The Stranger

First of all there came a family, going for their Sunday-afternoon walk; two small boys in sailor suits, with short trousers hardly down to their knees, and looking rather uneasy in their Sunday best; then a little girl with a big pink bow and black patent-leather shoes. He began by lighting a paraffin lamp; then fumbled in his pocket and produced a rather grimy bandage, which he wrapped round his right hand. One could see the outline of her firm little breasts, and her sun-tanned face was like a velvety brown flower. Finally, at the least sign of a disturbance he would have the court cleared.