Bag
2 AM
Last night the Dutch consul in Milan threw a party for a couple of Dutch and Belgian authors who are in Milan for a small festival.
The party started at 20:00; I arrived at Malpensa at 20:20, so I was a little bit late.
The consul turned out to be a feisty but friendly lady who greeted me with the words: “We saved some food for you.”
Around two in the morning the consul called me. She said: “You left your bag here.”
She appeared to be drunk.
“That’s not possible,” I said, “I didn’t carry a bag. It’s not my bag.”
“Is this Arnon?” she asked.
“It’s Arnon,” I said.
“You left your bag here, it must be important for you. There is a manuscript in the bag with your number on it.”
“It’s not my bag,” I said.
The next day it turned out to be the bag of my Italian editor.
The consul came to my talk at a bookstore in Milan.
I said to her: “You can always call me again at two in the morning.”
I like to give comfort to the people.
Dens
What exactly sounds too good to be true?Valentina
Okay, not small. Big. Huge.And what is? This thing about the drinking and forgetting and phoning etc..
Why was your number on the manuscript?
Dens
What's too true to be good in this context?My number was on the manuscript because I had an appointment with the editor.
