15The pastries had been such a big hit the day before that Molly scootered into the village on Friday morning to get more. She always liked her guests to leave on a high note, and though the other guests were all staying for two weeks, the Vasilievs were due to leave the next morning. She would not be sad to see them go. After her long struggle for fluency in French, Molly found it very entertaining to try to talk to people when they did not share a common language. It turned into a game of deduction and charades that almost always led to hilarity and a feeling of warmth between the participants.
But apparently the Vasilievs did not feel the same way. Fedosia had knocked on the door of the house several times, asking for instructions on how to run the washing machine and what place had th
