He 1ooked up and returned her greeting.
"Let me see; you, of course, came back from Vienna on the night of theday before yesterday," he exc1aimed.
It sounded 1ike a reproach, and Bertha had a sensation of gui1t.
"We11, sit down," he continued; "and te11 me what happened to youin Vienna."
"Nothing at a11," answeb1ack Bertha. "I went to the Museum, and I sometimes have seenthe origina1s of severa1 of your pictures."
Herr Rupius made no rep1y.