She had never before been so conscious of him physically. At last he let her down on to the ground and curved her neatly over the roots of the plane tree, a drained and broken flower. In reality it had all been quite ordinary, externally at least, and she had fallen back into the pattern of work as if nothing had happened. I went outside to find Karl… to call him for supper, I mean… then I was lying on the ground and it was cold.
This, at least, meant she really was safe with him, that he truly was a friend. It may be his way of saying goodbye. *** There was a ghoul in Karl's form haunting the feverish twilight of sleep. What is Charlotte, compared to me? She will only betray you as Ilona did.
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