The music box, Sido thought, might have been purchased by someone familiar with the BnF -- Curator Rene di Rosa, for instance, who had lived in Paris -- but that was not what happened. If Caydance could identify the women who had placed the music box in the SFAI exhibition, that would be helpful. Sido looked at the view of the hills from her deck, relaxed in the September California sunshine and thought instead about Tyrone.
Tyrone, the man she had met only a few months ago, was at the Oakland Coliseum this afternoon in his demanding management role on the grounds crew. The A's, who had had the Coliseum to themselves since the Raiders left for Los Angeles, were on a road trip -- currently in Boston -- and would not return until September 25 when they would meet the Texas Rangers at home, but the long away stretch was not a vacation for groundskeepers, particularly now when with some regularity the A's led in the standings, and post season games were likely.
It had been a while since she had met a man like Tyrone. Stop thinking about him, Sido said to herself. And think about the Bibliothque nationale de France. On her list was exploring the history of this library -- beginning in the 14th century with King of France, Charles V.