I left the hotel at nine o'clock the next morning to find Miss Adair. It was
still raining. As soon as I stepped outside I met Uncle Caesar. He was a
big, old black man with fuzzy gray hair.
Uncle Caesar was wearing the strangest coat I had ever seen. It must have
been a military officer's coat. It was very long and when it was new it had been
gray. But now rain, sun and age had made it a rainbow of colors. Only
one of the buttons was left. It was yellow and as big as a fifty cent coin.
Uncle Caesar stood near a horse and carriage. He opened the carriage door and
said softly, "Step right in, sir. I'll take you anywhere in the
city."
"I want to go to eight-sixty-one Jasmine Street," I said, and I
started to climb into the carriage. But the old man stopped me. "Why do you
want to go there, sir?"
"What business is it of yours?" I said angrily. Uncle Caesar
relaxed and smiled. "Nothing, sir. But it's a lonely part of town. Just
step in and I'll take you there right away."
Eight-sixty-one Jasmine Street had been a fine house once, but now it was old
and dying. I got out of the carriage.
"That will be two dollars, sir," Uncle Caesar said. I gave him two
one-dollar bills. As I handed them to him, I noticed that one had been torn in
half and fixed with a piece of blue paper. Also, the upper right hand corner was
missing.
Azalea Adair herself opened the door when I knocked. She was about fifty
years old. Her white hair was pulled back from her small, tired face. She wore a
pale yellow dress. It was old, but very clean.
Azalea Adair led me into her living room. A damaged table, three chairs
and an old red sofa were in the center of the floor.
| step outside | salir |
| fuzzy | rizado, enmarañado |
| wear | llevar puesto |
| age | paso del tiempo |
| rainbow | arco iris |
| softly | suavemente |
| angrily | con ira, con enfado |
| lonely | solitario |
| dying | agonizante |
| knock | golpear |
| pale | pálido, claro |
| lead somebody | llevar a alguien |
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