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English[en]
Having seen the glow at the window, I decided the best way to check it out was to exit from the small pedestrian gate on the West side of the cemetery (which faced Princes Park and was, presumably, unguarded) and then to circle back to the far side of the gatekeeper’s house. In this way, I would avoid having to go near the main (vehicular) gate to the South. This was immediately adjacent to machine gun emplacement and was, presumably, still guarded. My plan, to that extent, was sound. The Western gate was indeed unguarded but the main entrance had a guard seated on a chair and was armed with a sub- machine gun. As I circled around the far side of the gatekeeper’s house, this would have proven quite daunting – except for the fact that I could hear the guard’s resonant snoring long before I could see him. The guard, at least, thought the zombie terror had passed. This gave me time to observe without fear of being observed. There was no barrier at the gate – any vehicle could simply drive through if its driver chose to. And there was a number of vehicles still parked about 75m or so inside the gates – a reasonable distance from the sleeping guard: a good thing if one felt like trying to commandeer one of them. There were three jeeps and a khaki-coloured Holden utility. Did they have their keys in the ignition or would one have to spend precious time to ‘hot-wire’ them? (Not that a boy with a good Catholic upbringing would know about such things!) That would remain to be seen. I turned my attention to the gatekeeper’s residence itself. On the veranda, stood six pairs of boots, all neatly lined up in military fashion. Did this mean there was now a total of seven soldiers in the squad (assuming the guard still had his boots on)? Well, I decided it meant that there were no less than seven – maybe not everyone thought that their boots needed air. Also, there was a hat-rack, under cover, on the veranda and, on it, hung three slouch-hats, typical of the Australian Army.
Cornish[kw]
Wosa my dhe weles an golow der an fenestri, my a dhetermyas an gwella fordh rag y hwithra. My a wrussa gasa an ynkleudhva der an yet vyghan a’n howlsedhes – esa a-dal Park an Pennsevik hag, yn hwirhaval, anwithys. Ena, my a gerdhsa yn kylgh ledan rag drehedhes du arall chi an porther. Y’n fordh na, my a allsa avoydya owth omneshe dhe borth a-dhyghowbarth an ynkleudhva – mayth esa gwrys devnydh herwydh usadow gans kerri-tan. Dres henna, yth esa an porth ma ogas dhe’n ynworrans rag jynn-setha poes (a via gwithys hwath, yn sur). Y provas ow thowl bos gwiw. Yn hwir, anwithys o an yet a’n Howlsedhes mes yth esa gwithyas a’y esedh a-rag an chyf entrans, dhe’n dyghowbarth, ha ganso gonn isel-jynn. Ha my omgylghyes a-dro dhe du arall chi an porther, an presens ma a withyas ha’y wonn a allsa bos poran kudynnyasek. Byttegyns, my a ylli klywes ronkow, meur aga dhasson, an gwithyas termyn hir kyns my dhe alloes y weles. An gwithyas ma, dhe’n lyha, a brederis nag esa na fella browagh-zombi. Hag ytho yth esa termyn dhymm rag observya - heb own a’m bos observyes. Nyns esa lett vyth orth an porth ma – oll an kerri-tan a allsa yn sempel tremena mar tewisas aga lywyoron gul yndella. Hag yth esa lies karr parkyes hwath a- dro dhe 75 m a-berth y’n yetys – pellder lowr dhiworth an gwithyas ow koska. Da o henna mar mynnys assaya sesya onan anedha. Yth esa tri jip ha les-karr Holden, kaki y liw. Esa dhedha dialhwedhyow y’ga florenn-enowans – po a via res spena termyn presyous rag aga gul tredanhes fast? (Ny wodhvia mab da, gans adhyskans stroeth ha katholik, a-dro dhe’n taklow a’n par na, heb mar!) Y trigsa henna bos gwelys. My a dreylyas ow aspians dhe drigva an porther hy honan. Yth esa ow sevel, war an borthva, dew ha dew, dewdhek botasenn – oll anedha yn aray breselek. A styrya hemma bos lemmyn seyth souder, yn sommenn, y’n para? (My a dheseva an gwithyas dhe vos hwath gans y votasennow.) Wel, my a erviras y stryryas henna nag esa le ages seyth souder - parhapp ny gryssa oll anedha bos edhomm a ayr dh’aga botasennow. Ynwedh, yth esa ynwedh a-berth y’n veranda, ha gwithys ganso, rastell-hattys ha warnodho tri hatt ledan medhel, herwydh usadow an Lu Ostralek.