'Yes,but then this town is still
lonely after all.'
He came out with his usual phrase and trotted along the side of
the square
before disappearing off between the poplar trees.
But even though he scuttled away out of sight, he could not escape
altogether from my memory.
As I watched him disappear, the image of an enormous rat-shaped
balloon,
inflating and filling the whole square, suddenly appeared in my
mind.
