Next day when the time came for her to be free, she walked
over to Martha's little house.
"Oh, I am so glad that nobody has come. Now I can be alone with you
and don't have to go to the kitchen--"
Cornelli had said these words on entering, but she suddenly stopped.
A boy she had never seen sat at the table in the room and Martha was
just clearing away the supper things. So he had come after all and had
even heard what she had said. Oh, it was dreadful! But the boy was
laughing.
Cornelli wanted to withdraw quickly, but the boy called out: "Please
come in and let us get acquainted. Mrs. Martha has already told me
about you. Just come in," he continued, when he saw that Cornelli still
hesitated. "If you want to be alone with Mrs. Wolf I can easily go to
my own room."
Cornelli felt that it was very nice of the boy not to resent her words
and to be willing to give place to her. She therefore entered. Martha
had already put a chair in readiness for her and greeted her heartily.
"I expected you, Cornelli," she said.
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