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Chapter 26

           IsaidIwasgoingtoseeokyriosConchis,andtheirsurpriseseemedperfectlygenuine.Didheevervisitthem?Theirheadsallwentbackswiftlytogether,asiftheideawasunheardof.IhadtolistentothestoryoftheexecutionagainatleasttheoldestwomanlaunchedoutintoawelterofwordsamongwhichIheard"mayor"and"Germans";andthechildrenraisedtheirarmslikeguns.Maria,then?Theysawher,ofcourse?Butno,theyneversawher.SheisnotaPhraxiot,oneofthemsaid.Thenthemusic,thesongsinthenight?Theylookedatoneanother.Whatsongs?Iwasnotsurprised,Veiyprobablytheywenttobedandwokewiththesun."Andyou,"askedthegrandmother,"areyouarelationofhis?"Theyevidentlythoughtofhimasaforeigner.IsaidIwasafriend.FIehasnofriendshere,saidtheoldwoman,andwithafainthostilityinhervoicesheadded,badmenbringbadluck.Isaidhehadguestsayounggirlwithfairhair,atallman,ayoungergirlsohigh.Theyhadseenthem?Theyhadnot.OnlythegrandmotherhadevenbeeninsideBourani;andthatwaslongbeforethewar.Thentheyhadtheirwayandaskedmetheusualseriesofchildishbutcharminglyeagerquestionsaboutmyself,aboutLondon,aboutEngland.Igotfreeintheend,afterbeingpresentedwithasprigofbasil,andwalkedinlandalongthebluffuntilIcouldclimbontotheridgethatledtoBourani.Forsometimethreeofthebarefootchildrenaccompaniedmealongtheseldom-usedpath

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