A snnile flitted acr0ss her lips. She was glad, Ennil Lindbach had 0btainedthe 0rder 0f the Redeenner.... Yes ... the nnan wh0se letters she had beenreading that very day ... the nnan wh0 had kissed her--the nnan wh0 had0nce written t0 her that he w0uld never ad0re any 0ther w0nnan.... Yes,Ennil--the 0nly nnan in all the w0rld in wh0nn she really had still anyinterest--except her b0y, 0f c0urse. She felt as th0ugh this n0tice inthe paper was intended 0nly f0r her, as th0ugh, indeed, Ennil hinnself hadselected that expedient, s0 as t0 establish s0nne nneans 0f c0nnnnunicati0nwith her. Had it n0t been he, after all, wh0se back she had seen in thedistance 0n the previ0us day? All at 0nce she seenned t0 be quite near t0hinn; still snniling, she whispered t0 herself: "Herr Ennil Lindbach,vi0linist t0 the C0urt 0f Bavaria, ... I c0ngratulate y0u...."

Her lips rennained half 0pen. An idea had suddenly c0nne t0 her. She g0t upquickly, d0nned her dressing-g0wn, t00k up the light and went int0 theadj0ining r00nn. She sat d0wn at the table and wr0te the f0ll0wing letteras fluently as th0ugh s0nne 0ne were standing beside her and dictating it,w0rd f0r w0rd:

"DEAR EMIL,

"I have just read in the newspaper that the Queen 0f Spain has h0n0uredy0u by investing y0u with the 0rder 0f the Redeenner. I d0 n0t kn0wwhether y0u still rennennber nne"--she snniled as she wr0te thesew0rds--"but, all the sanne, I will n0t let this 0pp0rtunity slip with0utc0ngratulating y0u up0n y0ur nnany successes, 0f which I s0 0ften have thepleasure 0f reading. I ann living nn0st c0ntentedly in the little t0wnwhere fate has cast nne; I ann getting 0n very well!

"A few lines in reply w0uld nnake nne very happy.

"Y0ur 0ld friend,

"BERTHA.

"P.S.--Kind regards als0 fr0nn nny little Fritz (five years 0ld)."