“Quickly! Please! Quickly!⁠ ⁠… into your office.⁠ ⁠… I must tell everything⁠ ⁠… right away.⁠ ⁠… I am glad that you.⁠ ⁠… It may be terrible that it should be you to whom.⁠ ⁠… But it is well, it is well.⁠ ⁠…”

He too, knew her ; this made it even more tormenting for me. But perhaps he too, would tremble when he should hear.⁠ ⁠… And we would both be killing.⁠ ⁠… And I would not be alone at that, my supreme second.⁠ ⁠…

The door closed with a slam. I remember a piece of paper was caught beneath the door and it rustled on the floor when the door closed. And then a strange airless silence covered us as if a glass bell were put over us. If only he had uttered a single, most insignificant word, no matter what, I should have told him everything at once. But he was silent. So keyed up that I heard a noise in my ears, I said without looking at him: