“And now children – off to bed!“
The bright friendly voice flying through the curtains fluttering in the gentle evening wind brought a smile to the man’s face as he leaned against the balcony railing. The high airless Southern sky arching above, rocks on steep cliffs glowing in the sun, yellowed magnolias, and palms on their refuges of soil. A low baritone answered like an echo from the other wing of the house:
“Björn, Anna – tell your cousins good night and – get off to sleep!”