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despair to lay me down and die。             But something has urged me on�察�on�察�on。 

And at last I met you。'' 

     He paused and groanedpartly because it was the proper place�察�partly 



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with   vexation。     Here   was   a   speech   to   thrill�察  �yet   she   sat   there   inert�察  �her 

face a stupid blank。       He was not even sure that she had heard。 

     ``Are you listening��'' he asked in a stern aside�察�a curious mingling of 

the actor and the stage manager。 

     ``II don't know��'' she answered�察�startling。           ``I feel sosoqueer。       I 

don't seem to be able to pay attention。''            She looked at him timidly and 

her chin quivered。       ``Don't you love me any more��'' 

     ``Love you�拭      �Would that I did not�        �But I must onmy time is short。 

How can you say I do not love you when my soul is like a raging fire��'' 

     She shook her head slowly。           ``Your voice don't feel like it��'' she said。 

``What is it�拭     �What are you going to say��'' 

     He   sighed   and   looked   away   from   her   with   an   irritated   expression。 

``Little stupid��'' he mutteredshe didn't appreciate him and he was a fool 

to expect it。     But ``art for art's sake''�察�and he went on in tones of gentle 

melancholy。       ``I love you�察�but fate has again caught me up。              I am being 

whirled     away。      I   stretch   out   my    arms    to  youin    vain。    Do     you 

understand��''      It   exasperated   him   for   her   to   be   so   stillwhy   didn't   she 

weep�拭�

     She shook her head and replied quietly�此�

     ``Nowhat is it�拭     �Don't you love me any more��'' 

     ``Love has nothing to do with it��'' he said�察�as gently as he could in the 

irritating circumstances。        ``My mysterious destiny has'' 

     ``You said that before��'' she interrupted。          ``What is it�拭    �Can't you tell 

me so that I can understand��'' 

     ``You never loved me��'' he cried bitterly。 

     ``You know that isn't so��'' she answered。           ``Won't you tell me�察�Carl��'' 

     ``A  specter   has   risen   from   my   pastI   must   leave   youI   may   never 

return'' 

     She   gave   a   low�察  �wailing   cryit   seemed   like   an   echo   of   the   music。 

Then she began to sobnot loudly�察�but in a subdued�察�despairing way。                   She 

was    not   conscious     of  her  grief�察 �but   only   of  his  wordsof     the  dream 

vanished�察�the hopes shattered。 

     ``Never��'' she said brokenly。 



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     ``Never��'' he replied in a hoarse whisper。 

     Mr。    Feuerstein     looked    down     at  Hilda's   quivering     shoulders     with 

satisfaction。     ``I thought I could make even her feel��'' he said to himself 

complacently。        Then to her in the hoarse undertone�此             �`And my heart is 

breaking。'' 

     She straightened and her tears seemed to dry with the flash of her eyes。 

``Don't say thatyou mustn't��''         She blazed out before his astonished eyes�察�

a woman electric with disdain and anger。              ``It's false false�    �I hate you´ 

´hate youyou never caredyou've made a fool of me'' 

     ``Hilda��''    He   felt   at   home   now   and   his   voice   became   pleading   and 

anguished。      ``You�察�too�察�desert   me�        �Ah�察 �God�察 �whenever was   there   man 

so wretched as I��''       He buried his face in his hands。 

     ``Oh�察  �you   put   it   on   well��''   she   scoffed。 ``But   I   know   what   it   all 

means。'' 

     Mr。 Feuerstein rose wearily。          ``Farewell��'' he said in a broken voice。 

``At least I am glad you will be spared the suffering that is blasting my life。 

Thank God�察�she did not love me��'' 

     The physical fact of his rising to go struck her courage full in the face。 

     ``Nono��''   she   urged   hurriedly�察   �`not   yet   not   just   yetwait   a   few 

minutes more'' 

     ``NoI must gofarewell��''         And he seated himself beside her�察�put his 

arm around her。 

     She lay still in his arms for a moment�察�then murmured�此                  �`Say it isn't 

so�察�Carldear��'' 

     ``I would say there is hope�察�heart's darling��'' he whispered�察 �`but I have 

no right to blast your young life。         And I may never return。'' 

     She started up�察�her face glowing。 

     ``Then you WILL return��'' 

     ``It may be that I can��'' he answered。          ``But'' 

     ``Then   I'll   waitgladly。    No   matter   how   long   it   is�察  �I'll   wait。 Why 

didn't    you   say   at  first�察  �Hilda�察  �something     I  can't   tell  you   about   has 

happened。       I must go away。        When I can�察�I'll come。'         That would have 

been enough�察�because II love you��'' 



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     ``What have I done to deserve such love as this��'' he exclaimed�察�and 

for   an   instant he   almost   forgot himself   in   her beauty  and sweetness   and 

sincerity。 

     ``Will it be long��'' she asked after a while。 

     ``I hope not�察�bride of my soul。         But I can notdare not say。'' 

     ``Wherever you go�察�and no matter what happens�察�dear��'' she said softly�察�

``you'll always know that I'm loving you�察�won't you��''                And she looked at 

him with great�察�luminous�察�honest eyes。 

     He began to be uncomfortable。              Her    complete trust was producing 

an effect even upon his nature。           The good that evil can never kill out of a 

man was rousing what was very like a sense of shame。                   ``I must go now��'' 

he   said   with   real gentleness   in   his   voice  and   a   look   at her   that   had   real 

longing in it。     He went on�此        �`I shall come as soon as the shadow passes´ 

´I shall come soon�察�Herzallerliebste��'' 

     She was cheerful to the last。         But after he had left she sat motionless�察�

except      for  an   occasional      shiver。    From      the   music´    stand    came     a 

Waldteufel   waltz�察  �with   its   ecstatic   throb   and   its   long�察  �dreamy   swing�察  �its 

mingling   of   joy   with   foreboding   of   sadness。     The   tears   streamed   down 

her    cheeks。     ``He's    gone��''   she   said   miserably。     She     rose   and   went 

through      the  crowd�察    �stumbling     against   people�察   �making     the   homeward 

journey by instinct alone。         She seemed to be walking in her sleep。               She 

entered   the   shopit   was   crowded   with       customers�察  �and   her   father�察  �her 

mother and August were bustling about behind the counters。                      ``Here�察�tie 

this up��'' said her father�察�thrusting into her hands a sheet of wrapping paper 

on which were piled a chicken�察�some sausages�察�a bottle of olives and a can 

of cherries。      She laid the paper on the counter and went on through the 

parlor   and   up   the   stairs   to   her   plain�察  �neat�察  �little   bedroom。 She   threw 

herself  on   the   bed�察 �face   downward。       She  fell at   once  into   a  deep   sleep。 

When she awoke it was beginning to dawn。                  She remembered and began 

to moan。      ``He's gone�       �He's gone�       �He's gone��'' she repeated over and 

over again。      And she lay there�察�sobbing and calling to him。 

     When she faced the family there were black circles around her eyes。 

They   were   the   eyes   of   a   woman   grown�察  �and   they   looked   out   upon   the 



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world with sorrow in them for the first time。 



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