Chapter 21 18

For the next week I lived in an almost marvelous peace and quiet.Although the sound of the marbles still somewhat lingered in the ears, the frenzied moan buzzing like a bee's wing falling into the winter sun had died away.The feeling of autumn deepened day by day, and in the miscellaneous forest surrounding the golf course, dry and fallen leaves were piled up on the ground.From the apartment window, you can see the gentle suburban hills, the fallen leaves are burning everywhere, and the thin shreds of tobacco rise straight into the sky like magic ropes. The twins were quieter than before, and softened.We went for walks, drank coffee, listened to records, and slept in each other's arms under the blankets.On Sunday we walked an hour to the Arboretum and ate mushroom and spinach sandwiches in the oak grove.Wild birds with black tails in the oak woods sang clear and endlessly.

As the air grew colder, I bought two new sweatshirts for both of them, along with my old sweaters.So the two are neither 208 nor 209, but become olive green crewneck sweaters and beige cardigans.Neither complained, and I bought them socks and new sneakers.So the mood became almost Daddy-Long-Legs-like. October rain is awesome.The rain, as thin as needles and as soft as cotton, fell all over the golf course grass that was beginning to wither.No puddles were formed, only slowly sucked in by the earth.After the rain stopped, the miscellaneous forest smelled of wet fallen leaves, and the setting sun shone in a few rays, drawing spots and patterns on the ground.On the path through the miscellaneous woods, a few birds ran across.

Every day in the office is pretty much the same.The work has passed the peak of busyness, I listened to the old jazz music of Bix Betabek, Wudi Harman, and Barney Bellingan on the cassette tape, and continued to work leisurely while smoking a cigarette. Drink whiskey and eat biscuits. Only the girls were busy checking timetables, booking plane tickets and hotels, mending two sweaters for me, and changing the metal buttons on my coat.She changed her hairstyle, changed her lipstick to pale pink, and wore a thin sweater that accentuated her bust.And melted into the autumn air. Everything seemed to keep that attitude forever, a perfect week.