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Thursday 28th of February

Turn on the bed, wide awake. Look at the luminous figures on the watch. It is four in the morning, far too early to get up.

And the alarm clock ends the sleep, one hour later. Deep dreamless sleep is a fiction.The hot water of the shower puts an end to sleep.

The streets cobbles are a matte darkgrey, the gaps between the stones black shadows. Farther on, in the market, the cobbles are bigger, and not so dark in

colour. Here the cracks between them have been filled with tar, to prevent the cobbles being loosened by the frost.

Stop at the bus stop, watch Dolores arrive.

She has a slow walk. Wish her a good morning. Look up at the crescent moon over the town, a waning moon with one bright light beside it. This is Jupiiter,

a reflection from an inconcievably large planet, so far away that the light from there

takes hours probably before it gets here.

Read the news on the 'phone. All about liars and cheats.

Nothing new.