Mountains_NN2 Beyond_II Mountains_NN2 :_: The_AT Quest_NN1 of_IO Dr._NNB Paul_NP1 Farmer_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 Man_NN1 Who_PNQS Would_VM Cure_VV0 the_AT World_NN1 (_( Random_JJ House_NN1 Reader_NN1 's_GE Circle_NN1 )_) Six_MC years_NNT2 after_II the_AT fact_NN1 ,_, Dr._NNB Paul_NP1 Edward_NP1 Farmer_NP1 reminded_VVD me_PPIO1 ,_, "_" We_PPIS2 met_VVD because_II21 of_II22 a_AT1 beheading_NN1 ,_, of_IO all_DB things_NN2 ._. "_" 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ two_MC weeks_NNT2 before_II Christmas_NNT1 1994_MC ,_, in_II a_AT1 market_NN1 town_NN1 in_II the_AT central_JJ plateau_NN1 of_IO Haiti_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 patch_NN1 of_IO paved_JJ road_NN1 called_VVN Mirebalais_NN1 ._. 
Near_II the_AT center_NN1 of_IO town_NN1 there_EX was_VBDZ a_AT1 Haitian_JJ army_NN1 outpost_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 concrete_JJ wall_NN1 enclosing_VVG a_AT1 weedy_JJ parade_NN1 field_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 jail_NN1 ,_, and_CC a_AT1 mustard-colored_JJ barracks_NN ._. 
I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ sitting_VVG with_IW an_AT1 American_JJ Special_JJ Forces_NN2 captain_NN1 ,_, named_VVN Jon_NP1 Carroll_NP1 ,_, on_II the_AT building_NN1 's_GE second-story_JJ balcony_NN1 ._. 
Evening_NNT1 was_VBDZ coming_VVG on_RP ,_, the_AT town_NN1 's_GE best_JJT hour_NNT1 ,_, when_CS the_AT air_NN1 changed_VVN from_II hot_JJ to_II balmy_JJ and_CC the_AT music_NN1 from_II the_AT radios_NN2 in_II the_AT rum_NN1 shops_NN2 and_CC the_AT horns_NN2 of_IO the_AT tap-taps_NN2 passing_VVG through_II town_NN1 grew_VVD loud_JJ and_CC bright_JJ and_CC the_AT general_JJ filth_NN1 and_CC poverty_NN1 began_VVD to_TO be_VBI obscured_VVN ,_, the_AT open_JJ sewers_NN2 and_CC the_AT ragged_JJ clothing_NN1 and_CC the_AT looks_NN2 on_II the_AT faces_NN2 of_IO malnourished_JJ children_NN2 and_CC the_AT extended_JJ hands_NN2 of_IO elderly_JJ beggars_NN2 plaintively_RR saying_VVG ,_, "_" Grangou_NP1 ,_, "_" which_DDQ means_VVZ "_" hungry_JJ "_" in_II Creole_JJ ._. 
I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ in_II Haiti_NP1 to_TO report_VVI on_II American_JJ soldiers_NN2 ._. 
Twenty_MC thousand_NNO of_IO them_PPHO2 had_VHD been_VBN sent_VVN to_TO reinstate_VVI the_AT country_NN1 's_VBZ democratically_RR elected_VVN government_NN1 ,_, and_CC to_TO strip_VVI away_RL power_NN1 from_II the_AT military_JJ junta_NN1 that_CST had_VHD deposed_VVN it_PPH1 and_CC ruled_VVN with_IW great_JJ cruelty_NN1 for_IF three_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 had_VHD only_RR eight_MC men_NN2 ,_, and_CC they_PPHS2 were_VBDR temporarily_RR in_II31 charge_II32 of_II33 keeping_VVG the_AT peace_NN1 among_II 150,000_MC Haitians_NN2 ,_, spread_VV0 across_RL about_II one_MC1 thousand_NNO square_JJ miles_NNU2 of_IO rural_JJ Haiti_NP1 ._. 
A_AT1 seemingly_RR impossible_JJ job_NN1 ,_, and_CC yet_RR ,_, out_RP here_RL in_II the_AT central_JJ plateau_NN1 ,_, political_JJ violence_NN1 had_VHD all_RR21 but_RR22 ended_VVN ._. 
In_II the_AT past_JJ month_NNT1 ,_, there_EX had_VHD been_VBN only_RR one_MC1 murder_NN1 ._. 
Then_RT again_RT ,_, it_PPH1 had_VHD been_VBN spectacularly_RR grisly_JJ ._. 
A_AT1 few_DA2 weeks_NNT2 back_RP ,_, Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 's_GE men_NN2 had_VHD fished_VVN the_AT headless_JJ corpse_NN1 of_IO the_AT assistant_JJ mayor_NN1 of_IO Mirebalais_NN1 out_II21 of_II22 the_AT Artibonite_NP1 River_NNL1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT elected_JJ officials_NN2 being_VBG restored_VVN to_II power_NN1 ._. 
Suspicion_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE murder_NN1 had_VHD fallen_VVN on_II one_MC1 of_IO the_AT junta_NN1 's_GE local_JJ functionaries_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 rural_JJ sheriff_NN1 named_VVD Nerva_NP1 Juste_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 frightening_JJ figure_NN1 to_II most_DAT people_NN in_II the_AT region_NN1 ._. 
Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE men_NN2 had_VHD brought_VVN Juste_NN1 in_RP for_IF questioning_NN1 ,_, but_CCB they_PPHS2 had_VHD n't_XX found_VVN any_DD physical_JJ evidence_NN1 or_CC witnesses_NN2 ._. 
So_RR they_PPHS2 had_VHD released_VVN him_PPHO1 ._. 
The_AT captain_NN1 was_VBDZ twenty-nine_MC years_NNT2 old_JJ ,_, a_AT1 devout_JJ Baptist_NN1 from_II Alabama_NP1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 liked_VVD him_PPHO1 ._. 
From_II what_DDQ I_PPIS1 'd_VHD seen_VVN ,_, he_PPHS1 and_CC his_APPGE men_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN trying_VVG earnestly_RR to_TO make_VVI improvements_NN2 in_II this_DD1 piece_NN1 of_IO Haiti_NP1 ,_, but_CCB Washington_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ had_VHD decreed_VVN that_CST this_DD1 mission_NN1 would_VM not_XX include_VVI "_" nation-building_NN1 ,_, "_" had_VHD given_VVN them_PPHO2 virtually_RR no_AT tools_NN2 for_IF that_DD1 job_NN1 ._. 
On_II one_MC1 occasion_NN1 ,_, the_AT captain_NN1 had_VHD ordered_VVN a_AT1 U.S._NP1 Army_NN1 medevac_NN1 flight_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 pregnant_JJ Haitian_JJ woman_NN1 in_II distress_NN1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE commanders_NN2 had_VHD reprimanded_VVN him_PPHO1 for_IF his_APPGE pains_NN2 ._. 
Up_RP on_II the_AT balcony_NN1 of_IO the_AT barracks_NN now_RT ,_, Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 was_VBDZ fuming_VVG about_II his_APPGE latest_JJT frustration_NN1 when_CS someone_PN1 said_VVD there_EX was_VBDZ an_AT1 American_JJ out_RP at_II the_AT gate_NN1 who_PNQS wanted_VVD to_TO see_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
There_EX were_VBDR five_MC visitors_NN2 actually_RR ,_, four_MC of_IO them_PPHO2 Haitians_NN2 ._. 
They_PPHS2 stood_VVD in_II the_AT gathering_NN1 shadows_NN2 in_II31 front_II32 of_II33 the_AT barracks_NN ,_, while_CS their_APPGE American_JJ friend_NN1 came_VVD forward_RL ._. 
He_PPHS1 told_VVD Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 that_CST his_APPGE name_NN1 was_VBDZ Paul_NP1 Farmer_NP1 ,_, that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 doctor_NN1 ,_, and_CC that_CST he_PPHS1 worked_VVD in_II a_AT1 hospital_NN1 here_RL ,_, some_DD miles_NNU2 north_ND1 of_IO Mirebalais_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 remember_VV0 thinking_VVG that_CST Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 and_CC Dr._NNB Farmer_NP1 made_VVD a_AT1 mismatched_JJ pair_NN ,_, and_CC that_DD1 Farmer_NN1 suffered_VVN in_II the_AT comparison_NN1 ._. 
The_AT captain_NN1 stood_VVD about_RG six_MC foot_NN1 two_MC ,_, tanned_JJ and_CC muscular_JJ ._. 
As_RR21 usual_RR22 ,_, a_AT1 wad_NN1 of_IO snuff_NN1 enlarged_VVD his_APPGE lower_JJR lip_NN1 ._. 
Now_RT and_CC then_RT he_PPHS1 turned_VVD his_APPGE head_NN1 aside_RL and_CC spat_VVD ._. 
Farmer_NN1 was_VBDZ about_II the_AT same_DA age_NN1 but_CCB much_RR more_RGR delicate-looking_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD short_RR black_JJ hair_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 high_JJ waist_NN1 and_CC long_RR thin_JJ arms_NN2 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE nose_NN1 came_VVD almost_RR to_II a_AT1 point_NN1 ._. 
Next_II21 to_II22 the_AT soldier_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 looked_VVD skinny_JJ and_CC pale_JJ ,_, and_CC for_IF all_DB of_IO that_DD1 he_PPHS1 struck_VVD me_PPIO1 as_RG bold_JJ ,_, indeed_RR downright_RR cocky_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 asked_VVD the_AT captain_NN1 if_CS his_APPGE team_NN1 had_VHD any_DD medical_JJ problems_NN2 ._. 
The_AT captain_NN1 said_VVD they_PPHS2 had_VHD some_DD sick_JJ prisoners_NN2 whom_PNQO the_AT local_JJ hospital_NN1 had_VHD refused_VVN to_TO treat_VVI ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 ended_VVD up_RP buyin'_VVG the_AT medicine_NN1 myself_PPX1 ._. "_" 
Farmer_NN1 flashed_VVD a_AT1 smile_NN1 ._. 
"_" You_PPY 'll_VM spend_VVI less_DAR time_NNT1 in_II Purgatory_NN1 ._. "_" 
Then_RT he_PPHS1 asked_VVD ,_, "_" Who_PNQS cut_VV0 off_RP the_AT head_NN1 of_IO the_AT assistant_JJ mayor_NN1 ?_? "_" 
"_" I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX know_VVI for_RR21 sure_RR22 ,_, "_" said_VVD the_AT captain_NN1 ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 's_VBZ very_RG hard_JJ to_TO live_VVI in_II Haiti_NP1 and_CC not_XX know_VV0 who_PNQS cut_VV0 off_RP someone_PN1 's_GE head_NN1 ,_, "_" said_VVD Farmer_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 circuitous_JJ argument_NN1 followed_VVD ._. 
Farmer_NN1 made_VVD it_PPH1 plain_RR he_PPHS1 did_VDD n't_XX like_VVI the_AT American_JJ government_NN1 's_GE plan_NN1 for_IF fixing_VVG Haiti_NP1 's_GE economy_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 plan_NN1 that_CST would_VM aid_VVI business_NN1 interests_NN2 but_CCB do_VD0 nothing_PN1 ,_, in_II his_APPGE view_NN1 ,_, to_TO relieve_VVI the_AT suffering_NN1 of_IO the_AT average_JJ Haitian_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 clearly_RR believed_VVD that_CST the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 had_VHD helped_VVN to_TO foster_VVI the_AT coup_NN1 --_NN1 for_IF one_MC1 thing_NN1 ,_, by_II having_VHG trained_VVN a_AT1 high_JJ official_NN1 of_IO the_AT junta_NN1 at_II the_AT U.S._NP1 Army_NN1 's_GE School_NN1 of_IO the_AT Americas_NP2 ._. 
Two_MC clear_JJ sides_NN2 existed_VVD in_II Haiti_NP1 ,_, Farmer_NP1 said_VVD --_NN1 the_AT forces_NN2 of_IO repression_NN1 and_CC the_AT Haitian_JJ poor_JJ ,_, the_AT vast_JJ majority_NN1 ._. 
Farmer_NN1 was_VBDZ on_II the_AT side_NN1 of_IO the_AT poor_JJ ._. 
But_CCB ,_, he_PPHS1 told_VVD the_AT captain_NN1 ,_, "_" it_PPH1 still_RR seems_VVZ fuzzy_JJ which_DDQ side_VV0 the_AT American_JJ soldiers_NN2 are_VBR on_RP ._. "_" 
Locally_RR ,_, part_NN1 of_IO the_AT fuzziness_NN1 came_VVD from_II the_AT fact_NN1 that_CST the_AT captain_NN1 had_VHD released_VVN the_AT hated_JJ Nerva_NP1 Juste_NP1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 sensed_VVD that_DD1 Farmer_NN1 knew_VVD Haiti_NP1 far_RG better_RRR than_CSN the_AT captain_NN1 ,_, and_CC that_CST he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ trying_VVG to_TO impart_VVI some_DD important_JJ information_NN1 ._. 
The_AT people_NN in_II this_DD1 region_NN1 were_VBDR losing_VVG confidence_NN1 in_II the_AT captain_NN1 ,_, Farmer_NP1 seemed_VVD to_TO be_VBI saying_VVG ,_, and_CC this_DD1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 serious_JJ matter_NN1 ,_, obviously_RR ,_, for_IF a_AT1 team_NN1 of_IO nine_MC soldiers_NN2 trying_VVG to_TO govern_VVI 150,000_MC people_NN ._. 
But_CCB the_AT warning_NN1 was_VBDZ n't_XX entirely_RR plain_JJ ,_, and_CC the_AT captain_NN1 got_VVD a_RR21 little_RR22 riled_VVD up_RP at_II Farmer_NP1 's_GE denunciation_NN1 of_IO the_AT School_NN1 of_IO the_AT Americas_NP2 ._. 
As_II21 for_II22 Nerva_NP1 Juste_NP1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" Look_VV0 ,_, that_DD1 guy_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 bad_JJ guy_NN1 ._. 
When_CS I_PPIS1 do_VD0 have_VHI him_PPHO1 and_CC the_AT evidence_NN1 ,_, I_PPIS1 'll_VM slam_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 slapped_VVD a_AT1 fist_NN1 into_II his_APPGE hand_NN1 ._. 
"_" But_CCB I_PPIS1 'm_VBM not_XX gon_VVGK na_TO stoop_VVI to_II the_AT level_NN1 of_IO these_DD2 guys_NN2 and_CC make_VV0 summary_NN1 arrests_NN2 ._. "_" 
Farmer_NN1 replied_VVD ,_, in_II effect_NN1 ,_, that_CST it_PPH1 made_VVD no_AT sense_NN1 for_IF the_AT captain_NN1 to_TO apply_VVI principles_NN2 of_IO constitutional_JJ law_NN1 in_II a_AT1 country_NN1 that_CST at_II the_AT moment_NN1 had_VHD no_AT functioning_JJ legal_JJ system_NN1 ._. 
Juste_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 menace_NN1 and_CC should_VM be_VBI locked_VVN up_RP ._. 
So_RR they_PPHS2 reached_VVD a_AT1 strange_JJ impasse_NN1 ._. 
The_AT captain_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS described_VVD himself_PPX1 as_II "_" a_AT1 redneck._NNU "_" arguing_VVG for_IF due_JJ process_NN1 ,_, and_CC Farmer_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS clearly_RR considered_VVD himself_PPX1 a_AT1 champion_NN1 of_IO human_JJ rights_NN2 ,_, arguing_VVG for_IF preventive_JJ detention_NN1 ._. 
Eventually_RR ,_, the_AT captain_NN1 said_VVD ,_, "_" You_PPY 'd_VM be_VBI surprised_VVN how_RGQ many_DA2 decisions_NN2 about_II what_DDQ I_PPIS1 can_VM do_VDI here_RL get_VVI made_VVN in_II Washington_NP1 ._. "_" 
And_CC Farmer_NN1 said_VVD ,_, "_" I_PPIS1 understand_VV0 you_PPY 're_VBR constrained_VVN ._. 
Sorry_JJ if_CS I_PPIS1 've_VH0 been_VBN haranguing_VVG ._. "_" 
It_PPH1 had_VHD grown_VVN dark_NN1 ._. 
The_AT two_MC men_NN2 stood_VVD in_II a_AT1 square_NN1 of_IO light_NN1 from_II the_AT open_JJ barracks_NN door_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 shook_VVD hands_NN2 ._. 
As_II the_AT young_JJ doctor_NN1 disappeared_VVD into_II the_AT shadows_NN2 ,_, I_PPIS1 heard_VVD him_PPHO1 speaking_VVG Creole_JJ to_II his_APPGE Haitian_JJ friends_NN2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 stayed_VVD with_IW the_AT soldiers_NN2 for_IF several_DA2 weeks_NNT2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 did_VDD n't_XX think_VVI much_RR about_II Farmer_NN1 ._. 
In_II31 spite_II32 of_II33 his_APPGE closing_JJ words_NN2 ,_, I_PPIS1 did_VDD n't_XX think_VVI he_PPHS1 understood_VVD or_CC cared_VVD to_TO sympathize_VVI with_IW the_AT captain_NN1 's_GE problems_NN2 ._. 
Then_RT by_II chance_NN1 I_PPIS1 ran_VVD into_II him_PPHO1 again_RT ,_, on_II my_APPGE way_NN1 home_RL ,_, on_II the_AT plane_NN1 to_II Miami_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ sitting_VVG in_II first-class_JJ ._. 
He_PPHS1 explained_VVD that_CST the_AT flight_NN1 attendants_NN2 put_VVD him_PPHO1 there_RL because_CS he_PPHS1 often_RR flew_VVD this_DD1 route_NN1 and_CC on_II occasion_NN1 dealt_VVN with_IW medical_JJ emergencies_NN2 on_RL21 board_RL22 ._. 
The_AT attendants_NN2 let_VV0 me_PPIO1 sit_NN1 with_IW him_PPHO1 for_IF a_AT1 while_NNT1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 had_VHD dozens_NNO2 of_IO questions_NN2 about_II Haiti_NP1 ,_, including_II one_PN1 about_II the_AT assistant_JJ mayor_NN1 's_GE murder_NN1 ._. 
The_AT soldiers_NN2 thought_VVD that_DD1 Voodoo_NN1 beliefs_NN2 conferred_VVD a_AT1 special_JJ ,_, weird_JJ terror_NN1 on_II decapitation_NN1 ._. 
"_" Does_VDZ cutting_NN1 off_II the_AT victim_NN1 's_GE head_NN1 have_VH0 some_DD basis_NN1 in_II the_AT history_NN1 of_IO Voodoo_NN1 ?_? "_" 
I_PPIS1 asked_VVD ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 has_VHZ some_DD basis_NN1 in_II the_AT history_NN1 of_IO brutality_NN1 ,_, "_" Farmer_NP1 answered_VVD ._. 
He_PPHS1 frowned_VVD ,_, and_CC then_RT he_PPHS1 touched_VVD my_APPGE arm_NN1 ,_, as_CS21 if_CS22 to_TO say_VVI that_CST we_PPIS2 all_DB ask_VV0 stupid_JJ questions_NN2 sometimes_RT ._. 
I_PPIS1 found_VVD out_RP more_RRR about_II him_PPHO1 ._. 
For_IF one_MC1 thing_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 did_VDD n't_XX dislike_VVI soldiers_NN2 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 grew_VVD up_RP in_II a_AT1 trailer_NN1 park_NN1 ,_, and_CC I_PPIS1 know_VV0 which_DDQ economic_JJ class_NN1 joins_VVZ the_AT American_JJ military_JJ ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 told_VVD me_PPIO1 ,_, speaking_VVG of_IO Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 ,_, "_" You_PPY meet_VV0 these_DD2 twenty-nine-year-old_JJ soldiers_NN2 ,_, and_CC you_PPY realize_VV0 ._. 
Come_VV0 on_RP ,_, they_PPHS2 're_VBR not_XX the_AT ones_NN2 making_VVG the_AT bad_JJ policies_NN2 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 confirmed_VVD my_APPGE impression_NN1 ,_, that_CST he_PPHS1 'd_VHD visited_VVN the_AT captain_NN1 to_TO warn_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
Many_DA2 of_IO Farmer_NN1 's_GE patients_NN2 and_CC Haitian_JJ friends_NN2 had_VHD complained_VVN about_II the_AT release_NN1 of_IO Nerva_NP1 Juste_NP1 ,_, saying_VVG it_PPH1 proved_VVD the_AT Americans_NN2 had_VHD n't_XX really_RR come_VVN to_TO help_VVI them_PPHO2 ._. 
Farmer_NN1 told_VVD me_PPIO1 he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ driving_VVG through_II Mireba-lais_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE Haitian_JJ friends_NN2 were_VBDR teasing_VVG him_PPHO1 ,_, saying_VVG he_PPHS1 did_VDD n't_XX dare_VVI stop_NN1 and_CC talk_VVI to_II the_AT American_JJ soldiers_NN2 about_II the_AT murder_NN1 case_NN1 ,_, and_CC then_RT the_AT truck_NN1 got_VVD a_AT1 flat_JJ tiro_JJ right_NN1 outside_II the_AT army_NN1 compound_NN1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 said_VVD to_II his_APPGE friends_NN2 ,_, "_" Aha_UH ._. 
you_PPY have_VH0 to_TO listen_VVI to_II messages_NN2 from_II angels_NN2 ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 got_VVD Farmer_NN1 to_TO tell_VVI me_PPIO1 a_RR21 little_RR22 about_II his_APPGE life_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 was_VBDZ thirty-five_MC ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD graduated_VVN from_II Harvard_NP1 Medical_JJ School_NN1 and_CC also_RR had_VHN a_AT1 Ph.D_NP1 ._. 
in_II anthropology_NN1 from_II Harvard_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 worked_VVD in_II Boston_NP1 four_MC months_NNT2 of_IO the_AT year_NNT1 ,_, living_VVG in_II a_AT1 church_NN1 rectory_NN1 in_II a_AT1 poor_JJ neighborhood_NN1 ._. 
The_AT rest_NN1 of_IO the_AT year_NNT1 he_PPHS1 worked_VVD without_IW pay_NN1 in_II Haiti_NP1 ,_, mainly_RR doctoring_VVG peasants_NN2 who_PNQS had_VHD lost_VVN their_APPGE land_NN1 to_II a_AT1 hydroelectric_JJ dam_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD been_VBN expelled_VVN from_II Haiti_NP1 during_II the_AT time_NNT1 of_IO the_AT junta_NN1 but_CCB had_VHD sneaked_VVN back_RP to_II his_APPGE hospital_NN1 ._. 
"_" After_CS the_AT payment_NN1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" of_IO an_AT1 insultingly_RR small_JJ bribe_NN1 ._. "_" 
I_PPIS1 looked_VVD for_IF him_PPHO1 after_II the_AT plane_NN1 landed_VVD ._. 
We_PPIS2 talked_VVD some_DD more_DAR in_II a_AT1 coffee_NN1 shop_NN1 ,_, and_CC I_PPIS1 nearly_RR missed_VVD my_APPGE connecting_JJ flight_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 few_DA2 weeks_NNT2 later_RRR ._. 
I_PPIS1 took_VVD him_PPHO1 to_II dinner_NN1 in_II Boston_NP1 ,_, hoping_VVG he_PPHS1 could_VM help_VVI make_VVI sense_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ trying_VVG to_TO write_VVI about_II Haiti_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ he_PPHS1 seemed_VVD glad_JJ to_TO do_VDI ._. 
He_PPHS1 clarified_VVD some_DD of_IO the_AT history_NN1 for_IF me_PPIO1 but_CCB left_VVD me_PPIO1 wondering_VVG about_II him_PPHO1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 had_VHD described_VVN himself_PPX1 as_II "_" a_AT1 poor_JJ people_NN 's_GE doctor_NN1 ,_, "_" but_CCB he_PPHS1 did_VDD n't_XX quite_RR fit_VVI my_APPGE preconception_NN1 of_IO such_DA a_AT1 person_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 clearly_RR liked_VVD the_AT fancy_JJ restaurant_NN1 ,_, the_AT heavy_JJ cloth_NN1 napkins_NN2 ,_, the_AT good_JJ bottle_NN1 of_IO wine_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ struck_VVD me_PPIO1 that_DD1 evening_NNT1 was_VBDZ how_RRQ happy_JJ he_PPHS1 seemed_VVD with_IW his_APPGE life_NN1 ._. 
Obviously_RR ,_, a_AT1 young_JJ man_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE advantages_NN2 could_VM have_VHI been_VBN doing_VDG good_JJ works_NN as_II a_AT1 doctor_NN1 while_CS commuting_VVG between_II Boston_NP1 and_CC a_AT1 pleasant_JJ suburb_NN1 --_NN1 not_XX between_II a_AT1 room_NN1 in_II what_DDQ I_PPIS1 imagined_VVD must_VM be_VBI a_AT1 grubby_JJ church_NN1 rectory_NN1 and_CC the_AT wasteland_NN1 of_IO central_JJ Haiti_NP1 ._. 
The_AT way_NN1 he_PPHS1 talked_VVD ,_, it_PPH1 seemed_VVD he_PPHS1 actually_RR enjoyed_VVN living_VVG among_II Haitian_JJ peasant_NN1 farmers_NN2 ._. 
At_II one_MC1 point_NN1 ,_, speaking_VVG about_II medicine_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX know_VVI why_RRQ everybody_PN1 is_VBZ n't_XX excited_VVN by_II it_PPH1 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 smiled_VVD at_II me_PPIO1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE face_NN1 turned_VVD bright_JJ ,_, not_XX red_JJ so_RR31 much_RR32 as_RR33 glowing_JJ ,_, a_AT1 luminescent_JJ smile_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 affected_VVD me_PPIO1 quite_RG strongly_RR ,_, like_II a_AT1 welcome_JJ gladly_RR given_VVN ,_, one_PN1 you_PPY did_VDD n't_XX have_VHI to_TO earn_VVI ._. 
Hut_NN1 after_II our_APPGE dinner_NN1 I_PPIS1 drifted_VVD out_II41 of_II42 touch_II43 with_II44 him_PPHO1 ,_, mainly_RR ,_, I_PPIS1 now_RT think_VV0 ,_, because_CS he_PPHS1 also_RR disturbed_VVN me_PPIO1 ._. 
Writing_VVG my_APPGE article_NN1 about_II Haiti_NP1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 came_VVD to_TO share_VVI the_AT pessimism_NN1 of_IO the_AT soldiers_NN2 I_PPIS1 'd_VHD stayed_VVN with_IW ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 we_PPIS2 should_VM have_VHI left_VVN Haiti_NP1 to_II itself_PPX1 ,_, "_" one_MC1 of_IO Captain_NNB Carroll_NP1 's_GE men_NN2 had_VHD said_VVN to_II me_PPIO1 ._. 
"_" Does_VDZ it_PPH1 really_RR matter_VVI who_PNQS 's_VBZ in_II power_NN1 ?_? 
They_PPHS2 're_VBR still_RR gon_VVGK na_TO have_VHI the_AT rich_JJ and_CC the_AT poor_JJ and_CC no_PN121 one_PN122 in_II between_RL ._. 
I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX know_VVI what_DDQ we_PPIS2 hope_VV0 to_TO accomplish_VVI ._. 
We_PPIS2 're_VBR still_RR going_VVGK to_TO have_VHI a_AT1 shitload_NN1 of_IO Haitians_NN2 in_II boats_NN2 wanting_VVG to_TO go_VVI to_II America_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB ,_, I_PPIS1 guess_VV0 it_PPH1 's_VBZ best_JJT not_XX even_RR to_TO try_VVI and_CC figure_VVI it_PPH1 out_RP ._. "_" 
The_AT soldiers_NN2 had_VHD come_VVN to_II Haiti_NP1 and_CC lifted_VVD a_AT1 terror_NN1 and_CC restored_VVD a_AT1 government_NN1 ,_, and_CC then_RT they_PPHS2 'd_VHD left_VVN and_CC the_AT country_NN1 was_VBDZ just_RR21 about_RR22 as_CSA poor_JJ and_CC broken-down_JJ as_CSA when_CS they_PPHS2 had_VHD arrived_VVN ._. 
They_PPHS2 had_VHD done_VDN their_APPGE best_JJT ._. 
I_PPIS1 thought_VVD ._. 
They_PPHS2 were_VBDR worldly_JJ and_CC tough_JJ ._. 
They_PPHS2 would_VM n't_XX cry_VVI about_II things_NN2 beyond_II their_APPGE control_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 felt_VVD as_CS21 though_CS22 ,_, in_II Farmer_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 'd_VHD been_VBN offered_VVN another_DD1 way_NN1 of_IO thinking_VVG about_II a_AT1 place_NN1 like_II Haiti_NP1 ._. 
Hut_NN1 his_APPGE way_NN1 would_VM be_VBI hard_JJ to_TO share_VVI ,_, because_CS it_PPH1 implied_VVD such_DA an_AT1 extreme_JJ definition_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 term_NN1 like_II "_" doing_VDG one_PN1 's_GE best_JJT ._. "_" 
The_AT world_NN1 is_VBZ full_JJ of_IO miserable_JJ places_NN2 ._. 
One_MC1 way_NN1 of_IO living_VVG comfortably_RR is_VBZ not_XX to_TO think_VVI about_II them_PPHO2 or_CC ,_, when_CS you_PPY do_VD0 ,_, to_TO send_VVI money_NN1 ._. 
Over_II the_AT next_MD five_MC years_NNT2 ,_, I_PPIS1 mailed_VVD some_DD small_JJ sums_NN2 to_II the_AT charity_NN1 that_CST supported_VVD Farmer_NP1 's_GE hospital_NN1 in_II Haiti_NP1 ._. 
