F?? c?nt??i?s, t?? ???t? ?? Kin? T?t?nk??m?n ??? ??m?in?? s??????? in m?st???, ? t?nt?lizin? ?ni?m? t??t t??s?? ?ist??i?ns ?n? ??c????l??ists ?lik?. P??????s ?n? t??i? t?l?s ??? ??scin?t?? t?? w??l?, ??t n?n? m??? s? t??n t?? ??? kin? w?? ?sc?n??? t?? t???n? ?? E???t ?t s?c? ? t?n??? ???.

In t?? ????t ?? t?? V?ll?? ?? t?? Kin?s, w???? ?nci?nt t?m?s ??l? ?c???s ?? ??st ?l???, ??c????l??ists m?tic?l??sl? ?n???t??? cl??s t??t ???mis?? t? ?n??v?l t?? s?c??ts s?????n?in? T?t?nk??m?n’s ??mis?. Hi????l???s ????n?? t?? w?lls ?? ?is t?m?, t?llin? st??i?s ?? ? ??i?? ??t si?ni?ic?nt ??i?n m??k?? ?? int?i??? ?n? ?nc??t?int?.

It w?s ?mi?st t??s? ??ll?w?? c??m???s t??t ? ????kt?????? c?m?—? c??m??? l?n? ?v??l??k?? ??v??l?? sc??lls ?? ??????s, ???s??v?? ???inst t?? ??v???s ?? tim?. W?itt?n in t?? ?l???nt sc?i?t ?? ?nci?nt E???t, t??? s??k? ?? ? ???n? kin?’s st????l? wit? illn?ss, ??ssi?l? ?x?c????t?? ?? ? ??ll ???m ? c???i?t ???in? ? ??nt.

As ?x???ts ??ci?????? t?? t?xts, ? cl????? ?ict??? ?m?????. T?t?nk??m?n, kn?wn ??? ?is ???t???l vi??? ?n? ???misin? ??l?, ??? s?cc?m??? t? ? s????n illn?ss, ??ssi?l? m?l??i?, c?m?lic?t?? ?? ? s?v??? l?? inj???. T?? sc??lls ??t?il?? t?? ?????ts ?? c???t ???sici?ns ?n? ??i?sts w?? st????l?? in v?in t? s?v? t?? ???n? ???????’s li??.

O?tsi?? t?? t?m?, t?? V?ll?? ?? t?? Kin?s ??zz?? wit? ?xcit?m?nt. N?ws ?? t?? ?isc?v??? s????? lik? wil??i??, ???win? sc??l??s ?n? ?nt??si?sts ???m ????n? t?? w??l?. At t?? G??n? E???ti?n M?s??m, w???? T?t?nk??m?n’s t???s???s m?sm??iz?? visit??s, n?w???n? int???st s???k?? ???s? ????t?s ?n? t????i?s ????t ?is ??i?n ?n? ?ntim?l? ???t?.

In C?i??, E???t?l??ists ??t????? t? ?isc?ss t?? im?lic?ti?ns ?? t??s? ??v?l?ti?ns. T?? ?nc?-m?st??i??s ci?c?mst?nc?s s?????n?in? T?t?nk??m?n’s ???t? w??? n?w ill?min?t??, s????in? li??t ?n ? c???t?? ?? ?ist??? l?n? cl??k?? in s????ws. T?? ?isc?v??? ??????? n?t ?nl? ? ?lim?s? int? t?? ???s?n?l t?????? ?? ? ???n? ??l?? ??t ?ls? ? ?????? ?n???st?n?in? ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n m??icin? ?n? c?lt???.

As t?? s?n s?t ?v?? t?? ????mi?s, c?stin? ? ??l??n ?l?w ?v?? t?? ??s??t s?n?s, t?? st??? ?? Kin? T?t?nk??m?n t??k ?n n?w m??nin?. His l???c?, ?nc? cl????? ?? s??c?l?ti?n ?n? m?t?, n?w st??? ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? ?ist???’s m?st??i?s ?n? t?? ?n?i?l?in? ???st ??? kn?wl???? t??t c?ntin??s t? ill?min?t? t?? ??st.