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Itcant whistle its own whistling to save its life. The little lady looked
brightly at Hannele. There seemed a fullness and a loveliness in the night. I
have never known himbefore go against my real wishes.
Im afraid Iwanted to see
something more than the dolls. A limited, inferior, slightlypretentious
individual! I felt the smashright inside me, you know. She paused for some
moments before she answered. You may rely on having acheque by return.
Why,
because she might any time be removed by the Britishauthorities.
VIIAnd then a
dreadful thing happened: really a very dreadful thing. For my life, Ididnt know
what to do, except try to make her happy. It is a wonder the two ofthem are
allowed to stay in the town. No, she was NOT going to send her the doll. But it
IS better for a man to be independent, said Hannele. It had left off so
completely at this moment, inHanneles case, that her very mouth tasted
salt.
The awful thing was the past, that whichhad been between him and
her.
But, thankgoodness, his own cap now was a civilian tweed.
And I know it
hasnt left hisbrow for a single minute.
Hethought it was inside himself, the
barrier. You dont tell ME, I answeredhim, with her pretty broken English!
Of
course, resumed Mrs Hepburn, that was enough.
The very next day the captain
came back to his attic. And hethought he would wander about for a time, till he
came uponsomething he wanted. And hethought he would wander about for a time,
till he came uponsomething he wanted.
If the magic had REALLY beenthere, on
those evenings in that great lofty attic.
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