interfere -  - .
affair -  - .
Though -  - .
recently -  - ,  .
I mean -   -    , 
night-dream -  - .
adventure -  - .
crowd -  - .
in a big way -   w -  . 
at least -  -  .
tall -  - .
abony -  -  .
pull -  - , , .
tight -  - , . 
piercing -  - , , .
by contrast -   -  .
extremely -  - , .
pale -  - .
redhead -  - , .
offset -  - 
milk-white - w - -.
towards - w -  .
   KEEP  ING   
   ,    .

 27
Ȼ 
TROUBLES
 
    
I never was
  w
   
in such a difficult
  
 . 
situation before.
 
   
I always tried
 w 
  
not to interfere
  
   , 
in other peoples affairs,
   
    
but life made me
   
 . 
do that.
 
  ()   
Though I didnt want
    w
  , 
to have any troubles
  
  
I used to
  
   
come across them
  
  . 
all my life.
  
   
Untill recently
 
    
I never believed
  
 , 
any of the stories
  
()   
Ive read
 
 . 
in magazines.
 
   , 
I mean
 
()    
all those stories
  
   
sounded to me
  
 - . 
like somebodys night-dreams.
  
-   , 
Something happened to me
   
, 
though,

    
that changed my mind
   
 , 
about adventures,
 
(= )    
available

  . 
in the real world.
  w
     
I was out
 w 
   
dancing at
 
 , 
a well-known club
 w  
   () 
and throughout the night
  
    
I kept noticing
  
()   , 
two young people
  
   ()  
who stood out of the crowd
    
 . 
in a big way.
  w
   
Both were at least
 w 
()   , 
six feet tall
  
  ( )   
and each was beautiful
  w 
-. 
in his own way.
   w
  , 
He was black
 w 
 ,    
and looked as if
   
   
he was sculptured
 w 
  
of the finest
 
 . 
abony.

  
His hair
 
   
was pulled tight
w  
 , 
at the back of his head
    
   
and his eyes
  
    (=   
were  piercing blue.
w  
     ()   
She was by contrast
  w  
 , 
an extremely pale
  
  , (= ), 
redhead,

    
and her green eyes
   
  (= (   )
were dramatically offset
 w  
 
by her
 
-  . 
milk-white complexion.
w 
  , 
Our eyes met
  
   
and this was
  w
  
the first step
 
( )  
towards
w
 . 
my troubles.
 
