23 Sept 2015
It has become colder outside, and the windows are shut. This makes the air stuffy, no longer fresh and pleasant so, get up in the night end to the balcony enjoy the fresh air with the cat. She jumps on the balcony rail, purring in her mechanical way.
and return to bed with a lungful of clean air.
At five, on the usual signal, get up, take off the clothing of the night and take the mornings shower. Brush the teeth, brush the hair, but leave shaving for later.
Outside the bathroom there is the little cat, hoping up it's rock-heady purring. Purring for petting, purring for food. Find the clothes laid out the night before, the trousers, the fresh socks, the pants. get a shirt from the wardrobe. All done. - There is no food open for the little cat, but it will he fed anyway as the remainder of the family gets up.
In two hours.
checks all the pockets and leave for the rain damp street. Passing the church there is the tinkle of a distant hell. and, almost immediately afterward, the tolling sound of the big bells of Saint Martin's..
Passing Grimms shop there is a near collision with a cyclist taking a shortcut through the arcades.. walk down the middle of Theater Street, let any the cars go to the side. It is a pedestrian way.
An electrical car passes, small, silent, fast, intent, eerie.They will become more common as time goes on.
Bus driver of the bus No.1 gets his change, gives a Ticket and wishes good morning. And the next thing is, there is the smoker, pigtail on the back of the head, wishing' good morning', or' Mogen" as they say here
"There is a new girl serving in the cafe,. She is doing a good job, does not talk too much... The order in which she need's to nerve the people is unclear because they do not stand in line. But everyone is calm and polite, everyone gets their things. Everyone knows who had been there already.
Yormers has a long glass counter, with no efficient space behind it for more than one person. Under the glass counter there are ready made sandwiches and pastries. All these things look better than they tastes'
"But they seem to sell well.
Off for the tracks, leave the man moresely chewing his Buttered Brezn in the café.
The train has now stopped a long way down the platform. i
Something has changed in the way the railway people work.
Time will tell.
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