“I swear I didn't want to, but he insisted, and I felt desperate. I saw my journey slipping away inexorably and he didn't even want to listen to me. I'm so sorry, but I won't be the one to take the first step to get closer to him.”
“The wrong was not just yours or his: you foolishly hurt each other.”
The prince nodded, without words.
Alfredo had a horse prepared quickly and together they went to the harbor, where preparations were underway for the exceptional expedition that would take place in a couple of months for a long, fascinating, fruitful journey to the east.
The prince watched with avid eyes all the busy coming and going, of very simple if not to say rough people, who had to work hard, without getting lost in useless chatter and smoky mental contortions like those he reproache
