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Chapter 50

           IhadalreadytoldDemetriadesIwasgoingoutforalongwalk;andmadesurethatoldBarbaVassilisawmegoingthroughtheschoolgates,sothattheinformationcouldbe,ifitusuallywas,wirelessedacross.Iarrivedatthegateandwalkedstraighttothehouse.Itlaywiththecottageinthesun,closedanddeserted.IrattledtheFrenchwindowshuttershard,andtriedtheothers.Butnoneofthemgave.AllthetimeIkeptlookingaround,notbecauseIactuallyfeltIwasbeingwatchedsomuchasbecauseIfeltIoughttobefeelingit.ImustbemeanttomeetLilyagain.Theymustbewatchingme;mightevenbeinsidethehouse,smilinginthedarknessjustbehindtheshutters,onlyfouroffivefeetaway.Iwentandgazeddownattheprivatebeach.Itlayintheheat;thejetty,thepumphouse,theoldbalk,theshadowedmouthofthelittlecave;butnoboat.ThentothePoseidonstatue.Silentstatue,silenttrees.Tothecliff,towhereIhadsatwithLilytheSundaybefore.Thelifelessseawasruffledhereandtherebyalostzephyr,byastipplingshoalofsardines,darkash-bluelinesthatsnaked,broadthennarrow,inslowmotionacrosstheshimmeringmirageoussurface,asifthewaterwasbreedingcorruption.Ibegantowalkalongtowardsthebaywiththethreecottages.Thelandscapetotheeastcameintoview,andthenIcameontheboundarywireofBourani.Aseverywhereelseitwasrusty,atokenbarrier,notarealone;shortlybeyondittheinlandclifffellsixtyorseventyfeettolowerground.Ibentthroughthewireandwalkedinlandalongtheedge.

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