His gaze seems to be going out of Emily's mouth and trying to get inside her mind. Emily felt it, she felt a little uncomfortable. To break that silence, he said... "You know, uncle, a strange thing happened today." Michael was a little startled, “What happened?” Emily said slowly.... “A gentleman wanted to talk to me… It seemed like he thought of me as someone else.” Michael's eyebrows furrowed.
“Is it someone from this village?”
Emily shook her head,
“I don’t know… but the man looked very strange. As if… as if he already knew me.”
There was an unknown feeling mixed in his words. Not fear, but a mixture of discomfort and curiosity. Michael was silent for a moment. The expression on his face changed, as if an old memory or thought had suddenly consumed him.
He asked in a slightly lowe
