Friday, November 28, 2008

... A young man approached her, asking in Italian, if he could be of any help. She excused herself saying that she didn't speak the language. The manager came to help them. He spoke a little bit of English. She told him that she was looking for an old friend and showed him Francesco's picture. The manager recognized the man in the picture. "He was the first owner's son" , the manager said. "After his father died, he sold the bookstore to my uncle and left". "He was very lonely, that man... It is said that one day he met his twin soul and then she dissapeared...". The manager stops the sentence in the middle and takes a good look at her, we can see a little smile in his face. "Mister, do you know where I can find him? ", she asks. "It is said that he went to Murano Island to become a glassmaker"... She left the bookstore in a hurry...

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