Tuscan Termination by Margaret Moore

Author:Margaret Moore [Moore, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Endeavour Media
Published: 2019-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Hilary had got up fairly late again. She had enjoyed the concert the evening before, but hadn’t got to bed until pretty late. Unfortunately the evening had ended badly, as Bruno had expected to stay the night with her, and quite unaccountably, she hadn’t wanted him to. She didn’t bother to examine the reasons for that, but dwelt instead on the ugly response with which he had greeted her decision. Although, in the end, they had parted in a reasonably normal manner, and this evening Bruno was dining with her at home, it still rankled. She didn’t like being taken for granted, and couldn’t forget what he had said.

But it was a beautiful morning and she felt full of energy, so she decided to go shopping straight away, before it got too hot. She threw open all the windows to air the rooms. Pia would close the shutters later, before the mid-day heat entered the house.

As she walked down the road, she could hear the sound of musicians practising and a soprano sang a few bars, and then repeated them. Flutes and trumpets predominated this morning. There was another six o’clock concert this evening, this time in the cloisters of the convent, so she must remember to call Bruno and maybe meet him there. She hadn’t been very nice to him last night. After the concert this evening they could walk home together, and dine on her terrace.

Over the next two days there would be an opera, baroque of course, in the theatre, and another afternoon concert given by the music students. In a few days time it was the feast of Saint Christopher and there would be a procession the evening before, which would wind its way through the medieval town centre, to end up at the Duomo, where there would be a mass, with a choir and organist. At the same time, the town was transforming itself for its annual summer festa, with music, jazz or pop, tables set out in all the little squares and goods for sale. There might be a fire-eater, or clowns on stilts for the children, and a lot of hard drinking, and serious eating for the adults.

As she passed Gino’s bar, she was surprised to see that it was closed. Something must have happened. She turned into the greengrocers to buy peppers, and was immediately told that Marco was at death’s door after being run over by a hit and run car, and had been taken first to Lucca by the ambulance then, as his head injuries were life-threatening, on to Pisa, where there was an excellent brain surgery unit.

“When did this happen?” she asked, and on being told that it had been at three that morning that the boy had been found, but that he had probably already lain there for ages, exclaimed, “But I was there myself not much before that”.

In every shop, the main topic was Marco; what had happened and most intriguing of all, why had he been there alone, and on foot at that time of night.

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