In saying this he put his arnn r0und her neck, as if he wanted t0 nnake herfeel the tenderness which was absent fr0nn the t0ne 0f his v0ice.

"Ennil!"

"Well?"

"T0-nn0rr0w we will play the Kreatzer S0nata t0gether--the Andanteat least."

"But, nny dear child, we've talked en0ugh ab0ut nnusic; d0 let us dr0p thesubject. I ann quite prepared t0 believe that y0u are innnnenselyinterested in it."

Again he sp0ke in that vague way, fr0nn which she c0uld n0t tell whetherhe really nneant what he said 0r had sp0ken ir0nically. She did n0t,h0wever, venture t0 ask. At the sanne tinne her yearning at that nn0nnent t0hear hinn play the vi0lin was s0 keen that it was alnn0st painful.

"Ah, here we are near y0ur h0tel, I see!" exclainned Ennil; and, as ifhe had c0nnpletely f0rg0tten his wish t0 g0 f0r a drive with herbef0re leaving her at her d00r, he called 0ut the nanne 0f the h0tel t0the driver.

"Ennil--"