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Updated: June 29, 2025
Why not? Here one miss bobbed up, and there another madam bobbed up, and they all did write so cutely! Yes, she had really thought that it was her turn next. And how they all had encouraged her! Thank God, she had forgotten about it until now! "You do not answer, Hanka?" "Yes," she said absently, "there is something in what you say." She got up suddenly and stood erect staring straight ahead.
No, Hanka did not have Aagot's carriage. And why was it her laugh no longer made his blood tingle? He rested on the oars and let the boat drift. It grew darker. Fragmentary thoughts drifted through his brain: a rudderless ship on the buffeting waves, an emperor in defeat, King Lear, thoughts and thoughts. He went aft and began to write on the back of some envelopes, verse upon verse.
There had been no hesitation, no, none at all.... But she had not exulted, either; she had spared him from witnessing any outburst of joy. She had been considerate he had to admit that. Oh, Hanka was always considerate; God bless her wherever she went! She had stood there. Hanka, Hanka!... But probably she was rejoicing now; why shouldn't she be?
There was a pause. Tidemand leaned his head in his hands. Ole asked: "But who started this? Who proposed it?" "Ha, do you think for a moment it was I? Would I be likely to say to my wife: 'You will have to go to a restaurant, Hanka, so I can find the house empty when I get home to dinner! Hardly.
"Are you going there?" she asked in surprise. "I have been asked to come; I am going with some friends." Aagot did not know that Irgens had received a pressing invitation from Mrs. Hanka; she said all right, nodded, and went in. Ole was waiting for her; she threw herself on his neck and cried eagerly: "It was glorious the Laocoon Group everything!
Now, when he was alone, he realised how deep was his despair; another disappointment, another fall, the very worst! And not a star in the murky night! He suddenly remembered Hanka, who probably had looked for him to-day; who perhaps was seeking him even now. No; Hanka was not fair; Hanka was dark; she did not radiate, but she allured. But how was it didn't she walk a little peculiarly?
I suppose you will say that 'that is all right, too; for your heart must be petrified Well, perhaps I shouldn't say that your heart is exactly petrified," added Ole repentantly when at last he noticed Tidemand's terrible face. "But you need not expect any apology from me, either. You are hardened; that's what you are! I tell you, Hanka wants to come back!" Pause.
To me it seemed beautiful and full of feeling; don't spoil it for me now." And she turned to Aagot and said: "Didn't you find it so, too?" "But, dear Mrs. Hanka," exclaimed Milde, "don't say that I am always unkind to Ojen! Do I not wish him success with his application for the subsidy, contrary to my own interests? But this blessed new 'intention' is beyond me. Memories all right.
She could not help being impressed by this quiet superiority, which she never before had noticed in him; she happened to say: "I think you have changed greatly." "Oh, well, one gets a little grey, but " "No, you misunderstand me!" she interrupted. Tidemand said slowly and looked straight into her eyes: "I wish to God you had understood me as well as I have you, Hanka!
And now the company was breaking up; no prospects for livening up one's spirits with a little intimate half-hour. Irgens promised to take his revenge on the clique because of the indifference it seemed to show him. Perhaps next week.... Outside Tivoli the company parted. Mrs. Hanka and Aagot walked together down the street. Tidemand came to H. Henriksen's office at ten the next morning.
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