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The doorbell broke the peace the next morning. Hastily throwing a coat on, I opened the door in one motion, and shouted, “Good morning, come in”! As I was sure that our neighbour was fulfilling her duty of the early morning visit, and continued to dig in the closet in search of my emerald scarf.
“Hello”, Sava stood on my doorstep.
Mother looked out into the corridor, and quietly greeted him and hurriedly disappeared, hiding an awkward, shy smile.
“Hello”, I swallowed half the sound from surprise. “I rather expected your call”, I said, confused.
Sava closed the door behind him because the autumn cold had already spread over the floor of my warm house.
“Forgive me for the invasion! I could not deprive myself of the joy of seeing you. Can I accompany you... to work”?
We laughed alou
