And after that, a smiley, as Nasanin has taught him.
There are clear instructions in the letters about the funeral,
which mustn’t under any circumstances “be made a bloody fuss of.”
Ove doesn’t want any ceremony, he only wants to be thrown in the ground next to Sonja and that’s all.
“No people. No messing about!” he states firmly and clearly to Parvaneh.
More than three hundred people come to the funeral.
When Patrick, Parvaneh, and the girls come in there are people standing all along the walls and aisles.
Everyone holds lit candles with “Sonja’s Fund” engraved on them.
Because that is what Parvaneh has decided to use most of Ove’s money for: a charity fund for orphaned children.
Her eyes are swollen with tears; her throat is so dry that she has felt as if she’s panting for air for several days now.
The sight of the candles eases something in her breathing.
And when Patrick sees all the people who have come to say their farewells to Ove, he elbows her gently in her side and grins with satisfaction.
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