Part III A Thousand Fingers Summary

Nili moved in with Mister Salgado a few days after the Christmas Eve party. Triton had not been told in advance, but he was happy about it. Mister Salgado told him that Nili would have his room and he would move into the spare room. Triton felt lucky that he had had a chance to clean the sitting room and all the bedrooms that morning. He was only worried about having to move all of Mister Salgado's shoes to the spare room, where there was no space for them. He unpacked Nili's suitcases and was fascinated by the materials of her clothes and underwear.

Nili's presence brought great changes in Mister Salgado. He was radiant and it felt to Triton "as though he were really there, in front of [him] for the first time: not...