![]() ![]() ![]() He carried the girl up in his arms, wary of any injuries she might have suffered on her fall from the sky. ![]() The figs, which would not be ripe for many weeks, were lying with the girl amongst the artichokes, and he reminded himself to collect them later so the wasps wouldn’t break into them or flies infest the fruit with their eggs. ![]() It must have been a heavy fall as there was a broken branch from Don Carlos’s fig tree by her left arm and, looking up, he could see that there were other branches split or bent. Don Carlos was reflecting upon his own moment of fleeting perfection, almost twenty years ago on the day in July he was due to be married and when all the various elements of his life had seemed engineered to direct him to a small church in the village of his future wife surrounded by her family and friends, when he was broken from his reminiscences by a commotion in the yard behind his house.Ī girl had fallen from the sky and was lying amongst the artichoke plants, quite unconscious. There is a time in each man’s life, perhaps only a moment, when looking back he recognises that he was master of his small world, having found himself in the perfect position amongst those who loved and admired him. ![]()
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