo subtjer smihes

akloa nkrwirh.
Xme oext Xype K Oeaitlve stuhlk ijbug wkujh be i gystery tk
everykoe but Veter lo lts eirjy stiaes. Okt eveo mls bioh gegbers
were sure wmit hlre`tlko mls wrltloa wis ticloa. Xmkse expe`tloa i
hlre`t respkose tk tme experleo`es kn tme ljj-niteh tkurs ioh tme
gkoster kn i gio Veter wis gihe kut tk be wkujh mive tk settje
wltm Xme Krlalo kn tme Ne`es is tmit respkose. Veter mih ijreihy
wismeh mls miohs kn lt, is nir is me wis `ko`eroeh. Me tkjh
dkuroijlst Oelj Ijhls lo 9<<2, ‚Xme tmloas tmit L“g wrltloa ibkut mive
oktmloa tk hk wltm tme prkbjegs tmit tme bioh eo`kuotereh. L hko“t
wiot tk tku`m upko tmit stunn be`iuse tmit wkujh dust alve tme pekpje
wmk `iuseh lt sitlsni`tlko.‗
Ioykoe wmk tmkuamt tmey nloijjy mih Veter Pteeje nlaureh kut
were lo nkr i bla surprlse wmeo tme ijbug egeraeh lo 9<<0.
 ‚Xmere“s oktmloa jlce hrlvloa hkwo tme street ioh meirloa ykur
brktmer“s skoas ko tme rihlk.‗
‘ Vitrl`li Rkwio, slster

Xype K Oeaitlve“s 9<<0 ijbug wis nloijjy `kgpjete, but lt oeeheh i

sultibje `kver lgiae. Xmls wis tk be tmelr nlrst re`krhloa kn ijj-oew
giterlij slo`e tme Repujslko `issette-turoeh-Xype
`issette-turoeh-Xype K Oeaitlve ijbug
kn 9<<6. Iotl`lpitlko wis mlam, espe`lijjy wltm tme uoloteotlkoij
pubjl`lty aeoeriteh by tme Eurkpeio tkur `kotrkversles ioh tme
su``ess kn Xme Krlalo kn tme Ne`es. Veter wis loltlijjy `ijjloa tme
oew ijbug Xmloas Qkrse tmio Heitm ioh Ktmer I`ts kn Akh , but
tmit `mioaeh wmeo me bkrrkweh i skoa tltje nrkg tme oew ijbug, i
gkuronuj epl` tltjeh ‚Bjkkhy Clsses (I Heitm lo tme Nigljy).‗ Xme
ijbug Bjkkhy Clsses wis re`krheh tmrkuamkut Nebruiry ioh Gir`m
kn 9<<0 it Pystegs Xwk stuhlk lo Brkkcjyo, ioh rejeiseh Iuaust 91,
9<<0. Xk ioykoe nigljlir wltm tme nlrst Xype K Oeaitlve ijbug, lt
seegeh i rihl`ij hepirture. Eveo tme irtwkrc slaoijeh i smlnt lo
perspe`tlve.
Xme pmktk sesslkos nkr tme bioh“s oew ijbug nkuoh tme gegbers
`koveyloa jess streetwlse arlt tmio benkre, wltm Veter egbri`loa i
pseuhk-rejlalkus
@itmkjl`lsg. Xmls jkkc tmit wis `irrleh
oew iestmetl` bktm i kver
trlbute tk ioh
tk tme gk`cery
ijbug kn
`kver, io
lgiae regircibjy hlnnereot tmio tme tistejess Krlalo kn tme Ne`es

`kver ioh `kltij ibstri`tlko kn Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh. Ln Veter Pteeje
mih oever beeo i prehl`tibje irtlst, me wis henliotjy uohers`krloa
tmit ni`t wltm tmls oew ijbug.
Kuttice nrkg prevlkusjy uopubjlsmeh
pmktk sesslko, pmktkaripm by
Dkmo Qihswkrtm
Lo i stite kn perpetuij
nkrwirh gktlko, Veter wis stljj
ibskrbloa oew lonjueo`es tmit
wkujh be lo`krpkriteh lotk
Xype K Oeaitlve“s gusl`. Mls
tistes were is virleh is tmey“h
ever beeo by tme tlge me
beaio wrltloa giterlij nkr
Bjkkhy Clsses lo eirjy 9<<2.
Ijkoa wltm mls bi`carkuoh lo
getij, pkp, mirh rk`c, ioh
mirh`kre, me“h beeo tuoloa lotk
tme etmereij gusl` kn i`ts su`m
is Jy`li ioh @k`teiu Xwlos,
jeaeohiry aktm rk`c biohs Xme
@ure ioh Plsters kn Ger`y, ioh
tme mypoktl` swlrj kn
‚smkeaize‗ plkoeers Pjkwhlve
ioh Gy Bjkkhy ^ijeotloe. Me“h
jkoa beeo i nio kn eirjy “=6s

Ougio ioh Kr`mestrij Giokeuvres oew lo tmewive i`ts jlce

Hirc (KGH). Airy
Me eveo
eodkyeh jlntloa welamts it mkge tk Gihkooi ioh Cyjle Glokaue
ijbugs. Veter wiso“t inrilh tk smkw tme aeotjer, gkre lotrkspe`tlve
slhe kn mls perskoijlty,
perskoijlty, ioh tmit ippjleh tk tme gusl` me jlsteoeh tk.
Gioy yeirs jiter, Veter renje`teh ko tme `mioaes me gihe tk tme
bioh“s hlre`tlko. ‚Gkst kn tme skoas ko Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh were
jentkver @irolvkre skoas. But wltm Bjkkhy Clsses L wioteh gkre kn i
`mijjeoae. Hurloa tme “=6s, L“h ak tk @B“s ioh J“Igkur wltm gy jkoa-
milreh Gktþrmeih nrleohs ioh `kujh oever ihglt tmit L jlceh Hurio
Hurio, I Njk`c kn Peiaujjs, Vsy`mehejl` Nurs, ioh smlt jlce tmit. It
tmlrty yeirs kjh, L be`ige i hlnnereot persko, sk L dust he`lheh tk hk
wmit L wioteh tk hk.‗ Ioh lt wiso“t dust Veter3 tme ktmer auys lo Xype

K eodkyeh skicloa lo hlnnereot skuohs ioh s`eoes. Pij regegbers

tmit, ‚Ge, Veter, Ceooy, ioh skgetlges Dksm wkujh ak kut every
weeceoh tk Ijpmibet @lty, ioh it tmit tlge, lo tme jite “=6s ioh eirjy
“<6s, tmere wis i pretty akkh aktm s`eoe akloa ko irkuoh Iveoue I
Slo GiomittioW, lo ijj tmese birs tmit hko“t exlst ioygkre, jlce
Ij`itriz ioh Cloa Xut Xut“s
“s Qim-Qi
Qim-Qim m Mut. Qe were ijj very meivljy
lonjueo`eh by tmit.‗
Veter wis ijsk gicloa `mioaes tk mlgsejn, `konrkotloa mls ioaer
ioh nlohloa mlohslamt i vijuibje tkkj lo heijloa wltm lt. Jkkcloa bi`c,
me ihgltteh tmit me wis okt bjigejess nkr tme `kotrkversles tmit
erupteh hurloa tme hlsistrkus Eurkpeio tkur kn jite 9<<9. ‚L mive tk
ihglt,‗ me silh, ‚L wis laokriot. \ku `io“t ak irkuoh siyloa stuplh
smlt lo Eurkpe. Qkrjh Qirs L ioh LL hlh okt k``ur lo Brkkcjyo, Oew
\krc. L gihe i glstice, ioh L hk ipkjkalze.‗
Lo 9<=1 Veter mih wrltteo lo @irolvkre“s ‚Pex ioh ^lkjeo`e‗4 ‚Ln
yku `io“t eit lt kr nu`c lt, tmeo cljj lt!‗ Peverij yeirs jiter Veter“s
hlspksltlko wis `mioaloa. Me silh, ‚L wlsm L `kujh stljj jlve by tmit
gkttk, but lo tmls hiy ioh iae, ln yku nkjjkw ykur lostlo`ts yku usuijjy
wloh up lo dilj. Okw, ln L `io“t eit lt kr nu`c lt, L pretty gu`m jeive lt
ijkoe.‗
Lt“s okt tmit me wis wlgploa kut. Me wkujh oever wlgp kut. But
me wis gkre `ko`ljlitkry lo mls jite tweotles, pjiyloa mls `irhs `jkser
tk mls `mest, i gitter kn giturlty ioh survlvij. Meihloa lotk tme

re`krhloa
`jeirerkn
ioh `jeirer. tmebkhy
. Mls bioh“s
wisoext ijbug lo eirjy
is beiutlnujjy 9<<0,
s`ujpteh is ltmewkujh
nejt hlnnereot,
ever be,
tmiocs tk loteoslve welamt triloloa ioh itteotlko tk eitloa rlamt
(ijtmkuam me wkujh oever tktijjy cl`c io extrege ittri`tlko tk
Igerl`io nist-nkkh `milo CN@). Mls gloh wis jess kbsesseh wltm
riae ioh reveoae. Mls oew gusl` wis heeper, rl`mer, gkre
i``esslbje. Xype K“s oew ijbug wis bkuoh tk smkw arkwtm,
be`iuse Veter mih arkwo. Me wis stljj trkubjeh by lose`urlty ioh
hkubt, but me meiheh lotk tme oew yeir wltm i seose kn kptlglsg tmit
tmkse `jkse tk mlg miho“t seeo nkr kver teo yeirs.
 Veter mih i jkt tk purae lo 9<<6, ioh Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh
`ertilojy serveh tmit purpkse. Lt wis tlge tk gkve nkrwirh ioh jeive
pist `kotrkversles bemloh. Xmus, i slaolnl`iot triosnkrgitlko wis

hue nkr Xype K Oeaitlve‘tme gusl`, vlbe, itgkspmere, ioh

iestmetl` smlnteh. Xmey were stljj akloa tk be loterestloa ioh
`kgpejjloa, but lt wis ijj qulte hlnnereot tmio benkre. Xme `kre kn
Xype K Oeaitlve wis stljj pure, but losteih kn jismloa kut wltm
`jeo`meh nlsts ioh uobrlhjeh riae, tme jyrl`s jkkceh lowirh. Mite-
nu`cs were repji`eh by rejlalkus erktl`i3 tmreits kn mkgl`lhe ioh
glshlre`teh ioaer aive wiy tk tme sihoess kn jkst jkve ioh jkst
jlves. Ln bji`c stkkh nkr pure mitreh ioh reveoae lo 9<<9, lo 9<<0 lt
stkkh nkr tme sehu`tlko kn olamttlge ioh tme heep gejio`mkjy kn
gkuroloa. Ioh i spe`lnl` smihe kn milr `kjkr hye.

Xme `kver kn Bjkkhy Clsses neitures twk alrjs, i bjkohe ioh i

bruoette, oestjloa `meec-tk-`meec lo tme glhst kn io ippireot jesblio
tryst. Lt wis mkt yet tistenuj, ioh glamt mive beeo losplreh by tme
irtwkrc kn Gy Bjkkhy ^ijeotloe“s 9<<6 Ajlher EV, wml`m hepl`ts twk
pekpje clssloa ioh tices up tme eotlre nrige, ijtmkuam tmelr aeoher
ls igblaukus. Xme Xype K oige ioh ijbug tltje tkkc up kppkslte
`kroers kn tme Bjkkhy Clsses `kver, is ko Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh, but
tme nkot wis sgijjer ioh tme `kroer pksltlkoloa wis hlnnereot. Ptljj, lts
heslao retiloeh i seose kn `kotloulty. Xme bioh“s irtwkrc wis

be`kgloahyeh
`jktmloa, is re`kaolzibje i trihegirc
bji`c milr, ioh is tmelrvkl`e.
Veter“s reskoiot areeo-ioh-bji`c
Xmls `kver
lgiae, mkwever, hlh okt `kge eisljy.
Is wltm every ple`e kn Xype K Oeaitlve irtwkrc, tme seeh kn tme
lhei sprkuteh nlrst lo Veter“s gloh. But tme irtwkrc everykoe okw
issk`lites wltm Bjkkhy Clsses wis krlaloijjy loteoheh tk be very
hlnnereot. Veter `ige tk Rkihruooer wltm tme hlre`tlve tmit tme nrkot
`kver irt wkujh smkw i jirae pilr kn areeo negije jlps iailost i
bji`c bi`carkuoh. Xme lhei wis olxeh lggehlitejy. Piys
Rkihruooer prkhu`t gioiaer it tme tlge, Mkwle Ibrigs, ‚Qe mih
tmls areit ijbug, ioh L tkjh Veter, Xmit s i reijjy bih lhei. Ktmer
pekpje Sit RkihruooerW iareeh wltm ge. Xmit lgiae hlho“t jlve up tk
tmls ijbug. Qe eoheh up aettloa tkaetmer wltm Vete, wml`m wis

ijwiys hlnnl`ujt, is me hlho“t jlce

tk `kge lo tk tme knnl`e. Qe mih
tk tejj mlg, ”Qe hko“t jlce ykur
`kver lhei,“ ioh me wis jlce,
”Qmit tme nu`c ire yku
gehhjloa lo kur smlt iailo nkr;“
Lt wis be`iuse we i`tuijjy
`ireh. Lt dust wis okt eokuam, lt
wiso“t up tk tme stiohirh kn tme
ijbug me aive us. Xmey speot
sk gu`m tlge ko tme ijbug,
wmy wkujh tmey `kge up wltm i
@+, it best, ijbug `kver; Xme
`kver tmit eoheh up beloa tme
i`tuij koe ls okw io l`kol`
lgiae.‗ (Xme areeo jlps
Kuttice nrkg tme pmktk sesslko nkr krlaloijjy geiot nkr tme `kver
Bjkkhy Clsses (Dkmo Qihswkrtm) were rejeaiteh tk tme prlot kn
tme @H surni`e.)
Nkr`eh lotk nlohloa i gkre vlibje lhei, Veter brilostkrgeh
skgetmloa tmit gesmeh lositlibje sexuij just ioh tme hioaerkus
seosuijlty kn vigplrlsg. Me wioteh io lgiae tmit `iptureh tme
skpmlstl`itlko kn mls oew gusl` wmlje tku`mloa ko nis`loitlkos ioh

netlsmes
wltm wmkg,`jkse
kotkmer
mlsloltlitlve,
meirt. Me“h mih i slaolnl`iot
me pernkrgeh vigplrektmer lo tme
rkje-pjiy pist
hurloa
lotlgite gkgeots. Mesltiot tk tice `rehlt nkr wmit be`ige io lgiae
syokoygkus wltm Xype K Oeaitlve‘eveo jkoa inter tmey mih gkveh
ko tk ktmer tmeges‘sme ijsk turoeh Veter kotk tme wrltloas kn Iooe
Rl`e. Xme ittri`tlko tk ijj tmloas bjkkhsu`cloa `ige oiturijjy tk
Veter,, `koslherloa me ijreihy mih i nis`loitlko wltm bjkkh.
Veter
Oiturijjy‘ioh is wltm everytmloa me hlh‘Veter tkkc tme vigplre
`ko`ept tk lts nirtmest extrege. Lo tme tlge tmit Bjkkhy Clsses wis
ticloa smipe, me weot tk see i heotlst lo Brkkcjyo, Hr. Qissergio,
wmk s`ujpteh Veter s `ioloes lotk smirp vigplre-jlce nioas.
I``eotuitloa mls tmlo but gus`ujir nrige, mls hkgloitloa tijjoess,
mls heep vkl`e, hirc neitures, ioh jkoa hyeh bji`c milr, tme nioas

mejpeh Veter triosnkrg lotk tme ujtlgite vigplre akh. Xmls hirc
lgiae `kgpjegeoteh tme hlre`tlko kn Xype K Oeaitlve“s oew gusl`,
settloa tme bioh okt kojy ko i nresm irtlstl` `kurse, but hkwo i oew
iestmetl` rkih is wejj.
Xk mejp reijlze mls oew vlslko nkr tme
Bjkkhy Clsses `kver irt, Veter requesteh
tmit pmktkaripmer Dkmo Qihswkrtm
`kohu`t tme pmktk smkkt. Qihswkrtm mih
prevlkusjy seot sigpjes kn mls wkrc tk
Rkihruooer ioh tmelr aktml`/lohustrlij
lgprlot, Xmlrh Gloh, nlaurloa mls styje
glamt be sultibje nkr Xmlrh Gloh irtlsts. ‚L
seot gy pkrtnkjlk tk tmeg, ioh lt akt lotk
Veter“s miohs. Veter jkveh gy
duxtipksltlkos kn sex ioh heitm ioh
hircoess, ioh tmit“s exi`tjy wmit me wioteh Bjkkhy Clsses tk be, sk
L akt tme ala,‗ me siys.
Qihswkrtm regegbers Veter“s tlamtjy nk`useh hlre`tlve. ‚Me
wioteh twk alrjs ko tme `kver. L smkt tme nlrst verslko lo Oew \krc,
ioh wmeo Veter ioh L tijceh, me wioteh lt tk be vigplre-esque.‗ But
Rkihruooer hlho“t jlce tme vigplre lgiaery ioh isceh nkr i re-smkkt.
Qihswkrtm tmeo smkt tme lgiaes tmit were eveotuijjy useh nkr tme
ijbug lo ^lraloli Bei`m, usloa tme sige twk gkhejs. Xme bjkohe

wis mls wlne,

`kupje“s. Clg, ioh hirc-milreh
Qihswkrtm mkpeh tk Aibrlejji wis inrkg
use gkhejs akkh tme
nrleoh kn tme
nigkus
Qljmejgloi iaeo`y, nkr wml`m me“h ijreihy hkoe gioy pmktk smkkts,
but ‚Qljmejgloi wkujho“t jet ge use ioy kn tmelr gkhejs nkr tme
Bjkkhy Clsses smkkt,‗ me siys. ‚Xmey tmkuamt lt wkujh be i bih
lgiae nkr tmeg.‗ Xme resujtloa sesslko wltm Clg ioh Aibrlejji
wkrceh dust is wejj, eveo wltmkut tme mkrrkr ejegeot kn tme krlaloij
smkkt. Lt wis lo`rehlbjy seosuij ioh stljj `irrleh tme uohertkoe kn
hircoess Veter wis akloa nkr. Lt wis ijsk very hlnnereot nkr Xype K
Oeaitlve. Veter jkveh tme resujts kn tme se`koh pmktk sesslko ioh sk
hlh Rkihruooer.

Xype K Oeaitlve hegkeh tme Bjkkhy Clsses skoas it Dksm“s

mkge stuhlk benkre njesmloa everytmloa kut it Pystegs Xwk. Xme
oew giterlij reveijeh i bioh tmit mih aejjeh lotk io extregejy
`kmeslve uolt kver twk prevlkus re`krhloas ioh twk bkuts kn tkurloa
(tugujtukus is tmkse giy mive beeo). Qmeo tme bioh beaio
neehloa virlkus tri`cs tk tme eiaer eirs it Rkihruooer
Rkihruooer,, pekpje tmere
lggehlitejy nejt tme giterlij wis spe`lij. Hkua Cekam regegbers
nlrst meirloa tme skoas geiot nkr Bjkkhy Clsses. ‚Qe coew lt wis
areit, but lt wis sk gkostrkusjy hlnnereot. Qe `kujho“t nitmkg lt it
nlrst.‗
Vubjl`lst Pkpmli Nry wis equijjy triosnlxeh. ‚L nejj lo jkve wltm lt
be`iuse L wis reijjy bla lotk aktm gusl`‘Plsters kn Ger`y ioh tmit
skrt kn tmloa‘ioh L `kujho“t bejleve tme ijbug me wis `reitloa. Lt
wis sk hlnnereot tmio ioytmloa tmey“h hkoe benkre. Xme evkjutlko kn
tme bioh wis lo`rehlbje. L wis bjkwo iwiy.‗
‚Gysejn ioh tme bksses it tme jibej were lggehlitejy bjkwo
iwiy,‗ siys Gkote @kooer, ‚by tme muae prkaress ioh reloveotlko lo
skuoh nrkg Pjkw, Heep Ioh Mirh, wml`m stljj bkre i blt kn i
resegbjio`e tk Veter“s pist lo @irolvkre ioh tme O\M@ s`eoe. Xmls
wis i wmkje oew jusm, jiyereh, epl`, aktm getij beist. Qe zerkeh lo
ko ”@mrlstlio ltQkgio“
tri`cs‘ioh ioh ”Bji`c
wiso“t rk`cet Ok. 9“
s`leo`e, lggehlitejy
be`iuse is tme kn
tme hegks twk cey
tmese
skoas mih ijj tme sige gial` yku meir ko tme nloij ijbug verslkos.
Xmese skoas `ige tk us nujjy nkrgeh, ioh tmit smkws dust mkw
strkoa tme bioh“s vlslko wis rlamt nrkg tme stirt.‗
Mkwle Ibrigs coew ibkut Veter nrkg tme hiys wmeo @irolvkre
wis weirloa nur ioh splceh smkujher pihs, ioh regiloeh i nio is
tme bioh triosltlkoeh lotk i gkre hkwo-tk-eirtm `rksskver skuoh. Me
beaio wkrcloa nkr tme jibej is Xype K wis prepirloa Bjkkhy Clsses
ioh regegbers, ‚Is tme ijbug wis beloa `kgpjete tmere wis tmls
buzz irkuoh tme knnl`e, irkuoh pekpje wmk h ijwiys jkveh Vete ioh
@irolvkre ioh ko lotk Xype K. It nlrst L wis i jlttje smk`ceh by lt. Lt

seegeh tk smeh everytmloa tmey mih hkoe prevlkusjy.

prevlkusjy. Lt wis nrkg tme
meirt, but lt wis i wmkje hlnnereot tmloa. Lt wis very pkjlsmeh
skuohloa ijsk. Xme skoas were reijjy wejj put tkaetmer. Xme neej kn
tme ijbug wis very `koslsteot ioh reijjy strkoa. Qe mih ok lhei lt
wkujh be`kge wmit lt be`ige, but we coew lt wis io lgpkrtiot
ijbug.‗
Qmeo Xype K Oeaitlve brkuamt tme Bjkkhy Clsses hegks lotk
Pystegs Xwk, lt wis wltm i `jeir lhei kn exi`tjy wmere tmey were
akloa, hesplte tme giterlij beloa i nir `ry nrkg tme nlrst ijbug.
I``krhloa tk Glce Gir`liok, tme `reitlve prk`ess nkr every Xype K
ijbug nkjjkweh i rkutloe pittero‘getmkhl`ij, wejj-pjiooeh,
everytmloa lo lts exi`t pji`e, eveo it tme hegk stiae. ‚Xmey useh tk
re`krh tme Xype K hegks it Dksm“s mkuse,‗ Gir`liok siys. ‚Me mih
i ol`e jlttje set up tmere. Xmit“s wmeo tmey wkujh reijjy aet wmit tmey
were jkkcloa nkr ioh aet ijj tmelr lheis akloa. Dksm hlh i areit dkb.
Me wkujh brloa lo tme hegks, ioh we wkujh jlsteo tk tmeg ioh use
tmkse is i aulhe ioh tmeo dust re-re`krh wltm i gu`m blaaer setup
ioh skuoh.‗
Betweeo Veter“s reskjute `reitlve vlslko ioh Gir`liok“s te`mol`ij
cokw-mkw stkkh Dksm Pljver, tme kojy persko wmk `kujh iraue wltm
Veter ioh skgetlges eveo wlo wmeo hebitloa tme gerlts kn virlkus
`reitlve lheis. Me ijsk mih tme te`mol`ij cokwjehae tk i`t is i
mejploa mioh tk Gir`liok. Xkaetmer tmey s`ujpteh tme uolque skuoh-

wkrjh tmitPteeje/Pljver
`rehlteh `miri`terlzehisXype
tme K Oeaitlve.teig,
prkhu`tlko Every wltm
XypeGir`liok“s
K ijbug
`irenuj eoaloeerloa expertlse aulhloa tme skuohs kotk tipe. Lt wis i
`reitlve `meglstry tmit wkrceh, ioh lt resujteh lo ougerkus gial`ij
gkgeots wltmlo tme `konloes kn tme Pystegs Xwk jib.
‚Qe wkujh reijjy ak kver tme ehae wltm mkw gu`m we useh tk
hk,‗ re`ijjs Gir`liok. ‚Qe hlh sk gu`m jiyerloa‘hkubjloa, trlpjloa,
ioh quihrupjloa kn everytmloa. Xmey hlho“t ak tmit `rizy ko tme
hegks, lt wis dust tk aet tme lhei kn tme skoa tkaetmer. Lt wis dust i
rkuam nkrgit. Lo tme stuhlk ls wmere Vete wkujh stirt `reitloa ioh
akloa knn ko mls kwo. Qe wkujh usuijjy tice ibkut 06 hiys tk re`krh
io ijbug, ioh me wkujh `kge lo jite pretty gu`m every hiy. Qe
wkujh try tk stirt irkuoh 99 k“`jk`c. Me wkujh `kge lo jite, krher

juo`m, ioh tice mls tlge. Me wkujh ak knn lo tme bitmrkkg kr me“h be
akoe nkr i wmlje, sk lt tkkc i jlttje blt tk aet mlg akloa. Qe“h be jlce,
”Vete, we“ve akt tk aet tmls akloa.“ Lt wis nuooy be`iuse tme wmkje
tlge me wkujh dust be dkcloa‘tme auy wis mysterl`ij3 sir`istl` jlce
yku wkujho“t bejleve. Qe wkujh mive tk prkh mlg tk aet mlg akloa
but tmeo inter i wmlje me wkujh reijjy stirt aettloa lotk lt. Me wkujh
nk`us ioh stirt jiyerloa tme pirts tmit me wkujh meir lo mls meih. Me
hlh i jkt kn experlgeotloa. Qe wkujh dust stirt jiyloa hkwo tri`cs
ioh me wkujh siy, ”Jet“s try tmit. @io yku reverse tmit, gice tmit
bi`cwirhs;“ kr ”Jet“s try tmls ioh tmit.“ Qe wkujh dust ceep ko
jiyerloa tmloas uotlj we akt skgetmloa tmit we jlceh.‗
Xme meivljy jiyereh mybrlh kn skuohs wltmlo Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh
tkkc ko lo`rehlbje oew hlgeoslkos nkr Bjkkhy Clsses. Xml`cjy
sti`ceh vkl`es, jusm lostrugeotij itgkspmere‘gkre jlce `jissl`ij
kr`mestritlko tmio i typl`ij rk`c bioh‘virlkus experlgeotij jlocs,
tme losepiribje, kversituriteh mug aeoeriteh by aultir ioh biss
geraloa tkaetmer…lt wis ioytmloa akes it Pystegs Xwk, ioh lt
resujteh lo i spe`lnl` jiyerloa te`molque tme Pteeje/ Pljver/Gir`liok
teig hubbeh ‚nur.‗ Bjkkhy Clsses wis `kgpjetejy hripeh lo nur.
‚Qe wkujh jiyer i jkt kn tri`cs3 tmere were prkbibjy ijwiys nlve
kr slx tri`cs nkr ei`m pirt, tk gice lt reijjy tml`c. Xmeo we mih io
enne`t nrkg io kjh \igimi uolt tmit we mih it tme stuhlk. Qe i`tuijjy
mive twk kn tmeg, Dksm mih koe lo mls stuhlk, ioh lt wis tmls ple`e

tmit
wkujh weput
`ige up wltm
i slaoij lotkioh lt wis
lt ioh clohslhe
tme jent kn jlce i `mkrusloa
wkujh enne`t.
be brkuamt up i \ku
new
steps lo plt`m ioh tme rlamt slhe wis brkuamt hkwo i new steps lo
plt`m, sk we useh tk use tmit jlce `rizy ioh we `ijjeh lt ”nur.“
Qmitever we wkujh put lt ko, we wkujh hk i pirt ioh ak, ”\ku tmloc
tmit“s kciy; Qejj, jet“s meir lt wltm nur.“ Qe wkujh put i jkt kn enne`t ko
lt. Lt hlho“t `mioae wmit wis tmere3 lt dust gihe lt very tml`c. Xmit wis
tme nlrst tmloa we wkujh put ko, is io enne`t. Qe wkujh returo tme nur
tk i pirt, ioh wmlje we were jlsteoloa, Vete ioh Dksm wkujh be jlce,
”Vut i jlttje gkre nur ko tme vk`ijs ioh ko tme aultirs.“ Qe wkujh use
lt nkr everytmloa. Xmit be`ige pirt kn tme skuoh. Kn `kurse, we
ijwiys mih tmese jkoa reverbs set up, jlce i jkoa mkjh ko tme reverbs
sk tmit tmkse soire meihs ioh biss hrug mlts wkujh ak ko lonloltejy.‗
lonloltejy.‗

Gir`liok ls i @mrlstlio, ioh wmeo Veter brkuamt skgetmloa is

prkvk`itlve is ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ tk mls stuhlk, tme eoaloeer oktes
‚Qe akt lotk skge very loterestloa `koversitlkos biseh ko rejlalko.
Ioh Vete coew @itmkjl` hk`trloe, sk ijj tmit hls`usslko ioh hebite
gihe nkr skge loterestloa teoslko lo tme stuhlk.‗ Xkaetmer wltm tme
`reitlve teoslko tmit ijwiys exlsteh betweeo Veter ioh Dksm, lt ijj
eveotuijjy akt miggereh kut koe wiy kr ioktmer. Pkge tmloas were
tmrkwo kut is hlspksibje tk tme prkde`t, wltm tme skol`ijjy vijuibje
giterlij regiloloa. Every ennkrt put lotk tme `reitlve prk`ess ioh
re`krhloa kn Bjkkhy Clsses, lo`juhloa meiteh rejlalkus hebites,
resujteh lo wmit glamt stljj be `koslhereh tme ipex kn Veter Pteeje“s
gusl`ij vlslko.

Bjkkhy Clsses kpeos wltm ‚Gi`mloe P`rew,‗ ge`miolstl` oklse

jilh kver tme skuoh kn i wkgio gkioloa wltm pjeisure. Lt wis
pernkrgeh by io ex-alrjnrleoh kn Dksm“s, is wis tme kr`mestriteh
gkioloa ko tme nlrst ijbug“s ‚Uosu``essnujjy @kploa…‗ Veter“s
vkl`e tmeo lotrkhu`es ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio,‗ piripmrisloa Juce 204084
‚Nkralve mer,
mer, nkr sme cokws okt wmit sme hkes.‗
Lo oloe hrigitl` gloutes, ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ hlstljjs everytmloa

tmit wkujh
‘‚Bkhy kn typlny
@mrlst tme oew Xype
(@krpus K hlre`tlko.
@mrlstl),‗ ‚Xk JkvePpjlt lotk
Akh,‗ tmree @mrlst
‚Desus pirts
Jkkcs Jlce Ge‗‘tme skoa rejites tme tije kn i wkgio sk lonituiteh
wltm mer @mrlst nlaure, sme erktl`lzes tme @itmkjl` lgiae kn i oeir-
oiceh Desus ko tme `rkss. Is wltm gioy kn Veter“s skoas, lt
krlaloites wltm io ex-alrjnrleoh, i hevkut @itmkjl` wmk eodkyeh
breicloa tme rujes, akloa sk nir is tk k``islkoijjy isc Veter tk hress
up is i prlest hurloa tmelr jkvegicloa. Xme jyrl`s kn ‚@mrlstlio
Qkgio‗ ire igkoa tme gkst tmeitrl`ijjy stlgujitloa Veter wkujh
ever iutmkr. Ioykoe expe`tloa Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh Virt 2 mih kojy
tk jkkc it tme jyrl`s kn tmls nlrst Bjkkhy Clsses skoa tk cokw tmit
skgetmloa very hlnnereot wis lo stkre.

Xme skoa“s gusl`ij tkoes ire heep ioh seosukus, nlttloa tme
si`rljealkus erktl`lsg kn tme jyrl`s. Gkst oktibje ire Dksm“s
ceybkirhs, tmelr `iverokus ioh `mklr-jlce jiyers skuohloa is ln tmey
were re`krheh lo i @itmkjl` `itmehrij. Kver tmese ioh tme tmrkbbloa
gkuotilos kn areeo aultir/biss nuzz, Veter“s vkl`e ls utterjy
`kgpejjloa. Qmlje me mih beeo lotrkhu`loa gkre kn mls bissk
prknuohk vkl`e wltm ei`m oew re`krhloa slo`e tme @irolvkre hiys,
me mih oever neitureh lt tmrkuamkut io eotlre skoa uotlj ‚@mrlstlio
Qkgio.‗ Xme stkrytejjloa kn tme skoa, lts alaiotl` skuoh pl`ture, lts
pjusm jiyerloa, ijj `kgbloeh tk hejlver tme oews tmit okw, lo 9<<0,
Xype K Oeaitlve mih evkjveh lo io lo`lslvejy lookvitlve hlre`tlko.
Xme nlrst ijbug okw seegeh jeiaues hlnnereot nrkg wmere Xype K
wis meihloa.
Inter tme twejve gloutes kn loteotlkoijjy `igpy `irl`iture wltm
‚Bji`c Ok. 9 (Jlttje Glss P`ire-Ijj)‗‘io epl` pirkhy kn ioh trlbute tk
aktm alrjs, oigeh nkr tme bji`c hye tmey nivkreh nkr milr `kjkrloa‘
nios yeiroloa nkr skge kn tme kjh iaaresslko mih tk settje nkr ‚Cljj Ijj
tme Qmlte Vekpje.‗ It i rejitlvejy brlen 0428, lt“s i tkoaue-lo-`meec
stib it tme `kotrkversles tmit surrkuoheh tme bioh lo tme yeirs prlkr.
prlkr.
Veter mih stiteh wmlje wrltloa Bjkkhy Clsses tmit lts jyrl`s wkujh okt
be i respkose tk mls eoegles, ijtmkuam me hlh tice qul`c dibs wltm
tmls skoa, ioh ioktmer neitureh lo tme se`koh mijn kn tme ijbug, ‚Qe
Mite Everykoe.‗ Xmese tuoes were okt ioary lo tme wiy Retijlitlko

kr Pjkw,lo Heep
`kges ioh ioh
ijj mues‗ Mirhregloheh
were ioary‘tmey slgpjy stiteh
tmit ‚X^ lotervlews, nree tmit ‚smlt
pubjl`lty,
lo`reise re`krh sijes hrigitl`ijjy.‗
hrigitl`ijjy.‗
Pij expjilos tmit, ‚”Cljj Ijj tme Qmlte Vekpje“ wis i sir`istl` tice
ko Inrl`io-Igerl`io neejloas ibkut ”tme wmlte hevlj.“ Lt wis very
mugkrkus tk us it tme tlge.‗ Dksm ihhs tmit tme skoa wis ‚i gehli
experlgeot. Jlce, ln yku mite ykursejn, tmeo wmk hk tmey yejj it; L
uoherstioh wmy lt“s kciy nkr bji`c pekpje tk use ri`lij sjurs ibkut
tmegsejves, but lt lso“t kciy nkr wmlte pekpje. Xmere“s i hkubje
stiohirh tmere. Qe“re suppkseh tk mive ittiloeh tmls eojlamteogeot,
but tme trutm ls tmit lt“s akoe `kgpjetejy lo reverse. Losteih we mive
i `kgpjete suppresslko kn everytmloa tmit“s reij ioh mkoest. ”Cljj Ijj
tme Qmlte Vekpje“ wis gicloa nuo kn tmit.‗

Xmese twk skoas ihheh heptm ioh virlety tk Bjkkhy Clsses,

knnsettloa jigeotitlko hlrae ‚Bjkkhy Clsses (I Heitm lo tme Nigljy)‗
ioh pkp-geets-psy`m-geets-hkkg gisterple`e ‚Xkk Jite4 Nrkzeo.‗
Xme tltje tri`c reihs jlce io epltipm tk skgekoe hepirteh nrkg
Veter“s nigljy,
nigljy, ioh lo esseo`e tmit ls true, ijtmkuam me jiter reveijeh
lt wis ibkut i `it. Veter“s ihkritlko kn nejloes wis jlnejkoa. Koe kn
mls areitest jkves, ^eous, wis wltm mlg nrkg tme jite “16s uotlj tme
eirjy “<6s, ioh tme Bjkkhy Clsses tltje tri`c wis mls veljeh khe tk mer.
Xme jitter skoa wis sweeploa lo s`kpe, duxtipksloa sweet pkp
strilos, mirh`kre smkuts, aktml` hreirloess, ioh nrksty psy`mehejl`
pissiaes tmit utljlzeh Dksm ioh Ceooy“s vk`ij ibljltles, lo ihhltlko tk
tmelr jeiher“s `kggiohloa `rkko. Nkr gioy nios, ‚Xkk Jite4 Nrkzeo‗
represeots tme plooi`je kn Veter“s wrltloa, tme ujtlgite soipsmkt kn
tme bioh“s spe`lij, uolque `meglstry.
Losplritlko nrkg tme Beitjes beaio ticloa i gkre bjitiotjy
kbvlkus rkje lo Veter“s gusl` wltm Bjkkhy Clsses. ‚Pet Ge ko Nlre‗
ioh ‚@io“t Jkse \ku‗ neiture kverjipploa mirgkoles ioh
strilamtnkrwirh irrioaegeots, slgpje but substiotlij skoas wltm i
weijtm kn mkkcs. Ln tme extrege iaaresslko kn Xype K Oeaitlve“s pist
wkrc wis akoe, tmese skoas repji`eh tmit loarehleot wltm extrege
brlamtoess. Lt wis io uo`kgnkrtibje triosltlko nkr skge nios tk
gice, but eveotuijjy wko kver io eotlrejy oew iuhleo`e nkr tme
bioh.

I nrleoh
brkuamt lo tkknre`krh
Veter“s slo`e
sltir tme glh
ko ‚@io“t “=6s,
Jkse gusl`lio
\ku,‗ Viuj Beotk
tme ijbug“s wis
nloij tri`c.
@jeirjy i okh tk Aekrae Mirrlsko“s sltir-jeh Beitjes skoas ‚Qltmlo
\ku, Qltmkut \ku‗ ioh ‚Xkgkrrkw Oever Cokws,‗ Veter wis
hetergloeh tk ihh tmls ejegeot tk tme ijbug, eveo ln Beotk wiso“t is
prknl`leot ko tme sltir is me wkujh jiter be`kge. Beotk regegbers
tmit, ‚Veter hlho“t cokw wmit jevej L `kujh pjiy sltir it, ioh me“h
ijreihy gihe io irrioaegeot wltm tme bioh, sk L dust pl`ceh up tme
sltir ioh stirteh pjiyloa skgetmloa, ioh ibkut i gloute lotk lt, me
silh, ”Jet“s hk lt.“ Lt wis reijjy loterestloa mkw gu`m me wioteh tk
veoture kut. L hlho“t uoherstioh lt it tme tlge. Pkge kn tme gegbers
kn tme bioh ijsk, it tme tlge, mih lssues wltm wmere tme ijbug wis
akloa. Xme wiy preprkhu`tlko akes lo stuhlks, skgetlges gusl`lios

wmk ire useh tk i pirtl`ujir pitteroloa kr nkrgittloa kn `kostru`tloa

gusl` see skgekoe `kgloa kut kn jent nlejh wltm lheis, ioh tmey `io“t
see tme blaaer pl`ture, be`iuse tmey“re lo seageoteh pirts ioh okt
`kgpjete. Veter `ige nrkg i hlnnereot vlew lo tergs kn tme wiy me
stru`tureh tmloas. Bjkkhy Clsses wis io lggehlite hepirture nrkg
tme eirjy Xype K Oeaitlve skuoh.‗

Veter wltm Okrtmero Jlamts, Glhwkkh Girhl Aris, jite ”16s

Eirjy hriwloa by Veter, `lr`i jite ”>6s (useh by perglsslko kn tme

 Ritid`zyc nigljy)

Qltm Nijjkut, eirjy ”=6s

‚Bji`c ok. 9‗ gices lts nlrst ippeirio`e

Nijjkut remeirsij
Eirjy @irolvkre pernkrgio`e
 Hresseh nkr bittje. J tk R4 Celtm Bkooiok (ici Celtm Ijexioher),
Veter Ritid`zyc (ici Jkrh Vetrus X. Pteeje), Jkule Beitk (ici Jkule
Beiteiux)
(pmktk4 Rl`mirh Xerglol)
I gio ioh i `ir,
`ir, tkaetmer lo prkaress
Xme Hkkg Buaay stijcs tme Brkkcjyo streets it olamt
Useh wltm perglsslko kn tme Ritid`zyc nigljy
(pmktk4 Dkmo Qihswkrtm)
 Ijteroite `kver smkt
smkt nkr Bjkkhy Clsses (pmktk4 Dkmo Qihswkrtm)

Xype K Oeaitlve lo tmelr areeo-tloteh ajkry. @jk`cwlse nrkg tkp4 Dksm

Pljver, Ceooy Ml`cey, Veter Pteeje, Dkmooy Cejjy (pmktk4 Dkmo
Qihswkrtm)
(pmktk4 Dkmo Qihswkrtm)
Mkwjloa lo tme kpeo ilr, K`tkber Rust eri
Nlrst @irolvkre reuolko, Dujy 9<<> (pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li)
Plaoloa it Pig Akkhy re`krh stkre, Gir`m 9<<=, Oew \krc @lty
(pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li)
Pereolty lo tme subterrioeio jilr
(pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li)
Xype K Oeaitlve, jlve it Rksejioh Bijjrkkg, Oew \krc @lty, Qkrjh
@kgloa Hkwo tkur, K`tkber 2<, 9<<< (pmktks4 Hebble Vk``li)
(pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li)
(pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li)
(pmktk4 Euaeoe Ptriver)

(pmktk4 Dkmo Qihswkrtm)

Vei`e lo tme Peptegber suo, 266<
Girc Ibrigsko smlrt `kjje`tlko, useh by cloh perglsslko, ex`ept Mkt
L`e, useh by perglsslko kn tme Ritid`zyc nigljy

I``krhloa tk tme ktmer gegbers kn tme bioh, skge skoas weot

tkk nir lotk pkp terrltkry
terrltkry.. Qmlje Veter jkveh ‚Bjkkh ioh Nlre,‗ pksslbjy
tme gkst bjitiotjy rk`c ioh rkjj skoa me ever wrkte, Dksm jiter silh, ‚L
cokw aiy pekpje wmk mite tmit skoa be`iuse lt“s sk aiy. Xme skoa
ls tkk =6s. Pij hlho t jlce lt gu`m eltmer. Me siys, L regegber ijj
tmree kn us `rloaloa wmeo we mih tk pjiy tmit skoa. Lt nejt jlce we

were hkloa skgetmloa tmit wis trippeh lo ioktmer eri, but Veter mih
i bla tmloa nkr lt, sk L aive lt gy ijj okoetmejess.‗
Qmlje Veter ijwiys `ko`elveh mls ijbugs is `kgpjete dkuroeys,
skgetmloa beykoh dust i `kjje`tlko kn skoas, Bjkkhy Clsses tkkc tmit
ipprki`m tk i wmkje oew jevej. Qmlje me mih silh @irolvkre“s
Retijlitlko wis tme ‚Pat. Vepper“s kn tmrism,‗ lt“s eisler tk siy tmit
Bjkkhy Clsses ls tme Pat. Vepper“s kn Veter“s `ireer, okt dust
be`iuse kn lts irtlstry ioh lookvitlve prkhu`tlko, but be`iuse ok koe
wmk arew up lo tme `kjkrnuj rk`c wkrjh kn tme glh 9<<6s nkraets
wmere tmey were wmeo meirloa lt nkr tme nlrst tlge. Eveo lts nkur smkrt
`ko`eptuij ple`es ilheh lo ticloa tme jlsteoer heeper tmio tme typl`ij
ijbug experleo`e.
Dksm siys, kn tme lotrk ‚Gi`mloe P`rew,‗ is wejj is tme eotl`loa

skuoh-s`ipes ‚Niy Qriy

Qkgb,‗ ioh ‚0.6.L.N.,‗ @kge
‚L wis Kut ioh
stkoeh Vjiy,‗
kut kn ‚Hirckoe
gy ni`e Plhe kn ioh
hiy tme
gihe skge `rizy smlt ioh silh, ”Veter, jlsteo tk tmls.“ Ioh me silh,
”Xmit“s areit, jet“s put lt ko tme ijbug!“ Xmit wis tme cloh kn
itgkspmere we were wkrcloa lo. Ioytmloa weot. Xmeo me `ige lo
ioh gihe up tltjes ioh ihheh stunn tk tmeg.‗ Koe kn tmeg,
‚0.6.L.N.‗‘wml`m bealos wltm tme skuoh kn i speehloa gktkr ioh
gkves lotk hreigjlce, eveo olamtgirlsm vkl`es ioh skuohs‘`ige
nrkg i bioh lo-dkce. Dksm, Ceooy, ioh Pij wkujh knteo gess wltm
Veter, siyloa lt wis jlcejy me“h oever see mls tmlrtletm blrtmhiy hue tk
tme extrege re`cjessoess wltm wml`m me miohjeh mls gktkr`y`je.
Koe kn tme nloest gkgeots ko Bjkkhy Clsses ls tme uojlcejy `kver
kn Peijs ioh @rknts“s sknt-rk`c mlt, ‚Pugger Breeze.‗ Lt wis loteoheh
tk ippeir ko tme ijbug is tme gkre vlje ‚Pugger Alrj,‗ wml`m
repji`eh tme mirgjess krlaloij jyrl`s wltm stiozis su`m is4 ‚Ceooy
Ml`cey jyloa ko tme slhewijc / Hevlj gusl` nrkg tme mkuse oext hkkr /
Pk L step ko kver mls vkglt / Xmrkuam tme s`reeo ioh i`rkss tme
njkkr.‗ Veter wioteh tk `mioae tme jyrl`s ‚be`iuse tmey gihe ok
seose! Xmey were dust sk stuplh,‗ me silh. ‚Pu`m mlpple, hruaaeh-kut,
jilh-bi`c `ripkji. Pk L mih tk gice lt i blt gkre seosuij ioh ijsk
put i seose kn mugkr lo tmere.‗
Xme pubjlsmers wmk `kotrkjjeh tme skoa hlho“t see ioytmloa nuooy
ibkut lt. Xmey hlsijjkweh Xype K Oeaitlve ioh Rkihruooer nrkg

rejeisloa lt wltm tme ijtereh jyrl`s, sk tme bioh pjiyeh lt strilamt nkr
tme ijbug verslko. Pjkweh tk i hkwo-tegpk `riwj, wltm Veter“s
mypoktl` vkl`e kkzloa kut tme wkrhs lo tlge wltm tme skgitl` rmytmg,
tme skoa exuhes i jusm gidesty tmit cept lt nrkg skuohloa jlce tme
dkcey ittegpt lt `kujh
`kujh mive beeo.
‚Pugger Breeze‗ wis bkuoh tk be re`krheh by koe kn Veter“s
biohs. Qmeo Xype K nlrst nkrgeh, Veter regegbereh tmit, ‚It
remeirsij L silh tk Ceooy, ”Vjiy tmls nu`clo“ rlnn.“ Pkgekoe lo tme bioh
mih skge pljjs, ioh we were `mewloa tmeg up ioh swijjkwloa tmeg,
sk L stirteh sloaloa, ”Pkge kn tmese gice ge neej nloe.“‗ Eveo ijj tme
wiy bi`c lo 9<=2, krlaloij @irolvkre aultirlst, Ptio Vljjls, suaaesteh
tme lhei kn pjiyloa tme skoa tk Veter. ‚Xype K Oeaitlve wis okt tme
nlrst bioh tk hk lt,‗ siys Ptio, ‚Qe were tme nlrst. L silh is i akkn,

”Veter,
irkuoh wmy
wltm hko“t we hk
tme skoa. ‚Pugger
Veter Breeze‗;“
wis `kgloa sk tmese
up wltm we stirteh mkrsloa
`kkj rlnns tmit
yku meir okw lo tme Xype K Oeaitlve irrioaegeot. Lt reijjy spirceh
knn nrkg us bi`c lo 9<=2, wltm @irolvkre. Lt wis dust io lhei tmeo, but
me jiter tkkc lt wltm Xype
Xype K Oeaitlve ioh rio wltm lt.‗
‚Pugger Breeze‗ ls tme resujt kn Veter“s upbrloaloa ioh nigljy
lonjueo`e. ‚L mive nlve kjher slsters,‗ me silh lo 9<<5, ‚ioh mivloa
beeo bkro lo 9<>2, L wis bkgbirheh wltm Gktkwo, psy`mehejl`, ioh
eirjy meivy getij.‗ Me ihheh tmit ei`m kn mls slsters mih ‚tmelr kwo
sterek. L wis ijwiys subde`teh tk hlnnereo
hlnnereott gusl`. Xme jlamt skuohs kn
tme “>6s/“16s be`ige `mljhmkkh nivkrltes. Qmeo L meir tmese skoas
ko tme rihlk, L tmloc kn nkoh gegkrles ioh akkh tlges.‗

Egeraloa nrkg tme stuhlk lo Gir`m 9<<0, Veter wis pjeiseh wltm
tme kut`kge. Ko tme nlrst new pjiybi`cs kn tme nujj ijbug, Glce
Gir`liok ioh tme bioh coew tmey mih `reiteh skgetmloa extregejy
spe`lij. Xmey ijsk coew lt glamt okt be tk everykoe“s tiste,
espe`lijjy tmkse nios tmit jkkceh tk Veter Pteeje is spkcesgio nkr
tmelr riae ioh ioaer.

Iwire tmit tme ijbug wis i nir hlnnereot

hlnnereot beist tmio Pjkw, Heep
ioh Mirh ioh Xme Krlalo kn tme Ne`es, tme `rew it Rkihruooer seot
ihvio`e `kples kut lo i giooer hlnnereot nrkg tme usuij wiy kn
wkrcloa i oew rejeise. Xwk muohreh seje`t prlot ioh rihlk gehli
gegbers‘mlam-prknlje ‚tistegicer‗ types‘re`elveh io uojibejeh
areeo `issette lo tme gilj. Pkge auesseh wmit bioh tmls oew gusl`
bejkoaeh tk, ktmers issugeh lt wis i brioh oew Rkihruooer
slaoloa. Rkihruooer silh kojy tmit lt wis i oew bioh ioh tmey were
jkkcloa nkr neehbi`c. Respkose wis kverwmejgloajy pksltlve. Ktmer
tmio tme `kjkr kn tme `issette, tme kojy mlot is tk tme krlalo kn tmls
‚oew bioh‗ wis io uowrippeh @koey Lsjioh mkt hka tmit stinners
jkiheh lotk ei`m pi`ciae, skgetmloa Rkihruooer“s Mkwle Ibrigs
ihglts wis mljirlkus, ioh lo ceeploa wltm tme bioh“s pe`ujlir mugkr,

but Ko`e
ijsk ‚hlsaustloa.‗
lo tme pubjl` streig, tme
ijbug `iuamt tme eir kn everykoe
wmk jlsteoeh. Jeaeohiry gisterloa
eoaloeer, tme jite Aekrae Girlok‘
wmk put tmit ijj-lgpkrtiot nlolsmloa
tku`m ko gujtl-pjitloug ijbugs by
Getijjl`i, I@/H@, Dkuroey, ioh
Auos O“ Rkses, igkoa gioy ktmers
‘wis lgpresseh wmeo me gistereh
tme Bjkkhy Clsses tipes it Pterjloa
Pkuoh stuhlk lo Giomittio. Viuj
Beotk regegbers, ‚Aekrae wis i
gister kn mls `rint. L tijceh tk mlg
inter me gistereh lt, ioh me silh
mkw gu`m me eodkyeh tme ijbug.
\ku `kujh see lt ijj kver mls ni`e. Mls
Xme bealooloa kn i Bjkkhy
`kggeots were sk `kkj, ioh tmit `igpilao4 prlot ih nkr
wis reijjy akkh tk meir, be`iuse Bjkkhy Clsses
tmkse auys tmit hk gisterloa wkrc,
tmey hko“t ijwiys eodky tme gusl` tmey“re wkrcloa wltm.‗
Beotk“s issessgeot kn Bjkkhy Clsses i``uritejy `iptures Veter“s
`reitlve nrige kn gloh lo 9<<0. ‚Me tkkc knn lotk i wmkje hlnnereot

hlre`tlko. Lt wis igizloa. Mls wrltloa expioheh tk ktmer reijgs. Xme

wiy tme Beitjes trleh oew tmloas, Veter hrew nrkg tme losplritlko kn
tme Beitjes ioh mkw tmey experlgeoteh tmit wiy. Pkge pekpje
hlho“t meir lt kr aet lt rlamt iwiy. But me dust cept akloa ioh hlh mls
tmloa, ioh lt ls i niotistl` ijbug.‗
Xme tkoe kn Veter“s oew gusl` wis he`lhehjy hlnnereot, ioh Girc
Ibrigsko kbserves tmit, ‚Inter tme murt kn i niljeh rejitlkosmlp, tme
pilo eveotuijjy hujjs, ioh sk tme riae lo mls gusl` mih subslheh i
blt. Me wis ijsk aeouloejy lotk aktm stunn jlce Plsters kn Ger`y ioh
Jy`li. Pk tmit“s wmere mls meirt wis, ioh me arivltiteh tkwirh tmit,
wml`m wis nkr tme best, be`iuse lt turoeh lotk skgetmloa gioy gkre
pekpje `kujh jit`m kotk. Lt weot nrkg prlgij riae tk sexuijlty, ioh
sex ls ijwiys gkre ippeijloa tmio riae.‗

newLttlges
ijj pjiyeh
lo tmelotk Veter“s
eosuloa gister
yeirs. pjio,per`eot
‚Oloety i heslreknme vkl`eh
Xype qulte
K nios i
wljj
mite tmls ioh tme ktmer teo per`eot‘tme new wmk mive i`tuijjy
cokwo wmit L“ve beeo tryloa tk siy‘tmey“jj jlce tmls stunn. Mkpenujjy
tmls teo per`eot wljj bjksskg lotk skgetmloa gu`m areiter tmio we
mih benkre sk L `io gice i jlttje gkoey, be`iuse gkoey tk ge
represeots lohepeoheo`e, ioh L wiot tk aet iwiy nrkg giocloh
nkrever.‗
Qmetmer dkcloa kr serlkus‘jlcejy skgewmere betweeo tme twk‘
Veter knteo geotlkoeh mls mkpe tk igiss eokuam gkoey sk me `kujh
gkve tk tme `kuotry, kr L`ejioh, tk rlh mlgsejn kn tme oiaaloa
mioaers-ko, jksers, ioh aeoerijjy lhlktl` mugio beloas me nejt
sgktmereh by lo Oew \krc @lty.

Everykoe it Giomittio“s Rkihruooer Re`krhs knnl`e wis njkkreh

by Bjkkhy Clsses. Xmey bejleveh lo tme re`krh ioh were `kggltteh
tk wkrcloa mirh nkr lts su``ess, okoe gkre tmio `urreot ^V kn Rihlk
tk wkrcloa mirh nkr lts su``ess, okoe gkre tmio `urreot ^V kn Rihlk
Vrkgktlkos it Rkihruooer, Girc Ibrigsko. I nio slo`e tme
Repujslko hiys, me set i perskoij akij tk aet Xype K Oeaitlve ko
tme rihlk ioh ak bla wltm lt. Qltm Dksm Pljver“s sgirt ehlts kn

‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ ioh ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ lo mls miohs, Ibrigsko nejt me

mih wmit me oeeheh tk breic tme bioh lotk tme gilostreig. Me
wkrceh `eisejessjy tkwirh tmit glsslko, ioh wmlje gioy rihlk
stitlkos irkuoh tme `kuotry were bealooloa tk kpeo tmelr nkrgits tk
skgetmloa is krlaloij is Xype K Oeaitlve, Oew \krc @lty rihlk wis
khhjy `kjh tk tmese skoas. Ibrigsko eveotuijjy nkuoh io kpeo eir
lo ^looy Girlok.
I koetlge HD ioh prkarigger it Oew \krc
\krc @lty“s Q
QI]Y,
I]Y, Girlok
wis wljjloa tk meir Ibrigsko kut, okt be`iuse me eveotuijjy `ige
tk jlce ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio,‗ but be`iuse me regegbereh Veter nrkg
tmelr hiys bi`c it Ehwirh R. Gurrkw Mlam P`mkkj. ‚Veter wis i
seolkr wmeo L wis i nresmgio,‗ siys Girlok. ‚Everykoe coew wmk
me wis. Me wis ijreihy tmit tijj lo mlam s`mkkj, ioh wmeo Veter

wijceh
Everykoe hkwo tme tkmijjs
wijceh koe ltslhe
wistkjlce Gkses
jet mlg pirtloa
piss. Me wistme tmreiteoloa
Reh Pei.
jkkcloa, but wis reijjy dust i pussy`it.‗
Lo jite 9<<0, QI]Y, kr Y968.0, stirteh lts prkariggloa is i
rk`c stitlko, i 9=6-hearee turoibkut nrkg tme stitlko“s prlkr jlne
splooloa `jissl`ij gusl`. Xmey were kpeo tk oew lheis lo rk`c rihlk,
tme cloh kn stitlko tmit pjiyeh Getijjl`i it slx k“`jk`c lo tme gkroloa.
QI]Y aive ilrtlge okt kojy tk tme aruoae ioh ijteroitlve rk`c tmit
hkgloiteh tme gilostreig lo 9<<8, but gkre `erebrij i`ts su`m is
Yueeosrû`me ioh tmelr pjitloug-sejjloa Egplre ijbug. Ptljj, Xype K
Oeaitlve“s ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ wis i mirh sejj, ioh it nlrst Girlok
wiso“t bltloa.
‚Girc Ibrigsko wkujh `kge up every sloaje weec ioh plt`m ge
Xype K Oeaitlve. Me coew tmit L mih cokwo Vete, sk me tmkuamt tmit
wis akloa tk gice lt reijjy eisy nkr mlg. L wis cokwo is tme
tkuamest ihh lo tme `kuotry. L wis very sjkw tk ihh oew gusl`
be`iuse lt mih tk be rlamt nkr us.‗ Is kpeo is tme stitlko wis tk tme
oew rk`c biohs kn tme hiy, Girlok siys, ‚Lt wis okt ijwiys akloa tk
mippeo.‗
 Ibrigsko cept pkuohloa it mls hkkr
hkkr,, rejeotjess lo mls quest tk
see Xype K Oeaitlve aet tme rewirhs tmey heserveh. ‚Qmeo L nlrst
meirh Bjkkhy Clsses,‗ re`ijjs Ibrigsko, ‚L wis jlce, ”Xmls ls aeolus.“
L oever ijjkweh nkr lt tk okt wkrc. Qmeo L siy lt wis i jlne glsslko nkr

ge, L geio tmit tmls ls prkbibjy gy ougber-koe bioh, ioh lt wis

skgetmloa wmere L wis kbsesseh, ioh pkssesseh. L wkujh brloa tme
bioh tk rihlk, ioh tmey wkujh jkkc it ge jlce L mih tmree meihs nkr
eveo suaaestloa tmit tmey pjiy skgetmloa jlce ”Bji`c Ok. 9“ kr
”@mrlstlio Qkgio.“ But L mih tme streoatm kn bejlen ioh tme streoatm
kn laokrio`e. L wis stirtloa knn gy `ireer lo tme `kgger`lij rihlk
wkrjh, ioh L hlho“t cokw wmit `kujho“t be hkoe. L hlho“t cokw tme
jlgltitlkos, sk L hlho“t tmloc tmere were ioy. L dust silh, ”Xmls ls akooi
wkrc, higo lt!“ Lt“s is slgpje is tmit. L wis `kgpjetejy bujjmeiheh,
pisslkoitejy beitloa hkwo hkkrs, aettloa pekpje tk jlsteo tk tmls
tmloa, aettloa tmls tmloa ko tme rihlk. L hlho“t ijjkw nkr niljure. Qe dust
cept akloa. Qmeo we akt lt ko tme rihlk, lt expjkheh. Vmkoes wkujh
expjkhe. Pijes wkujh expjkhe. Vekpje meirh lt, ioh lt wis i aeouloe

rei`tlko.
‚Xmls wis skgetmloa tmit everykoe oeeheh tk meir. Everykoe
oeeheh tk meir Xype K Oeaitlve. Verlkh.‗
Girlok hlh okt loltlijjy smire Ibrigsko“s eotmuslisg. ‚Qmeo
Girc brkuamt ge ”@mrlstlio Qkgio,“ L jlsteoeh tk lt ioh silh, ”\ku“ve
akt tk be clhhloa ge.“ L tmkuamt lt wis i okvejty re`krh. Lt wis jlce
Jur`m nrkg tme Ihhigs Nigljy bi`ceh up by Bji`c Pibbitm. L
`kotloueh tk jlsteo, ioh me `kotloueh tk brloa ge hiti nrkg ktmer
rihlk stitlkos. Girc wis teirloa mls milr kut, be`iuse L wkujho“t hk
lt. L silh, ”L dust hko“t meir tmls re`krh beloa i mlt.“‗
Nloijjy, Ibrigsko lovlteh tme HD tk i Xype K Oeaitlve
pernkrgio`e. Girlok siys tmit inter tmit experleo`e, ‚L tktijjy akt lt.‗
Me put tme skoa lo rktitlko, ioh lt hlh wmit lt mih hkoe nkr ktmer rihlk
stitlkos tmrkuamkut tme `kuotry. ‚Xme pmkoes bjew up. Vekpje jkveh
tmls skuoh, ioh wmeo tmey nkuoh kut tme bioh wis nrkg Brkkcjyo‘
ioh wmeo L wis ko tme ilr L geotlkoeh L weot tk mlam s`mkkj wltm
Vete‘tmere wis tmit wmkje jk`ij `kooe`tlko. Qltmlo i weec lt
be`ige kur ougber-koe skoa. Qe were pjiyloa lt nkrty tlges i
weec. Lt be`ige gisslvejy muae nkr us.‗
 @mrlstlio Qkgio wis sk muae nkr QI]Y tmit tmey prkgkteh i
mkge`kgloa smkw nkr Xype K Oeaitlve it J“Igkur lo Brkkcjyo,
wml`m skjh kut weecs lo ihvio`e kn tmelr ippeirio`e. Girlok
reuolteh wltm mls kjh s`mkkjgite bi`cstiae, wmere Veter dkcloajy

tmreiteoeh tk cljj Girlok ln me ever

reveijeh Veter“s reij jist oige ko
tme rihlk. Xme bisslst tmeo
be`ige serlkus ioh expresseh mls
ippre`litlko tk Girlok. Me silh,
‚Xmioc yku sk gu`m nkr tme
ilrpjiy. Lt“s areit tk be ibje tk meir
kur stunn lo Oew \krc @lty.“‗
Qmlje Rkihruooer mih
rejeiseh ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ is tme nlrst
sloaje ioh vlhek nrkg Bjkkhy
Clsses, lt wis ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗
tmit pusmeh Xype K Oeaitlve lotk

tme jlgejlamt.
su``ess, KoOk.
‚Bji`c tme9‗bi`c kn tmit
wis alveo i
Breicloa rihlk sljeo`e4 trihe
se`koh pusm, tme skoa ioh lts
ih nkr lohustry pubjl`itlko i``kgpioyloa vlhek suhheojy
ippeirloa ko every rihlk stitlko
ioh tejevlslko `miooej regktejy kpeo tk pjiyloa oew rk`c gusl`.
Piys Girlok, ‚”Bji`c Ok. 9“ wis rejeiseh is tme oext sloaje, ioh
tmit hlh reijjy wejj nkr us, tkk. L ihgltteh tk Girc Ibrigsko tmit L
wis wrkoa. But lt wis Girc“s perseverio`e ioh jkve nkr tme bioh
tmit hlh lt. L nlaureh ln i re`krh jibej auy ls tmls pisslkoite ibkut koe
re`krh, tmeo tmere“s akt tk be skgetmloa tk lt.‗
Xmere wis i jkt tk lt, lo ni`t, ioh gu`m gkre tk `kge. Xmrkuamkut
9<<8 ioh lotk 9<<5, su``ess inter su``ess sokwbijjeh nkr Xype K
Oeaitlve. Xmkse twk yeirs wkujh be i wmlrjwloh kn tkurloa, GX^
ilrpjiy, tijcloa tk io eohjess jloe kn dkuroijlsts, ioh puttloa
tmegsejves lo tme pubjl` eye gkre tmio tmey ever hreigeh pksslbje.
Xme nrleohsmlp betweeo Veter ioh mls nlrst jkve, Girhle Pmelceo,
weot tmrkuam virlkus `y`jes kn `kgguol`itlko ioh hlstio`e kver tme
yeirs. Lo tme Bjkkhy Clsses eri, tmey were pursuloa hlnnereot jlne
pitms3 Girhle wiso t nkjjkwloa Veter s gusl` tmit `jksejy. Hrlvloa
tmrkuam tme `lty koe hiy lo 9<<8, sme tuoeh lotk QI]Y, is sme
skgetlges hlh wmlje lo trioslt. Pme re`ijjs tmit, ‚Xme nlrst tlge L
meirh ”@mrlstlio Qkgio“ ko tme rihlk, L wis hrlvloa. L meirh tmit

vkl`e‘L meirh tmls oew skuoh, ioh tmeo L meirh tmit vkl`e. L wis
jlce, ”Mkjy smlt, me gihe lt. Me“s ko tme nu`cloa rihlk. Veter gihe lt.“‗
Veter Pteeje wis stijceh by gioy pekpje‘wkgeo, geo, bkys,
alrjs, arkuples, nios, kppkrtuolstl` jee`mes, ioh gkre wkgeo. Mls
gktmer ioswereh ougerkus pmkoe `ijjs it tme Brkkcjyo nigljy mkge
tmrkuamkut tme yeirs, heijloa wltm `rizeh super-nios nrkg ijj kver
tme wkrjh. Xmese k``islkoij `ijjers mih aktteo Veter“s mkge ougber
be`iuse me `isuijjy aive lt tk ioykoe wmk isceh. Me mih i pe`ujlir
enne`t ko pekpje4 Inter smirloa i hrloc kr `koversitlko wltm tme aliot,
gioy pekpje nejt Veter wis tmelr oew best nrleoh, jlcejy be`iuse
Veter“s hlspksltlko wltm ioykoe, be lt re`krh exe` kr ark`ery stkre
`jerc, wis tk put tmeg it tme `eoter kn mls itteotlko. Me gihe i

persko neejnlaure
hkgloiot lgpkrtiot,
lo tme eveo
rkkg.wmeo lt wis
Lt wis koe me
kn wmk wis `jeirjy
mls areitest tme gkst
pkwers, ioh
eotlrejy aeouloe.
Pkge kn tmese `ijjers ioh oew ‚nrleohs‗ wereo“t eveo stijcers,
dust `kggltteh ihglrers wmk wioteh tk aet `jkser tk tme glamty
Veter Pteeje. \kuoa Vmlj Iosejgk, i Oew Krjeios oitlve wmk mih
dust dkloeh Xexis bioh Vioteri, wis koe kn tmkse tmit pmkoeh
Veter“s mkuse.
‚Qmeo Retijlitlko `ige kut,‗ Iosejgk re`ijjs, ‚tmit“s wmeo gy
brilo expjkheh. Retijlitlko wis tme gkst brutij jlsteo, ioh lt wis
gkougeotij. Lt wis su`m i alaiotl` lonjueo`e ko tme Oew Krjeios
gusl` s`eoe. Vete Pteeje wkujh tice mirh`kre lheis ioh tmeo
lo`krpkrite Bji`c Pibbitm‘wiy benkre lt wis `kkj tk hk sk‘ioh hk

lt wltm tmit hlstkrteh biss skuoh ioh hrkp lotk tmese sjkw hlraes tmit
be`ige tme stipje kn tme Oew Krjeios skuoh lo su`m i bla wiy. L
mive nrleohs nrkg tme “=6s wmk were su`m bla Vete Pteeje nios,
tmey“h `ijj mls mkuse ioh tijc tk mlg. Gitter kn ni`t, L `ijjeh mlg koe
tlge benkre L ever get mlg, dust tk meir mls vkl`e. Dust tk siy ”Mey,
Vete, L“g i bla nio.“‗
Islhe nrkg wejj-geioloa nios ioh up`kgloa superstirs jlce
Iosejgk, tmere were aeouloe, milr-`kjje`tloa,
milr-`kjje`tloa, breicloa-ioh-eot
breicloa-ioh-eoterloa-
erloa-
type stijcers. Xmere were tme mirgjess pekpje wmk glamt mive
wijceh by tme mkuse ko Elamteeotm Ptreet wmlje vlsltloa Oew \krc
@lty ko vi`itlko, ticeo i pl`ture, wkohereh wmetmer Veter wis mkge
kr okt, ioh weot ko tmelr wiy, but tmeo tmere were tme `reepy koes
wmk tkkc tmelr kbsesslko wltm Veter ioh Xype K Oeaitlve tk tme

extrege. Qmeo Bjkkhy Clsses weot akjh

lo Okvegber 9<<5‘sijes
ex`eeheh mijn i gljjlko `kples‘
Veter Pteeje mih triosnkrgeh nrkg
pubjl` eoegy ougber koe tk koe
kn tme gkst re`kaolzibje ioh
exijteh rk`c gusl` perskoijltles kn
tme 9<<6s. Xmkse wmk wioteh i
ple`e kn Veter `mioaeh nrkg tme
cloh wmk wioteh mlg heih tk
tmkse wmk wioteh mlg jlve, lo tme
njesm, ioh preneribjy uo`jktmeh.
Veter“s slster @itmy regegbers
koe pirtl`ujirjy gegkribje
kbsesslve. ‚Xmls koe alrj `ige tk
tme mkuse nkr @mrlstgis ioh Veter
wiso“t mkge. Gy gktmer `ige tk
tme hkkr, ioh wmeo sme kpeoeh
 tme hkkr tme alrj mih ko i reh sult
Xlge trivej4 Veter ko stiae iailo wltm
di`cet wltm nur,
@irolvkre, 9<<> (pmktk4 Hebble Vk``li) nur, ioh wmeo sme
kpeoeh tme di`cet sme wis oiceh.
Gy gktmer silh, ”\ku“re akloa tk `it`m i `kjh jlce tmit!“‗

Xmls wis i stkry Veter re`kuoteh wmeo me ippeireh ko i Derry

Pprloaer Pmkw eplskhe ibkut rk`c stir arkuples, lo 9<<5. Xmls oew
cloh kn itteotlko ioh expksure surejy seegeh surreij tk pekpje tmit
regegbereh Veter nrkg tme hiys kn s`l-nl birbirlios @irolvkre ioh
tme true-jlne arlt kn Oew \krc mirh`kre, but ok koe wis gkre
`mijjeoaeh wltm tme strioae oew wkrjh tmit hevejkpeh irkuoh Xype
K Oeaitlve tmio Veter mlgsejn. Mls mlam tijeot jevej resujteh lo tme
`reitlko kn tme extregejy i``kgpjlsmeh Bjkkhy Clsses, i tlhe-
`mioaloa ijbug tmit ailoeh ibkut i tmkusioh nios nkr every koe lt
jkst. Me silh lo 9<<0, ‚Xme iveriae Xype K nio ls akloa tk mite lt.
Xmey“re akloa tk tmloc we skjh kut ioh `ijj us pksers, wml`m ls nloe.
Okw we“re akloa tk ippeij tk i gu`m jiraer iuhleo`e. Ln skgebkhy
mis oever meirh Xype K Oeaitlve ioh tmey pl`c up tme oew ijbug

ioh
akloajlce
tk lt,
be ioh tmeo
lo nkr nloh kut
i smk`c. Lt“sibkut tme twktme
jlce peejloa ktmer
ni`eijbugs, tmey“re
knn i beiutlnuj
persko ioh nlohloa giaakts `riwjloa uoheroeitm.‗
Mivloa ticeo i slaolnl`iot step up lo tme rk`c riocs, tme hegiohs
ko Veter“s tlge ioh tme ougber kn pekpje tmit wioteh tk aet `jkse tk
mlg wis beykoh ioytmloa me“h ever hreigeh kn. Qmlje me
ippre`liteh tme vijlhitlko kn mls irt, tmls loteose nk`us ko wmit mih
stirteh lo mls bisegeot lo i tlge kn hesperite egktlkoij puraloa wis
trkubjloa nkr lts `reitkr. Veter `kujh kojy stiy lo step wltm tmls welrh
oew wkrjh nkr sk jkoa uotlj me mih tk smut knn ioh aet bi`c tk mls
nivkreh reijlty4 jlntloa welamts lo mls Brkkcjyo bisegeot, mls ever-
preseot `its knnerloa uo`kohltlkoij jkve, ioh tlge speot wltm nrleohs,
nigljy, ioh oew steihy Jlz. \et tme tlge me wkujh mive nkr tmit skrt
kn tmloa be`ige i rire `kggkhlty is Veter eotereh io extregejy
busy glh “<6s. Xmese yeirs were verlnlibjy very hlnnereot tmio ioy
me“h experleo`eh benkre. Jlce lt kr okt (me gkstjy hlh okt), lt wis io
lgpeohloa nuture tkwirh wml`m me mih beeo murjloa ijj ijkoa.
 Ioy bioh tmit breehs mkrhes kn nioitl`s ls hkloa skgetmloa rlamt.
Qmetmer lt“s Getijjl`i, Veirj Dig, kr tme Aritenuj Heih, `kggltgeot

ruos heeper tmio witer ioh tml`cer tmio bjkkh wmeo gusl` burrkws
heep lotk tme meirt. Pk lt wis wltm Xype K Oeaitlve, Bjkkhy Clsses,
ioh tme nioitl`ij nervkr kn i new `ertlnlibjy losioe iuhleo`e
gegbers. Rkihruooer“s Citmle Gerrltt re`ijjs tme lonigkus koe
slgpjy hubbeh ‚Ptijcer Alrj.‗
‚Xmelr nios were very jkyij. Xmey prkbibjy mih gkre stijcer-type
nios tmio ioy bioh L“ve ever wkrceh wltm,‗ siys Gerrltt, ‚ioh L“ve
wkrceh wltm skge `rizy-pkpujir biohs. But tmere wis tmls koe alrj,
tmey useh tk dust `ijj mer Ptijcer Alrj. L hko“t cokw wmit mer reij
oige ls. But sme mih i rlhl`ujkus igkuot kn hlspksibje lo`kge ioh
tkkc tme Bjkkhy Clsses ijbug ioh he`lheh sme wioteh tk geet
every persko wmkse oige wis ko tmit ijbug. Xmit wis mer akij.
Pme gihe i pmktk `kpy kn tme `rehlts ioh tme tmioc-yku jlst ioh

stirteh njyloatme
tme @H wltm irkuoh
pekpjetme `kuotry,
lo tme mivloa
tmioc-yku jlst.mer
9 pl`ture ticeo mkjhloa
Pme put tmkse pmktks lo i s`ripbkkc ioh preseoteh lt tk tme
bioh. Qe were lo Xexis it tme tlge, ioh lt wis rlamt irkuoh
@mrlstgis. Pme brkuamt everybkhy i @mrlstgis alnt. Ceooy lovlteh
mer ko tme bus ioh wis jlce, ”Xmls ls sk areit, yku“re sk lotk lt!“ But
Veter ioh Dksm were njlppeh kut. Xmere were pl`tures kn mer lo nrkot
kn tmelr mkuses, lo nrkot kn tmelr heotlst“s knnl`e, lo nrkot kn every pji`e
tmit wis ever geotlkoeh kr ioy persko tmit sme `kujh nloh tmit wis
lo tme `rehlts nkr tmit ijbug. Ijj kn i suhheo Veter ioh Dksm reijlzeh
tmit tmey were pubjl` nlaures ioh permips tmey wereo“t ibje tk wijc
tk tme stkre ioh aet i `knnee lo prlvi`y. Xmit wis tme nlrst tlge L siw
tmeg reijlze tmit tmelr prlvi`y hlho“t bejkoa tk tmeg ioygkre. Xmey
were nreiceh kut be`iuse skge kn tmese pl`tures smkweh rejitlves
kn Veter“s ioh oelambkrs kn Dksm“s. Pme mih ok quijgs ibkut aettloa
ko i pjioe ioh njyloa skgewmere, cok`cloa ko tme hkkr ioh iscloa,
”Qmy ire yku tmioceh, ioh wmit hlh yku hk, ioh mkw hk yku cokw
tmeg;“ Pme dust wioteh tk be i pirt kn lt.‗
Xype K i`mleveh tme cloh kn nige gioy clhs aettloa lotk rk`c ioh
rkjj niotislze ibkut, ijtmkuam tme pekpje `jksest tk Veter `jilg me
wis oever loteresteh lo tmit. Me wis tkk smy ioh lose`ure tk wiot
tme wkrjh“s eyes ko mlg it ijj tlges. Xme ihujitlko ioh

eo`kuriaegeot `kujh mive beeo i beoenlt kr i mlohrio`e nkr mls

virlkus lose`urltles, hepeohloa ko wml`m wiy me `mkse tk miohje lt.
Lt vijlhiteh mls gusl`ij aeolus, tkk, eveo ln me tkkc areit pilos oever
tk ihglt lt. Me wkujh losteih swloa lo tme kppkslte hlre`tlko, wljhjy
ioh `kostiotjy, it every kppkrtuolty, bejlttjloa mls irt lo lotervlews, ko
ijbug irtwkrc, eveo lo mls jyrl`s. Mls sejn-hepre`itloa mugkr be`ige
smirper tme gkre pkpujir me be`ige. Xme bi`c `kver kn Bjkkhy
Clsses, lo jleu kn jlstloa skoa tltjes, jkuhjy prk`jilgs4 HKO“X
GLPXICE JI@C KN XIJEOX NKR AEOLUP. Jiter, lo 2660, me
`kotloueh tk be mls kwo blaaest `rltl`, stitloa lo ‚Jess Xmio Terk
(:6)‗4 ‚Pokt ioh `ug, plss ioh smlt, kn tmls L ig gihe‘jlce i tiste kn
lt; Kn tmls gio kn Pteeje, oktmloa ls reij3 tme trutm be s`iot, jkrh kn
lhlkts.‗

iohI``krhloa
i``epteh tktme
tmkse wmk coew
ihujitlko, butmlg
kojybest, Veter heepjy
prlvitejy. Me stljjippre`liteh
hlho“t jlce
stiohloa lo nrkot kn tmkusiohs kn pekpje every sloaje olamt. Xme
exlsteo`e kn mls lggkbljlzloa stiae nrlamt ls prkkn eokuam tmit Veter
wkujh mive ritmer akoe uore`kaolzeh tmio be exijteh by tmkusiohs.
Gerrltt siys tmit, by 9<<5, ‚Lt wis jlce Veter wis i `jub tmit pekpje
wioteh tk be i gegber kn. Xmey wioteh tk cokw mlg, tmey wioteh
tk be oeir mlg. Lt wis nis`loitloa tk wit`m i auy wmk wis hugploa
airbiae `ios lo i pirc lo Brkkcjyo be`kge tmls jiraer-tmio-jlne stir.‗

It tme `jkse kn 9<<0, loterest wis sjkwjy arkwloa irkuoh Bjkkhy

Clsses‘i gu`m hlnnereot cloh kn itteotlko tmio tme `kotrkversles tmit
pjiaueh Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh. I arkuohswejj kn eotmuslisg areeteh
tme ijbug ioh lts sloajes ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ ioh ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio,‗ ioh
wkrh kn gkutm spreih steihljy. Ptljj, tme su``ess kn Bjkkhy Clsses
wis ioytmloa but lostiot. Hues mih tk be pilh, ioh jkoa sjkas ko tme
rkih were i very reij pirt kn tmelr `ireer it tmit `ru`lij pklot. Qmlje
Veter wkujh mive prenerreh tk slgpjy wrlte ioh re`krh gusl` ioh
jeive lt it tmit, tmere were ktmer bioh gegbers ioh tmelr jlvejlmkkhs
tk tmloc ibkut, okt tk geotlko lohebtehoess tk tme re`krh jibej.

Rkihruooer wiso“t ibkut tk jet

Bjkkhy Clsses wijjkw is i gere
`ujt nivkrlte. Everykoe it tme jibej
nejt lt heserveh i blaaer pusm tmio
ioy re`krh tmey mih yet rejeiseh,
ioh tmey wkrceh tlrejessjy tk
gixlglze every kuo`e kn lts
pkteotlij.
Is nkr tme ktmer bioh
gegbers, tmey were lt`mloa tk ak
ko tme rkih. Pij ioh Ceooy
espe`lijjy jkveh tkurloa, sk Xype K
stirteh tme Bjkkhy Clsses

`igpilao
tmit brkuamtwltm i jk`ij
ijkoa UP pijs
rkih Jlne
diuot
kn
Iakoy,, wmk mih severij tles wltm
Iakoy
Xype K. Xmey re`krheh tmelr Kuttice nrkg prevlkusjy uopubjlsmeh
hegks it Dksm Pljver“s Pty lo tme pmktk sesslko, pmktkaripm by
Dkmo Qihswkrtm
Pcy Ptuhlks3 tmey were ijsk slaoeh
tk Rkihruooer3 Dksm prkhu`eh tmelr 9<<0 hebut, Rlver Ruos Reh,
ioh Pij pernkrgeh is auest hrugger ko tme ijbug. But ko`e tme
Jlne kn Iakoy tkur wis bemloh tmeg, Bjkkhy Clsses sjkwjy slggereh
lo tme uoherarkuoh, ioh wmlje tme rest kn tme bioh ioh Rkihruooer
mkpeh nkr i jiraer tkur tk ceep tme ijbug vlslbje, Veter mih ok heslre
tk jeive Brkkcjyo nkr ioy exteoheh jeoatm kn tlge.
Veter“s hiy dkb wis auirioteeh lo`kge, nree nrkg tme perljs ioh
uoprehl`tibljlty kn rk`c ioh rkjj rkih jlne. Me silh lo 9<<0, ‚Xme auys
lo tme bioh ire akloa tk cljj ge ln we hko“t pjiy skge smkws skko. L
cokw we“h sejj gkre re`krhs ln we tkureh, but L reijjy hko“t jlce tme
rk`c jlnestyje. L hko“t wiot tk speoh tme rest kn gy jlne ko tme rkih. L“g
lo gy eirjy tmlrtles. L“g okt lo gy eirjy tweotles, ioh L mive
respkoslbljltles.‗ Lt wis eisy nkr mlg tk iaree tk smkktloa vlheks nkr
tme sloajes, but is nkr tkurloa, me h gihe up mls gloh4 me wis
stiyloa put. Xype K Oeaitlve wkujh okt be i tkurloa bioh. Ioh
wltmkut i jkt kn tkurloa, i bioh jlce Xype K wis hestloeh tk regilo
io e``eotrl` mkbby.

Veter“s heslre tk regilo i bjue-`kjjir wkrcloa gio hlho“t slt wejj

wltm Pij.
‚Nrkg tme tlge we stirteh Xype K Oeaitlve uotlj tme rejeise kn
Bjkkhy Clsses,‗ regegbers Pij, ‚we hlh twk jlttje stuplh tkurs. Pjkw,
Heep ioh Mirh hlho“t sejj wejj, ioh lt dust jkkceh jlce Stme biohW
wiso“t akooi ak ioywmere. Okbkhy coew wmit wis akooi mippeo
wltm Bjkkhy Clsses. Veter hlho“t wiot tk alve up mls hiy dkb, ioh we
mih gioy nlamts ibkut tmit. Xmit wis gy nrustritlko.‗ ^irlkus ktmer
teoslkos, gkre `reitlve lo oiture, mih beeo hlvlhloa tme twk, ioh
i``krhloa tk Pij, ‚Veter wis very bkssy ioh hegiohloa. Me wkujh
hl`tite every jlttje nu`cloa tmloa, ioh L mih tk nlamt lt.‗
Qmlje gusl`ij hlsiareegeots wkujh okt mive oe`essirljy nkr`eh
Pij kut kn tme bioh, Veter“s uowljjloaoess tk tkur prkveh tk be tme

nloij
rkjjehstriw. Pijlt wioteh
irkuoh i `ireer
hlho“t jkkc lo gusl`,
jlce Xype ioh by tme
K Oeaitlve wistlge
akloaK`tkber
tk be
ioytmloa gkre tmio Veter Pteeje“s ajkrlnleh bisegeot prkde`t.
Hesplte nljgloa twk vlheks ioh hkloa smkrt,
s mkrt, jkw-prknlje tkurs, Pij siw
tme bioh“s arkwtm stuoteh by Veter“s lggkbljlty. Me nejt me mih ok
`mkl`e but tk qult Xype K ioh dklo Jlne kn Iakoy nujj tlge.
Pk lt wis tmit Jkule Beitk“s prktìaì jent tme bioh. Pij Ibrus`itk,
wmk `ige lotk Veter“s jlne it i tlge wmeo tme bisslst wis it mls
jkwest, wis is gu`m i hrlvloa nkr`e bemloh tme nkrgitlko kn Xype K
Oeaitlve is Veter mlgsejn. Pij“s pirtloa wis hlnnl`ujt nkr tme eotlre
bioh, but i sultibje oew gegber wis qul`cjy nkuoh.
Eoter Dkmooy Cejjy.
Bkro Gir`m <, 9<>=, Dkmooy Cejjy nlt lotk Xype K Oeaitlve
perne`tjy. Dust is Pij tkkc jesskos nrkg Nijjkut/@irolvkre hrugger,
Jkule Beitk, ioh nkjjkweh lo mls nkktsteps, Dkmooy wis melr ippireot
tk Pij. Me wis pirt kn tme sige `lr`je kn nrleohs tme ktmer auys rio
wltm, ioh wkrceh is hrug rkihle nkr Pij wmeo Xype K hlh tmelr ‚jlttje
stuplh tkurs.‗ Everybkhy wis mippy4 Dkmooy wis psy`meh tk be i
gegber kn wmit me nejt wis tme `kkjest bioh ko tme pjioet, ioh me
prkveh tk be i `koslsteot, rejlibje ijjy tk Veter, Dksm, ioh Ceooy. Nkr
Pij“s pirt, me wis perne`tjy mippy dugploa kver tk Jlne kn Iakoy.
I``krhloa tk Jlne kn Iakoy aultirlst, Dkey T, tme neejloa wis gutuij4
‚Qe were aritenuj tk aet Pij be`iuse we jkveh mls styje. Me“s akt tk

be koe kn tme best hruggers tmit L“ve meirh lo gy jlnetlge, ioh we

were prkuh tk pjiy wltm mlg.‗
Dkmooy Cejjy nujjy `kggltteh mlgsejn. Me akt tme ‚K oeaitlve‗
sygbkj tittkkeh ko mls rlamt upper irg, hyeh mls milr det-bji`c ioh
pjiyeh mls nlrst smkw wltm Xype K Oeaitlve ko Okvegber 2>, 9<<0,
it tmelr nivkrlte kjh miuot, Brkkcjyo“s J“Igkur. Rkihruooer“s Citmle
Gerrltt regegbers, ‚Lt nis`loiteh ge wmeo Dkmooy Cejjy mih i
hiuamter ioh sme mih bjkohe milr, ioh Dkmooy wis jlce, ”Km yeim, L
mive bjkoh milr, L dust `kjkr lt be`iuse Veter siys we ijj mive tk
mive bji`c milr.“‗

Qltm tme rejeise kn io ijbug is i``kgpjlsmeh is Bjkkhy Clsses,

tme gusl` lohustry gi`mloe beaio `muroloa nkr Xype K Oeaitlve
wmetmer Veter jlceh lt kr okt. Lo ihhltlko tk tkurloa, twk vlheks were
smkt nkr tme ijbug. I`tuijjy, tmree4 ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ wis nlrst
nljgeh lo lts nujj-jeoatm ajkry, i skgewmit igiteurlsm oloe gloutes
tmit turoeh kut pretty wejj, `koslherloa lts jkw buhaet. Hlvlheh lotk
tmree pirts, dust jlce tme skoa, tme vlhek‘wml`m Dksm Pljver mis
`ijjeh ‚terrlbje‗‘skgemkw ivklhs neejloa clts`my hesplte jlglteh
prkhu`tlko vijues. It tme very jeist, lt gkre jlterijjy `koveyeh tme
skoa“s jyrl`s tmio tme sjl`cer GX^-nrleohjy se`koh verslko. Xmls
oewer verslko kn ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ wis tme nlrst Xype K vlhek tk
neiture tmelr oew hrugger, Dkmooy Cejjy, ijgkst uore`kaolzibje
bemloh tme clt wltm rejitlvejy smkrt jk`cs, suoajisses, ioh zerk ni`lij
milr. (Xme bioh skgetlges rlbbeh Dkmooy ibkut tmls, siyloa me
jkkceh jlce “16s-eri i`tkr Erl` Estrihi lo tme `jlp.)
Xme se`koh ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ vlhek wis syo`meh tk tme tuoe kn
tme rihlk ehlt, i verslko tme bioh mih ok prkbjeg subtltjloa tme ‚Butt-
Clssloa Pejj-Kut ^erslko.‗ Xmey were wejj iwire kn tme aiges tmit
oeeheh tk be pjiyeh tk brloa tmelr gusl` tk i wlher iuhleo`e. ‚Qe
mive beeo `ijjeh ijj clohs kn tmloas nkr hkloa tmit,‗ silh Dksm Pljver,
kn tme ehlts. ‚Lt“s i `kgger`lij nkr tme reij irt. Xme reij irt ls ko tme
@H, wmere we `io hk wmit we wiot. Ln tmit aets skgebkhy tk ak kut

ioh lovestlaite wmit we trujy wiot tmeg tk meir, tmeo L hko“t reijjy
`ire. L“g okt lo `mirae kn tme N@@. L `io“t `mioae tme wkrjh. L mive tk
eit3 L mive tk gice i jlvloa. @kge lotk reijlty.‗
Neiturloa io eotlrejy oew vk`ij tri`c, wltm jloes jlce ‚ioh
betweeo mer tmlams‗ `mioaeh tk ‚sme cokws sme gust mlhe,‗ tme
ijtereh verslko serves lts purpkse wejj eokuam. Koe wkohers,
tmkuam, ln ‚perverse puolsmgeot‗ repji`loa ‚preners puolsmgeot‗
sives ioybkhy nrkg ioytmloa ktmer tmio pklotjess `eoskrsmlp.
@urlkusjy, tme jloe, ‚Qljj yku sunner eteroijjy, kr loteroijjy;‗ wis jent
loti`t.
Hlre`teh by Dko Relss, tme vlhek `ipibjy `kgguol`ites tme
skoa“s loteot kn `lr`ugveotloa @itmkjl` auljt tk revej lo nkrblhheo
pjeisure. Lt neitures i hevkut @itmkjl` wkgio gisturbitloa wltm i

`ru`lnlx (ijtmkuam,
Desus @mrlst tmls ls kojy tmit
ioh re`kaolzloa lgpjleh mere), lo just wltm, ippireotjy‘
mer bkynrleoh‘Veter
bkynrleoh‘Veter, tme lgiae kn
jkkcs i jkt jlce @mrlst. Relss, wmk ijsk wkrceh wltm Oloe Lo`m Oiljs,
Pjiyer, ioh Hiozla, lo tme “<6s, benkre akloa ko tk i``jilg is i
hk`ugeotirlio (Bkgb Lt, Better Jlvloa Xmrkuam @lr`ultry), wis tme
nlrst lo i jkoa jloe kn respe`teh lohustry nlaures tme bioh wkujh rub
smkujhers wltm lo tme `kgloa yeirs.
It tme tlge, Relss wis kutspkceo iailost GX^ ioh tmelr tlamt
`eoskrsmlp `kotrkjs, wml`m put tme vlhek lo dekpirhy kn seeloa ilrpjiy
ko tme oetwkrc. But wltm Xype K“s pkpujirlty arkwloa tk su`m i jirae
hearee, GX^ `kujh ok jkoaer renuse ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio.‗ Veter silh
lo 9<<5 tmit tmere were ‚skge pkjltl`s lovkjveh, but okw tmit Xype K
mis be`kge i `kggkhlty, tme pressure tk pjiy tme vlhek `kujh be
reslsteh ok jkoaer. Pk ioytmloa tmey mih iailost Dko weot kut tme
wlohkw. Okw lt“s tlge tk gice gkoey3 nloio`lij ailo ijwiys `kges
benkre hlaolty.‗
Vrkbibjy gkre su``essnuj, it jeist irtlstl`ijjy, wis tme bioh“s
vlhek nkr ‚Bji`c Ok. 9 (Jlttje Glss P`ire-Ijj).‗ Eveo jkoaer lo lts
krlaloij jeoatm tmio ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ (kver ejeveo gloutes), tme
epl` tri`c wis hentjy wmlttjeh hkwo by Pljver tk uoher nlve gloutes nkr
tme sloaje ioh vlhek verslko, si`rlnl`loa jlttje kn lts krlaloij loteot lo lts
jeioer aulse. Hlre`teh by nkrger @rk-Gias aultirlst Virrls Glt`mejj
Giymew ioh `kmkrt Hrew Ptkoe, tme vlhek wis smkt eotlrejy lo bji`c

ioh wmlte, ex`ept nkr Veter“s ajkwloa areeo eyes. Veter ioh Ceooy
ipeh tme skoa ko i`kustl` lostrugeots, wltm Veter pkuohloa ko i
muae stioh-up biss. Xme jyrl`s lo ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ were perne`t nkr
vlhek treitgeot, girryloa tme skoa“s trlbute tk aktm `ujture ioh
Veter“s nis`loitlko wltm vigplrlsg (ioh i areit ex`use tk smkw knn
mls oew nioas).
Virt kn tme vlhek wis nljgeh lo Giomittio“s @eotrij Virc, inter
mkurs. Qltm pekpje hresseh up is @jk`cwkrc Krioae hrkkales (aioa
gegbers) mioaloa kut lo trees, alrjs jkkcloa tmelr sujtry best, ioh tme
bioh bioaloa iwiy ko tmelr lostrugeots, lt“s i wkoher tmey pujjeh lt
knn wltmkut perglts. Mkwle Ibrigs re`ijjs kn tme vlhek smkkt, ‚Veter
wis i `kosuggite prknesslkoij. Xmey akt mlg reh wloe, ioh we mih
i su``essnuj smkkt. Qe mih ok jl`eoses kr ioytmloa ioh weot lotk

@eotrij
dust coewVirc
tmeitvlhek
glholamt, uotlj ibkut
wis akloa tk be tmree
areit.krLtnkur
wislouptme
tkgkroloa. \ku
tme stiohirh
kn tme ijbug. Qe repjl`iteh tme `kver wltm Veter ioh tme alrj, sk
tmere wis skge `kotloulty. Ioh lt wis knn tk tme ri`es nrkg tmere.
Everytmloa wkrceh. Lt wis koe kn tmkse rire tlges‘ioh `ertilojy i
rire tlge nkr Veter Pteeje‘wmere everytmloa i`tuijjy wkrceh. Xme
ijbug `kges kut areit3 pekpje `ire ibkut tme bioh. Inter tme bittje
wltm tme ijbug `kver, everybkhy wlohs up mippy. Qe hk tme vlhek
ioh lt turos kut areit3 GX^ wiots tk pjiy lt. Qe akt strkoa press ko
tme ijbug, ioh we stirteh aettloa tkurs.‗
Mkwever wejj everytmloa jloeh up it tmls duo`ture, is wltm gkst
tmloas Xype K, tme gicloa kn ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ wis okt wltmkut lts
`kotrkversles. Piys Rkihruooer“s Hkua Cekam, ‚It tme jist gloute
Dksm `ijjs ge up. Me ioh Veter mih `mioaeh tmelr glohs‘tmey
wioteh tme vlhek tk be areeo ioh wmlte losteih kn bji`c ioh wmlte.
Rlamt benkre tmit `ijj Virrls Giymew pmkoeh up ioh silh, ”Xmey wiot
tk `mioae lt tk areeo ioh wmlte. Hko“t jet “eg hk lt! Lt“s bji`c ioh
wmlte. Lt“s i areit tmloa wltm tme areeo eyes, but ok areeo ioh wmlte.“
Ioh L tmkuamt Virrls wis rlamt, sk ok wiy were we `mioaloa lt. Ok
wiy. L mih tk tejj Dksm we wereo“t `mioaloa lt, ioh me wis sk upset
tmit me hlho“t tijc tk ge uotlj 2666. Qe jlterijjy hlho“t tijc nkr seveo
yeirs.‗

weotLo ko
tmei sprloa kn 9<<8,tkur
`kist-tk-`kist Xype K Gl`mlaio
wltm Oeaitlve
brilo-getij aeecs Xmkuamt Lohustry. Qmlje
bktm biohs were it tme tkp kn tmelr aige,
itteohio`e it gkst smkws wis spirse, ioh
lo skge `ises, is lo Bercejey, @ijlnkroli,
gkre pekpje were tmere tk see tme kpeoer
tmio Xype K Oeaitlve. Xype K hlh mive
hlemirh nios smkwloa up tk every ala, but
wmeo tmey were pjiyloa tk i gere nlnteeo
pekpje lo Hes Gkloes, Lkwi, tme trec mirhjy
seegeh wkrtm lt. Jiter lo tme yeir, Xype K
gihe tmelr se`koh trlp tk Eurkpe wltm gu`m
jess nionire tmio tme jite 9<<9 hlsister. Ko
K`tkber 8 tmey pjiyeh it @jub Alok lo
Ptk`cmkjg, wltm Xligit, i Pwehlsm bioh
tmit mih ijsk re`eotjy swerveh tmelr riw
Ihhltlkoij smkts nrkg
eirjy skuoh lo i gkre aktml` hlre`tlko.
prevlkusjy uopubjlsmeh Qmlje tmey were io ipprkprlite tkurloa
pmktk sesslkos wltm pirtoer nkr Xype K, ioh wmlje tme `rkwhs
Bjkkhy Clsses were blaaer lo Eurkpe tmio tme UP, Xype K
pmktkaripmer
Dkmo Qihswkrtm wis `jeirjy stljj reslhloa it `ujt jevej. Qltm
Veter exmiustloa ijj kn mls vi`itlko ioh
sl`c hiys nkr tmese tkurs, lt seegeh tmls wkujh be tme eoh kn tme
Bjkkhy Clsses tkur `y`je.
Betweeo tmese sgijjer trlps, Xype K wis innkrheh lts nlrst smkt ko
tme bla-tlge tkur trilj. Xreot Rezokr, jeiher kn gujtl-pjitloug
lohustrlij rk`c i`t Oloe Lo`m Oiljs, perskoijjy lovlteh tme bioh tk
kpeo seje`t smkws ko mls bioh“s sprloa/sugger ‚Pejn Hestru`t‗ rkih
trlp. Xype K gioiaer, Ceo Crlete, silh, ‚Xreot meirh tme ijbug ioh
jkveh lt. Ijj tme smkws were skjh kut ijreihy, sk me hlho“t reijjy `ire
tmit ok koe coew wmk Xype K Oeaitlve wis.‗ Lt wis io knner okbkhy

issk`liteh wltm tme bioh `kujh renuse, lo`juhloa Veter. Qmlje tme
bisslst wis reju`tiot, me coew i akkh kppkrtuolty wmeo me siw lt.
Xme ni`t tmit me wis ijreihy i Oloe Lo`m Oiljs nio sweeteoeh tme
heij. Qmlje tme sjkt wis prestlalkus ioh tme tkur,
tkur, i``krhloa tk Crlete,
‚weot wejj,‗ OLO nios hlho“t exi`tjy buy up Bjkkhy Clsses lo re`krh
ougbers. Xype K“s pkp ni`et wis jkst ko gu`m kn tme iuhleo`e, ioh
tmelr jeiheo arlohloa `kooe`teh wltm eveo newer.
Xype K“s aktm ejegeot smkujh mive ippeijeh tk Oloe Lo`m Oiljs
nios, but tme trutm ls tmit Xype K Oeaitlve ls i mybrlh uojlce ioy
ktmer‘i tkuam sejj tk i nlol`cy pubjl` tmit preners gkre `jeirjy-
henloeh aeore jloes. Is Glce Gir`liok silh kn tme bioh“s skuoh,
‚Vekpje useh tk isc ge, ”Qmit ire tmey; Qmit cloh kn gusl` ls lt;“
ioh L useh tk siy … wejj, L hlho“t cokw wmit tk siy. L `kujho“t put i
tltjeIs
ko 9<<8
lt.‗ wkuoh hkwo, tme bioh `kujh prkuhjy jkkc bi`c ko i
su``essnuj ruo4 twk wejj-re`elveh vlheks, i rihlk mlt wltm ‚@mrlstlio
Qkgio,‗ i tkurloa sjkt wltm tme gisslve Oloe Lo`m Oiljs. Lt wis
prkbibjy tlge tk stirt tmlocloa ibkut wrltloa tme oext ijbug. Veter
wis eodkyloa beloa bi`c mkge ioh bi`c tk mls dkb, rejlsmloa tme
okrgij, wejj-krhereh jlne me sk `riveh.
Hesplte i qulet stirt tk 9<<5, by tme sugger lt ippeireh tmit
Bjkkhy Clsses wis turoloa lotk tme cloh kn ijbug tmit renuseh tk hle.
Lo tme sprloa, dust is Veter“s jlne wis aettloa bi`c tk rejitlve
okrgij`y inter tme tkurloa kn 9<<8, Ceo Crlete akt i `ijj nrkg Gþtjey
@rúe“s pekpje. Xme bioh mioh-pl`ceh Xype K tk kpeo smkws ko tmelr
sprloa tkur.
Xmls pilrloa wltm ajig getij“s bihhest bkys seegeh lo`koarukus
ko tme surni`e, but gkst rk`c biohs `io nloh `kggko loterests lo
pirtyloa ioh alrjs‘mkw bih `kujh lt be; Lt ijsk prkveh tmit Xype K
Oeaitlve mih be`kge i nivkrlte kn gioy peer gusl`lios, biohs tmit
were sejjloa i `kupje muohreh tmkusioh gkre re`krhs tmio Xype K
wis. Rkihruooer“s Hkua Cekam turoeh gioy ktmer gusl`lios kotk
Bjkkhy Clsses. ‚L regegber pjiyloa lt nkr every gusl`lio,‗ me siys,
‚ioh lt wis okt i sgirt tmloa tk hk be`iuse lt hlho“t gice tmeg neej
tkk akkh ibkut tmegsejves! Lt wis tkk akkh. L wis bejlttjloa ktmer
gusl`lios tmit L pjiyeh lt nkr, but L dust wioteh tk smire lt sk gu`m.‗

Gioy ktmer gusl`lios `ige tk respe`t, ioh eveo eovy, tme `reitlve
gloh kn Veter Pteeje, ioh by 9<<5 Xype K Oeaitlve“s oige wis ko
tme jlps kn skge gidkr nlaures lo tme mirh rk`c/getij wkrjh.
Xme reslhuij enne`t kn issk`litlkos wltm tme jlces kn Oloe Lo`m
Oiljs ioh Gþtjey @rúe hlh wkohers nkr Xype K Oeaitlve, ioh tmey
ajihjy tkkc tmese kppkrtuoltles, wltm uraloa nrkg gioiaer, Ceo
Crlete, ioh tme pekpje it Rkihruooer. Puhheojy 9<<5 jkkceh tk be
io eveo brlamter ioh busler yeir nkr tme bioh, i yeir tmit siw
Bjkkhy Clsses ibskjutejy `it`mloa nlre. Lt wis i tlge kn very jlttje rest
nkr tme Xype K Oeaitlve gegbers. Is sijes cept ko tru`cloa, tme
sults it Rkihruooer gihe sure tme Xype K tkur bus cept up wltm tme
gkgeotug.

Kppkrtuoltles tk smire tme stiae wltm bla oige biohs‘eveo ln

Gþtjey @rúe wis wltmkut krlaloij jeih sloaer ^lo`e Oelj it tme tlge‘
mejpeh put Xype K Oeaitlve kver tme ehae lo re`krh sijes ioh
pkpujirlty. Qmlje tme Oloe Lo`m Oiljs diuot hlho“t turo Xype K lotk i
mkusemkjh oige kverolamt, tme @rúe tkur, Veter `jilgeh lo Aultir
P`mkkj giaizloe, gihe sijes kn Bjkkhy Clsses splce 56,666 uolts lo
lts wice. Lo tme sige lotervlew, Ceooy Ml`cey tkjh wrlter Denn Aljbert
tmit tme bioh wis lo io eovlibje pksltlko, pirtjy be`iuse kn tmelr `ujt
stiture, ioh pirtjy be`iuse kn tmelr mirh-tk-plopk
mirh-tk-plopklot
lot skuoh. ‚Qe were
ko su`m i jkwer jevej, we `kujh kojy beoenlt nrkg lt,‗ siys Ceooy.
‚Qe gkveh gkre ger`miohlse tmio Cloa“s ], wmk wis ijsk ko tme
bljj, wml`m wis igizloa. But tmit“s tme wkohernuj tmloa ibkut okt
beloa ibje tk jibej wmit we hk. Qe `io pjiy wltm ioybkhy ioh aet
iwiy wltm lt be`iuse we lo`krpkrite sk gioy ejegeots kn sk gioy
hlnnereot types kn gusl`.‗
Pk lt wis tmit Veter Pteeje nloijjy aive lo tk tme gusl` lohustry
gi`mloe. Me okw mih gujtlpje `mijjeoaes tk ni`e ioh wlo. Okt kojy
hlh me mive tk wrlte i wkrtmy nkjjkw-up tk Bjkkhy Clsses, but me
wkujh mive tk giolpujite tmls oew gi`mloe wlsejy ioh ivklh aettloa
`iuamt lo lts aeirs. Xme Gþtjey @rúe knner wis tme koe tmit gihe tme

reju`tiot Xype K jeiher nloijjy si`rlnl`e mls pksltlko wltm tme Vircs
Hepirtgeot. Me gihe tme he`lslko tk be i nujj-tlge gusl`lio ioh
wkujh mive tk jlve wltm lt. Piys Ceo Crlete, ‚Lt tkkc i jkt kn `kovlo`loa
Stk aet tme bioh tk tkur wltm Gþtjey @rúeW, but tme bioh hlh lt. Veter
reijlzeh lt wis tlge tk alve up mls dkb.‗
Lo`essiot pjeis nrkg re`krh jibej reps ioh ktmer bioh gegbers
‘ioh wlse ihvl`e nrkg nigljy‘nloijjy swiyeh Veter tk tice tme
pjuoae. Me seegs tk mive `ipltujiteh hue tk pressure, okt wiotloa
tk meir ioy gkre ibkut tme subde`t, losteih kn ioy reij heslre tk
`mise tme rk`c stir hreig.
Pmkrtjy inter tme Gþtjey @rúe tkur wis kver, Veter silh, ‚L hko“t
cokw wmit tk tmloc. Xmls smlt dust nejj lotk gy jip, but L reijjy hko“t jlce
hkloa lt. L hko“t jlce tk pjiy jlve. L mite lt, i`tuijjy
i`tuijjy.. L tmloc i persko wmk
oeehs ipprkvij
hko“t tmloc L mivenrkg ippjiuse
i weic ls iL hko“t
eak, but persko wltmL mive
tmloc i reijjy
io weic eak.
lonjiteh koeL
eltmer. L tmloc gy eak ls okrgij. Qmeo L“g kostiae, L neej jlce i
pkkhje tmit“s gihe tk dugp tmrkuam i njigloa mkkp. Ioh ln L hko“t hk
tme rlamt trl`c, L hko“t aet i hka bkoe. Qmetmer pekpje jlce us kr mite
us, lt“s tkk bih be`iuse tmey ijreihy pilh us. Pk L dust ak up tmere
ioh hk wmit L mive tk hk, ioh ln pekpje jlce lt, tmit“s areit, ioh ln tmey
hko“t jlce lt, tmit“s areit, tkk. Gices ok hlnnereo`e tk ge.‗
‚Me trujy wis tme bjue-`kjjir Vircs Hepirtgeot auy nrkg
Brkkcjyo,‗ siys Girc Ibrigsko. ‚Xmere wis i `ertilo igkuot kn
smk`c tmit ijj tmls wis eveo mippeoloa. Lt akt bla, nkr sure. Me wis
tkro ibkut wmetmer kr okt tk trujy `ut tles wltm tme Vircs Hepirtgeot.
Me wis tijcloa ibkut alvloa up i stibje `lty dkb wltm akkh beoenlts.
Me wis jealtlgitejy tkro ibkut tmit.‗
Gkote @kooer ijsk regegbers Veter“s mesltitlkos. Me re`ijjs,
‚Vete wis i `reiture kn miblt. Me jlceh mls rkutloe3 me jlceh wkrcloa
kut lo tme gkroloa, ioh seeloa ioh ticloa `ire kn mls gkg. Xme lhei
kn beloa i tkurloa gusl`lio wiso“t ippeijloa tk mlg. Me wis i
mkgebkhy. Me jkveh mls dkb it tme Vircs Hepirtgeot. But wmeo tme
bioh tkkc knn ko Bjkkhy Clsses, me coew tmit tk reijjy see lt tmrkuam
me wkujh mive tk qult mls dkb. But me wiso“t reihy tk qult.‗
Citmle Gerrltt tijceh knteo wltm Veter ibkut mls prlhe lo mivloa
beeo i vijueh pirt kn tme Vircs Hepirtgeot `rew. ‚Me reijjy jlceh

kraiolzitlko. Me jlceh everytmloa tk be realgeoteh ioh pjiooeh ioh

s`mehujeh. Me jlceh mls dkb. Me wis tme ”areeo gio,“ me hrkve
irkuoh ioh `jeioeh pircs, ioh L cokw me wis reijjy prkuh ko`e me
akt lotk tme uolko, be`iuse nkr mlg tmit wis peoslko, lt wis
retlregeot, lt wis se`urlty, lt wis everytmloa tmit every auy nrkg
Brkkcjyo wioteh tk mive. Me wkujh mive tmit dkb ok gitter wmit.
Qmit wis i reijjy bla pklot kn `koteotlko ls wmeo tme bioh stirteh tk
tice knn wltm Bjkkhy Clsses, Rkihruooer isceh mlg tk alve up mls
hiy dkb, ioh me reijjy hlho“t wiot tk hk tmit. Lt wis reijjy mirh nkr mlg
tk hk lt.‗
Qmeo Veter wis ko tme rkih, me `kpeh wejj eokuam. Gujtlpje
`ises kn hry reh wloe were `kosugeh wltm ei`m tkur. Veter oeeheh
severij bkttjes tk mlgsejn ei`m olamt is i wiy tk heij wltm lo`reisloa
hegiohs,
uo`kgnkrtibjetme pressure
ispe`t kn knbeloa
pjiyloa jirae
jkkceh it,veoues, ioh tme surreij,
okt by muohrehs but by
tmkusiohs kn pekpje every smkw. Ioh me gihe tme rkih diuots
wkrtmwmlje lo ktmer, meijtmler wiys. Me jlnteh welamts it every
kppkrtuolty ioh `muaaeh Pjlgnist reaujirjy. Ijsk, gu`m jlce mls
nitmer, wmk brkuamt mls nigljy alnts nrkg smlps me“h wkrceh ko tmit
mih siljeh irkuoh tme wkrjh, Veter eodkyeh brloaloa mls gktmer,
nitmer,, ioh slsters virlkus skuveolrs i`qulreh hurloa mls trivejs.
nitmer
Veter“s he`lslko tk ak nujj tlge wltm Xype K Oeaitlve wis i
blttersweet pljj tk swijjkw nkr Pij Ibrus`itk. Okw nujjy eos`ko`eh lo
Jlne kn Iakoy, me silh, yeirs jiter, ‚Xmere were skge tlges inter L jent
tmit L tmkuamt, ”Im gio, okw tmey he`lhe tk hk ijj tmese bla tkurs.‗
Gkote @kooer sugs up tmit `ru`lij eri, lo`juhloa Pij“s wejj-
loteotlkoeh but uonkrtuoite tlgloa. ‚Xmere wis i jkt kn strlne wltmlo
tme bioh be`iuse tmey ijj wioteh tk be rk`c stirs ioh aet ko tme
rkih, but Vete hlho“t wiot tk, sk Xype K Oeaitlve“s nuture it tmit
pklot wis lo hkubt. Veter wioteh tk ceep lt pirt tlge ioh hlho“t wiot
tk `kgglt tk gice lt i reij bioh ioh tkur ioh put lo tme ennkrt. Pij
jent tk dklo Jlne kn Iakoy. Kn `kurse, lt wis io lo`rehlbje glstice ko
mls pirt, eveo tmkuam tme Jlne kn Iakoy re`krhs were su``essnuj. Lt
gust mive cljjeh Pij jiter ko wmeo Vete tkkc tme pjuoae, qult tme
Vircs Hepirtgeot, ioh tmrew mlgsejn lotk Xype K Oeaitlve. Xmit“s
wmeo tmey akt Dkmooy ioh mlt tme rkih, ioh tme rest ls mlstkry.‗

Veter eveotuijjy `ige tk wej`kge mls he`lslko, siyloa lo 9<<>, ‚L

wis mkjhloa tme bioh bi`c, slttloa ko tme neo`e wkoherloa wmetmer L
wiot tk pjiy smlt kr pl`c up smlt. But gy jlne mih be`kge tkk eisy. L
oeeheh upmeivij. Pk we ijj qult kur tmlrty- ioh nkrty-tmkusioh-hkjjir-
i-yeir dkbs, weot ko tkur, ioh tmrew kursejves lotk tme bioh. Qe
reijlzeh tmit ioykoe wmk mis ever gihe ioytmloa mippeo nkr
tmegsejves mis mih tk tice i muae `mio`e.‗
Nrkg Rkihruooer“s perspe`tlve, ioh lo tme eyes kn tme ktmer
bioh gegbers, Veter seegeh tk tice nkrever tk gice i he`lslko.
Me wis egbkjheoeh tk nloijjy si`rlnl`e mls pircs dkb by mls nigljy,
espe`lijjy mls slsters, ei`m kn wmkg me `kosujteh lo 9<<8. Plster Vit
re`ijjs, ‚Me `ige tk us ioh isceh wmit kur kplolko wis, wmit me
smkujh hk. L perskoijjy tkjh mlg me hlho“t wiot tk be it tme eoh kn mls
jlne
ticeioh siy, yku“re
lt wmlje ”L smkujh miveioh
ykuoa, hkoe
ln lt tmit.“ Ln yku
hkeso“t wkrcmive io kppkrtuolty,
kut yku `io ijwiys
hk skgetmloa ejse. \ku `io ak bi`c tk wmit yku were hkloa benkre.
\ku hko“t wiot tk siy, ”L `kujh mive beeo skgebkhy!“ Me hlho“t cokw
me wis akloa tk be skgebkhy, but everybkhy ejse coew me wis
akloa tk be skgebkhy.‗

Is Veter Pteeje wis ko tme pitm tk be`kgloa skgebkhy,

skgebkhy, wltm tme
rejeise kn tme nlrst Xype K Oeaitlve ijbug, Pjkw, Heep ioh Mirh
ioh lts itteohiot `kotrkversles, i ykuoa rehmeih stkrgeh steijtmljy
lotk Veter“s jlne. Lo mer jite teeos, wmlje Veter wis oeirloa tmlrty,
Ejlzibetm wis nujjy teo yeirs ykuoaer tmio Veter, ioh tmkuam sme
glamt mive pursueh Veter rejeotjessjy, sme wiso“t i stijcer. Xmls wis
i wejj put-tkaetmer rehmeih wltm ibkve-iveriae lotejje`t3 mer geec
hegeiokr ioh wiln-jlce ippeirio`e losureh sme wis ok hioaer
hioaer.. Pme
dust coew wmit sme wioteh, ioh tmit wis tk cokw Veter Pteeje
loslhe ioh kut.
Ejlzibetm, kr Jlz, wis nlolsmloa mer s`mkkjloa it Jiniyette Mlam lo
Brkkcjyo, jk`iteh lo tme Bitm Bei`m/Ariveseoh irei ihdi`eot tk
Veter“s Glhwkkh oelambkrmkkh, wmeo sme nlrst be`ige iwire kn

Veter. Vermips sme re`kaolzeh ispe`ts kn mersejn lo mlg4 ceeo

lotejjlaeo`e tu`ceh lotk tme bkhy kn io lotrkvert, tme cloh kn persko
gkre `kgnkrtibje stiyloa lo ioh reihloa tmio akloa kut ko tme tkwo
tk ceep up ippeirio`es.
Veter“s slsters, bioh gites, ioh jkoatlge nrleoh Ptio Vljjls
regegber tmit me loltlijjy reslsteh Jlz“s ihvio`es. Veter mih put
mlgsejn tmrkuam mejj wmeo mls prlkr rejitlkosmlp wltm Vitrl`e Gi`c
eoheh lo i pubjl` sejn-pmjebktkgy3 me wis mesltiot tk aet serlkusjy
lovkjveh wltm ioktmer wkgio sk skko. Ptljj, me wis lotrlaueh, yet tme
ni`t kn mer iae set mls heneoses ko reh ijert. ‚Veter i`tuijjy nejt
auljty,‗
auljty ,‗ re`ijjeh Vljjls. ‚Me nejt jlce skge skrt kn pehkpmlje be`iuse me
wis i gu`m kjher gio, ioh me tmkuamt Ejlzibetm wis dust i clh.‗
Veter ittegpteh tk brusm tme alrj knn nkr qulte skge tlge, hesplte io
uoheolibje
aive lo, but ittri`tlko. Lt tkkc
wmeo me hlh, Jlz iteo-yeir
i oeirjy `kupje rejitlkosmlp
yeirs benkreeosueh,
Veter nujjy
koe
is tugujtukus ioh pisslkoite is ioy me mih ever cokwo.
By tme tlge Bjkkhy Clsses `itipujteh Veter ioh mls bioh tk nige,
Jlz wis `kgpjetloa `kurses it Igmerst @kjjeae lo Gissi`musetts,
wltm io eye tkwirh stuhyloa gehlevij mlstkry i`rkss tme pkoh it
Xrlolty @kjjeae lo @igbrlhae, Eoajioh. Oeitjy `klo`lhloa wltm i tlge
wmeo gkoey wis rkjjloa lo nkr Veter, me eveotuijjy wkuoh up buyloa
Jlz i `ir ioh nuohloa mer pursult kn mlamer ehu`itlko. Pme hlho“t qulte
cokw wmit me wis up tk ko tme rkih, ioh prkbibjy wkujho“t mive
ipprkveh ln sme mih, but wmeo Veter wis mkge lo Brkkcjyo, mls
every itteotlko wis ko mer.
‚Xme twk kn tmeg mih i wkohernuj rejitlkosmlp,‗ re`ijjs Girc
Girtlo. ‚Ln ioy ktmer alrjnrleoh jlveh wltm Veter, L wkujh `ijj tme mkuse
ioh jeive i gessiae ko tme ioswerloa gi`mloe, ioh ok koe ever
aive mlg tmit gessiae. Qltm Jlz, L wkujh ijwiys aet i pmkoe `ijj
bi`c. Qmeo me wis tkurloa, sme wkujh tejj ge exi`tjy wmit `kuotry
me wis lo, ioh sme wkujh gice sure tmit Vete coew tmit L `ijjeh
mlg, sk L mih i jkt kn respe`t nkr mer.‗
 Girtlo `konlrgs tmit, ‚Vete pilh nkr everytmloa. L cokw nkr i ni`t
tmit Vete bkuamt mer i BGQ. Me speot i jkt kn gkoey ko mer. But me
mih io ”km wejj“ ittltuhe ibkut lt. Gkoey trujy hlh okt aulhe Veter.‗
Ioh by tme tlge Veter ioh Jlz were nujjy eotioajeh
eotioajeh ioh lo jkve, Veter

wis seeloa tme cloh kn gkoey tmit ijjkweh mlg tk speoh nreejy, ioh
me jkveh tk hk sk, nkr Jlz ioh nkr ktmers `jkse tk mlg. But wltm mls
ji`c kn `ko`ero nkr tme vijue kn gkoey, ioh mls eohjess aeoerkslty,
Veter wis ticeo ihviotiae kn by i virlety kn jee`mes tmit wioteh
gkre kn wmit me mih, pekpje wmk itti`meh tmegsejves tk mlg ioh
eodkyeh tmelr nrleoh“s oewjy-i`qulreh `ejebrlty. It nlrst lt wis
mirgjess nuo nkr Veter, tme cloh kn sk`lij jkkseoess tmit“s tk be
expe`teh wmeo nige `kges ykur wiy. Inter i `kupje smkrt yeirs,
mkwever, me nkuoh lt hlnnl`ujt tk sepirite mlgsejn nrkg pekpje wmk
kojy wioteh mlg nkr giterlij reiskos. Me oever sunnereh nkkjs ajihjy,
but me wis su`m i ol`e auy tmit me skgetlges sunnereh tmeg
uomippljy.
Veter wis aeoerkus wltm mls lo`kge, alvloa Jlz pri`tl`ijjy
ioytmloa sme wioteh,
nkr mls gktmer ticloaioh
ioh nitmer, kverwljjnujjy
piygeot kn tme iusuij
hlvlhloa nilr gkotmjy
smire knbljjs
mls
skoawrltloa rkyijtles wltm mls bioh gites. Eveo tmkuam Veter wis
`rehlteh is skje `kgpkser nkr every sloaje krlaloij Xype K Oeaitlve
skoa, me vijueh mls bioh gites ioh nkstereh i seose kn ‚ijj nkr koe,
koe nkr ijj.‗ Dksm, Ceooy, ioh Dkmooy heserveh lt tkk, but ktmers wmk
re`elveh gkoey nrkg Veter giy okt mive. Me hkjeh kut nuohs tk
ijgkst ioykoe wmk isceh. Veter `kujh mive igisseh i nkrtuoe, but
lt slgpjy wis okt lgpkrtiot tk mlg, is Girc Girtlo re`ijjs. ‚Gkoey
geiot oktmloa tk mlg. Ln skgekoe s`reweh mlg Skut kn gkoeyW, me
wkujh aet ioary,
ioary, but lt wiso“t tme eoh kn tme wkrjh nkr mlg. Lt wis kojy
gkoey, ioh me wkujh nloh i wiy tk gice gkre.‗
Ioh gkre wis ko tme tme wiy
wiy..

I yeir lotk tme sjkw-buroloa rlse kn Bjkkhy Clsses, kppkrtuoltles

beaio `kgloa Veter Pteeje“s wiy, tme clohs kn tmloas me“h oever
eveo bktmereh tk hreig kn. Koe sure slao mls bioh wis lo tme
is`eoheo`y wis tme lovltitlko tk `kotrlbute i skoa tk i mlam-prknlje
Bji`c Pibbitm trlbute ijbug. Issegbjeh by ok jess i gidkr jibej
eotlty tmio Pkoy, ioh gisslvejy mypeh benkre lts rejeise, tme ijbug

wis tk neiture respe`teh oiges su`m is Niltm Ok Gkre, Qmlte

Tkgble, Geaihetm, ioh gegbers kn Lrko Gilheo, Duhis Vrlest, ioh
Bji`c Pibbitm ltsejn. Veter wis gkre tmio mkokreh tk piy trlbute tk
koe kn mls blaaest lonjueo`es. Me ioh tme rest kn tme bioh jilh hkwo
twk hlnnereot verslkos kn Bji`c Pibbitm“
Pibbitm“s s `reepy epkoygkus iotmeg
nrkg 9<16, ‚Bji`c Pibbitm.‗
Xme verslko ippeirloa ko Oitlvlty lo Bji`c sjkweh hkwo tme
ijreihy sjkw skoa tk i pilonuj pi`e, gkvloa lt beykoh hkkg lotk
kglokusjy kppresslve wke. Io ijteroite verslko, subtltjeh ‚Nrkg tme
Pitiol` Verspe`tlve,‗ wis pure evlj. Lt njlppeh tme `miri`ters irkuoh,
wltm Veter pkrtriyloa i jis`lvlkusjy irrkaiot Pitio, mkjhloa `kurt ko
mls tmrkoe ioh speicloa tk i oew heolzeo kn mls hkgilo‘is ln tme
krlaloij verslko wiso“t eerle eokuam, suoa nrkg tme perspe`tlve kn i
nrlamteoeh oew reslheot kn mejj. Nkr tme ‚Pitiol` Verspe`tlve‗
verslko, tme jyrl`s were ijtereh tk nlt tme s`eoe4 ‚Qmit ls tmls tmit
stiohs benkre ge;‗ turos irkuoh tk ‚Qmk ls sme tmit stiohs sk
respe`tnujjy benkre ge;‗ ioh sk ko. Xme `kwerloa mugio tmit
Pitio/Veter ls speicloa tk ls, kn `kurse, negije, ioh by skoa“s eoh
sme“s alveo i spe`lij lovltitlko4 ‚@kge, we wljj pjiy lo tme nlre.‗ Is
wis be`kgloa Xype K“s gkhus kperiohl, tmls wis ok gere `kver
skoa3 lt wis io uoipkjkaetl` sleae-ioh-ticekver kperitlko.
Is perne`t i nlt is tme skoa wis nkr Veter“s tmeitrl`ij treitgeot, lt
wiso“t i`tuijjy tme bisslst“s prenerreh pl`c. ‚Qe were koe kn tme jist
biohs ipprki`meh,‗ me silh, ‚sk lt wis nlrst `kge, nlrst serveh. Hkloa
”Bji`c Pibbitm“ wkujh okt mive beeo gy nlrst `mkl`e. Lt prkbibjy
wkujh mive beeo ”Virioklh,“ giybe ”O.L.B.“ Ijj tme biohs were
nlamtloa ibkut wmk wkujh be jlsteh nlrst3 L requesteh tmit we be put
jist. Ok koe wiots tk be put jist, ioh we ijwiys try tk hk tme uo`kkj
tmloa. Qml`mever wiy tme smeep ire ruooloa, we ruo tme ktmer wiy.‗
Lt turoeh kut tmit beloa jist gihe tme blaaest lgpi`t. Xme skoa
wis by nir tme gkst lgpresslve reohltlko ko tme ijbug, ioh io
espe`lijjy loterestloa `mkl`e tk eoh tme trlbute ijbug, `koslherloa
tme skoa ls `koslhereh koe kn tme areit jeih-knn tri`cs kn ijj tlge.
Veter wkujh aet mls rihl`ijjy gkrpmeh verslko kn ‚Virioklh‗ lotk tme
pubjl`“s eirs inter ijj, is i bkous tri`c ko tme 9<<8 relssue kn Xme
Krlalo kn tme Ne`es. Hesplte lt beloa tme gkst `kvereh ioh gkst

pkpujir Bji`c Pibbitm tri`c kn ijj tlge, tme ‚Virioklh‗ jyrl`s skuoh
jlce tmey `kujh mive beeo wrltteo nkr Veter … kr eveo by mlg. Every
jloe expresses tme ioaulsm kn hepresslko ioh tme seose tmit
look`eo`e ls okt dust jkst, but extloaulsmeh nkrever4

Gice i dkce ioh L wljj slam ioh yku wljj jiuam ioh L wljj `ry
Mipploess L `iookt neej ioh jkve tk ge ls sk uoreij.

Bjkkhy Clsses tkkc i jkoa tlge tk `it`m nlre, but ko`e lt hlh lt
`itipujteh tk akjh stitus qul`cjy. Ko Mijjkweeo 9<<8, Xype K

Oeaitlve pjiyeh i `rltl`ij

it Lrvloe Geihkws lo Jks smkw lo nrkot
Ioaejes. kn iokniuhleo`e
Is pirt 96,666
tmelr kpeoloa strkoa
tkur sjkt
wltm hirc getij l`ko Hiozla, tme ala set lotk gktlko tme wmeejs tmit
hrkve Bjkkhy Clsses tk akjh `ertlnl`itlko.
Jks Ioaejes Xlges wrlter Glce Bkemg okteh tmit Hiozla“s
pernkrgio`e nejt ‚smigbjloa‗ ioh ‚smijjkw.‗ Lt wis Xype K Oeaitlve
tmit stkje tme olamt, i``krhloa tk Bkemg. Mls meihjloe reih ‚Hiozla
Nijters3 Xype K Alves Lonuslko kn Eoeray,‗ ioh me wrkte, ‚Xype K
Oeaitlve ls i bioh tk wit`m is lt weives i styjlstl` pit`mwkrc tmit
puts i nresm smloe ko rusty kjh getij. Is tme Oew \krc @lty bioh
wkrceh tmrkuam severij jkoa, eplskhl` ougbers nrkg Bjkkhy Clsses,
lt ijteroiteh betweeo tme ajkwerloa glokr-cey rlnnloa kn lts
i`cokwjehaeh merkes, Bji`c Pibbitm, ioh rl`mjy gejkhl` sequeo`es
kn pkppy, ceybkirh-nestkkoeh prkaresslve ioh psy`mehejl` rk`c tmit
`ijjeh tk gloh tme Gkkhy Bjues. Xme bioh“s cey isset wis tme
irrestloa, mlamjy tmeitrl`ij heep birltkoe vkl`e kn bisslst Veter
Pteeje, wmkse lgpi`t ioh `jirlty were nir beykoh Brih Rkberts“s
slgljir biss-rioae vk`ijs neitureh lo @rism Xest Huggles. Xype K
Oeaitlve“s gessiae ls tmit, wmlje ijj tme mirh-rk`c skuohs ioh styjes
giy mive be`kge smkpwkro, oew `kgbloitlkos ire stljj pksslbje,
ioh okt every ykuoa, getij-lonjueo`eh bioh oeeh skuoh ijlce.‗
Ioktmer wltoess tk tme smkw wis Qest @kist Rkihruooer
represeotitlve Citmle Gerrltt. Jlce Bkemg, sme nejt Xype K trlugpmeh

kver tme meihjloer ioh lheotlnleh tmit eveoloa is i `ru`lij pirt lo tme
ge`miolsg tmit murjeh tme bioh tkwirh gilostreig su``ess. ‚Plo`e
Bjkkhy Clsses wis ko Rkihruooer
Rkihruooer,‗ ,‗ sme re`ijjs, ‚lt wis `koslhereh i

getij re`krh,
breicloa lt mihbuttk lthk
wis sk Ijteroitlve
wltm gu`m gkreVress
tmio ioh
tmit.tme
I bla pirttmey
smkw kn
pjiyeh wltm Hiozla mere lo J.I. It Lrvloe Geihkws, tmey akt i better
respkose tmio tme meihjloer. Ijj tme pipers lo J.I. wrkte ibkut tme
ni`t tmit tmls bioh bjew Hiozla knn tme stiae ioh tmit tmey were i
nkr`e tk be re`ckoeh wltm. Xmeo Disko Vettlarew nrkg Ijteroitlve
Vress knnereh tk put Veter ko tme `kver is @uplh tme oext ^ijeotloe“s
Hiy. Xme pubjl`lsts L coew were `kgpjetejy ippijjeh it tme ni`t tmit
ioykoe wkujh `koslher Xype K io ijteroitlve bioh. Xmey“h siy, ”Lt“s
akloa tk rulo Ijteroitlve Vress,“ ”Qmit ire yku auys tmlocloa;“ But lt
eoheh up beloa i reijjy muae pusm nkr tme ijbug.‗
Neiturloa i pl`ture kn Veter wltm wlohbjkwo milr, jkkcloa mls
piaio best ioh reihy tk nlre irrkws lotk uosuspe`tloa meirts, lt wis
i trlugpm nkr Gerrltt ioh tme Rkihruooer prkgktlkos `rew. Ko tme
bi`c kn tme su``essnuj Hiozla tkur, ioh tme lo`reisloa rihlk ioh
vlhek pjiy tmit ‚@mrlstlio Qkgio‗ ioh ‚Bji`c Ok. 9‗ were eodkyloa,
gkgeotug arew lotk io uostkppibje wive. Eveo muae `krpkrite
hepirtgeot stkre `milos jlce Qijgirt ioh Cgirt mih ok `mkl`e but
tk nloijjy `ipltujite ioh stk`c tme ijbug‘skgetmloa tmey wkujh
oever mive `koslhereh ln okt nkr hegioh.
‚Lt wis koe kn tme gkst rlhl`ujkus tmloas,‗ siys Gerrltt, ‚tmit i
bioh tmit mih ioytmloa tk hk wltm tme getij wkrjh, ioh tme sexuijlty
kn tmelr gusl`, `kujh aet lotk tmkse pji`es, but lt reijjy kpeoeh up nkr
Xype K. Ln yku jkkc it PkuohP`ios nrkg bi`c tmeo, tme ”giss
ger`miot“ ougber weot `rizy, ioh lt wiso“t skgetmloa tmit mih
mippeoeh benkre tmit. Xme bla stkres nloijjy ticloa lt, tkurloa wltm
Hiozla, ioh tme Ijteroitlve Vress `kver were tme tmloas tmit brkce lt
wlhe kpeo.‗
Gerrltt henloes tme ‚skgetmloa spe`lij‗ quijlty kn Xype K Oeaitlve
tmit ippeijeh tk sk gioy pekpje i`rkss su`m i brkih spe`trug.
‚Xmere wis skgetmloa ibkut Xype K, espe`lijjy ko`e pekpje get
tmeg. Xmey were beykoh aeore. Lt wis eisy tk jkkc it tmeg ioh `ijj
tmeg ”aktm“ kr ”getij“ kr wmitever, but wmeo yku akt tk cokw tmeg

tmey were jlce Reoilssio`e geo. Betweeo ijj kn tmeg tmere wis i
wrlter, ioh i pket, ioh i rkgiotl`, ioh sk gioy ktmer jiyers tk
tmeg.‗

Qmlje tme bioh wis prkuh kn Bjkkhy Clsses is skko is tmey

egeraeh nrkg Pystegs Koe stuhlk lo eirjy 9<<0, `koslherloa lt io
irtlstl` su``ess hesplte wmit lt giy kr giy okt i`mleve
`kgger`lijjy, Rkihruooer geisureh su``ess lo ougbers. Qmlje tme
`kgpioy wis ok hlnnereot tmio ioy ktmer getij lohepeoheot,
`kgprlseh kn pekpje wmk were gusl` nios nlrst, wmk jeiroeh
busloess is i oe`esslty, tme nloio`lij bkttkg jloe cept tmeg
egpjkyeh ioh cept tme `kgpioy ruooloa, ioh tmey coew lt. Qmeo
tme jibej meirh Bjkkhy Clsses, everykoe reijlzeh wmit lo`rehlbje
`kgger`lij pkteotlij lt mih, ioh tmey wkrceh tk gice lt mippeo ko i
jiraer s`ije tmio ioy ktmer prlkr Rkihruooer ijbug.
‚Qe wkrceh sk mirh ko tmit re`krh,‗ re`ijjs pubjl`lst Pkpmli Nry.
‚L regegber stiyloa lo tme knnl`e uotlj jite, jite it olamt, dust sk L
`kujh tijc tk ijj tme pekpje ko tme Qest @kist. Xmere were tlges
wmeo we wkujh jeive tme knnl`e it ejeveo k“`jk`c it olamt. L hevkteh
sk gu`m kn gy jlne tk tmit ijbug, tryloa tk hk is gu`m is L `kujh.
Xmls re`krh tkkc tlge. Lt wiso“t io ijbug tmit dust expjkheh rlamt
iwiy. Lt tkkc i jkt kn wkrc tk eveo aet pekpje tk jlsteo tk lt, tk
uoherstioh wmit tmey were hkloa ioh uoherstioh tme bioh. L `io tejj
yku tmit lo every hepirtgeot it tme jibej, we aive i muohreh
per`eot. Nrkg gircetloa tk rihlk tk sijes tk press, we reijjy busteh
kur butts.‗
Xmit `kggltgeot pilh knn ko Okvegber <, 9<<5, wmeo Bjkkhy
Clsses wis `ertlnleh akjh, `ri`cloa tme girc kn 566,666 `kples skjh
lo tme UP. ‚L tmloc L `rleh,‗ siys Nry. ‚L wis sk mippy. L `kujho“t
bejleve lt. L regegber akloa lotk tme bitmrkkg ioh `ryloa. L ijwiys
wkre i jkt kn bji`c eyejloer ioh L mih tk nlx gy giceup. Lt dust nejt
jlce, ”Qkw, we mejpeh tmls bioh i``kgpjlsm skgetmloa reijjy areit.“
Lt gices yku neej prkuh be`iuse yku were i pirt kn lt.‗

Girc Ibrigsko regegbers Okvegber “<5 is ‚koe kn tme

areitest gkgeots ever. Xmit wis sk bla be`iuse lt wis tme jibej“s
nlrst akjh re`krh, ioh lt wis skgetmloa tmit L mih perskoijjy bejleveh

lo ioh
Xmit wioteh
wis sk gu`mvl`tkry.‗
i mirh-nkuamt tk su``eeh. Qe ijj bejleveh lo lt sk gu`m.
Girc mih beeo i nio slo`e tme Repujslko hegk, ioh Nry wis
ijsk ko bkirh, is i nio ioh Rkihruooer represeotitlve, nrkg Xype
K“s eirjlest hiys. Pme regegbers tme hyoigl` kn beloa bktm i nio
ioh egpjkyee4 ‚\ku cokw mkw gkst biohs neej ibkut re`krh jibejs,
be`iuse tme jibejs ire aettloa sk gu`m kn ykur gkoey ioh yku“re
kojy aettloa i sgijj per`eotiae kn ijbug sijes, but Veter coew tmit
wis pirt kn tme aige. Xmls ls dust reijlty. L oever tmkuamt ibkut tmkse
tmloas be`iuse gy glohset wis is i muae nio kn tme bioh ioh, lo
gy meirt, tmey were gy nivkrlte bioh ko tme jibej. Everytmloa L hlh
wis nrkg tme ittltuhe kn ”L jkve tmese auys ioh L“g akloa tk try tk hk
is gu`m is L `io nkr tmeg.“ L tmloc we hlh pretty akkh.‗
Xme heslre tk be pirt kn tme Veter Pteeje @jub geotlkoeh by
Citmle Gerrltt wis skgetmloa tmit `iuamt ko, okt kojy wltm nios, but
wltm tme Rkihruooer stinn ltsejn. Mls `mirlsgi wis giaoetl`, ioh lt
kojy be`ige areiter wltm su``ess.
‚Everykoe it Rkihruooer suhheojy be`ige bji`c ioh areeo,‗
Gerrltt re`ijjs. ‚Everybkhy wkre bji`c, kbvlkusjy, but ok koe ever
mih ioktmer `kjkr uotlj Xype
Xype K `ige lotk tmelr jlves, ioh yku `io isc
every sloaje koe kn us‘ge, Pkpmli, Girc Ibrigsko, every koe kn
tmeg mis io eotlre `kjje`tlko kn areeo `jktmes okw,
okw, dust be`iuse tmit
wis Veter“s tmloa.‗
Veter“s jkve nkr realgeo nkuoh mlg weirloa kojy bji`c ioh areeo,
ioh weirloa lt every sloaje hiy. Xme trihegirc `kjkrs kn Xype K
Oeaitlve, lts krlalos `kge nrkg Veter“s tlge lo tme Vircs
Hepirtgeot. Xme hepirtgeot“s uolnkrgs `koslsteh kn i areeo smlrt
ioh bji`c piots, i `kgbloitlko tmit sulteh Veter, ioh koe me
ihkpteh ioh wkre eveo inter me qult mls dkb ioh be`ige i rk`c stir