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Scobie, who had come to Valletta one summer to write a novel and ended up staying on as tutor to the feral children of rich Maltese, had gone down to the port to check out the scene and ended up in a bar frequented by sailors. For the most part he enjoyed their company. Even …
The wart-faced banker, Marcus Fulvius was a notorious lecher. One day, during their regular sweat in the laconicum, his friend, Ottavius noted his gloomy disposition. “Cheer up, old boy,” he said. “Soon it will be the seventeenth”. Fulvius, however, was not looking forward to the saturnalia. “It will be the usual miserable fest,” he declared. …
“You will do as you’re told.” “No, I won’t.” Punishments sometimes stick in the memory in odd ways, as it did for Sylvia with the locked cupboard. When her mother finally opened the cupboard and burst into tears, Sylvia had been filled with a sense of power. Sylvia had only been five years old, but, …
It had been raining all day long in Venice when the penitent stepped inside the confessional and sneezed. “Bless you, child.” The penitent was silent. “Child, do you have a confession?” “Padre,” said the penitent, “I do not have much time. I left the brodo on the boil. No one is at home to skim …
When Shona arrived in Paris in the early eighties, she set herself up as a teacher of mandarin. Being young and inexperienced, she advertised herself on the university notice boards as Madam Li. In time Madam Li’s would become a successful school, but in those early days, Shona lived very much hand to mouth, travelling …
Wang Jia was one of the Sing Sing Girls living in Hebei province which at that time was run by the Zhili clique. One day, the artist Zhang Dun came to see her. “Baobei,” he said, “you spend too much money. I can no longer afford to keep you here.” Wang Jia would have no …
Vittorio, who was a medical student, was what the Italians call a mammone. He lived at home with his mother and aunt. One day, Vittorio, who had been studying all night, overslept. “Mama,” he said, calling his mother from his bed. “I am sick. I cannot go to university today.” “That poor boy, he works …
Maggio went out walking with her blind husband, Gennaio, in the garden with the pear tree where she had arranged to meet her lover, Damiano. As they approached the pear tree, she expressed a desire to eat a piece of fruit. “What I wouldn’t give for a nice pear now!” “Tesoro, do let me climb …
There is a very attractive lady of forty years of age sitting just opposite wearing a skirt which is clearly inappropriate for the weather. She also wears a pair of grey patent leather shoes, which are fetching, but not with extravagant heels. She is clearly married, but not bejewelled. She has a nice white bag …
Brothers Nicola and Michele Campanile were farmers from the backwaters of Basilicata in Southern Italy. They lived down a woody dirt track several kilometers from the local town in a shared farmhouse. On one side of the house, Michele lived with his wife; Nicola lived on his own on the other side of the house. …