{"id":13425,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=13425"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:07:03","slug":"walking-into-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/walking-into-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking into the Night."},"content":{"rendered":"

N\u00edl aon chur amach agam air<\/span>, I have no knowledge of it; <\/span>fo-chomhfhios<\/span>, subconsciousness; <\/span>cur i gc\u00e9ill<\/span>, letting on; <\/span>sl\u00e1m maith den bhf\u00edrinne<\/span>, a good portion of the truth; <\/span>fabht<\/span>, flaw; <\/span>leann\u00e1n<\/span>, lover.<\/span><\/p>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

I m B \u00e9 a l a n P h o b a i l<\/p>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u201cWalking into the Night\u201d <\/p>

by <\/p>

Olaf Olafsson<\/p>

Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/span><\/h1>

.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

As the Butler saw it !<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Nach ait mar a thagann muid, anois is ar\u00eds, ar leabhar le h\u00fadar, nach bhfuil cur amach ar bith againn air, agus nach aite f\u00f3s, an chaoi a th\u00e9ann an leabhar c\u00e9anna sin i bhfeidhm orainn, toisc, is d\u00f3cha, go seineann s\u00e9 ceol ar th\u00e9ada \u00e1irithe, r\u00fanda, folaithe i ngan fhios d\u00fainn, sa bhfo-chomhfhios, ceol a chora\u00edonn an cro\u00ed istigh ionainn, agus a dh\u00fais\u00edonn moth\u00fach\u00e1in taitneamhacha, uaignacha, cumhacha, a f\u00e1gann blas s\u00e1s\u00fail, beada\u00ed, ar theanga na cuimhne, go ceann scathaimh fhada ina dhiaidh sin. Ba leabhar d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id \u00e9 \u201cWalking into the Night\u201d le Olaf Olafsson.<\/p>

Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il n\u00e1r l\u00e9igh m\u00e9 tada leis an \u00fadar seo cheana, n\u00f3 n\u00e1r chuala aon tr\u00e1cht air mar \u00farsc\u00e9ala\u00ed, ach oiread. \u00cdoslainneach fir isea an t-\u00fadar seo, a rugadh i Reykjavik, sa bhliain 1962, mar sin n\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 ach thart ar an d\u00e1 sc\u00f3r, agus an leabhar seo idir cham\u00e1in aige. Chuir s\u00e9 a ch\u00e9ad \u00farsc\u00e9al, \u201cAbsolution\u201d, de, sa bhliain 1994, agus sa bhliain 2001, foils\u00edodh an dara ceann uaidh, \u201cThe Journey Home\u201d, agus anois, \u201cWalking into the Night\u201d, seo an tr\u00ed\u00fa \u00farsc\u00e9al d\u00e1 chuid, agus foils\u00edodh \u00e9 sin sa bhliain 2003. T\u00e1 c\u00f3na\u00ed air, faoi l\u00e1thair, i gCathair Nua Eabhrac.<\/p>

A good story well written<\/h2>

Caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, i dtosach b\u00e1ire anseo, go ndeachaigh idir st\u00edl agus \u00e1bhar an sc\u00e9il seo i bhfeidhm go m\u00f3r orm fh\u00e9in, sa chaoi gur f\u00e1gadh m\u00e9 br\u00f3nach, cumhach, uaigneach, tr\u00e1th chr\u00edochnaigh m\u00e9 an sc\u00e9al corraitheach seo.<\/p>

Is \u00e9 at\u00e1 sa leabhar seo, n\u00f3 an t-\u00fadar ag ligint air gurb \u00e9 buitl\u00e9ir William Randolph Hearst \u00e9, agus go bhfuil a dh\u00edrbheathaisn\u00e9is \u00e1 leagan os \u00e1r gcomhair amach aige. Anois, caithfear a r\u00e1, gur cur i gc\u00e9ill at\u00e1 ar si\u00fal ag an \u00fadar tr\u00edd an sc\u00e9al, ach, ag an am gc\u00e9anna, t\u00e1 an sc\u00e9al chomh hinchreidte sin, go bhfuil s\u00e9 deacair a chreidi\u00faint, nach bhfuil sl\u00e1m maith den bhf\u00edrinne measctha tr\u00edd an gcur-i-gc\u00e9ill c\u00e9anna sin.<\/p>

Chuir m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in suim, agus dh\u00e1 shuim, sa sc\u00e9al seo, n\u00f3 faoi mar is eol duit, b\u2019fh\u00e9idir, thug m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in cuairt ar Chaisle\u00e1n Hearst, ar Rainse San Simeon, cupla bliain \u00f3 shoin. Ba ch\u00f3ir a lua anseo, n\u00e1r ghlac an t-\u00fain\u00e9ir leis an t\u00e9arma sin, \u201cHearst Castle\u201d, n\u00f3 chomh fada is a bhain s\u00e9 leis-sean, ba \u00e9 \u201cAn Rainse\u201d, an t\u2019ainm a bh\u00ed ar an \u00e1it, agus \u201cThe Enchanted Hill\u201d ar an gcnoc ar a raibh na foirgnimh uilig t\u00f3gtha aige. T\u00f3gadh na Tithe Aoichta, n\u00f3 na Guest Houses, ar dt\u00fas, agus b\u2019iad sin, an Casa del Mar, an Casa del Sol agus an Casa del Monte. Nuair a bh\u00ed siad sin t\u00f3gtha, ba ansin a th\u00f3g s\u00e9 an Caisle\u00e1n fh\u00e9in, b\u00edodh nach caisle\u00e1n a bhaist seisean air, ach an Casa Grande. N\u00ed haon ionadh mar sin, gur chuir m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in suim sa sc\u00e9al seo, toisc to raibh an sc\u00e9al uilig beagnach t\u00f3gtha, suite, thart ar \u201cChaisle\u00e1n Hearst\u201d.<\/p>

The Flashback Method<\/h2>

Tosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9al agus Christian Benediktsson ag feidhmi\u00fa mar bhuitl\u00e9ir ag an Chief, mar a thugann s\u00e9 ar Hearst fh\u00e9in. F\u00e9ach mar a thosa\u00edonn an sc\u00e9al….<\/p>

The cypress rested in its shadow.<\/p>

He tripped on the steps up to the main building but managed not to fall. Fuchsia blossoms met his eye as he straightened up; azaleas beyond them. He walked over to the cypress and leaned against it while he caught his breath. He was hot in his black suit in the afternoon sun….<\/p>

The Chief had mislaid his magnifying glass. Cristjan \u2013 or, rather, Christian Benediktsson, as he had called himself since coming to this country during the Great War, twenty years ago \u2013 had spent the morning hunting for it in the old man\u2019s bedroom and on the balcony outside……<\/p>

Tugann an t-\u00fadar roinnt mhaith eolais faoi bhuitl\u00e9ir Hearst d\u00fainn, san athlua sin thuas. D\u2019fh\u00e1g s\u00e9 a th\u00edr dh\u00fachais, an \u00cdoslainn, i rith an ch\u00e9ad chogaidh domhanda, agus ag an am \u00e1irithe seo, t\u00e1 s\u00e9 tar \u00e9is sc\u00f3r bliain a chaitheamh thall. I dt\u00fas an sc\u00e9il, mar sin, cuireann an t-\u00fadar ar an eolas sinn faoi shaol Christian, agus \u00e9 ag caitheamh a shaoil r\u00fanda ag feidhmi\u00fa mar bhuitl\u00e9ir do William Randolph Hearst.<\/p>

Agus sin d\u00e9anta ag an \u00fadar, baineann s\u00e9 \u00fas\u00e1id as seanchleas \u00fad an iardhearcaidh, agus d\u00e9anann s\u00e9 sin, go cliste, beagnach i ngan fhios dhuit, nuair a th\u00e9ann an buitl\u00e9ir siar b\u00f3ithr\u00edn na smaointe, tr\u00e1th nach mb\u00edonn tada le d\u00e9anamh aige, ina sheomra, i gCaisle\u00e1n Hearst, agus gan de chomhluadar aige ach a chuimhn\u00ed gruama fh\u00e9in. T\u00f3gann s\u00e9 an l\u00e9itheoir siar leis go dt\u00ed a \u00e1it d\u00fachais. <\/p>

Love and Marriage<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Rugadh \u00e9 i West Fjords, san \u00cdoslainn, agus thit s\u00e9 i ngr\u00e1 le Elisabet, nuair a casadh ar a ch\u00e9ile iad i gCopenhagen. Labhrann s\u00e9 lei trina chinn lae….<\/p>

I\u2019m still surprised at how inferior I felt when I stood there. I had always found it easy to attract women, but you were different. They were mostly working girls, fun-loving but uneducated \u2013 like me. But you, you were from a different world. And yet I found myself falling towards you.<\/p>

Ar ball ph\u00f3s siad, ach bh\u00ed s\u00e9 soil\u00e9ir, fi\u00fa an t-am sin, go raibh difir mh\u00f3r sh\u00f3isialta eatarthu, agus c\u00e9 gur \u00e9irigh go seoigh leo i dtosach b\u00e1ire, agus gur rugadh p\u00e1ist\u00ed d\u00f3ibh, ag an am gc\u00e9anna, bh\u00ed an fabht ansin \u00f3 th\u00fas, agus ar ball, thr\u00e9ig Christian a bhean Elisabet, agus d\u2019imigh le banaisteoir, Klara, sna Stait, leann\u00e1n le cara leis! Ba leann\u00e1in iad, ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna, n\u00ed raibh gr\u00e1 buan eatharthu, agus i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, cailleadh Klara bhocht le linn ginmhillte, agus d\u00e1r nd\u00f3igh, f\u00e1gadh Christian ansin, gan cheangal ar bith aige le h\u00e9inne ar an saol uaigneach seo, agus ba ansin a shocraigh s\u00e9 ar phost a ghlacadh le Hearst.<\/p>

No going back<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, gur dhein Elisabet roinnt iarrachta\u00ed ar theangmh\u00e1il a dh\u00e9anamh lena c\u00e9ile caillte, ach n\u00ed raibh i nd\u00e1n di, ar deireadh thiar, ach an teip. N\u00edl f\u00fam an sc\u00e9al ar fad a thabhairt duit anseo, ach caithfidh m\u00e9 a r\u00e1 leat, gur bhain m\u00e9 fh\u00e9in taitneamh agus s\u00e1samh as mar sc\u00e9al, agus thabharfadh duine faoi deara freisin, na cos\u00falachta\u00ed a bh\u00ed idir Hearst agus a bhuitl\u00e9ir. Thr\u00e9ig an p\u00e9ire acu c\u00e9ile, agus chuaigh siad beirt le leann\u00e1n. Ach, f\u00e1gfaidh m\u00e9 an sc\u00e9al ag an bpointe sin, ar eagla go millfinnse ortsa \u00e9. <\/p>

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N\u00edl aon chur amach agam air, I have no knowledge of it; fo-chomhfhios, subconsciousness; cur i gc\u00e9ill, letting on; sl\u00e1m maith den bhf\u00edrinne, a good portion of the truth; fabht, flaw; leann\u00e1n, lover. . I m B \u00e9 a l a n P h o b a i l . \u201cWalking into the Night\u201d by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13426,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13425\/revisions\/13426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}