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Chapter 50

           Anhoursearchingforanote,asign,anything;itbecameliketheidiotransackingofadraweralreadytentimessearched.AtsixIreturnedtotheschool,withnothingbutauselessrageofdisappointment.WithConchis;withJulie;witheverything.Onthefarsideofthevillagetherewasanotherharbor,usedexelusivelybythelocalfishermen.Itwasavoidedbyeveryonefromtheschool,andbyeveryonewithanyclaimtosocialtoninthevillage.Manyofthehouseshadbeenruthlesslydilapidated.Somewerenomorethanthecariousstumpsofwalls;andtheonesthatstillstoodalongthebrokenquayshadcorrugatedironroofs,concretepatchesandotherunsightlyevidencesoffrequentmending.Therewerethreetavernas,butonlyonewasofanysize.Ithadafewroughwoodentablesoutsideitsdoors.Oncebefore,comingbackfromoneofmysolitarywinterwalks,Ihadgonethereforadrink;Irememberedthetavernakeeperwasloquaciousandcomparativelyeasytounderstand.Byislandstandards,andperhapsbecausehewasAnatolianbybirth,conversable.HisnamewasGeorgiou;ratherfoxy-faced,withalickofgray-blackhairandasmallmoustachethatgavehimacomicresemblancetoHitler.OnSundaymorningIsatunderacatalpaandhecameup,obsequiouslydelightedtohavecaughtarichcustomer.Yes,hesaid,ofcoursehewouldbehonoredtohaveanouzowithme.Hecalledoneofhischildrentoserveus…thebestouzo,thebestolives.Didthingsgowellattheschool,didIlikeGreece…Ilethimasktheusualquestions.ThenIsettowork.

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