:31:01
And l was right.
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Probably a dream, or the other thing.
:31:05
What other thing?
:31:07
-Oh, you know, sir--
-l know nothing.
:31:10
Anyway, it must stop.
:31:12
HaIf an hour Iater, Effi appeared.
:31:15
She Iooked IoveIy, quite paIe,
and Ieaning on Johanna's arm.
:31:19
But when she saw Innstetten...
:31:21
she ran to him and hugged and kissed him...
:31:24
and the tears ran down her cheeks.
:31:31
You see, Effi...
:31:33
l can't just go away from here...
:31:36
even if one could sell the house
or exchange it for another...
:31:41
it would be like a rebuff to the prince.
:31:45
l can't have the people here saying:
:31:48
''lnnstetten is selling his house...
:31:50
''because his wife thought the picture
of a Chinaman near her bed was a ghost.''
:31:55
That would be the end of me.
:31:58
One would never live down...
:32:01
the ridicule.
:32:32
You have no idea how ambitious l am.
:32:35
l married you out of ambition.
:32:39
Don't pull such a serious face!
:32:43
l love you.
:32:48
What does one say when one plucks
a flower and pulls out the petals?
:32:54
''l love you...
:32:55
''with all my heart...
:32:57
''with every part.''