Waiting (2)

As an officer, he had a twelve-day leave each year. Since the trip home took a whole day–he had to change trains and buses at two towns–he could stay in the countryside only ten days, saving the last day for the return trip. Before taking this year’s leave, he had thought that once home, he would have enough time to carry out his plan, but by now a whole week had passed and he had not yet mentioned a word to his wife about the divorce. Whenever the subject came to his tongue, he postponed it for another day.