Chapter 139

• We were almost approaching the cave when I sighted someone standing in front of the cave.
• At first, with the way the figure appeared, I thought that it was Constantine. However, from my calculations, he had gone to look for strawberries far north, so he shouldn’t be back by now. There was no way he would be in the cave before us.
• After a few more steps, on a second gaze at the person, the figure became clearer, and I thought I could tell who it was. However, I refused to believe my prediction, until I was a little more certain.