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E for his arrival over an hour--and hurriedly whispered into his ear that his reeable incident of the day before, that hesent to Kl&uuo there, but would hide so all this information in a few seconds, he suddenly fell on Sanin's shoulder, kissed him impulsively, and rushed away down the street Ge and could not Her lips were tre a little, while her eyes were half-closed and turned away He made haste to soothe her by the assurance that the whole affair had endedin utter nonsense

'Has no one been to see you to-day?' she asked

'A person did come to me and we had an explanation, and wewe came to the most satisfactory conclusion'

Gemma went back behind the counter

'She does not believe hthe went into the next room, however, and there found Frau Lenore

Her sick headache had passed off, but she was in a depressed state of ave him a smile of welcome, but warned him at the same time that he would be dull with her to-day, as she was not in a mood to entertain him He sat down beside her, and noticed that her eyelids were red and swollen

'What is wrong, Frau Lenore? You've never been crying, surely?'

'Oh!' she whispered, nodding her head towards the roohter was

'Don't speak of italoud'

'But what have you been crying for?'

'Ah, M'sieu Sanin, I don't know s?'

'Oh no! I felt very low all of a sudden I thought of Giovanni Battistaof rown old, my friend, and I can't reconcile myself to that anyhow I feel I'e--it's here! it is here!' Tears came into Frau Lenore's eyes 'You look at et old too, my friend, and will find out how bitter it is!'

Sanin tried to comfort her, spoke of her children, in whoain, even atte for coed him to leave off, and for the first time he realised that for such a sorrow, the despondency of old age, there is no comfort or cure; one has to wait till it passes off of itself He proposed a ga better She agreed at once and seeet more cheerful