Chapter 28

Abstract

When Chantal got home that evening, the family sat down to dinner. So far the new arrangements had worked well. Salmu did the shopping, cooking, and much of the childcare, which meant that Chantal could focus on her work and relax when she got home. She liked the fact that Salmu had been teaching the children Songhay. Her own lessons had been infrequent, but stimulating. She had never been particularly good at learning languages, but for some reason she seemed to pick up Songhay. She had already mastered the complex set of greetings and could make rudimentary requests—for some food items and other matters.