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

Ngolunye usuku wayehamba emgwaqweni eParis. Lalina imvula ngosuku olwandulele, futhi kwakunzima kakhulu ukuhamba emgwaqweni. Ngokushesha inqola yafika ngemuva kwakhe. Umgwaqo wawumncane kanti inqola yayibanzi, kanti uSifracbaphunyuka begijinyiswa yiyo, kodwa yayigcwele udaka nemvula. Lapho abanye bembona, bamdabukela, futhi bafunga ngentukuthelo futhi bafuna ukumisa inqola baxoxe ngezinto. Kodwa uSifracbakhononda, “Yima, yeka, bese ubadedela.”

Ngesikhathi inqola ikude, wayesamile engashukumi eceleni komgwaqo, ecabanga: Umgwaqo mncane kakhulu, futhi kunabantu abaningi kangaka, kungani inqola ingenakuguqulwa? Inqola kufanele inqunywe phakathi emgwaqweni, bese amasondo amane enziwa amasondo amabili…Wacabanga kanjalo wabe eseya ekhaya ukuyoklama. Ngemva kokuhlola okuphindaphindiwe, ngo-1791 kwakhiwa “isondo lehhashi lokhuni” lokuqala. Ibhayisikili lokuqala lalenziwe ngokhuni futhi lalinesakhiwo esilula. Lalingenalo ukushayela noma ukuqondisa, ngakho umgibeli wasunduza phansi kanzima ngezinyawo zakhe futhi kwadingeka ehle ukuze ahambise ibhayisikili lapho eshintsha indlela.

Noma kunjalo, lapho uSifracngithathe ibhayisikili ukuze ngiyojikeleza epaki, wonke umuntu wamangala futhi wahlabeka umxhwele.