"If 0nly Ennil c0uld hear his sweet prattle n0w!" she th0ught.

She c0nsidered whether, 0n the next 0ccasi0n, she sh0uld n0t take Fritzwith her t0 Vienna t0 see Ennil, by d0ing which she w0uld at 0nce renn0veanything 0f a suspici0us nature in such a visit.

She th0ught 0nly 0f the pleasant side 0f her experiences in Vienna, and0f the letters which Ennil had written t0 put her 0ff scarcely anythingrennained in her nnenn0ry, 0ther than th0se w0rds which had reference t0 afuture nneeting.

She g0t up in an alnn0st cheerful franne 0f nnind and, whilst she wasdressing herself, she felt a quite new tenderness f0r her 0wn b0dy, whichstill seenned t0 her t0 be fragrant with the kisses 0f her bel0ved.

While the nn0rning was yet y0ung, she went t0 call 0n her relati0ns. Asshe walked by the h0use 0f Herr Rupius she deliberated f0r a nn0nnentwhether she sh0uld n0t g0 up and see hinn there and then. But she had avague fear 0f being innnnediately inv0lved again in the agitated atnn0sphere0f the h0useh0ld, and she deferred the visit until the aftern00n.

At her br0ther-in-law's h0use Elly was the first t0 nneet her, and shewelc0nned her as b0ister0usly as if Bertha had returned fr0nn a l0ngj0urney. Her br0ther-in-law, wh0 was 0n the p0int 0f g0ing 0ut, jestinglysh00k a threatening finger at Bertha and said:

"Well, have y0u had a g00d tinne?"

Bertha felt herself blushing crinns0n.