Landela impumlo yakho (iCinemax). Isibhedlele saseKnickerbocker, kuvela, sigcwele iimfihlo. Emini, iifestile zayo ezinkulu zigqabhuke kukukhanya okubonisa iyunifomu yomongikazi omhlophe enkinki, ikhangeleka ivulekile kwaye ikhanya. Kodwa emva kokuwa kobusuku, kukhanyiswe kuphela ziibhalbhu ezibuthathaka zikaEdison, iba sisithokothoko sobumnyama, apho abantu bejikeleza khona, begubungela ukuthengisa kwabo ngokungekho mthethweni kunye neentloni.
Kodwa awukwazi ukufihla ngonaphakade. Kwimeko yenqaku: Intombi kaGqirha Thackery owayesakuba ngumfazi ka-Abby, ovela esibhedlele enetyala elinempumlo. Kubonakala ngathi indoda yakhe ibilele nentombazana eofisini yakhe eyayine-syphilitic ngokufihlakeleyo, kwaye ngoku osulelekileyo u-Abby uhambe yonke iVoldemort.
Kuya koyika ukunxiba ihlazo ebusweni bakho ukuze abantu babone, uphawula umongikazi kamva, emema ingqumbo kaThackery. Kodwa kukho isizathu esicacileyo njengoko impumlo ebusweni bakho ibinzana. UNoseless Abby akasoze akwazi ukuphila ubomi obuqhelekileyo kwakhona; ihlazo lakhe liya kuhlala libonakala. Ngenxa yosizi kunye nokuthathela ingqalelo ubudlelwane babo bangaphambili, ugqirha olungileyo (ombi) uyavuma ukulithatha ityala.
Olu tyando luhlobo lwento eyothusayo neyoyikisayo ebendinokuyicinga ukuba yaqanjwa ngababhali abanobuqhetseba kulo mboniso, ukuba andikhange ndiyifumane kwaye ndafumanisa ukuba yayiyinto yokwenyani leyo. Bambopha umphambili wakhe entlokweni yakhe emva koko bamilisele isiqwenga sesikhumba esingaphezulu kwempumlo yakhe, kodwa bayishiye incamathele kwingalo ukugcina ukuhamba kwegazi. Kwaye emva koko bamshiya enjalo, ebotshelelwe entlokweni iiveki ezininzi.
Xa kugqityiwe, uGqirha Thackery ukhalaza kuMongikazi u-Elkins ukuba (nokuba utyando luyimpumelelo, u-Abby usaya kujongeka embi kakhulu. Uphendula athi ukunika umntu inani elincinci lethemba kunye nesidima kungcono kunokungenzi kwanto.
Oku kukhuthaza uThackery ukuba azame ukusindisa intombazana encinci ebulawa ngumkhuhlane we-typhoid, ityala ebekade ecinga ukuba alithembi. Olu tyando luyimpumelelo, kakhulu kuvuyo lomhlobo wosapho uCornelia Robertson, ngoku oshushu kumkhondo wobhubhane wetyphoid phakathi kwezityebi zaseManhattan-ukuqhambuka okumangalisayo kwesifo esihlala sihlasela kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo nezingahlambulukanga. Kodwa, njengoko u-Speight umhloli wezempilo ephawula, iintsholongwane zinokuhlala kwizangqa ezityebileyo, zibuye zivele ngokungalindelekanga kumaxhoba amatsha.
Ngokukwanjalo ulele u-Barrow, okwaziyo ukuhlawula ityala lakhe elikhulu kwisihlwele (kodwa angabuyiseli izinyo lakhe ngokunyanzelwa) ngokubamba imizimba ngokungekho mthethweni kwindawo yokugcina izidumbu esibhedlele, ukufihla iinkcukacha zabo, emva koko azithengise kwezinye izibhedlele njenge cadavers . Sikwadibana nenkosikazi yakhe ekhwela intlalontle, ngokucacileyo ingoyena nobangela weengxaki zakhe zemali. Uxhalabile ukuba isibini samacici eeperile asilahlekile. Sikhokelwa ukuba sicinge ukuba u-Barrow ubabile ukuze bancede ukuhlawula ityala lakhe, kodwa ke ubanika intombi yakhe ehenyuza nomntwana.
Ngaphandle kwe cadavers yokuziqhelanisa nayo, uGqirha uQinisekise iinwele kunye noGqirha u-Bearded Infant kuyanyanzeleka ukuba basebenzise iihagu njengoko bezama ukuphinda inkqubo ye-galvanic ka Gqirha Edwards kwiphepha lezonyango-lejenali eliguqulelwe kakubi ngumfazi ka Gallinger. Abayi ndawo, kwaye uBertie ucebisa ukuba banokudibana no-Edwards, becinga ukuba ungumbhali-mbhali wephepha. UGallinger: Bertie, uyabazi abo bantu bayathanda ukuzibaxa izinto abazenzileyo, bephumelela yonke imbasa kwiOlimpiki yobuhlanga. Ndifuna ukuyikrwitsha le ndoda.
Kodwa i-Thackery, ehlala isebenza (nangona isabambekile, kunjalo), ithi ukuba uEdward ngumbhali-mbhali wephepha, ngokucacileyo kufuneka babonane naye. Kodwa akazokwazi ukuthinta isigulana-uyakuthetha nje noGallinger ngenkqubo.
U-Edwards akonwabi kwaphela ngale nto, kodwa unokuninzi kwipleyiti yakhe ngoku ukujongana nayo. Ebekade ebaleka emthunzini, ebeka ikliniki yakhe engaphantsi yabantu abamnyama, nesisibhedlele esi singavala ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba besinokufunyanwa. Ke izigulana zinkqonkqoza kumnyango ongasemva ekhitshini kwaye zikhwaze, ndiza malunga nomsebenzi wokuhlamba. Baboniswa ngababini boiler-stokers abathi uEdward waqesha njengama-odolo, kwaye wahlinzwa ngoncedo lwabongikazi ababini bokuhlamba iimpahla. Bonke, ewe, basemngciphekweni wokuphulukana nemisebenzi yabo.
Esinye sezigulana eziyimfihlo yindoda enesifo se-hernia. Kodwa emva kokwenza utyando kuye, uEdward akakwazi ukumgcina esibhedlele, ngenxa yokoyika ukufunyanwa. Ke ugqirha akanakumnqanda ekubeni abuyele emsebenzini, kwaye ke ukrazula imithungo yakhe kwaye aphele esifa kwakhona kwitafile yokusebenza ka-Edwards. Isiqendu sivale ngo-Edward ngokunxila sithathe olu suku lubi kakhulu emsebenzini kwesinye isibhanxa ebharini, simkhuphela ngaphandle esitratweni kwimbethi yamanqindi engenantsingiselo.
Ukuthetha ngokungenanjongo, i-lurker yethu yokugqibela yesiqendu nguCleary umqhubi we-ambulensi, oxhonywe nje kuDade Harriet ukumazisa ukuba uyazi ukuba ungumntu okhupha isisu. Kwaye ngenxa yesizathu esingaqhelekanga sifumana iindawo ezine ezahlukileyo, eziphindaphindayo zikaCleary ezilahla iingcebiso ezicacileyo kunongendi malunga neentsana ezingekazalwa. Ngaba enye ibingayi kwanela? (Kwaye ngelixa sisemxholweni wokubhala ngobuvila, I-Knick kuye kwafuneka ukuba ilumke ngakumbi kwintetho yayo ye-anachronistic. Akukho mntu ngo-1900 wayememeza ngenxa ye-fuck! njengoko u-Barrow esenza xa efunda ukuba ukhutshiwe kwi-cadaver.)
Kule veki izayo: Ekugqibeleni siyifumana inkqubo yegalvanic ebesizakhela yona iziqendu ezithathu. Ngaba uEdward uza kubaxelela ukuba benze njani? Ngaba uGallinger uza kuyilandela imiyalelo yakhe? Ngaba iindevu zikaBertie ziya kuthi ekugqibeleni zityibilike ziveze ukuba uneminyaka eli-11 kuphela ubudala?
