She heard a door inside the house open and close and then the young man, Bruno, came out on to the patio. ‘Your pardon, Signora!’ he said, jumping back with a start when he saw Chantale. ‘It is nothing,’ said Chantale, smiling. ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I was looking for Jalila,’ said the young man hesitantly. ‘Ah! She has just gone out for the moment with Maria to get the bread. She will be back – oh, at any moment now.’ ‘Thank you. I will wait, then.’ He was about to go back into the house, then wavered. ‘Do you mind, Signora . . .?’ He indicated a spare chair on the patio. ‘Not at all.’ He sat down. ‘I do not like to wait in the kitchen,’ he said. ‘Not when Maria is not there. And Francesca doesn’t seem to be there, either.’ ‘She is not yet back from school.’ He looked at his watch, a large, rather good one.
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