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HOW I MET MYSELF
AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND.
DAVID A. HILL IS A FREELANCE
AUTHOR OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, TEACHER TRAINER AND LECTURER ON ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE WORKING OUT OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. HE WORKED FOR THE
BRITISH COUNCIL FOR 18 YEARS, AND HAD LONG ASSOCIATIONS WITH PILGRIMS
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH IN CANTERBURY, UNITED
KINGDOM.HE IS CURRENTLY WITH NORWICH INSTITUDE FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION
(NILE),NORWICH, AS A SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINER.
SYNOPSIS OF THE
NOVEL
THIS STORY IS ABOUT A MAN WHO
MET HIS DOPPELGANGER; A GHOSTLY DOUBLE OF A LIVING PERSON.JOHN TAYLOR WAS AN
ENGLISH COMPUTER PROGRAMMER WHO WORKED IN BUDAPEST,HUNGARY, AND LIVED THERE
WITH HIS WIFE, ANDREA, AND DAUGHTER,KATI.HE WAS WALKING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY
WHEN HE BUMPED INTO HIS DOPPELGANGER.JOHN BELIEVED THE DOPPELGANGER HAD COME TO
GIVE HIM A MESSAGE.JOHN DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT A MAN, WITH A NAME
SIMILAR TO HIM, HAD LIVED IN THAT AREA MANY YEARS AGO ALONG WITH A WIFE AND
DAUGHTER – WHOSE NAMES WERE ALSO ANDREA AND KATI.THE PERSON'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER
WERE KILLED IN A TRAGEDY.THE TIMELY WARNING FROM JOHN'S DOPPELGANGER SAVED
JOHN'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER FROM A SIMILAR FATE.
CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTIC
JOHN TAYLOR:-
™ AN
ENGLISH COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
™ 34 YEARS
OLD,
™ NEARLY
TWO METRES TALL
™ LIGHT
BROWN HAIR WITH A MOUSTACHE
™ WORKING
IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN BRISTOL
™ SENT BY
COMPANY TO HEAD A YOUNG HUNGARIAN TEAM AT BUDAPEST OFFICE, HUNGARY
MET
ANDREA, A PRETTY TEACHER AND MARRIED WITH HER 18 MONTHS LATER.
™ MET
HIS DOPPELGÄNGER - INITIALLY HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON
™ FEARED
FOR WIFE AND DAUGHTER BUT FINALLY RELIEVED THEY WERE SAFE.
ANDREA TAYLOR:-
™ - JOHN’S
WIFE AND A TEACHER OF HUNGARIAN
™ -PRETTY
WITH DARK BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
™ - TAUGHT
JOHN AND FELL IN LOVE BEFORE GETTING MARRIED 18 MONTHS LATER.
DID NOT
UNDERSTAND JOHN’S PROBLEM – FEELS JOHN TOO OBSESSED WITH THE
PHENOMENON - EVENTUALLY UNDERSTAND MESSAGE OF DOPPELGÄNGER – GRATEFUL
KATI TAYLOR:-
™ - JOHN AND
ANDREA’S CUTE BABY DAUGHTER
™ - BORN ON
16 SEPTEMBER
™ - SAW
JOHN’S DOPPELGÄNGER AT ZSOLT’S BAR
™ RECOGNISED
AND TOLD ANDREA IT WAS NOT JOHN WHO WAS BLOCKING THEIR WAY TO THE CELLAR BAR.
JANOS SZABO
™ A FORMER RESIDENT OF 7 FELKA
UTCA WAY BACK IN 1945.
™
LOST HIS SPIRIT AFTER HIS WIFE
AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE KILLED ON 18 JANUARY 1945.
™ A GOOD DOPPELGANGER-WARNED JOHN
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TRAGEDY THAT COULD HAVE COST JOHN’S WIFE AND CHILD.
ZSOLT
™ A CAFÉ OWNER OF GERGELY UTCA,IN BUDAPEST’S THIRTEENTH
DISTRICT
™
A FRIENDLY MAN,THEREFORE HIS CAFÉ
HAD FAIRLY GOOD BUSINESS
™
OBSERVANT ABOUT HIS CUSTOMERS
AND ALERT TO THEIR NEEDS
™
OPEN TO CHANGE AND
FLEXIBLE-EMPLOYED ANDREA AND ACCEPTED HER SUGGESTIONS WHICH IMPROVED THE CAFÉ
‘S AMBIENCE AND ATTRACTED MORE FEMALE CUSTOMERS
™
A FILIAL SON
MRS FISCHER
™
AN OLD LADY WHO HAD BEEN LIVING
IN FELKA UTCA SINCE 1937
™
MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT AS A
YOUNG WIFE
™ CO-OPERATIVE AND HAS GOOD
MEMORY-TOLD JOHN ABOUT HISTORIC DETAILS OF FELKA UTCA, ESPECIALLY INFORMATION
ABOUT JANOS SZABO WHICH GAVE JOHN HIS BREAKTHROUGH.
™
RATHER OUTSPOKEN
Themes
*LIFE IS FULL OF CHALLENGES:
WHEN JOHN FIRST MET HIS
DOPPELGANGER, HE WAS VERY AFRAID. HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER WHAT HE HAD SEEN WAS
REAL OR HE WAS IMAGINING THINGS. HOWEVER, WHEN JOHN BECAME CONVINCED OF THE
DOPPELGANGER'S EXISTENCE, HE BECAME DETERMINED AND PERSEVERED TO SOLVE THE
MYSTERIES OF THE DOPPELGÄNGER. EVEN THOUGH ANDREA DID NOT SUPPORT JOHN AND
THOUGHT HE NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR, JOHN DID NOT GIVE UP. HE KNEW HIS
DOPPELGANGER HAD APPEARED FOR A REASON AND WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM SOMETHING. HE
WAS FOCUSED AND DETERMINED TO DO ALL HE COULD TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS
ABOUT.
*FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN:-
FROM THE MOMENT JOHN FIRST SAW
THE DOPPELGANGER, HIS LIFE CHANGES AND HE LIVED IN FEAR. HE WAS AFRAID BECAUSE
HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM AND HIS THOUGHTS WERE CONSTANTLY
ON THE DOPPELGANGER .AT WORK, HIS PERFORMANCE SUFFERED AS HE FORGOT IMPORTANT
THINGS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED. FURTHERMORE, HIS FEAR TOOK A TURN FOR
THE WORSE WHEN HE STARTED HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE DOPPELGANGER. HE BEGAN TO
FEEL TERRIFIED AND SO DID ANDREA. THIS FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN CAUSED A STRAIN IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR MARRIAGE SUFFERED.
*BEING OPEN-MINDED
JOHN WAS OPEN-MINDED. THIS
ENCOURAGED HIM TO SEARCH AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES TO SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF HIS GHOSTLY ENCOUNTER WITH SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE HIM. IT WAS
THIS ATTITUDE THAT FORMS THE BASIS OF THE STORY. WHEN JOHN FIRST MET HIS
DOPPELGANGER, HE DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS JUST AN ILLUSION. HIS WILLINGNESS TO
ACCEPT NEW IDEAS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED HIM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
DOPPELGANGERS DO EXIST AND THAT THEY APPEAR TO FOREWARN PEOPLE OF DANGER.
TOLERANCE IN A RELATIONSHIOP
JOHN ENCOUNTER WITH HIS DOPPELGÄNGER HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON HIS
FAMILY. ANDREA IS QUITE AFFECTED AND
AFTER SOMETIME, SHE BECOMES TIRED OF JOHN’S OBSESSION IN FINDING THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE DOPPELGÄNGER. THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECOMES STRAINED, YET THEY DO NOT
GIVE UP. WHEN THEY GO ON A HOLIDAY IN ENGLAND, THEIR RELATIONSHIP IMPROVES. IF
THERE IS NO TOLERANCE BETWEEN THEM, THE MARRIAGE WOULD HAVE FALLEN APART.
MORAL
VALUES
*PERSISTENCE:-
WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PERSISTENT
IN OUR ENDEAVOURS AND NOT GIVE UP WHENEVER WE FACE OBSTACLES. IT IS ONLY WITH
PERSISTENCE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT.
JOHN WAS AN EXTREMELY PERSISTENT PERSON. NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES STOOD
IN HIS WAY OR WHAT DIFFICULTIES HE FACED IN HIS MARRIAGE, HE NEVER GAVE UP
TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIS DOPPELGANGER. HE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
QUESTIONED SEVERAL PEOPLE TO GET THE INFORMATION HE NEEDED. IN THE END, HIS
PERSISTENCE PAID OFF AND HE FOUND OUT A LOT ABOUT HIS DOPPELGANGER.
*FAMILY SUPPORT AND TRUST:-
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
MEMBERS IN A FAMILY SUPPORT AND TRUST ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF
TROUBLE. IF ANDREA HAD SUPPORTED AND TRUSTED JOHN WHOLEHEARTEDLY, SHE WOULD
HAVE CO-OPERATED WITH JOHN AND THIS MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED ANDREA AND KATI FROM
GETTING INTO DANGER.
*THINKING OUTSIDE THE
BOX:-
A PERSON MUST BE ABLE AND
WILLING TO THINK BEYOND THEIR USUAL WAYS AND LOOK AT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES. THIS WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FIND ANSWERS OR SOLUTIONS.
JOHN TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION AND FIND OUT WHY THE DOPPELGANGER
APPEARED. FINALLY, HE MANAGED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY BECAUSE HE WAS WILLING TO
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
*COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE
JOHN IS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO
PERSUE HIS DOPPELGANGER EVEN THOUGH HE IS AFRAID.HE ALSO ENTER THE CAFÉ AND
QUESTIONS THE CAFÉ OWNER
SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1: A STRANGE MEETING
JOHN TAYLOR WAS WALKING HOME N A MONDAY EVENING IN JANUARY.WHILE WALKING,
HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE MISUNDERSTANDING HE HAD WITH ONE OF HIS CO-WORKER.HE
WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT ANDREA’S DELICIOUS HOT SOUP.THE WEATHER WAS COLD AND IT
WAS ALMOST DARK.THE STREETS WERE QUIET AND IT STARTED TO SNOW HEAVILY.SUDDENLY,
JOHN HEARD SOMEONE SHUTTING DOOR FROM ONE OF THE BUILDINGS NEAR THE STREET.THEN
A MAN CAME RUNNING OUT OF THE BUILDING.THEN,THE MAN KNOCKED OVER JOHN AND JOHN
FELT TO THE GROUND.JOHN SHOUTED TO THE MAN TO WATCH WHERE HE WAS GOING.THE MAN
TURNED BACK AND QUIETLY SAID SORRY TO JOHN .JOHN WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE
MAN LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE HIM.
CHAPTER 2: GETTING TO KNOW ME
JOHN TAYLOR, AN ENGLISH MAN COME TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY TO LEAD A TEAM OF
YOUNG HUNGARIAN MEN IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPUTER COMPANY.JOHN IS 34 YEARS OLD
AND HE WORKS AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER.HE KNOWS VERY LITTLE ABOUT HUNGARIAN AND
HIS COMPANY SEND HIM FOR HUNGARIAN LESSON AFTER OFFICE.HE LEANS HUNGARIAN FROM
ANDREA A YOUNG AND PRETTY HUNGARIAN TUITION TEACHER .THEY BECOME CLOSE AND 18
MONTHS LATER THEY GOT MARRIED.JOHN AND ANDREA LIVE IN THE PEST SIDE OF
BUDAPEST. HIS OFFICE IS IN THE THIRTEENTH DISTRICT AND HE WALKS TO THE OFFICE
EVERYDAY. IT TAKES HIM ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO GET THERE. JOHN WORKS FROM 8.30 A.M.
TO 6.00 P.M. BUT ANDREA DOES NOT HAS A FIX TIME FOR WORK.
CHAPTER 3: A SEARCH
JOHN TAYLOR FOLLOWED HIS DOPPELGANGER BECAUSE HE WANTED TO TALK TO
HIM.HE THOUGHT THE MAN HAS ENTERED A CAFÉ AT ENTRANCE OF A CELLAR.WHEN JOHN
ENTERED THE CAFÉ,HE SAW SOME MEN DRINKING STRONG BLACK COFFEE IN THEIR WORKING
CLOTHES.HE ASKED THE CAFÉ OWNER IF HE HAS SEEN HIS DOPPELGANGER,BUT NO ONE HAD
SEEN HIM.JOHN ORDERED A GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE AND WATCHES THE EVENING NEWS.HE
WAS THERE FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR.WHEN HE GOT HOME,HE DIDI NOT TELL ANDREA WHAT
HE HAD SEEN BECAUSE HE WAS CONFUSED AS HE ONLY SAW HIS FOOTPRINTS ON THE
SNOW.THAT NIGH,JOHN COULD NOT SLEEP BECAUSE HE KEPT ON THINKING OF THE
INCIDENT AND HE FELT AFRAID.
CHAPTER 4: 7 FELKA UTCA
THE NEXT DAY AFTER WORK, JOHN GOES BACK TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE
STRANGE ENCOUNTER OCCURRED. THE DOOR IS NUMBER 7 FELKA UTCA. THE STREET IS
FLANKED WITH BLOCKS OF FLATS THAT HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. THEY STILL DISPLAY GUNSHOT HOLES THAT WERE MADE DURING
THE FIGHTS IN EITHER WORLD WAR II OR THE 1956 REVOLUTION. HOWEVER, JOHN WAITS
IN VAIN AND IS UNABLE TO GATHER ANY ENLIGHTENING INFORMATION. JOHN THEN WALKS
ALONG FELKA UTCA AND GOES INTO THE BAR OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT IN GERGELY UTCA.
THE BARMAN SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT SEE ANYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE JOHN. THAT NIGHT,
JOHN HAS A STRANGE DREAM ABOUT THE MAN AND THAT FRIGHTENS HIM.
CHAPTER 5: I TELL ANDREA
JOHN LINGERS OUTSIDE NUMBER 7 FELKA UTCA AND HANGS OUT IN THE BAR EVERYDAY
FOR A WEEK WITHOUT EXPLAINING THINGS TO ANDREA. HE IS EVEN AFRAID TO GO TO
SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE RECURRING DREAMS OF HIS STRANGE ENCOUNTER. THAT FRIDAY,
WHEN JOHN GETS HOME, HE FINDS ANDREA IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE CANNOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING, SO HE FINALLY TELLS HER EVERYTHING. ANDREA PROVES TO BE A
VERY UNDERSTANDING WIFE AND SHE PROMISES TO GO WITH JOHN TO HELP HIM
INVESTIGATE THE MYSTERIOUS MAN THE NEXT DAY.
CHAPTER 6: TALKING TO THE HOUSEKEEPERS
JOHN HAS A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP
AFTER TELLING ANDREA ABOUT THE MAN. THE NEXT DAY, THEY GO TO NUMBER 7 FELKA
UTCA. THEY QUESTION TWO HOUSEKEEPERS REGARDING THE MAN. BUT THE HOUSEKEEPERS
CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A PERSON. THEN, THE COUPLE GOES FOR A
DRINK IN THE BAR AT GERGELY UTCA. JOHN BELIEVES THE MAN WHOM HE HAS SEEN IS
ACTUALLY HIMSELF; HE WONDERS WHETHER THAT MAN IS SOMEONE WHO IS STILL ALIVE OR
DEAD.
CHAPTER 7: DOPPELGÄNGER
JOHN’S RECURRING DREAMS SEEM TO HAVE STOPPED AND HE DOES NOT GO TO THE
BAR AS OFTEN. SOON, JOHN AND ANDREA RECEIVE GOOD NEWS THAT ANDREA IS PREGNANT.
THE NEXT DAY HOWEVER, ANDREA LOSES HER BIGGEST TEACHING JOB WITH AN
INTERNATIONAL BANK. ZSOLT, THE OWNER OF THE WINE CELLAR BAR OFFERS HER A JOB TO
GIVE THE PLACE A WOMAN’S TOUCH. ANDREA’S IDEAS TO GIVE THE PLACE A DIFFERENT
LOOK HELPS BRING IN MORE CUSTOMERS AND WOMEN START GOING TO THE BAR AS WELL.
DESPITE THE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES, JOHN STILL HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HIS ENCOUNTER
AND HE ALSO FINDS OUT THAT HIS DOUBLE IS CALLED A DOPPELGÄNGER.
CHAPTER 8: A HOLIDAY
IN AUGUST, ANDREA STOPS WORKING FOR ZSOLT TO PREPARE FOR HER DELIVERY.
ON 16 SEPTEMBER, A BABY GIRL NAMED KATI IS BORN. JOHN IS SO BUSY THAT HE
FORGETS ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT FELKA UTCA. THEN, JOHN AND HIS FAMILY TRAVEL TO
ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. AT THE VILLAGE PUB, JOHN MEETS UP WITH HIS OLD
FRIEND PAUL HARRIS, A JOURNALIST. HE BELIEVES IN JOHN’S STORY ABOUT THE DOPPELGÄNGER
BUT WARNS HIM TO BE CAREFUL. AT THE END OF DECEMBER, JOHN AND HIS FAMILY FLY BACK
TO HUNGARY TO CELEBRATE THEIR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THERE. JOHN STARTS THINKING
ABOUT HIS DOPPELGÄNGER AGAIN AND ANDREA GETS ANGRY WHEN JOHN IS DISTRACTED AND
STARTS TO NEGLECT HIS FAMILY.
CHAPTER 9: THE DATE GETS CLOSER AGAIN
ON 11 JANUARY, JOHN WAKES UP IN THE MORNING FEELING AFRAID. HE HAS HAD
THE DREAM AGAIN. HE CHECKS HIS DIARY AND REALISES THAT THE STRANGE MEETING HAD
HAPPENED ON 18 JANUARY THE YEAR BEFORE. HE DECIDES TO GO TO FELKA UTCA ON THAT
SAME DATE. ANDREA IS VERY UPSET THAT JOHN IS STILL OBSESSED WITH THE
DOPPELGÄNGER BUT WHEN JOHN PERSUADES HER TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO WITNESS ANY
INCIDENT THAT MIGHT OCCUR, SHE OBLIGES HIM. PETRA, ANDREA’S OLD FRIEND AGREES
TO BABYSIT KATI. THAT NIGHT, JOHN HAS THE SAME DREAM AGAIN AND AGAIN.
CHAPTER 10: 18 JANUARY
ON SUNDAY, 18 JANUARY, JOHN AND ANDREA STAND OPPOSITE NUMBER 7 FELKA
UTCA AT HALF PAST SIX. THE STREET IS DARK AS USUAL. HE DECIDES TO STAND OUTSIDE
THE DOOR WHILE SHE STANDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. AT TEN TO SEVEN,
JOHN SUDDENLY HEARS A NOISE AND THE SOUND OF SOMEONE RUNNING. THE DOOR OPENS AND
A MAN RUNS INTO JOHN AND KNOCKS HIM DOWN. JOHN IS STUNNED BECAUSE THE MAN LOOKS
EXACTLY LIKE HIM. JOHN GIVES A SHOUT. THE MAN APOLOGISES IN HUNGARIAN AND
DASHES OFF. JOHN SHOUTS FOR ANDREA TO FOLLOW THE MAN WHOM HE SEES RUNNING UP TO
THE END OF THE STREET AND ENTERING THE BAR. PULLING ANDREA’S HAND, JOHN RUSHES
TO THE BAR ONLY TO FIND THE DOOR LOCKED. ANDREA SAYS SHE DID NOT SEE ANYONE OR
HEAR ANYTHING. FROM THAT NIGHT ONWARDS, JOHN’S DREAMS RECUR BUT THE NOISE GETS
LOUDER WITH EACH DREAM AND HE WAKES UP IN FEAR.
CHAPTER 11: A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
JOHN’S BOSS ALLOWS HIM TO GO OFF IN THE
AFTERNOONS, AND HE SPENDS HIS TIME AT THE BUDAPEST CITY LIBRARY. HE SEARCHES
FOR INFORMATION ON EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN BUDAPEST’S THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
ON EVERY 18 JANUARY OF THE PAST YEARS. HOWEVER, HE DOES NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT FELKA UTCA. ON SATURDAY, HE TELLS ANDREA THAT HE NEEDS TO GO FOR A
MEETING AT WORK BUT HE GOES TO THE LIBRARY INSTEAD. JUST BEFORE CLOSING TIME,
HE COMES ACROSS A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IN HUNGARIAN WITH THE HEADING: “YOUNG
MOTHER AND CHILD KILLED AS
FIGHTING ENDS IN
PEST” A RUSSIAN BOMB THAT HIT
A GERGELY UTCA BUILDING; IT DID NOT EXPLODE BUT IT DESTROYED THE CELLAR,
KILLING MRS SZABÓ AND HER DAUGHTER ON 18 JANUARY 1945. THE CELLAR IS
PRESENTLY ZSOLT’S BAR.WHEN JOHN REACHES HOME, ANDREA SCOLDS HIM FOR LYING TO
HER ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS AND IS EVEN MORE FURIOUS WHEN HE SHOWS HER A COPY OF
THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING. SHE REFUSES TO HELP HIM IN ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
ON THE SZABÓ FAMILY.
CHAPTER 12: LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH
AT NUMBER 7 FELKA UTCA, JOHN FINDS OUT THAT
THE SZABÓ FAMILY LIVING ON THE THIRD FLOOR IS NOT THE SZABÓ HE IS
LOOKING FOR. HOWEVER, A MRS FISCHER ON THE FOURTH FLOOR TELLS JOHN ABOUT JÁNOS
SZABÓ, WHO LIVED THERE DURING WORLD WAR II. JÁNOS SZABÓ HAD NOT BEEN
HEALTHY SO HE DID NOT FIGHT IN THE WAR. IN 1943, JÁNOS'S WIFE DELIVERED
A BABY GIRL. SADLY, ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WAR IN JANUARY 1945, JÁNOS
RECEIVED NEWS THAT HIS WIFE AND BABY GIRL WERE KILLED WHEN A RUSSIAN BOMB
DESTROYED THE CELLAR WHERE HIS WIFE WORKED. JÁNOS WAS DISTRAUGHT AND
LOST ALL HOPE. HE FINALLY DIED FIGHTING IN THE STREETS IN THE 1956 REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER 13: PROBLEMS AT HOME
WHEN ANDREA GETS HOME THAT NIGHT, JOHN TELLS
HER ABOUT JÁNOS SZABÓ BUT SHE IS TOO UPSET TO LISTEN AND IS NOT
CONVINCED. MEANWHILE, JOHN BELIEVES THAT 18 JANUARY 1945 IS A SIGNIFICANT DATE
AND THAT THE DOPPELGÄNGER IS TRYING TO TELL HIM SOMETHING.
CHAPTER 14: ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY
THE YEAR PASSES QUICKLY. THE STRAINED
RELATIONSHIP TAKES A TURN FOR THE BETTER IN AUGUST WHEN THEY TAKE KATI FOR A
SECOND VISIT TO ENGLAND. JOHN’S FOCUS ON IMPORTANT WORK AT THE OFFICE MAKES HIM
FORGET ABOUT THE DOPPELGÄNGER. ANDREA ALSO STARTS WORKING AGAIN WHILE KATI GOES
TO A VERY NICE SCHOOL FOR SMALL CHILDREN. THE FAMILY SPENDS CHRISTMAS AT HOME
AND LATER, WITH ANDREA’S FAMILY FOR THE NEW YEAR. JOHN GOES BACK TO WORK ON 6
JANUARY AND THEN HE SUDDENLY REALISES THAT 18 JANUARY IS AROUND THE CORNER.
JOHN DESPERATELY WANTS TO TALK TO ANDREA ABOUT THE DATE BUT HE DOES NOT WANT TO
RUIN THE HAPPINESS THAT THEY HAVE NOW.THAT NIGHT, HE HAS THE DOPPELGÄNGER DREAM
AGAIN. IN THE DREAM, HE FOLLOWS THE DOPPELGÄNGER AND WATCHES HIM LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING IN THE DESTROYED CELLAR IN GERGELY UTCA. JOHN WAKES UP WITH A
HORRIBLE FEELING THAT THE DREAM IS A PREMONITION ABOUT ANDREA.
CHAPTER 15: I DISCOVER SOME MORE FACTS
THE NEXT DAY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK,
JOHN SEES A NEW SIGN WITH THE WORD SZABÓ ON IT. HE REALIZES THAT SZABÓ
MEANS TAILOR IN ENGLISH. IT IS THEN THAT HE CONNECTS JÁNOS
SZABÓ MEANS JOHN THE TAILOR IN ENGLISH. JOHN TAYLOR! IMMEDIATELY, HE
REALIZES THAT IS HIS DOPPELGÄNGER AND HE SHARES THE SAME NAME. HE GOES TO SEE
MRS FISCHER AGAIN AND SHE TELLS JOHN THAT HE LOOKS LIKE JÁNOS. FURTHER
QUESTIONING REVEALS TO JOHN THAT JÁNOS’S WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE ALSO
NAMED ANDREA AND KATI RESPECTIVELY. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JOHN DISCOVERS FROM THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE THAT JÁNOS SZABÓ ALSO SHARED HIS BIRTH DATE WHICH IS
23 OCTOBER. JOHN BELIEVES THAT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HIM AND JÁNOS
ARE NOT COINCIDENTAL. HE HAS A STRONG FEELING THAT THE DOPPELGÄNGER IS TRYING
TO CONVEY AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO HIM. HE ALSO KNOWS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL
ANDREA ABOUT THIS JUST YET.
CHAPTER 16: IT ALL
HAPPENS AGAIN
FRIGHTENING DREAMS HAVE BEEN TORMENTING
JOHN. ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT TELL ANDREA ANYTHING YET, HE KNOWS THAT SHE IS AWARE
AND WORRIED ABOUT HIM. ON SATURDAY 18 JANUARY, HE HAS TO GO TO WORK AT THE
OFFICE. WHEN HE REACHES HOME AT HALF PAST SIX, HE FINDS ANDREA’S NOTE ON THE
TABLE, INFORMING HIM THAT SHE IS REPLACING ZSOLT AT THE BAR. SHE IS TAKING KATI
ALONG AS PETRA IS NOT AVAILABLE. JOHN PANICS AND RUNS TO THE BAR. ON REACHING
NUMBER 7 FELKA UTCA, HE HEARS A VERY LOUD EXPLOSION IN GERGELY UTCA. FRANTIC,
JOHN RUNS STRAIGHT INTO SOMEONE AND KNOCKS HIM DOWN. HE LOOKS DOWN AND SEES
HIMSELF LYING ON THE GROUND. JOHN APOLOGISES IN HUNGARIAN AND CONTINUES RUNNING
TO GERGELY UTCA.
CHAPTER 17: WE MUST GET THEM OUT!
WHEN JOHN ARRIVES AT GERGELY UTCA, HE STOPS
RUNNING, AS THE SMOKE AND STENCH FROM THE GAS ARE OVERPOWERING. HE SUSPECTS THAT THE EXPLOSION COULD HAVE
STARTED FROM A BROKEN GAS PIPE. HE NEEDS TO GET TO ZSOLT’S BAR AS HE KNOWS THAT
ANDREA AND KATI ARE TRAPPED THERE. HE QUICKLY ASSEMBLES A LINE OF BYSTANDERS TO
HELP CLEAR THE DOORWAY OF THE BAR BUT HE IS STOPPED BY A FIREMAN FROM ENTERING
THE CELLAR. JOHN COLLAPSES AND IS GIVEN FIRST AID TREATMENT. HE KEEPS INSISTING
THAT HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE INSIDE THE BAR AND NEED TO BE RESCUED. LATER, A
POLICEMAN NOTES DOWN FACTS AND DATES ABOUT JOHN AND HIS FAMILY BEFORE ADVISING HIM
TO WAIT AT HOME FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. WHEN HE GETS DOWN FROM THE POLICE VAN,
HE REALIZES THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION AND BLAMES HIMSELF
FOR NOT TELLING ANDREA ABOUT WHAT HE HAD SEEN IN HIS DREAMS AND DISCOVERED
THROUGH MRS FISCHER. JOHN FEELS THAT HE HAS DESTROYED HIS FAMILY AND HIS LIFE.
CHAPTER 18: UNEXPECTED HELP
AS JOHN WALKS SLOWLY ALONG GERGELY UTCA, HE
SUDDENLY BUMPS INTO A MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE HIM. IT IS HIS DOPPELGÄNGER AGAIN.THE
MAN POINTS TO A WOMAN AND CHILD AT THE END OF THE STREET. JOHN IS SURPRISED TO
SEE THAT THEY ARE ANDREA AND KATI. ANDREA EXPLAINS THAT AFTER ZSOLT LEFT, SHE
SAW JOHN STANDING AND BLOCKING HER WAY INTO THE BAR. AT FIRST SHE DID NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT WHEN KATI INSISTED THAT THE MAN WAS NOT HER “DADDY”,
SHE REALISED THAT HE MUST BE THE DOPPELGÄNGER. ANDREA RELATES HER EXPERIENCE TO
JOHN AND TOGETHER, THEY GO HOME.
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