“Almost directly, Signorina.”
“And what made you look up?”
“Signorina?”
“Why did you look up directly?”
“Non lo so, Signorina.”
“I think it was because I made you feel that I was there,” she said. “I think you obey me without knowing it. You did the same the other day.”
“Perhaps, Signorina.”
“Have you smoked all the cigarettes?”
She saw him smile, showing his teeth.
“Si, Signorina, long ago. I smoked them the same day.”