The others watch, with glances of a few seconds that seem like hours, that seem to be memories of many years, perhaps centuries. And they accept it. Again they become silent. The woman turns back to her chicken as it begins to boil. That is the way the rich behave in this place.
Money is a symbol.
The children know how to ask and of whom to ask. In a demanding tone, as though the stranger owed them something, something that they cannot easily pay, and could not properly repay. It is already very late. I have always been married to my husband. And I will continue to be, even though he should leave me.