Thank you so much! You cannot immagine how I appreciate this! I noticed a few things. For example the 'sentence fragments', it Italy they are used quite often as literary device, and in no way they sound so strange... in some particular contests just a little studied... I put it in the 'part written by the author' because there I wanted a literture style, but I didn't realize that for an English speacker it was noticeable, an Italian wouldn't even notice it... And then there is the mistery of the 'closet', the Italian word is 'comodino', I think it can stand for a bedside table even if it's not a table, it can have drawers and doors, only it's the size of a small table. Why my dictionary translates it as 'closet' is beyond my comprehension; from the problem you both have with the word 'closet', I realize it can be everything but a 'comodino'! Maybe the dictionaries are not so reliable, after all... Thanks again... You have been so kind...