Chapter 17 • Literature lesson
In fact, the week did begin on an optimistic note, with another Makarios-Harding meeting on Monday. But the optimism lasted for no longer than a day. London failed to support the field marshal’s good efforts at reconciliation, and discussions were broken off. On the following day in Famagusta harbour EOKA, the National Association of Cypriot Fighters, cleaned out a storehouse full of weapons and ammunition that had been moved there from the British bases in Suez. Dimitri, newly attuned to the political problems of his country ever since his discussion with Ahmet, waited anxiously for Sunday to come, hoping that Anne would be able to throw some light on why the talks had collapsed.
On the domestic front, Dimitri’s main concern was to avoid being alone with P
