At the Villa Massina
“Birds trilled sweetly among the trees, there were more flowers in more colors than ever, and there was a breeze which ruffled ever so slightly the blue calm of the sea. They met Anna-Maria, a sparkling-eyed fifteen-year-old, whose father sold fruit and vegetables in a shop on the waterfront, and were promised early raspberries for the weekend. They watched the blue-painted boats slide past the jetty on their way out to the fishing grounds, and paused for orange juice under one of the gay umbrellas outside a cafe.Today, Juliet did not encourage the children to walk far. After the tour of the village she took them round to the less frequented beach and found shade for them at the edge of the pines. They played, Tony bathed and Rina paddled, and then it was lunch and siesta time.During the afternoon Juliet wrote to Aunt May and pondered how to word an epistle to Norma. It was difficult to write at all to her cousin, but it had to be done, and Juliet decided to ignore the task she had bee...n set and accomplished.MoreLess
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