Last rays of sunshine

So narrow are the streets of the citadel of Villefranche and so enclosed is its location between the sheer sides of a narrow valley that the sun barely penetrates in winter.  At this time there is still a little sunshine in the middle of the day but not for long.  I collected Mrs TT and friends from the airport. The house inspection passed muster except that I had forgotten to water a  plant she had left deliberately next to the sink and which I had not noticed.  If she had left it somewhere more obvious I might have remembered!  We did not study any texts in French conversation but just chatted for the whole of the two hours.  There were only four of us.