With his keeping out of my way, which I was now certain he was doing purposely, I thought with horror how undignified it would be if I had to go and search him out at his uncle's private apartment where I knew he was living. Still, I was determined to do it, at whatever cost.
However, I was saved the shame there, as I found him waiting for me in the street on the Wednesday afternoon at the time when he knew I should be leaving the studio. Certainly, though appearing to be rather shy, he seemed so genuinely pleased to see me that all my anger melted at once. He accounted for his not meeting me before by explaining he had got soaked to the skin when walking home in the rain in the early hours of that Monday morning and it had brought on a bit of a chill. However, he said he was quite all ri
