The Evening Chorus
“His boot heels ring on the stones, the strike of each foot echoing through the courtyard.
There are three flights of stairs to climb, with a rest on each landing before continuing. At each rest he leans against the banister, looking out the small stairway window, measuring his progress by the diminishing square of stone and trees below.
It’s been almost a week since he was in his office, and there is a stack of mail for him in the mailbox near the department secretary’s desk. He takes the lette...rs and packages, not bothering to look at them, and drops them on the edge of his desk when he gets inside his office.
Christoph removes his coat and hangs it on the rack by the door, tucks his briefcase beside the desk on the floor. He opens the shutters on the window. He sits down.
Most of the letters are unremarkable—colleagues asking for favours, publishers trying to entice him to buy a particular book—but there is one small package whose postmark is unfamiliar.MoreLess
There are three flights of stairs to climb, with a rest on each landing before continuing. At each rest he leans against the banister, looking out the small stairway window, measuring his progress by the diminishing square of stone and trees below.
It’s been almost a week since he was in his office, and there is a stack of mail for him in the mailbox near the department secretary’s desk. He takes the lette...rs and packages, not bothering to look at them, and drops them on the edge of his desk when he gets inside his office.
Christoph removes his coat and hangs it on the rack by the door, tucks his briefcase beside the desk on the floor. He opens the shutters on the window. He sits down.
Most of the letters are unremarkable—colleagues asking for favours, publishers trying to entice him to buy a particular book—but there is one small package whose postmark is unfamiliar.MoreLess
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