MAURICE.
I don't sleep after Patel's lecture and just as I am about to doze off in the morning, around five o'clock, I notice some movement beyond the tent, visible properly from my position up the tree in the semi darkness that heralds the morning.
The girl has come again, this time alone. She doesn't enter the camp, instead she beckons for me to come down.
I have seen her many times and now I am not afraid of her so I get down and walk towards her.
Even in the semi darkness she is so beautiful, and I lift up my hand in greeting.
She closes the gap between us and stretches her hands, a gesture that she wants a hug. Hesitantly I stretch mine and our bodies touch as we hug each other. We remain in the same position for a while as she is surprisingly warm, and I wonder if she is really
