The Paper Moon
“The first time he’d seen them, the inspector had thought they involved some sort of analysis of the meter. Now, however, he realized that the numbers referred to only the first two lines of each song. Next to the lines Pale little lady, sweet fifth-floor neighbor / From across the way, were the numbers 37 and 22, respectively; next to Today the carriage may seem / A strange relic from the olden days, 23 and 29; while Don’t forget these words of mine / Little girl, you don’t know what love is ha...d 26 and 31. And so on down the line for all the other ninety-seven songs in the book. The answer came to him all too easily: Those numbers corresponded to the total number of letters in the respective line of the song. A code, apparently. The hard part was figuring out what it was for. He put the booklet in his pocket.
As he was about to enter the Trattoria da Enzo, Montalbano heard someone call him. He stopped and turned. Elena Sclafani was getting out of a sort of red missile, a convertible, which she had just parked.MoreLess
As he was about to enter the Trattoria da Enzo, Montalbano heard someone call him. He stopped and turned. Elena Sclafani was getting out of a sort of red missile, a convertible, which she had just parked.MoreLess
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