Patricia And Malise
“Andrea asked Antonio many questions about their activities during his absence. Antonio regaled his father with stories of Ruggles, bathing, head-standing, the hammock – ‘sups’ beside the tent.The lean and immaculately dressed Andrea was amused and interested. Malise did not follow the language well but made himself useful – taking plates in and out and trying to kiss Patricia when he found her scraping a bowl in the kitchen. She was awkward and flushed. It was all terrible.When the time came fo...r Antonio to go to bed, Patricia took him upstairs and read to him by gas light as the two men lingered over wine and remains of supper.Andrea spoke English fluently but without competence.‘Tell me more of you’ he asked with great good manners and no suspicion.‘We liked very much to meet you when we came to your beautiful apartment. I ask you again. What brings you to our city of Lucca?’Malise answered, giving some attention to bricks but shirking detail. Andrea was a professor and it might have been hard for Malise not to appear spurious or give himself away.Andrea probably knew more about Etruscan history than he did and Malise put their language barrier to good use as the other smoked many cigarettes and spoke sadly of the war years and, again, of his families escape from the cruelty of Mussolini.MoreLess
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