Finding it proved surprisingly easy and then suddenly not. The address, scarcely more than a name and a crooked arrow, led her through a maze of stairways and terraces where pigeons clustered and laundry swung like tiny flags. The house stood at the end of a lane, a modest building scarred by sun. An old man sat outside, his hands a geography of years, and when she showed him the letter his eyes brightened with remembered light.