“But I’m afraid that is all he’s allowed me to hear, let alone record, thus far. When I played the recording back to him the next day, he indulged once again in that conduct of silent laughter that he likes to manifest before me, and the helpers.
“He is often mirthful, and this he exhibits by rolling up his eyes and facing skywards, while his shoulders quake and he slaps his thighs. His mouth opens wide and he laughs a silent laugh, long and deafening as it were some cruel sport he likes to play on everyone.
“He has been with us for four months now. I see him on weekends. The helpers say he immediately started playing with the children in the barrio nearby.
“The last time I came over, it was early on a Friday. He wasn’t in the house or on the beach. I learned he had followed his playmat
