22 THE VILLAGE WEDDINGAlthough neither Craig nor Lek had slept well, the music seemed to start not long after they had gone to bed. It was five o’clock already, so Lek got out of bed quite cheerfully and tip-toed into hall-c*m-living room, where some of the supine girls looked as if they were going to get up while a few others had covered their heads in a vain effort to block out the call to action. Nobody was obliged to help, it was supposed to be a happy holiday, so Lek went into the shower and left them to it.
The music was deafening even under the shower, but then the speakers were only thirty metres away and they were meant to be heard all over the village. No-one would complain about music like this if it were for a special occasion, because everybody did it and being farmers they w
