Chapter XXXIX
At home
-Auntie did not recognise me. She looked at me as if I was a stranger – Clara had a sad voice. She was talking under her breath, leaning against the kitchen table - I don’t even know if she has actually seen me-
-She has gone much worse over the last few months. She is far away from everything and everyone. She is always in her room praying and doesn’t even come down any more to eat with us-
-Agnese told me that she had changed but I didn’t think to that extent. I felt so sorry for her-
-She has been living locked up in her own world. At times I picture her room like a big fish tank and herself like a solitary fish who can only live there, away from every sound. Every contact with reality upsets her and make her suffer. We don’t want to give up, we want to forc
