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A cat in the rain
There
were
only
two
Americans
stopping
at
the
hotel
.
They
did
not
know
any
of
the
people
they
passed
on
the
stairs
on
their
way
to
and
from
their
room
.
Their
room
was
on
the
second
floor
facing
the
sea
.
It
also
faced
the
public
garden
and
the
war
monument
.
There
were
big
palms
and
green
benches
in
the
public
garden
.
In
the
good
weather
there
was
always
an
artist
with
his
easel
.
Artists
liked
the
way
the
palms
grew
and
the
bright
colors
of
the
hotels
facing
the
gardens
and
the
sea
.
Italians
came
from
a
long
way
off
to
look
up
at
the
war
monument
.
It
was
made
of
bronze
and
glistened
in
the
rain
.
It
was
raining
.
The
rain
dripped
from
the
palm
trees
.
Water
stood
in
pools
on
the
gravel
paths
.
The
sea
broke
in
a
long
line
in
the
rain
and
slipped
back
down
the
beach
to
come
up
and
break
again
in
a
long
line
in
the
rain
.
The
motor
cars
were
gone
from
the
square
by
the
war
monument
.
Across
the
square
in
the
doorway
of
the
café
a
waiter
stood
looking
out
at
the
empty
square
.
The
American
wife
stood
at
the
window
looking
out
.
Outside
right
under
their
window
a
cat
was
crouched
under
one
of
the
dripping
green
tables
.
The
cat
was
trying
to
make
herself
so
compact
that
she
would
not
be
dripped
on
.
‘
I
’
m
going
down
and
get
that
kitty
,
’
the
American
wife
said
.
‘
I
’
ll
do
it
,
’
her
husband
offered
from
the
bed
.
‘
No
,
I
’
ll
get
it
.
The
poor
kitty
out
trying
to
keep
dry
under
a
table
.
’
The
husband
went
on
reading
,
lying
propped
up
with
the
two
pillows
at
the
foot
of
the
bed
.
‘
Don
’
t
get
wet
,
’
he
said
.
The
wife
went
downstairs
and
the
hotel
owner
stood
up
and
bowed
to
her
as
she
passed
the
office
.
His
desk
was
at
the
far
end
of
the
office
.
He
was
an
old
man
and
very
tall
.
‘
Il
piove
,
’
the
wife
said
.
She
liked
the
hotel
–
keeper
.
‘
Si
,
Si
,
Signora
,
brutto
tempo
.
It
is
very
bad
weather
.
’
