Ngo-1790, kwakukho indoda yaseFransi egama linguSifrac, eyayikrelekrele kakhulu.

Ngenye imini wayehamba esitalatweni eParis. Kwakune imvula ngosuku olungaphambili, kwaye kwakunzima kakhulu ukuhamba endleleni. Kwangoko inqwelo yaqengqeleka emva kwakhe. Isitalato sasimxinwa kwaye inqwelo yayibanzi, kwaye uSifracbasinda ekugilwa yiyo, kodwa yagqunywa ludaka nemvula. Bathi bakubona abanye, bamsizela, baza bathuka ngomsindo bafuna ukumisa inqwelo baze bathethe ngezinto. Kodwa uSifracbakhalaza bathi, “Yima, yima, kwaye bayeke bahambe.”

Xa inqwelo yayikude, wayesamile engashukumi ecaleni kwendlela, ecinga: Indlela incinci kangaka, kwaye kukho abantu abaninzi kangaka, kutheni inqwelo ingatshintshwa? Inqwelo kufuneka inqunyulwe phakathi endleleni, kwaye amavili amane enziwe amavili amabini…Wacinga njalo waza wabuyela ekhaya ukuze ayile. Emva kovavanyo oluphindaphindwayo, ngo-1791 kwakhiwa “ivili lehashe lomthi” lokuqala. Ibhayisekile yokuqala yayenziwe ngomthi kwaye yayinesakhiwo esilula. Yayingenalo i-drive okanye i-steering, ngoko umkhweli wayetyhala ngamandla emhlabeni ngeenyawo zakhe kwaye kwafuneka ehle ukuze ahambise ibhayisekile xa etshintsha icala.

Nangona kunjalo, xa uSifracNdithathe ibhayisekile ndaya kuyijikeleza epakini, wonke umntu wamangaliswa waza wachukumiseka.