The House in Amalfi
“I parked at the little flower-bedecked shrine of Saint Andrew smiling happily because it seemed to me that his hand was outstretched in welcome. Jammy got out and stood looking up the hillside at the Castello and the bright blue flag flying over the battlements.
“Correct me if I’m wrong,” she said, unbelieving, “but is that really a skull and crossbones? Who the hell lives there, the Marquis de Sade?”
“It’s the heraldic symbol of the Pirata family. Pirata—pirate.”
She gave me one of those you’v...e-got-to-be-kidding glances, then looked at the empty green slope above us and the equally empty green cliff below. Not even a sailboat cut across the tranquil sea. Plus you couldn’t see the house from the road, only the rocky steps. “You do know you’re nuts, don’t you?” she said, worried.
I slammed the car door, sending a scuffle of rabbits up the hill. “Jam, you’re just too used to the urban mode,” I said.
“And you are not,” she retorted, but the rabbits were cute and she was smiling.MoreLess
“Correct me if I’m wrong,” she said, unbelieving, “but is that really a skull and crossbones? Who the hell lives there, the Marquis de Sade?”
“It’s the heraldic symbol of the Pirata family. Pirata—pirate.”
She gave me one of those you’v...e-got-to-be-kidding glances, then looked at the empty green slope above us and the equally empty green cliff below. Not even a sailboat cut across the tranquil sea. Plus you couldn’t see the house from the road, only the rocky steps. “You do know you’re nuts, don’t you?” she said, worried.
I slammed the car door, sending a scuffle of rabbits up the hill. “Jam, you’re just too used to the urban mode,” I said.
“And you are not,” she retorted, but the rabbits were cute and she was smiling.MoreLess
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