Chapter 9

• Just as it had happened in her first days in that house, Andrei had forgotten about Elisa, but this time it had been for seven days and on purpose, as his first punitive step.
• She knew it because she had counted those days sadly. She had only had the visit of Mrs. Maria, the trusted maid of the tall man, and until that moment she was the only human being who seemed to care about her health.
• She came three times a day to see what she needed, and every day she had devoted herself to taking care of the state of Elisa's wounds, which no longer bled and seemed healthy.