She was feeling suddenly daring, and older, and married. “They’re mating,” Tess said, turning to look at him. “You have some unusual bits of information, Tess.” He tipped his head back to watch the birds in flight, as she was doing. “From Latin, cisterna,” she said agreeably, not taking her eyes from the starlings. A few drunken-looking birds were whirling and swooping after each other. His wife was looking straight up into the sky, so he looked as well. “This must have led to a cistern,” he said. After poking at the hole for a moment, he couldn’t think how to carry on a pretense of interest. But the bathroom was manifestly uninteresting. He carefully supported Tess down the fall of rocks in the corner. I’m thinking of putting in a plunge-bath myself.” “If you would not object, I would be glad to take a second look at the pipe system leading to the bath. “I found that bathing room extremely interesting,” he answered calmly.
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