Steve Bridewood and his Mrs Barbara want themselves after a long time of economizing, finally fulfil their wish longed for. A cottage in the country. They have learned by an acquaintance a house shall be sold in a little village. Without thinking it over for a long time, they went to this little place to look at the house and perhaps also buy. When they arrived in this picturesque place, it was as if they had fallen in love newly. This little place surrounded by woods by not more than fifteen houses, idyllic in the high north of Northern Ireland.
Yes, they have themselves just with this little place in love. There was no more hold for her. They wanted to live here. The broker who had come from the a little remote large town joined them. „Would they like to see the house now?“
Barbara could not talk because of fascination. She nodded only eagerly. Also Steve spoke no word nodded only once briefly and both followed the broker. He went in front of them up to the last house in this place. No-one was twenty metres from the woods away. The wind which roared by the trees was wonderful to hear. It sounded
familiar and heavenly as if it would play a melody.
Steve stopped in front of the house stand rooted to the spot. The first impression which he got of this object was depressing. He stared at a nearly dilapidated hut which must have confessed emptily for centuries.
„I know the first impression is not the best. But I can assure them the structure is faultless. No rehabilitation must be carried out at this house. I have had it examined of an expert. He could not notice any defects.“
„Steve, if the report says this, then I believe this, too. And a little new colour on the outside and we have the most beautiful house in this village.“ Barbara was fire and flame. Yes, she wanted to have it at every price.
Steve remained quiet. The broker went in front of both, opened the front door, went and stood next to the entrance and asked the guests to go in.
A wretched sight offered itself the two also here inside. No wallpapers were on the walls. Originally
once you had been stroked only with white colour. But of this gleam nothing was more available. Alone the wooden floor required a treatment. But this did not bring Barbara from the quiet. „Kind wallpapers, some colour and beautiful furniture make this cottage a piece of jewellery.“ Steve was silent and inspected every room, felt all walls, had a look at every house corner from inside. Even the cellar and the roof truss were examined by him. He left nothing out. But he could not find any lacks of this house. The enthusiasm for this house increased in him now, too. But he did not show the broker this enthusiasm. No, he claimed to be sceptical about him to push the price of the house down. He already already knew from experience the prices were held above then, if one is too euphoric. But with restraint one could expect to get a discount. He had too often already made this experience. Not with houses, also in the everyday life one could watch such things, however.
When the broker questioned him about the broader interest of the house nodded agreing with Steve only weakly.
About the price one got fast and sales contract
and property deed changed hands. „I still have a question, though, if it will suit them.“ Steve stopped the broker at the door.
„But for certain anyway, only. If I can answer it, I will like to do this.“ The broker turned round to him.
„How long does the house already stand emptily? It makes the impression as if it were already decades old.“
„No, no. So long, it does not stand emptily yet. For five years or moment.“ The broker thought it over, today, it exactly, open „is“ yes a while for five years
„And“ the previous possessors have turned into what Steve further drilled?
„I do not know this. You have suddenly disappeared. No man knows where gone her have. Perhaps they have looked for the distance of the city or they have gone abroad. One of the villagers said once they would have been interested in America. But what they done at long last have, no
man knows it. It has been awarded to the town for which I am selling it now after a certain time.“ He turned round to this circulate, strode by the door, turned round once again and looked into the thoughtful face from Steve. Still „gives“ Steve Oder a little? stammered: „How ...... asks ., ä this is no everything.“ Afterwards it touched the door handle, the broker left the area and looked Steve in its thoughtful way. But then he pushed the door into the lock.
Barbara from behind was approaching him at this moment. Jumped at him highly and hung himself for him on the neck and ejected a whoop which expressed all her feelings. Steve turned round on the sales and took his wife into the arms. They put on a dance of joy which would jealously have every Indian let wear an expression at this. This house had been given away nearly and they both were lucky to get it.
An industrious time started for the two now. Wallpapers, colours and much furniture bought this one for the style you, how it meant adequately were.
It would have believed capable the two of that one of none lively and with vigour, made a neat cottage out of this house looking old. The garden got finished, the garden fence painted and then both stood in front of the house and admired its work. The house was impressive. It was really faultlessly and like it got ready for himself had, the substance one could feel also comfortable into this.
Up to today, either they have always slept in the town or else in her mobile home. But the official move was into their new home today. The evening sank over the village and both made it to themselves comfortable in the living room. Both would lounge about over a cup of tea, a little pastries on the sofa. Barbara nestled to her Steve and the only light in this room donated the drumming fire from the chimney. You were happy. Overjoyed, himself have fulfilled a long-cherished dream.
The time passed very fast for both. And already they lived here a year together and felt well. The contact to the residents was more than sluggish. Everybody left the different one alone and no-one
cared about the different one. The both had so much friends, although in the town but this liked to accept them that they did not lack the contact to the villagers. Now and then, they went to the restaurant which was at the beginning of the village.
Restaurant was said perhaps a bit much, more was a little room in which the inhabitants met so from time to time to, once, gossip again about experienced rumours which came from the town mostly. Sometimes they started a conversation through this with the inhabitants. Contact could not be established by it but narrow.
Both had somehow the feeling as if people did not want to concern themselves with them for a certain reason. Perhaps because they were town persons in the reason. But what also be always the reason might, they had no idea and further either it did not disturb them.
Steve had to get up at five already like in every morning below the week, because he had a long way to his work which was in the town. Also on this said Tuesday he got up very sleepily, went in
the bath to devote oneself to his morning toilet. He got his eyes badly, he nevertheless joined in this procedure already for a year, he could himself does not accustom getting up early to it.
He reached for the toothbrush, a little tooth paste pressed it from the tube and put it into the mouth mechanically. He reached for it to the flannel and the face washed with the warm water to then dry this towel, the water running down to him. After this had happened, it had powerful, its eyes to be found to some extent. It what saw, was not the normal sight of its face but this. In so much variations he had not seen his face yet.
He looked in a mirror broken totally and at first glance did not understand what this was actually. He closed the eyes fast again to open immediately again. But the sight remained the same. The mirror had broken in one thousand pieces.
He looked around the bath a little more exactly now which was in the bath on a chest of drawers showed the same symptoms like the mirror on the wall, the make-up mirror. He also had burst completely. Like in all the world, these mirrors had
broken? Last night, he still had looked in the bath anyway and everything was all right there. And both mirrors had burst now this morning. And why had not he heard in the night how these mirrors have broken? Something like that finally cannot take place without noise.
He called his wife in the direction of the bedroom for the help, this problem of solving. His wife crept, stood in line in the doorframe and tiredness followed it still more fully with sluggish and tired steps in the bath. „What do you shout here around this morning, then? You do not do this anyway otherwise either. For what are you looking again, then and can not find it?“
„Not the slightest talk can of be search and find. But look at you in the mirror. Perhaps you then can recognize something.“ Steve pointed at the mirror.
His wife dragged herself to the mirror and tried to raise her heavy eyelids. What she saw, she let get awake in due quickness but this. „Why is the mirror broken? What have you done, then?“
With an icy look she turned to her husband.
„I have done nothing at all. Look to your make-up mirror there, it is also shattered. But I thought you could give me an explanation for it.“
Stupefied it looked after its mirror and this did not state a different one either in that lay mirrors in one thousand patch it together broken on the chest of drawers. It questioningly looked at its husband.
"Do not look at me so, I do not know any answer to this phenomenon either." Yes, this was the correct word for both. It was a phenomenon for both. How did something of this could break in the house mirror here and did good to no-one? You could not differently but to leave this matter in abeyance, since they did not have the time at the moment either to carry out an investigation about this. The time was pressing for Steve, he had to go soon.
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