Dateline Sutivan: The Truth at Last!??

Suspicions about gda. M's role in the missing grapes have been laid to
rest. Locals said the grapes had been picked by a local lawyer -- A.,
the same lawyer used by both Ivo and gda. M. This fueled a good deal of
speculation.

M. arrived in town Tuesday specifically to straighten this out and
promptly visited lawyer A. Apparently, a few weeks ago she took him to
see her property and he admired the harvest which looked to him as if it
was going to waste, so he asked if he could pick the grapes. Either M.
said "no" or, as another possibility that is not quite clear, she may
have given approval believing that he was asking if he could eat a few.
(The dangers of pidgin conversation.)

At any rate, the next day he showed up with two other men and cleaned
the place out, as was discovered by Pavle just a day later.

In the interests of good relationships, lawyer A. has agreed to pay
$1000 Euros to Spiro, Ivo's brother -in-law and the man who was to make
our white wine this year. In addition, to show there are no hard
feelings, lawyer A. will provide a lamb grill for the wine-maker.

The police declined comment on the incident.

Barring further disclosures, we now consider this mystery solved, as
much as it will ever be.