Luca

The 2014 file filled three removal boxes, labelled on the side in black marker: “VARENGHI C. — allontanamento — 2014”. The procura had had them brought up from the archives on the Friday. They reached the Cernobbio stazione on Monday 2 March at eleven, in the back of a pool car, and the appuntato who carried them up to Teresa's office asked whether somebody was moving house.

“Somebody ran away,” said Teresa.

She had already read what Arnaboldi had copied to her: the summary, the main statements, the note closing the case. That wasn't the same thing. A summary is what somebody decided to keep. She wanted to see what hadn't been kept.