The window in the sitting room is open, so that the cat may sit upon the sill and observe the traffic. And the few sounds from outside can enter the peaceful sitting room without hindrance through the sheets of glasss of the big windows.
Of course the wife and the son are asleep. They were both awake until late last night, she watching television and he with his friends on the computer. The computer is a great help during the restrictions of the recent times, but the strange isolation is almost post human, there is no contact, and the visual impulse is as moderated by the machine and the person guiding it's input.
Today is the day between a feast day, a holiday, and a weekend. Many take these days off, and fill in the hours working overtime on other days. It means that there is a stretch of four days at home.
That is pleasant enough.
Sit barefooted at the table, it will be a hot day today. The warm shower in the morning was pleasant, the coffee now is pleasant, and the peace and quiet is pleasant. It will all be over later, as soon as the family is awake.
The cat jumps down from the window sill, and proceeds to the kitchen.
Perhaps it thinks that food ahas been placed there.
It has not.
Out of frustration with the situation the cat starts to chase a stray moth.
And now it is ten to eight.
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