Mozart's Sister: a Novel
“The carriage stopped at the gate and a woman with a haggard face and wearing no makeup descended. She straightened the folds of her fur, which gleamed in the sun. Then from her purse she took a muff, also of fur, and put her hands inside. Breathing in the cold air she approached the iron bars and looked up at the roof of the villa, where a chimney was spewing smoke with a cheerfulness that was utterly out of place.
She went through the gate cautiously, leaving dainty footprints on the white gro...und, and passed a man who was intently hammering on a wheel. She gave him a vague nod of greeting.
“Would you like me to announce you, ma’am?” he said.
“I would prefer not,” she replied, and instead of going to the door, she slowly approached a window. With the muff, she cleared a square of frost, breathed on it, again wiped it with the fur, and tried to make out what was happening inside.
“Excuse me, but what do you want?” said the man at the wheel, coming up to her. “Tell me your name immediately!”MoreLess
She went through the gate cautiously, leaving dainty footprints on the white gro...und, and passed a man who was intently hammering on a wheel. She gave him a vague nod of greeting.
“Would you like me to announce you, ma’am?” he said.
“I would prefer not,” she replied, and instead of going to the door, she slowly approached a window. With the muff, she cleared a square of frost, breathed on it, again wiped it with the fur, and tried to make out what was happening inside.
“Excuse me, but what do you want?” said the man at the wheel, coming up to her. “Tell me your name immediately!”MoreLess
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