In the evening, after Elzi had put aside the incident where she was almost hit by a motorcycle and was saved by a stranger, Ben looked at his wife with a strange expression on his face. He was drying his hair with a small white towel, and there were furrows on his forehead.

Elzi paid no attention to Ben. She thought that was the way Ben always looked at her. So, she sank further into the fashion magazine in front of her. Lying on her stomach on the bed with her knees bent up, Elzi seemed to get more and more comfortable. Occasionally, a faint humming could be heard from...