Chapter FourThea was called in the morning by Valou’s wife.
She was a large fat woman with what must once have been a very pretty face and an engaging smile.
She pulled back the curtains, put a cup of hot chocolate down beside the bed and said,
“It’s a lovely mornin’, fraulein, and it’ll be hot later.”
She brought in a can of hot water and put it on the wash-stand.
Later Thea went downstairs a little shyly. She had put on the skirt of her habit, but not the jacket.
As she expected, breakfast was laid on the balcony and Nikōs was already there waiting for her.
He looked, she thought, exceedingly handsome as he rose to his feet.
She then sat down beside him with a little murmur and Géza immediately brought her a steaming cup of coffee.
To her surprise there was also a dish of eggs,
