Evening star., 1932-03-22
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Let him notice what he likes" May
said heatedly. ~ u,r,.
and then therell be pretty kettle OF
fish. You know what Tats ike When
he gets into a temper
why should hep Tat ought to con-
graduate himself on my coed taste. TAT
began in a small way himself IN MS
time, and he is always preaching ABOUT
capacity and standing on ones own
feet But now he's putting on airs
since this Count Czereny has taken
him up"
Il wonder if it is the count or the
countess? ! notice there is never room
for us in the car since he began taxing
the count and countess about. But IN
any case, as you're not going to marry
the swimming instructor, what does IL
matter TO Tat whether he's rich or
poor?" =,
Indeed 1 am going to marry him,
said May, and she nodded her head IN
confirmation. "Of course am going
to marry him. Can you suggest anyone
better? When he comes along In MS
shabby suit and his cheap shoes he
looks like a prince all the same, ccm-
pared with the rest Of them. He's an
engineer, too. Tat can take him into
the works if they want a capable man.
I shall be earning something. too, WREN
I do all the English correspondence Tor
Tat A big establishment is quite out
of place nowadays. Five rooms are all
we shall want. Then if we had a snail
car and a boat on the Wannsee, I
should be perfectly content. I don't
mind if we are very pocr.'
But is he capable man, May?'
Iyn ic oil yTC q T.
ing of an invention he has made. He
for a letter. He's in a terrible state OF
nerves about it sometimes. l don't
know that there's much in it. 1
imagine he is showing off bit, making
himself out more than he is Tor ny
benefit. But he may be capable fcr all
that And I shall certainly marry him.
So that's that"
Carla stroked the cool bedclothes re-
flectively, and her eyes darkened.
Yes, that's that" she said. You
marry him, and ] am left with Bobby,
or someone else like him. You're an
egoist, May, that's what you are. So
long as it was only in fun you let me
have everything, but now for the first
time man turns UP whom we take
seriously and who really is a man, and
you simply take him without a word.
Take care that Tat doesn't see any
thing you say, and clear off. I am
going to marry him. you say, and
that's that And what ab-ut me?"
She repeated softly: And what about
me?"
May took Carlas bowed head between
other. 1t was no time for tears, they
just looked at each other.
Yes" May said after a brief pause.
That's what the trouble is. I didn't
knew that you too-but it is only
natural. We always fall In love with
the same man, only you see, Carla darl-
ing, this tine it's no good trying to go
shares. We have no say in the mat
ter, it's he who makes a distinction
between us, and it's me he wants.
That's the lovely thing about 1t. 1t
isn't that wouldn't help you If I could.
The right man will come along for you,
too, If you only wait. 1t mustn't be
Bobby, Of course, though Bobby even
has his points.
This was how the twins talked to
each other at nights before going to
bed. Meanwhile Martin, his heart full
OF love. wandered to and fro beneath
the balcony as long as the yellow light
shone through the curtains, and then,
overwhelmed by emotion, turned into
his hut next to No 36-the free quar-
tiers that Herr Birndl had placed at his
disposal. He usually bumped his head
in the doorway, and this reminded him
that even the interior was too low to
accommodate his full height Inside
there was a camp bed, table and a
chair A row of pegs was all he had
for his clothes
A jug of milk was on the table, and
dish of fruit that filled the whole
room with the scent OF summer. In
one corner lived large spider, and
Martin looked at 1t every evening with
renewed joy. "A spider at night brings
joy and delight" he thought Of tie
proverb, for he had become very super
stitious of late That came of waiting
day after day for q letter that never
arrived.
1t had always been a matter Of i'm
portance, Of more than importance, but