Then, at the end of August, when that extraordinary period was about to come to an end, two important things happened, suddenly, on the same day. It was the twenty-fifth, I remember with precision because my birthday fell on that day. I got up, I prepared breakfast for everyone, at the table I said, "Today I'm fifteen," and as I said it I remembered that Lila had turned fifteen on the eleventh, but, in the grip of so many emotions, I hadn't remembered. Although customarily it was the saint's day that was celebrated -- birthdays were considered irrelevant at the time -- the Sarratores and Nella insisted on having a party, in the evening. I was pleased. They went to get ready for the beach, I began to clear the table, when the postman arrived.

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