of her in pro?le: tears without questionhe
thinksas he watches her dab her eyes with a napkin and sees a
smudge of wet mascara glistening on her cheek. She stands up
abruptly and walks off in the direction of the ladies’ room.
Again Blue has an unobstructed view of Blackand seeing that
sadness in his facethat look of absolute dejectionhe almost
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begins to feel sorry for him. Black glances in Blue’s direction
but clearly he’s not seeing anythingand thenan instant later
he buries his face in his hands. Blue tries to guess what is hap-
peningbut it’s impossible to know. It looks like it’s over be-
tween themhe thinksit has the feeling of something that’s
come to an end. And yetfor all thatit could just be a tiff.
The woman returns to the table looking a little betterand
then the two of them sit there for a few minutes without saying
anythingleaving their food untouched. Black sighs once or
twicelooking off into the distanceand ?nally calls for the
check. Blue does the same and then follows the two of them out
of the restaurant. He notes that Black has his hand on her el-
bowbut that could just be a re?ex he tells himselfand proba-
bly means nothing. They walk [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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