‘Now, Elena,’ he said. ‘She didn’t have an easy life with those three difficult men – her
father, her brother, her husband. One year she visited her mother’s family in
Italy, and there she met her husband, di Saronelli. He was rich, but he wasn’t a
kind man.
They came back to Finland and Carl often visited their house. He wanted money from his sister’s
rich husband. Elena loved her brother and gave him some money, but di Saronelli
didn’t like Carl and was angry with Elena. He stopped giving her money, and
after that… well, you know the story now.’ ‘Yes,’ Mr Harris said. ‘Poor, unhappy
Elena.’
Mr Harris stayed with his friends in Oulu for two weeks. They were quiet weeks, and Mr
Harris had a good holiday, but he took the bus to Helsinki. The bus was slow and
there were a lot of people on it, but Mr Harris was very happy. He didn’t want
to take the night train across Finland again.
