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Thomas Mann

SIX EARLY STORIES

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anslad fom the German with a Noteb Peter Constantine

Edited with an Introdctionb Brton Pi

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ntrodction 7anslator's No 19

A Vison, "Prose Sketch 23

Fallen 29

The Wil To Happiness 73

Death 99Avenged, "Study for a Novella

Anecdote 121


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NTODUCTON

Wen Store hree Decae, ontanng translatons ofmany of ann's stores nto Engls as publsed n1936 a number of s early pees ere not nludedTe translator of tat vome, Helen oePorterrote n er prefae at t te pblaton of ann'srst olleton of stores Der klene Hr Fredann (Lttle

Hr Fdann) n 898 te yout of tenty after sometentatve and akard eorts entered te lterary eld "mes and nterests ange n 1 936 Thomas ann nexle from Naz German as elebrated as a eadngspokesman for e treatened umanst vales of estern vlzaton Hs early development as a rter asnot on anyone's mnd at te tme and rs oePortersexluson of tese stores as tentatve and akardeorts" no seems both arbtrary and r ng ey arevery muh of a pee t ann's ter early ork andast an mportant lgt on bot s early development

and te are and skl t e orked at hs raftn spte of s oenstated allegane to te bourge s

tradton , n s ambton and s sear for a ne style ann as from the b gnnng an expermenter and amodernst rather tan a rter n te tradtonal venanks partly to rs oePorters stately translatons


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nroducon

f his aj s i t E glish, a patly als t is late, selfs tyle le as sp esa f este cle, appeas the E glishspeai g l as afa e taiti al in f ite tha he fact eeas e st ies pesente ee e a pp t ity telp eassess tis picte

he pesent lecti n ths aes avaiable i English te missi g inital p ti n f a maj ite s atis-

i evel pmen t als pvies a exta ay i -sigt i t te changes tat ee taki g pae theE pean itea sene i te 1 8 s, as the ecae ean fatige f te Fi esi le as giving ay t aenegetic p stNietzshea e is e h le -tin f at nsitte ealism in cti as beg

t ed insie t as ann as tentyve he , i 90 , e

aieve insant fae ith the pbliati f is stvel, Buddenbro, Dec a am. e a bee it-ing f s e seven yeas, stly elleceive liteay

setches f nespapes an pei icals, chief a gthe te satiical Smplcmu f ic he as an ei- f a tie ( 8 8 ) Wie Buddenbroo ( 1 90 ) a n Krger ( 1902) sta as a s st c plete ealyaieveents, they bsce te aial expeie tatithat a be seen e lealy i te st ies a setches

that le p t tem, tably i th se that ee eft t f oe Three Decade.

he s t ies pese te hee aeay set t ay f a s basi thees, ca be tace a s fa f

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ard n s ork as Doctr Fautu and Fel Krull amongtm t dobld ntral gur of narrator and rot nr o s stats dnt n t syl as ll as t aratrs t alnaton of a snst ou dr from bour-gos soty but not from bourgos ultur t am-bguous and problmat rol of omn t ombnaton of satr and sarp nat ralst obsr aton t an d of psyology of t ns dr d largly from

tzsNtzs on of Tomas ann's arly and nd r-

ng dols rst ampond ts n and dstablzngpsyoog spng aay t notons of a ondntyntrd slf and a ondntly ntrd sot (Tmost aratrst ualy of modrn man Ntzs

ad r ttn n Ue and Abue s tstrang ontrast bn an nnr lf to notngoutard orrsponds and an o ard xstn nratd to at s tn ")

Posoprs psyologsts soologsts and rtr

rusd nto t ady am Ntzs ad opndp T soologst Gorg Smm rot n 99 tatt sn of modrny as su s psyolog sm txprnng and ntrprtaton of t orld n trms oft ratons of o r nnr l f and ndd as an nnrorld t dissol ton of d on tnts n t d

mnt of t soul from al tat s sbstant sltrd and r forms ar mrly forms of moton Fr d's nstgatons aros from t ntns ntrst npsyology n t gnraton prdng s (Frud a

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to publi att ntion a littl too lat o b a oratiinu n on ann, altoug ann pik d up on ima d ad or so lat r

Unaar o tis bakground, t od rn r ad rigt b t mpt d to ous xlusi ly on t on it d ntra ur s i n t s stori s, and r ad t as on ssional outpourings on t part o t ir brittl young autor T r is so point to tis , but il ann l-

ays styliz d ims lf in is ritings, t r is a good d alor to t m To a ar gr at r xt nt tan t mod rnr ad r migt r aliz , ann s arly ritings ar d lib r-at r nt on t utti g dg o t lit rary t sand t niqu s of t tim . ost o t r ritt nor n spap rs and agazn s to in trodu thes n

ays to a broad r ading publi austo d to on n-tional far Tat t ir n approa as prais d byont mporay ritis as an indiation o ann's su-ss.

T s stor s so a tal nt d rit r o ar ady on-

sid rabl t nal sopistiation orng is lit rary oi rom t soial and si nti on rns of t dayas l as rom s on onit d s l ann as, andr ain d, a ool prof ss ional (an attitud o s tat as to satiriz n Gusta on As nba in Deah nne, and in t gur o t ond n man F l ix

Krull) n t s arly stori s s i t st ing out thtools o is rat it id as and t hniqu s tat, at thb ginning, o d u to t Gonourts, Paul Bourg tStor, in Ni tzs , and (bri y) to t antiNat


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r lst erann Bar ann sees to be arkng bakn tese stores to te deadene of uysan's noel

Aganst the an ( 188 ) and to te deadent naturals ofZola's 1 88 ) toug ann laed tat e oeda greater debt to te Gonourt broters tan touysans or Zola But far fro beng tatons ann's experents for te laboratory ben for ane approa to art s subjet atter s largely an

assaut on te ls of n neteententur and Fnde-sle lterature aready faded at te te ann srtng but s approa and syle are ne

Te ne psyology tat ae out of bot seneand posopy n te early 1 8 os sa te sef no longeras a sngle so ydeterned person l bu as a o-

plex and eversftng tota y of suessve oents nte deterned by nner fores pysolo nervesstul pereptons onsousness and feelngs ForGeran and Austran rters of ann's generatonnludng us l Rke Ka a and Sntzler aong

oters te self as fraented and lke soey tselentered no n a noton of oleness but n an unstablesuesson of ud pereptons sensatons and ogn-ton n lterature te noton of te self beae an experent eld of operatons rater tan te soallyand struturally deterned arater" t ad been n

te earler tradtonal sense Follong etzse art adb oe knol dge (rkenntn) expermental n te senseof ontrbung to an understandng of te orld teay sene dd s e enunated for nstane by


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noduon

o in h imn o" (88 s i-s in h naion h m o mi o

9Nizsh ho shooiz in so s-holoiz shis h ol n onl b s asn shi phnomnon h on homs ann in The Bh age izs q shisn his so a bm a ool fo ns nin

ls an moi a on ha s l obom o na imoan fo Mann. In hs so-is s Mann min in os nai so sk n ni in a o ombin pso-o shis n his.

h sa nsion in hs s ia ks

h fom of a ianl. On on si is h x odn llo soia ol boh millass n pi-in orld of hs ha nomai an nqsion n of paiin boois s . son s i is oid by n h n

i b nsab n hsiy ak o is no-qioas osi o h so ol . h hi siof h in is kn b h nao ho is i o. is smin h and ni fqnl siil n h sm im h ofn hbsih nin inns oni flinshoms

ns fmos ion h n of hs sois smso i in h nos ion o h hs n siions h sns.

his ian isosi ion of lmns hih s o


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nrdun

rmin prominnt ftr of nn's or stbilizs ths soris. Th rr's ttntion is onstntlii bn th othr hrtrs th soil situ-tion n th mruril narrator M ann' onrn smsto b to rmtiz ht Hrr ibrsohn hs ll innothr ontxt prsonl frmnttion ithin n im-prsonl orr Th imprsonl orr is impos onth frmnt ntrl hrtr from on si b th

lihs of onsti soil mors, n fro th othrb th t inol n skptil nrrtor Thrr trs of Dostos hr but th stbiliztion ofth orl is fr mor ril thn in th Russ in ritrTh soil mors in ths storis r stiriz n ri-tr n ost of th hrtrs n sittions r

ht b nn's tm r th thrbr rtorilmlormi litrr is fmilir in nntnth-ntur tion spill Frnh A snsiti lltooon mn fllin in lo ith n trss or proprrih fm fusin to pt n rtist s soninl

r lihs lr for Blzhis stiri sst s ibrt Mnn's intrst thisrl in his rr s not in th strtr of th soilor politil ol s suh (n in Buddenbr this rmins sbsint to th psholo of hrtr btn th psholoil proin of ntr hrtr

in onntonl soil sttin oftn thrin of somkin Th psholoil ntrst in ths storis nskths ntrs ron ht Goth in rfrrin to trob prson ll th isproportion btn th


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ntoduton

ln nd h lif" n id h nn ks or in

Nizshn form lr ln lodd in k bodnd srin mnd nd h h lis nobl o hris or rson of risi mrmn

his disroorion is nrl o Mnns ors o r- dhd rdibl nrror o old nomss nd rl h siion in modrn mnnr rhrn in h nnr of olr ion . (in mos of

s soris r rin for nsrs nd mzins. B h rson of h nror is h rirrobl hr s o b in hs is orfl fr-oin flins rsis inororion ino h so-ris rinlr srrs nd ino h hrrs hrr fls onsn srl bn h sronl

mbiln flins nd h form h fl ins sm in-ommnsr ih h onnionl ls of h soil orl h is sirzd nd riurd nd i is orld hos lus h nrror nno brin hislfo dismiss o of hnd. Th soil rirs r rj-

is from h sok rror of riin Eronsros of h im bhorrn s h sm o s(h bld avte Bron on Sin in The W toHappne, for insn or hisis if h smim his brll rird ol is rm ki do h sik ris Polo ofmnn nd h sho -

qisi rnl onrn for hir dhrThis mbiln lso nds nobl rsson in h

fml hrrs h ml osidr rs nnomn o sblish rlionshi wih n of hm Th


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mn sm to far th passionat inolmnt th sk

ith th omn Th omn hor ith t pos-

sibl xpton of Angla n Anecdote, ar not sn asprator ampirs on th orr of Zola's Nana orWkn's ulu but as orinar popl raistiallonrn th lang ls of thr on irumsribas thy ar b th unforging onntons of thir so

ia positons Th nigmati slfontain mani

pat oman as to bom a Mann tp on thorr of sabta in no rg or Clauia Chauhat nhe Ma Mountan Th ont ambaln of fl-ngs sms to b haratrist not of Mann's omnbut of his mn not last of is narrators Is Anga nAnecdote a mon W s hr trough th s of r

husban ho onsdrs h on an t t stor a-los us to glmps an Agla ho mght ll b thtim of a alous spous In he to Happn, thstruggling artist aolo Hofmann haing ar man arsmari t tnr oman h los an ho as long

lo im dis almost mmiat on th morning atr is ing night H ha to i baus on sll to happinss as satis no longr ha a pr-txt to i.

In ths al storis thn Mann as xprimntingith a om lx multilar narrati A rst o thir

prson narrator s nol in a pshologia ut itht ntral aratr n a soial stuaton. Th hara-tr is totall augt in th situation; th narrator s thsinti xrimntr th tah obsrr Yt thr


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noducon

is s n neen iniin he nos s ein o emen ih he enl he o siion Thee isi exe n esions e ofen oni (in alene e n hen he me kisse he e n on en shi n hi s oo sui n she hesb e on his hin n en o h Heussse" hehes seins n ion of hese soies e e ibee ii ize in oe o fos enion on he

feelins n sensions of he osie he n he nono on hei ions hese heshe os of ob ems ih hei fee ins; hen i omeso ion he e e oneie n inhibie esei in sexul me s.

he s eson iees A son, Deah, n Aenged,

oe n ineesin insih ino Mnns exe imenionih ehnique The no of A son is e e-he sekin in his on eson s n insie o-sie in o n ze isssione his own hi-no sension of os oe he bek he e

en of his soy sen sns he ee k o hesenimen loe so" of ol omni ionehs o emhsize ho f Mnns ne sho oiln i of i in s fom he iion ex-eions of he o ess of he Deah seems o e s o bo siuon on n fo n o e-

son i s n en y in omeiion un b he mzine Smplcsmus fo soy in hih sexl oe sno o e " (nohe eJkob Wssem n on size b he eo ine Mnns soy s ell


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nodcon

In Aeed ann ties ombinin the steson naato it the ent haate ho is ellin a soiaathein the sto of an eaie omant inolement The seaation in time be een esent an ast llos ann to bing into the sto the ion izn element ofanati istane fom the emotion he is ealin.

These stoies then ae eseial inteesting as theexeiments of an ambitous an ool ofessiona

aftsman intent on eeloin a ne ost ietzsheanshologial stle The esent ambialent shol-o an feelings but the ae nothin ie the onfessiona outouins of a istube sou. A shot tme ate ann as to eelo in his tion an astonishin aiet of tona egistes islain in the oiina Geman

an astoun in tehnia ituosit that es makefom ok to ok an een thin a ok as haensin no Kge an Deah n nce lo in fo theieenes Osa ie's Pce Doan G iit subesie an tuos i tona estes is ehas the

losest analo in Enlish to the eets ann as eahin fo hee These ein stlisti eistes ae onease of the mimi that ann himself alle attention to as an essental featue of his at. imi is ant of aoiation of isuise of boo e lumae

it es fom et eesentation in the ion the on

sious aaeness of eene of istane be een stlean subjet In these stoies e see the oun ite'soften extaaant attemts to maniulate this omlex

ioni stle so that seious meanin esonates thouh


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Iroduco

both the narrator's critical obseations and the sarp

social satire. This was a task of formidable diculty fo

the begnig writer, but clearly audible is the strongfresh voice of a major taentThe traslations are based on Mann's Gesael Wke

i w de (Frankfurt: . Fischer Verlag, 16o) VolV Fr some of the nformation in the Introductionand headnotes I wold lie to acknowledge my debt to

Hans Rudolf Vaget's vauable Ma oear u sle Er lue (unich, 1984)

BURO PKE


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ANSLAO'S NOE

Oe of the most iterestig challeges i traslatigthes earl stories of homas a has bee to ap-

ture his subtle shifts i laguage ad his idioscraticad olatie toe Oe might mistakel peceie thesesistic icogruities as the eess of a oug riterstrugglig to d his oic.

Whe I rst stumbled oo hese stories as strukb ho d eret a's earl use of laguage as com

pared to the laguage of his later ork I as suprisedto d tha these stories had eer appared i gish,although Vio had bee traslated ito Japaese

these si pieces sho, it is extraordiar ho liguistical rebellious homas a as i his tees ad

ear eies, especial i relatio to Naturalism adAesthetiism I these stories e see him igorousl subertig the litera treds of the 18os b usig the la-guage ad themes of the time agaist the gra

his rst pubished stor Vio e get a strog ore-taste of the exoti bledig of leels of ctio that har

aterizes these ear orks he opeig setece ithts sparse puctuatio dras the reaer i ith tsrhthm


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anlao' Noe

s mhni oll noh i n hsks of bon s mbl ono h elohi bloin a of m ii fo

B s h oonis is i b h isionnn shis o imssionisi snns ha qii n sl fo h im s slis ino sln

No h s ln hs on o h os (Abe nun

de Ruhe um n hn onins ih bsao hass n mos Exss ionis snx

Jnlin momn in ll m snss Fish n os z E son sbs

Mns ximns in iion bom n moesikin in he folloin soies Esill inesin ishis s of l n s ln xssions o oloh seh of his has Rllin fo xam boisosl nil mil sn in Fallen is h

iz hoho h so b his lil fs sh

s h o of o s nih ! Rlin si ona ss o on hs mn o his fa ih h oo job Sh ms b ho hs in o ih o! Yo shol js o fo

i

n he ll o ane nn is n mo ionosi s h oh mbl na of his


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anlator' Note

nraton nto th mouth of th smttn romant hroh rst ors har ths oun artst uttr in rsons to th narrator's qur hthr h intns to

tl on n unh ar

Wll h not I lk th t I lik t a lot. Thhol ton ou kno h ol too! hat'salso mortant a antr's soal oston hr s

surb n an unknon antr's Thr's nohr bttr "

What rhas maks ran ths stors most ntrstn s th rhthm of th rtn th tons thathan an sh ftat tms from on ararah to th

nxt W s ann forn hs haratrs uttn analtall throuh th sholoal maku th labrntn multlaus sntnsa tramark of hslatr ork But oftn a outhfu nr n mpatnsts n as tnson mounts bhn th slo otnt t t

knt lanua Rars ho no th olr Mann'sforful rtn hs ontroll stl an rh hm l nth sts an turns n th ounr rtr's ros a rfrshn surrs

E T E R C S T T E

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A Vision (Vsion)

"Prose Skech

1893


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Frs pned n Der Fr lngsturm prng torm , Monhfr A and Laure, eded Paul Tho Mann] ne/

Ju ssue, 1893 Frs book publcaon n Erz lungen [ to-res], Fran, 1958 How can deached, ana[cal observaon represen accurae bu leraure he real dsoredpercepon and e powel, rranal ssaons a hallucna-on? Ths experien rows ou he posezschean, ear[

pcholocal neres he e n app[n a orous experien-al ehod o represenn saes eln raher han ere[uanable acs Ths scenc nes n he rraonal w ahe ha rned wh Mann hrouhou h care I pro-nen echoes n Te agc ountan, Doctor Faustus, andFe rull.


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A E C C L L Y R L L anoter garette and tespekles of brown dust tmble onto te yellowwteblottng paper of my wrtng folder, nd t ard to be-

leve tat am stll aake And as te warm dampevenng ar, owng n trog te open wndo be deme , sapes te louds of smoke so strangel wag temout of te lgt of te greensaded lamp to matte blakdarkness, am onvned am dreamng

o w d t s My noton s snappng ts rens onfantasy's bak Bend me te arbak reaks, seretlynatterng, sendng a sudden sudder troug all mynerve ends. t annoys me and dsturbs my deep s tudy ofte bzarre sapes of smoke drftng around me, trougw ad already resolved to draw a onnetng

treaNow te slene as gone to te dogs. anglng move

ment ows troug all my senses . Fever s , nevous ,raze Every sound a stab Ad tangled up n all ts,

forgotten tngs rse p Tngs long ago mprnted onmy sense of sgt now strangely renew temselves, alongwth ter old forgotten feelngs.

Wt nterest note tat my aareness expandsungr l embra ng tat area n te darkness n

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T M S

he bgh foms o f smoke sad o h ceasg cla otce ho my glace egufs hese hgs, oymaggs, ye f of blss. d my sgh takes moe

ad moe, t lets tself go moe ad moe, ceaes moead moe, cojes moe ad moe, moe ad moe.

No he ceato, he atok of chace, emeges,clea, jst lke the past, loomg fom thgs fogote, ecreated, fomed, pated by fatasy, that mag

cally taleted atstNot lage small d o eally a hole , bt perfect,as t had bee back the Ad yet tely bg todakess all decos old vese t ghtembes, ad a poefl mood, b o sod Nothgof the aughg o ses aoud t ca peeae t e lauh

ng oses ot of o, bt of theRght at the base, dazzlg damask coss t, ove

oes zgzag ad cu e ad d Taslcely pessedupo t ad rsg up sede a cystale goblet, halflled th palld gold Befoe t, deamg, a hadsteches ot, the ges daped oosely aod thegobe s base Cgg to oe ge s a mate sl e gupo hch a by bleds

Whee the vso srves to fom a am above thedecae st, a cescedo of shapes, t bs o thehole. see egma The gl s had les deamy ad

s Oly hee a lghtbe ve sakes s ay ove speay heess does lfe plse ad passo pod,sloy ad volet as t fees my glace t becomes


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A on

swfter and swfter, wlder and wlder, tll t turns nto a

pleadng utter stop, dont . . .

ut my glance s eavy and cruelly sensual , as t wasten. t egs upon te quakng and n wc, n tegt wt love, loves vctoy pulsates . . . l ke ten . . . l keten.

lowly, from te botom of te goblet, a peal detacestse lf nd oats upward. t moves nto te rubys orbt

of lgt t ames up blood red, and ten on te suface ssuddenly quenced. Te dsturbance treatens to dss-pate everytng, and my eyes struggle to rekndle tevsons so contours.

ow t s gone, faded nto darkness. breate, breate

deepl for notce tat ad forgotten now, as adback ten . . . lean back, fatgued, and pan ares up. But know

now as surely as dd ten ou dd love me . . .c swy can cry now.


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Fallen ( Gll)

1894


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Firs prid i De Gesesa [oe] , Ocob 10, 1894

Firs book publicaio Erzlungen, Frar, 1958 Tso a bii assaul o e ieeceu clc q a si-ive, wellbred ou a alli i ve wi a ress Te

ou as ieseelis are see o e deace q dace ad dillusio; e arra ad e proice q sesoiae ark e iroduco q pco io roac cio


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T FUR F us had gotten together aganThs te lttle Meysenberg was te ost The dn

ners n h s ateler were qute harngt was a strange spae, deorated n a sngle style the

bzarre whmsaty of an art st Etrusan andapanesevases, pansh fans and daggers, Chnese parasols andtalan andolns, ran shel horns and antque statu

ettes, olorful rooo br bra and wy Madonnas,old opper etngs an works from Meysenberg's ownbrush were strewn about the roo on tables, tageres,onsoles, and over the wals, whh, oreover, lke theoors, were overed n tk orental arpets and fadedebrodered sks everythng thrown together n lash-

ng onfusons, whh , so to speak, ponted ter ngersat theelves We were four brown hared, lttle, nbleeysenberg aube, te very young, blond, dealsteonost who oudy haponed woen's lberatonwherever he happened to be Dr elten , and myself Thefour of us were sttng togeter n the mdde of the ateler on the most dsparate knds of seats around a heayaogany table We had been addressng the superb re-past that our ngenous host had put together, and ore

so the wne Meysenberg had outdone h self agan.

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T I S A =-

h oco sa in a a aniq ca chch saconsanly makin n o i in his shap a as hionic on amon s is isainl bain as oboh oinss an conp o h o ash ols; h ms ha bn aon iy An h ha

i" mo han ha 's il " ysnb saiB h's amsin "

o som xn on col s ha inss" in h

oco is ys ha a cain blurry am an his shoback ai as alady hinnin sliy on op is acn in a po in lloom oa an isimockin xpssions i fom is nos on o hcons o is mo iin him a ims a bi min

By h im achd h Roqo a

ray in h mids o on o or p discssions " Sn ha coin s phas ih h dismissi scono a man ho as h imsl sai ha lon sinc ma ihis on and ony co o noy his li ich h po s abo sm o ic so aphaza nslyan o h ls old s his sholrs ansay: Is h a br ay"

B ab had in h manim ly s hconsaion ono his on iory an as aain bsi himsl siclain ildy in h ai om his pamchai

ha 's ha I 'm sayin ha's xacly ha I 'm sayin I is h inominios socia sas o h mal"(h n sai oman" aays ma" bcas ison mo scin i c) oo in h pjics hsp p ics o sociy"


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Ceers " Selten sad ver sofl and compassonateland empted a glass of red ne Ts pused te oungman ove te brnk e umped up

cant beleve t ust cant beleve t o old cncts mpossble to talk to ou But ou wo," e cal-lenged Mesenberg and me, surel ou must agree tme es or no"

esenberg peeled mself an orange

would sa ftft, most dentel" e sadcondentl

Go on," egged oung aube on e ad to let osteam, ote se we would never ear te end of t

ts te stupd preudces and bgoted nustce ofsoce s wat sa l tose mnor detasGod ts

rdculous m an, openng scools for grls and tran-ng females to be telegrap operators and sucwatstat supposed to accompls But on te wole, n tebg pcture Wat deas And from an erotc, sexualstandpont, wat pettmnded cruelt "

Well , " sa d te doctor, releved, puttng s napkndown t least tngs are pekng up "aube ddnt degn to look a t mook," e contnued veementl wavng about a

large afterdnner cand wc e ten popped nto s

mout wt a grandose gesture, ook f two people

ae n love and te man seduces te grl, ten e re-mans as muc a gentlema as before, ad s e en consdered qute dasngte dog But te female s te

doomed one, spurned b socet ostraczed, fallen es, Wat s te moral easonng bend suc a no

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ton? sn't te an jst as falen'? Wasn' t e ore dhonorabe tan te feale . . .Well, at do yo tn?Say soetng"

Meysenberg ooed pensvey at te smoke of s cgarette

Yo do ave a pont," e sad benevolently.abe 's face lt p n trmp.Do Do " e ept repeatng Were s te oral

jstcaton for sc a jdgment" ooed at Dr. Selten e dd not say a word e wasrollng a ttle ba of bread crmbs wt s ngers star-ng sently down at te oor wt tat btter expressonon s face.

et s rse, " e sad q et wold ke to tell o

a story."e moved te dnner table ot of te way and settled

down n te back of te roo n a cozy corner fr-nsed wt carpets and sma sofas. A lap angngfrom te ceng lled te roo wt a bls twgt Asoly plsng ayer of cgarette smoke already ng nte ar

Wel, go on," Meysenberg sad, lng for smallglasses wt s Frenc Benedctne

Wel , as te sbject as coe p, 'll glady tell yots sto" te doctor sad. Neatly pacaged n fl

blown story for Yo now sed to dabbe n sctngs." cold not q te see s face. e sa t leanng bac n

s car, one leg over te oter, s ands n te pocketsof s jacet, and ooed caly p at te ble ap.

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Te ero of my stor e began after a we, adgraduated from te u n s small nortGer-man ome town en e was nneteen or wenty eattended te nversy of , a town of onsderablesze n soutern German

e was te perfet good fello" t was mpossbleto be angry wt m Funlovng and goodnatured, emmedately beame t e favorte among s lassmatese was a slm, andsome young man, wt so faalontours, l vely brown eyes, and gently urved lps, overw te delate down of a mustae ad aready ap-

peared en e strolled troug te streets, wt sround straw at pered on te bak of s dark loksand s ands n s pokets, ookng about brskly, tegrls would glane at m adorngl

And yet e was puren body and sou. e ould

say wt General Tlly tat e ad never lost a battleand never toued a woman. n te rst ase, beausee ad not ad te opportunt and n te seond aseagan bease e ad not ad te opportun

Of ourse, e ad been n for only two eeks wene fell n love Not t a watress, as s ustomary, but

wt a young atress, a Frulen eltner, a nave bellefom te Goete Teater

t te ntoxaton of yout n m, as te poetwsely noted, a man wll see elen of Troy n eerywoman But ts grl really was beautful a ldsly

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lica bo a blon hai nl my ablys a ainy il nos an innocnly s mohan a on so chin

is h ll in lov ih h ac hn ih h hanshn ih h ams hich h sa ba in a classicalol an on ay h lov h hoh an hoh n lov h sol hich h i no y kno aall

is lov cos h im a on A las vy oh nihh ook an ochsa sa a h Goh har consanly ha o hi s mama o mon invninh mos ckss xpanaions B h li o his lov'ssak; ha xcs vryhin

Whn h kn h lo h h s hn h as

o poy. h llkno n Gman sln lyc" on sa amon his books la ino h nih composin hs poms h small alam clock on his ssick monoonosl hil ooos rom im o imlonly oosps chod ih p in his chs h hsnck ban h l a so pi o in pain ha oni o ll p ino his ys B as h as oo ashamaly o cy h mly ci in os ono h ainshs o ap

In plann vs h xpss ih mlancholysons ho s an lovabl sh as an ho i

an ll h as an ho his sol as in a moiliin a a a ay o as a isan haz h s hapinss slmb amon conlss oss an vols;b h as bon h col no ach .


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Ths as clearly rdculous Eveybody ould laughThe ords e rote ere so foolsh , so sgcat ad

helpless But he loved her e loved herOf course, mmedately after ackoledgg s lovehe as ashamed of hmself t as such a ptfu , subms-sve devoto, ch he oly ated to quetly kssher lttle foot, because se as so e ad lovely, or herhte had, ad the glady de Of her mouth he dd

ot eve dare thkOce , akg up the mdde of the ght, he mag

ed her lyg her bed, her dear head restg o htep los, her seet mouth slghtly ope , ad her hads,those descrbable hads th ther daty blue ves,

crossed o the sheets e suddey tured oer, presse

hs face to hs plo, ad ept for a log me thedarkess

e had reached the breakg pot e cod ologer rte poetry ad o loger eat e avoded sfreds , hary et out, ad had bg dark rgs uder

hs eyes e as' t orkg at all ay more, ad coud'tbrg hself to read All he ated to do as st frot of her pcture, hch he had bought log ago, adlagush eary tears ad love

Oe eveg he as havg a quet glass of beer thhs fred Rllg the corer of a pub They had bee

school freds, ad Rllg as studyg medce too,bt as several semesters ahead

Sudely Rllg set hs beer mug don rmly othe table

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ht Tell me, what's the matte"Wth me"e nally boe down and let t all out, about h,

about hmselRlln shoo hs head tallThat's petty bad Well, thee's not muh you a

do ou an't the st. Totally unappoahabl nteently she l ed wth he mothe The mothe has b

dead fo a whle, but stll, thee's nothn you an do. dsgustnly espetabl gl."Why, dd you thn would . . . "Well, 'd hav thought, you at last hopd to . . . "Rllng"Well . . . Oh . 'm sory Now s what's gong on

wasn't thnkng fom the sentmental sde. o snd he abouquet of ows alon wth a demue and eveentnote beng fo pemsson to pesent youself so youan xpess you admaton fo he n pson."

e tuned qute pale and began temblng all ove.But . . .but, an't do that "Why not Any messenge wll go fo foty pfenns. "e began temblng even moeOh od, f that we possble "Wh does she le"" . . don 't now"

You don't know Wat, the detory, please." Rllngqu y found he addss .

o then, all ths tm you 'e seen he lng up n thelouds, now t's suddenly eustass 6 fouth oo;


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see , ere t s rma e ner meber of te GoeteTeater By te wa tat's a pretty rundown negborood at's wat you get for beng rtuous

llng, please ll rgt, 'm sorry So tat's wat you'll do, rgt

You mgt e en get to kss er and, you poet Ton gt,put te money for te orestra seat nto a bouuet

O God, wat do are about te stupd money"

How ne t s to a e taken lea e of one senses llng delamed

Te ery next mornng a toungly na e letter aompaned a breattakng bouuet to te Heustrassef only e wold ree e an answer from er, any answer, e would sout wt oy and kss te words on te

paperA week later te ap of te letterbox on s front door

ad broken obeause of te onstant openng and suttng H landlady was furous

Te rngs under s eyes ad beome deeper e re-

ally looked mserable en e looked n te mrror ewas really soked, and wept wt selfpyTs an't go on llng nally sad to m one

day wt great determnaton You re really gong teway of te eadents You ae to do sometng To-morrow s go an see er

He stared at llng wt bg red eyesYou mean, ust go Yes

an't do tat Se asn't g en me permss on

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a dea w e s bblng as s anae soul ae eazed g away a se ouldnanswe a ee fom someone se ddn know ou smly a e o go yousel o ll be oang on a e en se jus sas good monng o you d s no l e youesome monse ses no gong o ow you ou o-moow you e go o go "

e fe dzzy

don nk an," e sad quely en you e a os ause " llng answeed anglyou l a e o see ow you e gong o ge o e s onyou own"

ays of gea nne sfe foowed as, oudoos, wn-e foug one las bale w e mon of Ma Bu

one monng afe wakng fom a dee slee n we ad seen er n s deams e oened s wndowand was sng

e sky was bgbg blueas f smlng gen-l and e a was so sweey sped

e fel sel ed ased saw and ead sng l ssenses wee sng and e fe as f e boad sunbeaw sone o e e ouse was seamng no s eaw emulous baons bngng la and s eng

e slenly kssed e ue u on a ean sand s good su sa e o e subbe on s n,

and walked o e o eusasseA sange almos fgenng eae ad ome o e

A deamle eae, wee no e self lmbng ose sas song n fon of e doo, and eang e naelae ma ene


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Suddenly e was overome by e feelng a s

was madnesswa dd e wanand e oug ofukly urnng around before anyone saw m Bu as as f w s nal groan of s syness e ad alas saken os prevous fevers sae, and ad beenreplaed n s feel ng by a powerful and spred self-ondene p o s pon e ad fel weged downby an oppressve neess as n ypnoss, bu now e

fel free, drven by an unerrng, exulng wl was sp ng, afer all e doorbell rang nn ly roug e ouse A mad

ame and opened e doors Mademoselle a ome e asked brskly ome yes b wo, may ask

ere you aree anded er s ard, and as se walked ow

e smply follo ed rg bend er, s ear brmmngover boserous jo en e grl anded e ardo er young msress e ad already enered e room,

and sood ere ondenly w s a n s and was a oom of average sze w smple dark furnsngs

e young lady ad sood up from er sea by ewndow Se seemed o ave jus pu down e booka lay on a small able besde er e ad never seen

er as armng on e sage as se now appeared om n real er gray dress w s darker breasnser, loed er ne gure w subdued elegane e

ay sun rembled n e blond loks on er foreeads bood rused and swrled w delg, and wen


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she ooked at his card, astonished, and then at him iheven more astonishent, he took o quick steps to-ards her as the deep yearning thn hi broke otinto a fe fearfu intense ords

But no You mustn't be angry ith me "

Ti s is quite an assaut " se sad, amusedBut ad to, even if you didn't gve me perissio

had to te you n person ow muc adre you "

Wit a se she oered a chair, and as they satdo e continued faterigyYou see, ts is ho am, 'm te knd of prson

ho needs to say at e fees, and not ust ust keepeverythng botted up nside, and tis is hy asked But hy d d't yo aser y etter" e interrupted

himsef aieOh," she ansered smng, can't te you ho

geuiney appy as hen got your kind etter andte beautifu bouquet But it oud not ave beeproper for me to s ipy o as to kno "

No, no, of course, see hat you ean, but hopethat you arent angry that ent ahead itout permis

. ?"sn Ho coud be angry"You aven't been in ong she added quicky, tact

fuy avoiding an embarrassing si ence

good sx or seven eeks aread"Such a ong tie thought that you ony sa e

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O, Fruein We ner Since 've been e e 've seenyou aost every eveing n every roe you've payed

Ten y didn't you coe earier se asked ininnocet astonisentSoud ave coe earier e ansered irta

tiousy He fet so indescribaby appy si tting i te arcair opposite er, catting ary it er Te o e

situatio seeed so incredibe to i tat e aost

feared tat once agai a sad aakening oud footi appy drea He as so ceerfu and at ease tate fet e oud reax and cofortab cross is egs,and at te sae tie e as so transported it bisstat e cou ave tron isef at er feet it a cryof oy tis is a suc sy fooery ove you ove

youSe bused sigt but auged eartiy at i s itty

response' sorry, you isunderstand e expressed y

sef rater akardy, se said But you ustn't take

e so iteray sa tr fro no on, to be ess itera He as ecstatic Tat is at e tod isef yet again

after tese ords Se as sitting tere in fron t of ind e as sitting cose to er He kept pincing isef over and over, to convince isef tat e as reay

tere; i s eyes, ed it biss and disbeie constantydarted over er face and gure Tis as truy er paebond air, er s eet out, er soft cin it its gentetendency to doubeness Tis reay as er brigt, gir

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ish oice he deightfu spech hich no ostagea oed a hint of South G man diact to coe throg hose e e he hands he boed hands hich took

his ca d once again f o the tabe so she cod sc utinize his nae hos hands hich in his d eas hhad kissed so often those indesc ibab hands nd heeyes hich ere no ooking at him again ith a f ienyinte est that gre and g e d it as to him that she

as speaking as she cont inued the cone sation hichat times came to a hat and at ties oed f eey ontopics such as he e they cae f om thei eeyday iesand Irma We ner 's stage roes Of course he p aisedhe interpretations to the skies een though as she he sef aughingy admitted the e as p ecious itte to in

terpret" in her roesWhen sh aughed there as aays a sa theatri

ca note in her oice as if a ambunctious unce had usttod a bad oke; but it enth aed hi as he atched heface ith nai and f ank ardor hich as so poe futhat he o e than once had to beat do n the teptation to th o hisef at he feet and cadidy ao hisdeep deep ove for he

hoe hour igh have gone by befo e he ookedat his atch in disay and hastiy got up

ut I ha taken up uch too much of you tie

uei etne You shod hae sent aay agesago You shod be aa e that in you p esence time "Without knoing it he as being quite ceve e

had shifted his oud adi ation amost copetey f o

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te young oman as artist; instinctivey is naivey pro-caimed compients became more and more persona

But at time is it ? Ho coe you are eaving aready?" se asked in meancoy astonisment, ic,if it as put on, as acted it more reaism and persuas iveness tan anyting se ad ever done on stage

ear God, ave bored you ong enoug A oeour"

Not at a Te time ust e by" se cried itat as tis time doubtess genuine astonisent oe our? 'm going to ave to urr and drum insome of my ne ines for tonigt you be at teteater tonigt? as opeess at te reearsa Tedirector oud ave iked to beat me "

Wen can murder im?" e asked soemnTe sooner te better" se auged, reacing out

er and to im in fareeHe bent over er and it surging passion, and

pressed is ips against it in a ong, insatiabe kiss from

ic, even toug deep ins ide e urged imsef to c ircumspection e coud not break aay from te seetperfume of er and, from te bissfu rus of emotion

Se itdre er and it some aste, and ene ooked at er again e tougt e noticed on erface a confused expression tat peraps soud ave

made im ecstatic, but ic e interpreted as anger atis unseey beavior or a moment e as deepyasamed

My deepest tanks, ruein Wetner," e said

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quic and ith oe cereony than previousy for

the great indness that you have shon eNot at a a very peased to have met you nd ay as a favor he said again in hi s ea ier

candid tone You oudn't refuse e perission tovisit yo again

Of course . ean certainy hy not She assoehat embarrassed ter the strange ay he had

issed he hand the request seemed a ite out of pacet oud be a great peasure to chat ith you againshe added ith cam frieniness once more stretchingout her hand to hi

a ver gratef He boed quic and fond himsef outside No

that she as no onge in front of hi he once ore fetthat it as a drea Bt then he again fet the armthof her hand in his and on his ips and kne that it hadreay happened and that his rash bissfu dreas hadbecome reait He staggered don the stairs as if in adrnen stupor eaning sideays over the baustradehich she st have touched so oen issing it ithecs tatic issesa the ay don

n front of the hose hich as set sighy bac fromthe street there as a s gardenie yard on the eftside of hich a iac bush as opening its rst bossos

He stopped before it and punged his hot face into itscoo shrbber and for a ong time his heart poundingdran in the fresh deicate fragrance

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When he entered the restaurant, Ring and soeother young friends had aready nished teir meaFushed, with a hasty greeting, he sat down besde theHe sat quiety for a few nutes, ooking at the one byone with an oerbearing sie, as if he were secretyaking fun of the for si tting there in copete igno-rance, innocenty soking their cigarettes

Hey he suddeny shouted, eaning foard oer

the tabe hae news for you ' happyOh? R ng sad, ookng h eaningfuy in the

eye as he cereoniousy reached his hand to h im oerthe tabe My ost sincere congratuations

What for?What's going on?

Of course You feows don' t know abou t yet t'shis birthday toda He's ceebrating his birthday ookat h oesn't he ook reborn?

Reay?"My word

Congratuations' 'He you know you shod bsoutey t!One had to adit that he knew how to ceebrate hi s

birthdayter an interinabe week, during which he aited

with intense, yearnng ipatience , he caed on her onceore She had, aer a, gien him perission theexated et d' that had stirred his feeings dring theirrst eeting had aready anished


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e began seeing her pretty oen ach time she keptaoing him o come again

Ther conersaton oe reey an ther meetngscou amost be cae arm and frieny if a certainebarrassment an ience ha not on occasion su-eny come beteen them soeth ing ike a ague anx-e ch usuay ecte both of them at the same tmet such moments the conversation ou sueny a-

ter an ose itse in a e sent gaze hich ike therst tme he kissed her hand mae them continue or atime on a ore correct an orma eve

Sometmes ater a performance she aoe hm oak her home What a uness o unbre happinessthese sprng evenings he or hm akng through the

streets by her sie hen they eache her oor sheou thank him coriay for hs troube he ou kssher hand an then take hs eae ith reoicing thakuness n hi s heart

On one o these eenngs hen ater hang sagooby an ake aay a e paces he ooke backhe sa that she as st stanng by her ront oor Sheseeme to be searching for something on the grounn yet he ha the impression that she ha suenyassume that pose ony aer he ha quicky turnearoun

sa the to o you ast nght Ring sai onea y respects \e one No one has eer man-age to get this ar th her Goo ob But must sayou're aso bit o a ackass She can't ake any more


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overt advances to you tan se's aready akin Wat

a paraon of vrtue ou are Se must be ead over eesin ove it you You soud ust go for it "

He ooked at R ing banky for a second Ten eunderstood, and souted O sut up "

But e as sivering

Spring as drang to a cose Te end of tis Maybrout a ro of ot days on ic not a drop of rainfe Te sky stared down at te tirsting eart it aan and misty be, and te day's reentess, crue eatgave ay by evenin to a du and oppress ive sutriness,

ade ony eaver by a eak breezeOn one of tese ate afternoons our youn ero as

andering aone in te y park outside te ton Hecoud not bear bein at ome He fet again, ipeedane by tat yearnng tirst ic e tout ad been

stied by a s recent appiness But no e as siging againsiing for er Wat ore did e antTe anser cae fro R in, tat more benevo-

ent and ess itty Mepistopees

So tat te divine nspiration

! may not say obe consummated "

He sook is ead t a roan and stared into tedistant tigt

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The anser had cme frm Rng Or ratherRing, seeing hm nce mre pae and unhapp haddened the situatn that had been st in the msts ofhis soft and hazy meanch and ith bruta ords hadad it ut starky before hm

He andered on in the sutry heat, ith a tred yeteager pace

He cud not nd the asmne hse perfume he had

been nhang a the hie But asmne cud nt yet ben bom Yet snce he had cme outdrs, herever heent, he smeed its seet, numbing fragrance

There as a curve in the path, and a bench eaningagainst a steep rcace n hich there as a scatteringf trees He sat dn and gazed straight ahead

On the ther side f the path the parched grassyembanent descended abrupty to the river, hchoed past suggshy crss the river, the hghay rann a straight ne beteen t rs of popars Far aay,n the ashedut iac hrzn, a sitary farmer'sagon as sy mvng

He sat and stared, and as nthng arund hm asstirring he did not dare t move e ther

nd the sutry scent f asmine hung everpresent inthe air

And the he rd ay under this heavy duness, a

ukearm, ppressve sence so fu f cravng and thirste fet that some srt f reease must be immnent , thata beratin as bound t cme frm somehere, a tempestuusy quenching reief of a this tremendus thirstn hm and n nature

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And one more e a te gir before im in a igtcaica otume, and a er ender ite arm, ic

ure mut be o and cooHe tood up it a vague, afearted reoution,and aked fater and fater back toard ton

Wen e topped, dim aare tat e ad reacedi goa, a terribe fear udden oercame im

Evening ad faen Everting around im a i

ent and dark At ti time, in ti t tinetted area,ard anyone a outdoor Te moon, amot fu,too in te k among man oft veed tar Far aate pegmatic igt of a treetamp gimmered

He a tanding in front of er oueNo e adnt intended to go tere But i earning

ad driven im tere, itout i eaizing itNo tat e a tanding tere, taring motione

up at te moon, e fet tat ti a good, tat e a inte rigt pace

From omeere tere came more igt, from up-

tair, from te fourt oor, from er room, ere aindo tood open So e ant performing at teteater Se a ome and ad not et gone to bed

He ept He eaned againt te fence and ept ta a o ad Te ord a o mute and parced, andte moon o pae

He ept for a ong time, for e fet for a ie tatti a te quencing reeae, te extinguiing, te


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irain ha he as seking u hn his es redrir and her han ber he parched pidainihin him as crushing hs he d making him

gasp gasp r Gie in , gie in , n' gie in! Pu urse geher! is d

ighned is musces sed u hen a s, hushedpain ashed aa his srengh again

u y n, ird, us go he pushed pen he rn dr and ih drag-ging fee s cimd h sairs

cause he hur h mai ok a him ih as-nishmn bu she him ha admis ashm

She did n evn annunc himaer a quick knckhe simp pened he dr rma's iving rm

He had n aareness his acins id n akup he dr, us e himsef me smed him as i eakness had made him se is grip and as ih ere n being guidd semn ams sad b asen necess i e e ha an aemp a marsaingis i direc his sin pru orce ud ngnerae harr ing sri ihin hi Giv ingive inha as righ ha as ncssary, ud happn

Whn h kncked he hard a sigh cugh, as i she

re caring r hra hn sh caed u cm in"in a ird quesining ns he enered sh as si ing n h sa he rund

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lamp stood on a smal tagre by the open indo Shedid not look up, and as she seemed to think that it asonly the maid she remained in her fatiued position,reclining th one cheek pressed against the cushion

Good evening, Fruein We ner," h e said so She

sat up ith a s tart, and ooked at him for a moment ingreat aarm

She as pale, and her eyes ere red A gently pea

sive express ion of anguish lay on her lips, and an inde-scribably so tiredness as in her peadng eyes as sheooked up at him, and in her voice as she asked himSo ate"

A fee ing he ad never had before eled up insidehim, becase he had never before forgot h se so that

he coud see the arm, deep pan in her seet, seetface, and in those beoved eyes that had hovered overhis life as a delightful , cheerfu happiness Before, e hadrealy only felt piy for himsefbut no e fel t a deep,endlessly seess pity for her

He stood here he as, and asked her soly and shyhis feelings echoing in the sounds: hy ere you cry-ing, Fruein rma"

She stared silently at her ap, at the hite hankerchief she as hoing tightl

He ent to her, and sitting don by her side took her

sim, pale hite hands, hich ere cod and damp, andtenderly kissed each of tem in turn As hot tears surgeup from his chest he repeated in a trembling voice Youere crying"

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She dropped her head even loer, so that the sofscent of her hair ated toards him as her breaststruggled ith a hea, frightened, inarticulae sorroand her delicate ngers titched in his He sa to tearsdrop sloy and heavily from her ong s iky eyelashes .

armed, he pressed her hands to his chest and criedout in desperate pain, his throat knotted can't can't see you cry ike this can't bear it "

She ifted her decate, pe face so they could ookeach other in the eyes and deep, deep into each other'ssouls, sienty declang in this gance their ove for eachother Then a reoicng, iberating, franticaly exultingcy of love sept aay the ast shyness, and their youngbodes embraced n volent rithing, their quakng ips

pressing together, and into this rst ong kiss aroundhich the orld fel aa the fragrance of iac, nosutry and insinuating, ooded through the open in-do.

He ied her delicate, almost too thin body from thesofa, and they staered into eac other's parted ipsho much they oved each other

But he felt a strange shudder at ho she, ho hadbeen the goddess of his adoration, before hom he hadaays fet eak and akard and smal, no began tosay under his kisses.

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e ke up nce durng te n gtTe mn igt payed in er ar and er and ay

n is ceste rased s eyes t Gd and kssed er sumberngeyes and fet tat e as a better few tan e ad everbeen

uring te ngt tere as a strmy dnpur ature was reeased frm ts trbbing fever Te wewrd breated n a fresened fragrance

Grups f munted cavary rde trug te twnn te c mrning sun and pepe std in frnt f

ter uses breatng te gd ar and reicng estred appy back t s apartment trug te reuvenated sp ng a bissfu dreamy sackness n is mbse fet ke sutng my sweet daring arng arng" int te brigt bue sky

As e sat at s desk at me cntempating er pc-ture e cnscientusy set abut examnng is innerfeengs wat e ad dne and ndered eter nspite f is cmpete appness e was n mre tan ascundreic wud ave paned m great

But everytng as ne and beautfu

e fet as tingingy exiarated as e ad at is Frstmmunn and king ut nt te crping springand te genty sming sky e agan fet as e ad dur-ng te nigt as if e were king int Gd's cunte

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nance ith soemn and sient thankfuness is hands

came togeher and wih passionae tenderness he hispered her name into the sprng in prayer

Ringno he coud not te hm about it Ringas a good feo but he as sure to start taking theay he aays did and make the whoe thing ook soridicuous But when he went home again one eveningen the amp as softy umming h oud te his

dear mother a his bssnd he sank into it agan

Rng of course knew wtin a week

o you tink 'm an idiot kno a about it Youcoud at east me in on the detais "

have no dea what you're taking about Bu t even iI did hat oud be te point of teng you somethngthat you supposedy kno about aready" he anseredearnesty ooking at the questioner ike a teacher andshakng his nger to underine the artfu compexity ofhis sentence

We we you're quite the oker! hope you' behappy!"

m happ Rng" he ansered serousy army

shakng Ring's handBut thngs ere again becomng too maudin forRing

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oseife 'm sre se' ook carming in a bonnetCan pay friend of te famiy"

R ing, you're impossibe "Peraps R ing asst taking trog is at Per

aps too or ero's aair, ic ad competey es-tranged im from bot is friends and i s reguar ab-its, cod not in any case ave remained secret for ongWord soon ent arond tat Frein Wetner from

te Goete Teater" as aving an aair" it a veryyong stdent , and peope asserted tat tey ad neverreay been convnced of te yong oman's" respectabii

ndeed, e as estranged from everyting Te odarond im ad faen aa and e oated trog te

air among pink cods and itte rococo cerbsit ddesbiss, biss, biss f ony e cod ie at erfeet forever, as te ors passed perceptiby aay and,it is ead tron back, drink in er breat from ermot For te rest, is fe as over, over and done A

tat as e as tis one tingte ting for icbooks ony kne te patry term ove "Te aforementioned position at er feet, by te ay,

as caracteristic of te reationsip beteen te toyong overs t qicky demonstrated te externa socia sperority of a tentyyearod oman over a man

of te same age He as aays te one o, it tenstinctive rge to pease er, ad to marsa i s move-mets and ords propery to respond to e Aside fromte compete abandon of teir ove scenes e as te

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oe ho i thei simpe socia eatioshp coud otbe fee ad spotaeous He et he chaste him ke achd pay out of tede ove o he but moe because he as sociay te esse ad eake The docast ad humbe he oud beg he fo ogveess utishe agai aoed him to ay his head o he ap ada he ges though his hai ith a mothey amostpityig tedeess yig at he feet he oud ook up

to he he came ad et he she tod him to he cateed to a he hims ad she did have himsIt ooks ike you'e beig hepecked " Rig said

thik you'e too tame o this id maiage "Rig you'e a ass You have o idea You ko

othig ove he It's as s mpe as that I do't just

spy ove he ay but I just ove he I Ohyou ca't expess these thigs i ods "

You 'e a fatasticay e feo" R ig saidWhat osese "What osese These fooish expessios about be

ig hepecked" ad too tame" coud oy come fomRighe eay had o idea hat as goig o Buthat about himsef Whee exacty did he stad iseatioship ith he as so smpe ad pefect e coudaays take he hads i his ad costaty epea Ohthat you ove me that you ove me ust a itte I am so

thakfu to you fo that!

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Once on a beautifu soft evening, as e aked soitay troug te streets, e again coposed a poe tatstirred i deep t ent soeting ike tis

Wen evening's igt is on te aned dayigt sienty do expire,Ten fod ty ands in gente prayerAnd raise tine eyes to our Heaveny Sire

ot not His benevoent , paterna eyeWit sadness on our oy incine,As if i s sient gaze procaisTat it wi one da aas, decine

Tat o, once spring at run ts course,Te banefu inter i come inTat ife 's ard and bitter andWi fast case b itter seasons in

No ay not ty seet fair broOn ine so fearfuFor greeneafed spring sti augs out oud,As te sun's rays trebe briiant

No Cry not For oe dot suber far aa

coe unto y eart, coe noFor unto eaven in ceerfu thanksove sti can raise i ts bro

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as no a is poem oched m ecase ey and soemnly envisioned an neviae end aog od ave been oa madness I as ony e

e las nes a a come fom deep in s ea,as he is monoony o ei cadence as pemeaedy e qick fee yms o s pesen appiness ees of e poem as ealy noing moe an a meodcmood c e alloed o ng a e vague eas o s

eyes.e again ook o iing le es o s amiy a ome,ich sely no one ndesood. hese ees ddn'acaly say anying, and ye hey ee veemenypncaed, isng seemingy andom excamaon maks. B someo e ad o exess and dsse

all s appness, and decdng ae some debeaona e cold no eay be compeely ank, e opednsead o e amguos exclamaon maks Oen efel ike giggling o se in sien liss en e ogo even is leaned ae old no e ae o makeead o a o ese eogyps a soed o nong moe han I am so vevey appy!

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ni midy he days passed n is ende, ools,see bing, appy ay, and e soy od aeecome ong adn' een o a fnny, amsngmon g

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e day as tly aising. It as stil qite ealy,abot nine o 'lok e sn as s till aessing e aitoo smeled so fes aganxatly as t ad, e realied, on te moning afte tei st wondos nigttogete.

He wa qite eefl, and igoosly sng is akng stik on te lean ite paement He as on say to e

e deliios ting as tat se was not expetngim He ad planned to go to te niesty tat moning, bt ten deided against t, fo toda at as alle needed, to sit n a lete all in s splendideate! f it ad been aning, ne. Bt nde teseimstanes, nde s a sy t ts bgt , lag

ng soness to e ! o e ! s deson pt im n aosy mood. As e alked along te Hestasse eistled te bosteos yms of te diking song fomCavala Rtana. He stopped in font of e ose foa ile to dink n te fagane of te lilas He ad

gadally deeloped a pofond bond wt ts bsenee e ame by e wod stop and engage it in asmall, s ilent and extemely wameated onesationAnd te la wold tel im in qiet, tende intmationsof all te deligts tat aaited im en, in te toesof intense appiness o soo man despais of onding

in anote man beng, e l often tn to nate toent te oeabndane of is emotions, , in itsmigty seenit at times eally seems to ndestandat's appening He ad long sine ome to see te

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llac w nveeae lycal deacmen a an ne

gal paec and nmae pa o loveno mply a cenc pop n e novel e a lving

Wen e ad allowed e eloved o agancecen me o n ale and mm eclmed e a e le walkngck n e alland n g p wo knockng e ceelly eneed e lvng oom and n e pocke o

lg mme and ond a cocked ack on ead ecae e knew e led m e wen e wore lke a

ello Ima I ook yo y . pe e aao o a e mel wa ped e eneed e oom e aw e e om e ale wh a

a a i e ay waned o ge omeng ddn'qe know wa A a lo e aed e napkn o emo and ood ee lookng a m w emakalywdeopen eye Tee wa coee and cake on e aleon one de o wc a dgned elegany deed eld-ely genleman w a we goaee wa ng cewngang a m dmonded.

maaed e qckly ook o a and wed n and.

O exce me I ddn' know yo ad compane eldely genleman opped cewng and ned

o ae a e yong womanOr eo wa qe aken aack a ow pale e adecome and ow e wa andng ee B eeldely genleman looked even woelke a cope! e


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lttle ai tat e ad left as dseeled Wo couldts be He acked s bans A elatve But se adneve sad anytng! Well , ete wa e ad come at abad tme Wat a deadf pty! He ad so muc beenlookng foad to ts Now e ould ave to leaeagan It was oble! d y wasn't anyone saynganytng Ho was e supposed to beave toads e

Ho come te eldely gentleman sad sddenl

and looked about te oom wit s sm , deepset, sn-ng gay eyes as f e ee expectng an answe to tsstange queson He must ae been slgly os eade expession on s face was dot c enoug; s loelp ung slack and feeble

It suddenly occued to ou eo to toduce sel

y name s I meey meey wanted to pay myespects

Wat's tat got to do wt me te dgned eldely gentleman suddenly blusteed Wat ae you do-ng ee

Excuse me, but I O come on , you'e in te ay ee! It's tme yougot gong! Rigt, seete He gently smled up at Ima

Now ou eo as not exactly a eo, but te eldelygenleman's tone as so totally oensvenot to men-ton tat is dsappointment ad completely obbed

of is good moodtat e mmedately canged sbeavio

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me, epec ay a eee ae a ea a mcg o e n oom a yo

wa oo mc o e edely geneman a omeng e a no accomed o oe pagged oy emoon , and e ck napkn ee me on knee eng e ll poe o mode ocal ace , e ed o

o pd yong man! o pd, pd ong

man! e o a o addeed ad managed dng epeo excange o conol empe, and o keep nmnd e po a e eldely genleman mge ome elaon o Ima', paence a no a anend e aaene o poon n e gl ' le oe

pody n m He no onge caed o eoe man wa e a deeply ned, and nngon a e condeed domec g, e nedaply oad e doo and oy demanded ae eldey genleman eae e apamen

e eldey genleman emaned peece o amomen en e ammeed eeen lage andea, eye ayng aond e oom:

Wel a eally! ay Lod, a doyou ay o al o ? e looked p mplongy a ma,o ad ned aay o eng a ond

Wen e nonae od man, ly aae o eeaenng mpaence c opponen aganponed a e doo, ealed a no ep a o e ex-peced om ma, e gae p


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I sa eave, e sad nole esgnaton I sall

leae mmedael Bt e l dscss ts fe, yo

asca!Dentely! o eo soed We mos dentelyl dscss s fte ! O dd yo nk, s, a I asjs gong o ake yo nslts ! Fo e me enggeo!

Qakng and goanng, te old man eaed mself

p fom s ca Hs wde toses ng loose aots ony legs He gaed s sdes and almost fel ackono s ca s made m madln

I 'm s a poo old man! e wmpeed, as eoed to e doo Im sc a poo, pfl old manWa ascaly deness! Oa ! and a nole wa

agan sed wn m Bu yo at ! We wl Wewl dscss ts ! e wll, we l !

e most denely wl ! s ce omento assedm n e codo, moe amsed an anyng else,le te old genleman p on s op a w sakng

ands, gaed s eavy ovecoat, and saggeed o esas Yes we l , te decent yong man epeatedqte softly; te old man's ptfl appeaance began tol m compasson I am competely at yo dsposa, e conned potely, t consdeng yo e

avo, yo can adly e spsed at mne He oed

pnctosy and aandoned te eldely gentleman,om e ead dosas aentng fo a ca, to s fae

I as only no ta e agan wondeed o e cayold man mg e. Cold e ealy e a eate He

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nce o e gandae? God n a case e ea

ad anded m oo og Peaps e od genean as js naa ke aso dec B aad been e case se cod gave gven m some sgnB se adn' seemed o cae a sck m onno Beoe a s aenon ad been ed on nson od man.o cod e be? e e qe n-eas and esaed o a moment beoe eneng e

oom agan oed a e ad peaps beaved boo-sWen e cosed e doo bend m Ima as s-

ng sdeas on e soa a cone o e base and-kece beteen e ee Se as sang gdsag aead and dd no n oads m.

Fo a momen e sood ee compee bedeed.en e clasped s ands ogete and ced o a-mos eepng eplessness God don' oe me o a as?

No a od Not a movemen o and cod sves an og m. e as ove-

come by a vae oo B en e od mse ae oe ng as dcos and sa don nex oe akng e and poecve n s

Come dang be sense o'e no mad a meae o? I as e od mane saed . Come on

o s e?ead sence.e sood p and dsaced aked a e seps aa

om e

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ea e sofa, e doo ed o e edoomas af open of a sdden e en n Somengon e abe esde e nmade ed ag s eye Wene ame bak no e vng oom e ed n s andsome e noes, anknoes

e as gad o ave someng ese o ak ao foe momen e p e money on e ale n fon oe and s ad Yo sod p s aa ass lyng

eeSddeny e ned asen s eyes ge age, and

s embng ps paed e as enng eanknoes n s and se ad ooked p a m, and ead seen e eyes

Someng oe nsde m eaed p ony

gay nges and gabed nsde of e oa as eay sad o see o e poo yong man seedo s ands, and n e pfl voe of a d oseoy s yng smased on e oo, ed o ove and ove

O, no! O o, no!

n pondng fea e sed a e, ndy gangfo e ands, as o see e and o seek see e, s voe despeaey peadng

O no ! Pease, pease, no! o don' knoo o no ! Pease, say no !

nng aay fom e e fe o s knees y e

ndo, eepng od and voeny anged s eadagans e al e yong oman s y pessed e-sef deepe no e one of e sofa

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y yo'e cayng on ke s. veyone does . 'ied of pang e sain; 'e seen ee a eads t'sno good. 's js o good i e eae. Ve s nefo e c; e ave o oo o fo oseves. ee aecoes one as o . . and, and al a. Fnay se so: B eveyone kne as . . . !

e e imsef on e and coveed e ofng, anaca, scogng ksses . e sameed: O,

yo . . .yo . . . !, sonded as f al s ove as sggng fgf, casng feengs.Peaps as ese kisses a ag m a fo

no on love as o e n aed, and passion n idevenge. Lae, peaps, one mig n ino te oe e elf ad no dea

Ten fond msef donsas n fon of eose y e lac bs, nde e so, smng sy. esood ee moonless fo a long e, s ams angngy s sde B sddeny e noced once moe e lac 'sgene lovng ea sging oads im, ende, pe,and see.

And a sdden ovemen of msey and age esook s s a e sng sy and voeny pngeds and no e eaceos fagance, g o s coesnappng and beakng e s and scaeng s dei-cae ossos.

en e as sng a ome a is ae, s en andeakOsde, a ea se day sone i ig

esy.

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e saed a e pie, ee se sill looked as seeand pe as se ad eoe

oe ndeng pano passages o ng hog ma lone elo sang is sange lamen. e deep, soones, sging and selling, eeloped is sol, somesoly melanholy yms ose silenly in im kean old, longogoen soo

ha o, one sping as n is ouse,e aneul ine l ome in ,ha le' s ad and ie andWas ase ie seasons in !

e appies ending I an gie is soy is a e

poo ool od s il

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o a momen ee as omplee s iene in ou o

ne e o ends siing es ide me also seemed nonmoed y e melanoly mood e doos soyad aakened in me

a's i? lile eyseneg nally asked.ank God D Selen said a seemed o

me a somea eigned seey. e sood p and en

oe o a ase led i es las a s ood on a smalde iaeycaed agee n a aaay cone

Sddenly eaied ee e sangey oen mpession a e ale ad made on me ad ome om

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ese iacs wose fagance ad ng oe e soand ad payed sc an impoan oe in i

o do ad en s fagance a ad mo

aed e doco o eae ese eens and a ad adsc an ins naing eec on me

ocing eyseneg said igig a new cigaee a deep sg mos ocing so And soncompicaed oo !

es I ageed nd pecise y is simpiciy spesfo is e doco gave a so ag and eaned down cose

o e iacse yong bond deas ad no ye said a wod e

ep e ocng ca n wc e was sng n co

san moion and wen on eaing afedinne candies Lae seems qie moved eysenbeg noed We e soy ocing Labe answeed eagel

e sopped ocng and sa p sag B D Seenwas spposed o dispoe my agmen As fa as I cane e asn' managed o ven consideng is sowa appens o e moa emancipaion a a fe-mae

nog of yo sae cics e doco inepedsqey wi an inexpicae agaion n s voiceIf yo si aven' ndesood me I fee soy fo yo

If a woman is swayed y oe oda en omoow sesswaed y money a's wa waned o e oingmoe a 's peaps wee yo' nd e moa emancpaion o 'e so despeaey camoing fo


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Bt tel me Meyseneg sddeny asked. f tsstoy s te ten ow come yo know t n sc detal

and ow come yo 'e gettng so woked p aot t?e docto was s ent fo a moment en e sd-deny pnged s gt and wt a sot eky amostconse moement nto te lacs wose fagancee ad een eatng n deeply and sow

Fo God's sake e sad ecase t was me was

te good felow.' Otewse woldn't ae gen adamn!' '

lyte way e sad t plngng s and wtsad and te talty nto te acs st as e ad nte stoyt tee was no tace eft of te good

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Frst prnted n Smplm, uust 22 and 29 and Sept-ber , 1896 Frst book publcaton n Der klene HerrFreemann o ellen ttle Herr Freemann, o el-la] , ern 1898 om Mann rst artt sto, asuect

tr asfom te pont q ew q ltera modernsm andsocal satre sto contans te see q ma mportant mo-t tat run trou cton te ast te exotc product q

med bod (Tno ger, te ast moralt q accom-plment (Deat n ene, te l q an at as to ascoolrend (Dotor Fat e tt s an odd eco qtsce's noton q te lrce, te "wll to pow In Mann'sew, te art must de to l n or to le n art; te artt's"l o power excludes te possbl q psonal appness.


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O M R H ad made is ortne as a plantat ion oner in Sot Ameria He ad marred a loal

oman o good aml and moed bak to is natienort Germany soon ater Tey led n my ome toere te rest o i amy resided aolo as born tere

I did not kno is parents ey ell bt aolo aste mage o s moter Wen sa m o te rsttme tat s en or aters took s to sool or te

rst te e as a tn lttle elow t a yellois om-plexion . an still see im no n tose das e oreis blak air in long loks raming s narroae tmbled n dsarray onto te ollar o is sailorst.

Sne e ad bot been osseted at ome e ere

someat less tan pleased t or ne srrondngste bleak soolroom and n partlar te sabby edbearded ndiidal o was ntent on teang s teC Cyng I lng to my ater's aket as e as onte pont o leaing e aolo remained totally pas-

sie He leaned stiy against te all pning is narro lps togete and it s large tearlled eyes lookedat te eager rod o boys o ere grnning boorslyand pokng ea oter in te ribs

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I c h h h s sky s f sh f g pds d h hd h p b s h f ss dl

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he w sg essly hs pe ehe shes

whe suddel he fed He ws ke e d ly

bed f eek I ued u belee s ws

e hey fud u s he ws f eheles

Ee befe s he d beu dwg d dee-ped sdeble le I h e kep see f ppe

h quk l ske f fe u le h

g's sged Yu e lke we Pl Hffe.

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ug u elg ss he u ques s dep h h wheg se d f ude eOd Tese ly f f Pl pulled u see f ppe depg bux fele ue fuyskeed exep f e lef f expsg hesef ew sese f se

S P we Ksue d we sy ex-hged psds espdee h lle by epeeed u

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dssdsm buns hs ck, f snc, hdb ubutndnd hs sh musch wsghy twrd H cm wds m wth hs swyg,ndn g

W cgnz ch h bu h sm mmnd gd ch h m H sd b n n

d, ms xd d h n f f h C Mn s w qustd n h bu h ps ys Hs ys shn nd h gscud gd Bu h d bd, y s sy m t syht nw wh hdsgh, bu I ly dd ntc hm, d d hm s

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Wth hs hnd h pd hs chs y hIs wys b k hsu y I b fg

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ed hs parets t a h t bee a artst safteards, had graduaed fr te Aadey a tte ess

tha a yea agt as by hace that he had ustdrpped tere He had traeed fr se te, ed Pars fr a he, ad abut three ths ag hadsetted d here Muh

Maybe fr a g teh kns? Maybe freer

Oh? I askedWe, hy t? I e te ty; I e t a t The he

te, yu k Te pepe, t Ad at's as -prtat, hee a pater's sa ps s superb, eena uk pater's There 's here better

Hae y et ay nteres g pepe?

Yes; a but ery peasat I us tduceyu t e partuar fay; et te durg ara Cara hee, by the a s harmng Ther aes Ste Ba Ste, ess

What kd f arstray s that?

What yu ght a ash bt Te Bar as astkbrker; he used t be a bg sht Vea, xedth a kds f ryat ad s Te he suddeyfe bad tes, but aaged t get ut ththeysayabut a N he es here, desty butth stye

Is he ae? I d't hk s . Hs fe, thugh, rbay s But I

ust sa they are extreey e, peasat pepere there hdre?

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Noh s o sy eeeyeod dghhe pes e vey chg

He seed ebssed o a secod d hdded: I os deey popose o odce yo ohe I oud be deghed o you gee?

O cose I ould be geu o yo oy mkg he cquce o hs eeeyeoddghe"

He ooked e o he sde d sd:Wel good es o p o oo og I you keI' dop by d pck you up ooo bou oeocock o oehy Tey ve Theesessseo e secod oo look od o bgg og od scoo ed I s ged!"

Te oog dy he ey eoo e g hebe o eeg secodoo pe eTheesesasse Nex o e be sad Bo oSe" bold dk ees

O he Poo d bee couy exced dos deousy h ghsped b o s e edo he doo o ope I oced pecu chge hmExcep o evous ch o hs eyelds eeyhgbo h s oy svole esely s Hshed s ed sgy od The sk o hs oehed s He los gve he pesso o

l despeely pckg up s es seg h l susces esedThe bue e oh ou cds d eed sk

g s o o e oes he boess od

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pper mmentr He pened te dr t medm-szed, drkyfrnsed rm

As e etered, yng dy n brgt sprng dressstd p n te bynd frm ne d gzet nt te street, nd ked t s fr mment qestnng Te nneeenyerd dgter, I tgt,glnng nvntry t my mnn t f te rner f my eye, nd e spered t me: Te yng

Brness Ad!e s n eegn gre, mtre fr e r ge, nd

er s, mst erg, mvements ere rdly nkeepng ne s yng Her r, se rever e empes t urs fng ver er fre-ed, s etblk, nd frmed n eete ntrst

te pe teness f er mplexn Her fe, t tsf, mst lps, esy nse, nd bk, mndspedeyes bve drk sft eyebrs ued, dd nt - te sgest dbt se s t est prty emt extrtn, bt s f qte ns be

O strs?" se sked, mvng fe ses trdss Her ve s sgtly sk e rsed nd ter freed s f t see better, e t te ter seened n e grnd pn t std gnst te ll

d ery eme vstrs," se dded n te smene, s i se d ny st n regnzed my frend

Ten se gned nqsiely t me P ppreder d, t e s ntes it ne resesn exqste pesre, e sently bed s ed ver

te nd tt se reed t t m

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Bness, he sd y pe e nce y ld sch fend, h h lened y

B C . . "

She hed he hnd e, s, ndned, see-ngy neess hnd

') pese, she sd, he dk, sghy elsees esng n e y pens e delghed hpe h he he een d

She s n n he n, he he f s sppse her n chs As she lked, e he, ccdhnds esed n her p Her f seees ely echede he es I nced he sf ne f he ss

Afer fe mnes he dr he dcen pened nd her prens enee The B rn s n el-

egn, sck adng n h gy gee; he hdn nme y f ckng he h ck gd cee hes erng ck p n hs c I s n eslyscene hehe, n he ccsn f h s dnce-en he peerge, fe syllles f hs ne hdflen y he ysde; hs fe, n cns, s splyn gy te eess n seess gy dess ge d-nds sprked n he es

I s ndced d elced h ge cdly,he my cpnn ws geeed ke n d fyfend

e e gene qesns h s ndhee I s fm, he cnesn ed n exhn n hch Pl hd pnng, fee nde

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dy I std efe t f haf n hu The eshtne gins the ed pet s extdiniy eetvee

s yes u Hfmnn!" Ad he ptted P p-tnzngy n the shude But dn't k t hdmy de y, I eg yu! t s f the umst mptnetht yu tke e f yuse H s yu heth?"

hie s teng the B n nd hs fe ut myse P hd een exhngng fe uet ds th

yung Bess Ad, h st se ppste hm Thestngey ntense m tht hd nted n hm efes st ey muh pesent He gve I n nt sy hthe mpessn f pnthe edy t pune The dkees n hs n yesh fe hd suh sky ghtness n them tht I s deepy mved hen he nseed

the Bn's quesn n the mst dent te:Oh, s ne f yu t sk I'm n the est f heth !

fee sutey ne "\hen e std up ut ute f n hu te

the Bness emnded P tht n t dys t ud

e Thusd nd tht he shud nt fget he ve' k te She as sd tht shud e s knd s tkeep he Thusdy tes n mnd

On the steet P it gette \e? he skedht d yu thnk?

Oh they e extemey ne pepe, nseed

u s spey mpessed y the nneteenye-d dughte "

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I wd be ese, Bn , even hgh I hve feeng h my fend, M Hfmnn, wn't be mng

by t pk me p Hfmnn? B ddn' yu knwhe hs ef! Ihugh he sey wd hve d y

N, n t wd! qe a bon ompu he s ememen, y

knw e, mw enn !

He se n h s hse nd e me sndng que ss

I shed P 's menYes, I ws d, n-ftney Hfm hs ef He dd n eve nddess

I ws bvs h e Bn knew th t ws me

thn s s empemen And hs dghenmed wh I edy hd ey muh sseed

Ths hened n n ng n he I s vey whhhey hd nged nd whh I hd s been nvedI ws edy fenn when we set , nd n

wy bk e n he evenng Bness Ad nd I fndseves wkng gehe behnd the hesSne P's dspene I hd n ned ny

knd f hnge n he She hd emned meeym nd hd n menned snge wd bt yfend, we he pens nnsy exssed he

ege hs sdden deeNw we ee wkng nex eh the hgh ne

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y hi h is h s h phih s s s h ig pss

Sdd i s sdy sh bg spkig P

h b his id si y y g?sh skd

s Bss

sh his ss?I bi h k his dps s hghh hs d i his "

Th I n d i y?"Of s gs i syig Bss Vy h sh sid iig h hd ih d

in H skd f y hd i ig dy pns nd im d H is i hy d y ib I dn I hi I d iy is h s? . . .

Sh bm sd b h nid h s si

d k i s hbs b y h ypissi h mmn y m him gi ph ds h hs dy hd m y h ihi hs ds h m y d his ddss : i p h ms hnd i mig b

hisOh sh s g h dn d diin his s x-mn s s f hpss pi I dn hp

gspig h hd d siy pssig i

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he s his hed ds me is his eebs dmes ve i mzed d f h!

Y hee? e bh ed he sme imd he dded ee b si ive!

i s eyes deed ie s he sid i e hd dchged i hese ve es b his fce seemed sighyg i s ees eve deepe i hei sckes ie ie he ied deep

ve bee i e g? he skedN i he ci I ws i e c f fems Ad ?

I s e seshe i eek g Y kI ve ws pefeed i e mis Yes sice es me I 've see qie bi f he d

Ad siig ex me e sed eig me ve sbe he d spe e s fe es egws veig He hd mbed i he mis Ti swy cssed I d ge ic fmic d spke f gies Tisi Egp

i I spe se ime i Gem he sid iKse y pes e wed see e, d eee e me ee gi Nw Ive bee bck inI f fe ms Y k I ey ee mehee i he sh I ie me bve !

I hd meied d b he se f his

heh N I sked him h s I ke ih heh hs becme gd de sge?e ked e mme pzzed d hen

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me bese I rm bt s mh? Oh etme te y ts tr stt Wht m sppsedt dIv be fbdde t dk smke vI hvet he sme kd f drg. y destd?"

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g d the esg see eveed tht e ere bth

t ss He eed bk the vevet sh d kedp t the hde er Then he sd sddey

k I rey hpe y frgve me fr t gettg th fr s g . y destd dt y"

Of rse " e ted th ht hppeed Mh"

he ted tne f ve tht s mst d.es tt At Ive bee rryg messge

fr y d th me these yers A messge frm d"

Hs ted eyes red p f mment; the he sd

the sme dr shrp te s befre:ets her f ts ythg e"e Hr st rmt f ht y

redy hed fm her yrsef "Ad the mdst f the s gesttg rd I

repeted the rds tht the yg Bress hd spke

t me tht evengHe steed sy rg hs gers ver hs fre

hed. The he sd tht the sghtest sgn f emt:Thk y"

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lg yes, whh she d hve h lved hgh Thsds f ew mpesss , feelgs, hghs, sps "

bke f he s p d, e e gemblng wh pss h f mme hghhd ee qehed, e sd

sand se wds "A mme egzed e me hs fed hs whle eng he expess hd bseed e dy whe ws mee e yg Bess f he s me: vle, fly sed lmf ped edy pe

hnged he se d we spke gn f hs vels, f h s few d snl sdes lg he Heseemed qe sl b

Shly fe mdgh he se w g sleep, les e le Yl

d me mw mg he Glle Impyng Se; ve flle lve wh he mslngel Y 'll me, w y? m vey gld h y eee Gd gh "

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hh the m wnd es e the sutry hevnessf the Oent

Pls beh lwys emned the sme Mst fthe tme he ws semn nd quet; sny he wuldsnk nt lmp ftgue Suddeny, wth shng eyes, hewuld pu hmself tgethe nd enegetlly esume fdng nestn

I must mentn dy n whh e e t sp uple f

ds whse sgnne hs ny nw beme fuye t me

It ws n Sund e hd spent the gus tesume mnng wlkng lng te V App n nfte hng flwed the nent tughfe f ntthe utskts, we wee restng n tht sml hl su

unded by ypess tees fm whh ne n tke n nenntng ew f the sunny Cmpgn, th the getquedut nd the Abn h ll s wpped n sft hze

Pl ws lyng next t me n the wm gss, hshn n hs hnd, gzng nt the dstne wth ted,

sty eyes Then thee ws gn tht mement nwhh he suddenly shk hsef ut f hs ttl pthnd tunng t me sd

It's te u n the the u "I mumued smethng n geement, nd we fell s-

lent gn Then ll t ne, wthut wnng, he tune

hs fe t me nd sd dentyell me, en't yu supsed tht 'm stl lve?"Stunned, I dd nt sy wd, nd he gn zed

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' sis sl" h coi slol o bo i o o o coi io 'i? ch oco i is ol : i o h o sill o b li o ! I iso o o ho o o b!' col ls shis li h bs pl oios o .

I sill li. E d ' los h o

op i I l i i h o ih si, bh h os p io ho, hdls, I b o ol s, h sdl l s i ochi . o o l s i hi si si sill: h sos b, bh ls I j o

h lih, bh pl, oo o, o hi h s . T I si o lio is o rih si Slol I ll sl

slp p lo, bcs I' cll ls i . Wol o bli h i I o I coldjs li do h di?

hi h i hs ls s I h s h os is o c did o i Sohihols bc. I j , hi o sohi hoo sc h is hil sil i i ll h lih li o . . . o

o s h ' si?" l qil, s i h s o ll ci s. o lo b h si o hi b ill o ssio his os o .

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t t o, l i s i i wr

sr!t s o o rst s o uu, o o os

r s iisr ot s o i sultr opprss iv

wi ro ri swps strts. v ol sk rbls isstl wit st liti.

T ori stopp b to pi Polo up or lk is lr suits soo i o t roo;

wrrob t buru o rwrs wr op.is wrolors ro t Orit plstr st ot Vtis o Juo wr stil tr pls .

ws sti r b wiow otiu looi out otiolssl w ll out to ii surpris T ur to m brup

ltr, sipl si:R i. " loo t im. O s rro llowis l wit

os blk ris s r l xprss io su sol oul bri, trous sol, wi

lowr s to t ltr tkito . r:r r. o,Your prts wr so k i s o ior o our

rss, op tt ou wl riv is l ttr oi i rous spiri.

Pls llow , r r o, o ssur outt i ps rs ri ol rst sis o risip ors ou. ro tik our su prur o t wi

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s s o nul o us boh h hve been nuce bne ods e n l, ol e sness even sone hn he shoc n suse I el heou sed e o uhe's hn in e.

I soe o ou n, o one n o noheexessn oenl n honesl, he s o seeinblun, he esons h I ws no ble o oe uhe's hn o n ho, I cnno ehsize

enouh , I hv ls houht so hhl o in eve esec. I soe o ou s he ho us consde hsonl ch ld's lsn hiness , he ho oul hesoed such buddn deses he oen he seiouslbeeved n thi ossiby

I ss ou o n, e . onn

in he se double cci s end n fhe Fivees hve one by since ou due, nd i in hes h no hd sucient lesue to el ze ho dees he ecion h ou nsil le in duhe, ecen event hs coleel oened ees Wh shoulI hde fo you uhe, hinn o o, eclned the oosl o ne enlen, n excellench h I , s he he, could onl eel encoue

The es hve ssed, oeless o ec uhe's eel ns n ishes, nd I s ou oenl n

ih huili shoul ou, e . onn, s leel he se w bo duhe, hen I heeb ecle h e, he es, no lone sh o sn n he

o ou ch l's hness.

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I a cha b ii, i h o o hisss. I o sa his is E i his LasJg s o sclp han pa, hs o as aho is or pai ha scp B ca o ll o ao ho is or brilia ih ora"

B h a, o o o sor bhi h oai" I as Thos ho ri ro i bor laiRo ill co bac r is alig cp" a

I l i ro o o h js o ar Yo sha so Ro agai oo h gass a i i o hs lips ha o h hol s ar p i a bli

ig, rawo ash, an h lass sash o pics o g o oa

Wih a arc Paolo pa h a ro hissi

I lig nos a aa," sai Lso o hop h gass as ' xpsi"

B h x a h ah had clard p A ihll bl smr s rch xbra or s as o o h saio

Or arll was shor Paolo soo ha sl las ish hi happiss, a h happiss i h ol

I soo o h plaor or a log i, achig hisa riil b h i rai io h s s I sa

p solia iphWha or ca I sa is a i h

ori ar h i ihalos i hi ih

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Ts s te way t ad t be as t nt smpy w

te w t appness tat ad enabed t keep deat

at bay fr suc a ng tme? He ad t de de wtut agt wtut resstance nce s w t appness wassatsed He n nger ad a pretext t ve

asked mysef weter e ad acted bad

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