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Chapter 11

           Wheredidhegoinwinter?SometimeshewenttoAthens,andtoothercountries.Which?Themandidnotknow.HeknewnothingaboutMitfordvisitingBourani.Nooneevervisited."AskhimifhethinksImightvisitMr.Conchis."No;itwasimpossible.Ourcuriositywasperfectlynatural,inGreeceitwashisreservethatwasstrange.Hemighthavebeenpickedforhissullenness.Hestooduptogo."Areyousurehehasn’tgotaharemofprettygirlshiddenthere?"saidMéli.Theagoyatisraisedhisbluechinandeyebrowsinasilentno,thenturnedcontemptuouslyaway."Whatavillager!"HavingmutteredtheworstinsultintheGreeklanguageathisback,Mélitouchedmywristmoistly."Mydearfellow,didIevertellyouaboutthewaytwomenandtwoladiesIoncemetonMykonosmadelove?""Yes.Butnevermind."Ifeltoddlydisappointed.AnditwasnotonlybecauseitwasthethirdtimeIhadheardpreciselyhowthatacrobaticquartetachievedcongress.BackattheschoolIpickedup,duringtherestoftheweek,alittlemore.Onlytwoofthemastershadbeenattheschoolbeforethewar.TheyhadbothmetConchisonceortwicethen,butnotsincetheschoolhadrestartedin1949.Onesaidhewasaretiredmusician.Theotherhadfoundhimaverycynicalman,anatheist.ButtheybothagreedthatConchiswasamanwhocherishedhisprivacy.InthewartheGermanshadforcedhimtoliveinthevillage.Theyhadonedaycapturedsomeandarteresistancefightersfromthemainlandandorderedhimtoexecutethem.

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