A Foreign Country

Mrs. Ebelmayer had not seen the world. She had spent her childhood and youth in a pleasant, roomy house in the suburbs of a large city, and, once married, had outgrown the early stages of her life in a house very similar to her first, in another suburb of the same city. After being unanimously advised to move to a warm, dry country, due to Mr. Ebelmayer's illness and following mandatory consultations with several doctors, Mrs. Ebelmayer kept all her usual routines.