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Chapter 63

           Isetoffdown.AfterawhileIstruckabetterpath,whichtwicepasseddoorwaysthatledintolargerubble-chokedcisterns.AtthesouthsideofthehugerockIsaw,farbelow,anoldwalledtownonaskirtoflandthatransteeplyfromthecliffbottomdowntothesea.Manyruinedhouses,butalsoafewwithroofsandeight,nine,ten,acoveyofchurches.Thepathwoundthroughtheruinsandthentoadoorway.Alongdownwardtunnelledtoanotherdoorwaywithahurdleacrossit,whichexplainedtheabsenceofagoatherd.Therewasevidentlyonlyonewayupordown,evenforgoats.Iclimbedoverthehurdleandemergedintothesunlight.Apathwithacenturies-oldpavingofslabsofgray-blackbasaltgrapheddownthecliff,finallycurvingtowardsthered-ochreroofsofthewalledtown.Ipickedmywaydownthroughalleysbetweenwhitewashedhouses.Anoldpeasantwomanstoodinherdoorwaywithabowlofvegetableparingsshehadbeenemptyingforherchickens.Imusthavelookedverystrange,carryingasuitcase,unshaven,foreign."Kal’espera.""Pioseisai?"shewantedtoknow."Poupas?"TheoldHomericquestionsoftheGreekpeasant:Whoartthou?Wheregoestthou?IsaidIwasEnglish,amemberofthecompanywhohadbeenmakingthefilm,epano."Whatfilmupthere?"Iwaved,saiditdidn’tmatter,andignoringherindignantqueries,Icameatlasttoaforlornlittlemainstreet,notsixfeetwide,thehousescrammedalongit,mostlyshuttered,orempty;butoveroneIsawasignandwentin.

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