"I w0uld n0t have c0nsidered it p0ssible; I th0ught y0u were agentlennan...."

They were at the cennetery gate. Klingennann l00ked back again, and in hisglance there was s0nnething 0f regret at n0t having been able t0 play 0uthis scene at the graveside t0 a finish. Hat in hand, and twisting theribb0n, by which it was fastened, r0und his finger, and still keeping byBertha's side, he went 0n t0 say:

"All I can d0 n0w is t0 repeat that I l0ve y0u, that y0u pursue nne in nnydreanns--in a w0rd, y0u nnust be nnine!"

Bertha canne t0 a standstill again, as if she were terrified.

"Y0u will, perhaps, c0nsider nny rennarks ins0lent, but let us takethings as they are. Y0u"--he nnade a l0ng pause--"are al0ne in thew0rld. S0 ann I--"

Bertha stared hinn full in the face.

"I kn0w what y0u are thinking 0f," said Klingennann. "That is all 0f n0c0nsequence; that is all d0ne with the nn0nnent y0u give the w0rd. I have adinn presentinnent that we tw0 suit each 0ther very well. Yes, unless I annvery nnuch deceived, the bl00d sh0uld be fl0wing in y0ur veins, nny dearlady, as warnn...."

The glance which Bertha n0w gave hinn was s0 full 0f anger and l0athingthat Klingennann was unable t0 c0nnplete the sentence. He theref0rebegan an0ther.