Friday August 5th 2022
Morning
What are you doing Anna
I am thinking
I often think when I am near the sea
I do love these iron tables and chairs
We are so lucky you know
Are we lucky to have these table and chairs
Or are we lucky to have placed them here
With massive views of the sea and the beach
Or both if you get my meaning
If we lived with views to a motorway service station
And had chairs and the table positioned at the end of the garden
Would we be as lucky as the views would be tedious in the extreme
I must say that you are looking a little tired Anna
I am
Liverpool at home again
Yes but I had a late night on Wednesday
I told you to go to bed early
But I miss you when you are away
I was only in London Town visiting my brother
The Roads to Freedom
What about the Roads to Freedom
It is being broadcast on the BBC again
For the first time in over forty years
And it is just breathtaking
It finishes at about one in the morning Anna
I know
No wonder you are looking like shit
I always look like shit when I am near you Anna
Your are far more more beautiful than me
That is absolute rubbish and you know it to be
There was a scene in one of the episodes which really made me think
Which one
It explored chance
Passing ships maybe
Explain
Well Mathieu had been called up because it appeared that war was imminent
It was at the time of the Munich Conference in 1938
France was in a state of panic
For someone who values his freedom above all else
Mathieu had accepted his conscription
Which was odd
He was due to catch a train to God knows where and appeared to be killing time
As he wanders around he comes across a young man being beaten by a mob
He pretends to be a cop and with the help of a woman who is slightly younger
Mathieu rescues the unfortunate youth who is quite dazed
The woman suggests that they take him back to her flat so she can bathe his wounds and let him rest
It is whilst there that the narrative changes radically
The youth is treated by the woman and later both she had Mathieu chat together
A mutual attraction is unexpectedly established and against the odds and they spend the night together
Mathieu is in transit rather like Stevenson’s traveller whereas we know little about the woman
Later the following day they travel to the railway station and after saying goodbye
The woman suddenly rushes towards towards the gate as she has realised that they had not exchanged names
It is an utterly brilliant piece of theatre and I know it will haunt me for years to come
Have you ever had a brief crossing of paths Anna
No never I have always been rather boring
This happened to me once many years ago
Do tell
I was at a cinema in Notting Hill Gate catching a movie
But before I entered and being a greedy cow I purchased some sweets
It was then totally by chance that a beautiful girl of my age smiled sweetly at me
I instead of going directly into the auditorium decided to hang around and watch this girl
Did you want to fuck her
No it was more than that as I was intrigued by this girl
She wandered across and chatted to me about a film poster
This beautiful blonde girl was American
What happened
Well I did not catch the movie
Pray tell
We went back to her hotel room which was nearby
And to cut it short we fucked and chatted and chatted and fucked
For the rest of the afternoon night and into the next day
Was it love
No
Attraction
Yes
Sex
Obviously
What happened
Well she was flying back to JFK the following day
This was her last night in London
What a way to spend it
Was she like me
No her body was fuller than yours and her nipples were much darker
She might have had Central American blood
Why makes you say that
Because I once read that women from these areas tend to have darker areola’s and nipples
Anna you amaze me with your grasp on facts that are almost totally vacant
She asked me to accompany her to the airport
Did you
Obviously
What happened
Nothing
It was whilst we were having a coffee waiting for her flight that we realised that we had not exchanged names
What was her name
Pippa
Did you tell her yours
I will ignore that question as you are being playful
Did you keep in touch
No we agreed not to
Why
Because it would have cheapened our hours together
But she left me a memento
That being
She cut off a piece of her pubic hair
And so did I
We exchanged gifts
Have you still got it
Yes
It is in the lavender envelope next to yours
May I see it some time
If you like
What was her colouring
She had blonde body hair
Do you know that Lady Caroline Lamb once send the poet Byron some of her maiden hair
Yes I saw them at an exhibition some years ago
I think it is a lovely way to exchange gifts as it is so intimate
Anna
What was the name of the woman that Mathieu slept with
I am not sure
Irene I think
But really I am not sure
Anna & Anna