Ngo-1790, kwakukhona umFulentshi ogama lakhe linguSifrac, owayehlakaniphe kakhulu.

Ngolunye usuku wayehamba emgwaqweni eParis.Izulu lalina ngayizolo, futhi kwakunzima kakhulu ukuhamba emgwaqeni.Khona manjalo inqola yagingqika emva kwakhe. Umgwaqo wawumngcingo, nenqola ibanzi, noSifra.cwaphunyula ekugijinyweni yilo, kodwa lambozwa udaka nemvula.Lapho abanye bembona bazisola, bafunga bethukuthele befuna ukumisa inqola bakhulume.Kodwa Sifracwabubula, “Yima, yima, ubayeke bahambe.”

Lapho inqola ikude, wayelokhu emile enganyakazi eceleni komgwaqo, ecabanga: “Umgwaqo umncane kakhulu, futhi baningi abantu, kungani inqola ingashintshwa na?Inqola kufanele inqunywe phakathi eceleni komgwaqo, namasondo amane enziwe amasondo amabili…Wacabanga kanjalo futhi waya ekhaya ukuyoklama.Ngemva kokuhlola okuphindaphindiwe, ngo-1791 kwakhiwa “isondo lehhashi lokhuni” lokuqala.Ibhayisikili lokuqala lalenziwe ngokhuni futhi linesakhiwo esilula uma kuqhathaniswa.Lalingenayo idrayivu noma isiteringi, ngakho umgibeli waphusha kanzima phansi ngezinyawo futhi kwadingeka ehle ukuze asuse ibhayisikili lapho eshintsha indlela.

Noma kunjalo, lapho uSifracwathatha ibhayisikili ukuze alizulise epaki, wonke umuntu wamangala futhi wahlabeka umxhwele.