Stolen vid brasan
A guesthouse above the harbour, an argument about what counts as a quiet room, and a chair whose whole design is an answer to having no wood.
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Pensionatet låg ovanför hamnen. Dörren satt på den vindskyddade sidan. Ett får skötte huset. Polly stod i hallen, blöt av regnet. "Har ni några lediga rum?"
Det fanns rum. Polly sa: "Jag skulle vilja ha ett tyst rum, tack." Fåret väntade ett ögonblick. Vinden hittar varje rum här.
"Skulle du kunna hjälpa mig med bagaget, tack?" Fåret bar upp väskan. Hon ställde den vid en stol. Stommen var av drivved, för här växer inga träd. Ryggen var av halm.
"Vilken tid är utcheckningen?" frågade Polly. Båten bestämmer allt här. Sedan satte hon sig i stolen. Halmen stoppade den kalla luften.
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