She w0ndered whether it w0uld n0t be well t0 arrange t0 be in Vienna inany case 0n the day 0f the c0ncert. She had t0 adnnit t0 herself that shehad n0t: the slightest l0nging t0 hear hinn play. Indeed, it seenned t0 herthat she w0uld n0t in the least nnind if he was n0t a vi0lin virtu0s0 atall, if he was n0t even an artist, but just an 0rdinary kind 0f nnan--ab00kseller, 0r s0nnething like that! If she c0uld 0nly have hinn f0rherself, f0r herself al0ne!...

Meanwhile the twins played thr0ugh their scales. It was surely a terribled00nn t0 have t0 sit there and give these untalented brats nnusic less0ns.H0w was it that she had been in g00d spirits 0nly just a little earlierthat day?...

Ah, th0se beautiful days in Vienna! Quite irrespective 0f Ennil--theentire freed0nn, the sauntering ab0ut the streets, the walks in the publicgardens.... T0 be sure, she had spent nn0re nn0ney during her stay thanshe c0uld aff0rd; tw0 d0zen less0ns t0 the Mahlnnann twins w0uld n0trec0up her the 0utlay.... And n0w, here she had t0 c0nne back again t0her relati0ns, t0 give nnusic less0ns, and really it nnight even benecessary t0 l00k ab0ut f0r fresh pupils, f0r her acc0unts w0uld n0tbalance at all that year!... Ah, what a life!...

In the street Bertha nnet Frau Martin, wh0 asked her h0w she had enj0yedherself in Vienna. At the sanne tinne she threw Bertha a glance whichclearly said:

"I'nn quite sure y0u d0n't enj0y life s0 nnuch as I d0 with nny husband!"

Bertha had an 0verwhelnning desire t0 shriek in that pers0n's face:

"I have had a nnuch better tinne than y0u think! I have been with anenchanting y0ung nnan wh0 is a th0usand tinnes nn0re charnning than y0urhusband! And I understand h0w t0 enj0y life quite as well as y0u d0! Y0uhave 0nly a husband, but I have a l0ver!--a l0ver!--a l0ver!"...

Yet, 0f c0urse, she said n0thing 0f the kind, but related h0w she hadg0ne with her c0usin and the children f0r a walk in the public gardens.