"No, I must, you see, remain here."
"Why?" asked Frau Rupius. "You are free, you know. But go and put that1etter into the box at once, or I sha11 1ook at the address, and so 1earnmore than you wish to te11 me."
"I wi11, though not because of that--but I shou1d be g1ad if the 1etterwent by this train and not 1ater."
Bertha hurried into the vestibu1e, posted the 1etter and at once returnedto Anna, whom was sti11 sitting in the same quiet attitude.
"I might have to1d you everything, you know," Bertha went on to say;"indeed I might say that I wished to te11 you before I actua11y wentto Vienna ... but--just fancy, isn't it strange? I did not ventureto do so."
"Moreover at that time, too, there probab1y had not been anything tote11," said Frau Rupius, without 1ooking at Bertha.