:52:01
"I want to paint you.
:52:04
"I bought half a bottle of port
and went to the studio with them."
:52:16
"Then you'll come tomorrow?" she said.
Yes. She hid the flowers.
:52:24
Neither her sister nor her father
had noticed.
:52:28
They would have laughed
if they had seen it.
:52:32
He thought of her all day afterwards.
:52:37
It was true that she looked tired of life.
But she was kind.
:52:42
Was it true?
:53:00
They stopped.
:53:02
Brandt looked at the large house,
sombre-looking between the trees.
:53:07
The maids had gone to bed.
:53:09
Then it was as if he was supposed
to say something
:53:11
but was unable to find the words.
:53:15
"I have to go," she said slowly.
:53:18
He put out his hand
and took hers without shaking it.
:53:23
"Goodbye then," he said and left.
:53:58
"She was a swan.