H /yrmI v /glinda H /gUd lUkd vErI grAnd n impOzN wen i asembald At dEbrEk bifYr H pAlis gEts. H jMnifYrmz v H garl sOlJarz war pritI n v gE kalarz, n HEr silvar-tipd spIrz war brFt n glisanN, H loN SAfts bIin inlEd wiT maHar-v-parl. Yl H ofisarz wYr Syrp, glImN sYrdz, n SIldz eJd wiT pIkok-feHarz; n i rIlI sImd Ht nO fO kUd bF enI posibilitI difIt sac a briljant yrmI.
H /sYrsares rOd in a bjMtifal palANkwin wic waz lFk H bodI v a kOc, hAvN dYrz n windOz wiT silkan kartanz; bat insted v wIlz, wic a kOc hAz, H palANkwin restd apon tM loN, hYrizontal byrz, wic war bYrn apon H SOldarz v twelv sarvants.
H /skErkrO n hiz komrAdz disFdd t rFd in H /gamp, in Yrdar t kIp ap wiT H swift myrc v H yrmI; sO, Az sMn A /glinda hAd styrtd n har sOlJarz hAd myrcd awE t H inspFrN scrEnz v mjMzik plEd bF H rqal bAnd, Qr frendz klFmd intM H sOfaz n folOd. H /gamp flM aloN slOlI At a pqnt darektlI Ovar H palANkwin in wic rOd H /sYrsares.
"b kErfal," sed H /tin /wUdmAn t H /skErkrO, hM waz lInN fyr Ovar H sFd t lUk At H yrmI bilO, "jM mFt fYl."