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That evening Helen suggested dinner at Taverna O Thanasis. She had spent the day working on an idea for a new book, and had given no thought to food; she was not even sure they had anything at all in the house.
“We must go to the supermarket tomorrow,” she remarked.
“Tomorrow might be difficult for me,” said Day, wondering where to start to bring her up to date. It was an excellent idea to eat at the taverna, because over dinner he could take his time to explain. “Maybe we could eat at Thanasis’s for a few nights till we can go and buy food. Vital supplies like milk are easy to pick up in the village.”
Realising that it would be Helen who would have to do the picking up of vital supplies, he hastened to change the subject.
“Just give me half an hour to shower and change, and we can
