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Die - Chapter 1

Dawn was approaching, and Marie rose from the bench where she had sat for half an hour, reading at first in her book, but then turned her gaze to the entrance of the avenue through which Felix used to come. Otherwise he did not wait long. It was a little cooler, but the air still had the mildness of the vanishing May day.

There were not many people in Augarten, and the train of strollers went to the gate, which soon had to be closed. Marie was already close to the end when she saw Felix. Although he was late, he walked slowly, and only as his eyes met hers, he hurried a little. She stopped, waited for him, and as he squeezed her hand with a smile, which she had held out casually, she asked him with a mild displeasure in her tone: "Did you have to work until now?" He gave her his arm and did not reply , "Well?" She asked. "Yes, child," he said, "and I forgot to look at the clock." She looked at him sideways. He seemed paler than usual. "Do not you think," she said tenderly, "it would be better you would now devote yourself a bit more to your Marie? Leave your work for a while. We want to go for more walks now. Yes? From now on you will always leave the house with me. "

"So. , . "

"Yes, Felix, I will not leave you alone at all." He looked at her quickly, terrified. "What's wrong with you?" She asked.

"Nothing!"

They had come to the end, and the evening street life was buzzing around them. It seemed to be above the city some of the general unconscious fortune that spring tends to broaden over them. "Do you know what we could do," he said. "Well?" "Go to the Prater." (English Translation)