Tilla lives together with her parents in the countryside, not far away from a military camp. There is not much to do in weekends except going to the local cinema, or find a boy for romanticising.
In the age of sixteen Tilla does both. She spend her weekends not with a boy, but a soldier, a grown up man who brings light in both her, and her parents lives at his presence.
More or less unconscious, he teaches her about herself, and the things a sixteen year-old-girl has lying beneath the surface.
He is a direct opposition to her, as he is experienced and masculine. Tilla is tender, inexperienced in all matters, and like he is going to war, she is drinking cocoa in the kitchen. He is mature enough to be able to discuss with and be respected by her parents, and yet, although he is eight year older than her, he can still adapt to her younger mind, and be with her. He is a blessing when he is at one of his visits:
-“His weekend presence is a pervasion, that fills the house, displaces all its familiar odours of home ,it is fresh and pungent.” (p.1, l.17-18)
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