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Chapter 7

           OneortwoofthemastersspokesomeEnglish,andseveralFrench,butIfoundlittleincommonwiththem.TheonlyoneIcouldtoleratewasDemetriades,theotherteacherofEnglish,andthatwassolelybecausehespokeandunderstoodthelanguagesomuchbetterthananyoneelse.WithhimIcouldriseoutofBasic.

           Hetookmeroundthevillagekapheneiaandtavernas,andIgotatasteforGreekfoodandGreekfolkmusic.Buttherewasalwayssomethingmournfulabouttheplaceindaylight.Thereweresomanyvillasboardedup;thereweresofewpeopleinthealleystreets;onehadalwaystogotothesametwobetter-classtavernasforameal,andonemetthesameoldfaces,astaleLevantineprovincialsocietythatbelongedmoretotheworldoftheOttomanEmpire,Baizacinafez,thantothe1950’s.IhadtoagreewithMitford.Itwasdesperatelydull.Itriedoneortwoofthefishermen’swineshops.Theywerejollier,butIfelttheyfeltIwasslumming;andmyGreekneverbegantocopewiththeislanddialecttheyspoke.

           ImadeinquiriesaboutthemanMitfordhadhadarowwith,butnooneseemedtohaveheardofeitherhimorit;or,forthatmatter,ofthe"waitingroom."Mitfordhadevidentlyspentalotoftimeinthevillage;andmadehimselfunpopularwithothermastersbesidesDemetriades;therewasaheavyaftermathofanglophobia,aggravatedbythepoliticalsituationatthattime,whichIhadtosuffer.

           SoonItooktothehills.

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