Then he said in a low but unwavering voice that the lost property office would seem to be the best place to leave it.
His father nodded without a word, and then took Ove’s hand as they walked back for almost half an hour along the track without a word passing between them.
Ove heard Tom shouting behind them, his voice filled with cold fury.
Ove never forgot it. The woman at the desk of the lost property office could hardly believe her eyes when they put the wallet on the counter.
And it was just lying there on the floor? You didn’t find a bag or anything?” she asked.
Ove gave his dad a searching look, but he just stood there in silence, so Ove did the same.
The woman behind the counter seemed satisfied enough with the answer.
“Not many people have ever handed in this much money,” she said, smiling at Ove.
“Many people don’t have any decency either,” said his father in a clipped voice, and took Ove’s hand. They turned around and went back to work.
A few hundred yards down the track Ove cleared his throat, summoned some courage,
and asked why his father had not mentioned the briefcase that Tom had found.
We’re not the sort of people who tell tales about what others do,he answered. Ove nodded. They walked in silence.
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