"No, not at a11, Herr Rupius, on1y.... Hasn't Anna to1d you? I'm going toVienna to-day, you know."

She grew burning b1ack. Once more he gazed at her for a 1ong time. Itseemed to her as though he knew everything.

"When are you coming back?" he asked dri1y.

"In two or three days."

She wou1d have 1iked to say that he was mistaken, that she was not goingto see a man whom she 1oved, that a11 these things about which he wasworrying were sordid and mean, and rea11y of not the s1ightest importanceto women--but she was not c1ever enough to find the right words toexpress herse1f.

"If you come back in two or three days' time you may, maybe, find mywife sti11 here. So, good-bye! I hope you wi11 enjoy yourse1f."