Cordt went on talking about it, without looking at her and not so mu order to tell it to her as becau he could not keep silent. She saw this exactly and turned away her fad cried quietly. Then he asked:
“Haven’t you noticed it?”
“I think he is much as usual.”
Cordt ro and crosd the room. He stood for a time by the ey, where she sat, and stared into the fire. She looked up at him with bright, moist eyes. Then he went over and sat where he had been sitting before and it was silent in the room.
“I wonder, oughtn’t you to go up to him, Adelheid?”
He could not hear her reply and looked across at her. She had stood up and was ing towards him. He saw that she was very pale and that she was g, but did not think about it and fot it again at once.
The by him… so clo that her white gown lay over his feet. She crosd her hands in her lap and parted them again and did not look at him while she spoke:
“Cordt… ” she said.
And, when she had said that, she began to tremble and presd her hands together.
Cordt went on talking about it, without looking at her and not so mu order to tell it to her as becau he could not keep silent. She saw this exactly and turned away her fad cried quietly. Then he asked:
“Haven’t you noticed it?”
“I think he is much as usual.”
Cordt ro and crosd the room. He stood for a time by the ey, where she sat, and stared into the fire. She looked up at him with bright, moist eyes. Then he went over and sat where he had been sitting before and it was silent in the room.
“I wonder, oughtn’t you to go up to him, Adelheid?”
He could not hear her reply and looked across at her. She had stood up and was ing towards him. He saw that she was very pale and that she was g, but did not think about it and fot it again at once.
The by him… so clo that her white gown lay over his feet. She crosd her hands in her lap and parted them again and did not look at him while she spoke:
“Cordt… ” she said.
And, when she had said that, she began to tremble and presd her hands together.
“Yes?”
“You ought to go up to him, Cordt.”