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GypwasinthehabitofwalkingwithWintontotheKochbrunnen,where,withotherpatient-folk,hewasrequiredtodrinkslowlyfortwentyminuteseverymorning。Whilehewasimbibingshewouldsitinaremotecornerofthegarden,andreadanovelintheReclamedition,asadailyGermanlesson。
Shewassittingthere,themorningafterthe”at-home”attheBaronessvonMaisen’s,readingTurgenev’s”TorrentsofSpring,”
whenshesawCountRoseksaunteringdownthepathwithaglassofthewatersinhishand。InstantmemoryofthesmilewithwhichhehadintroducedFiorsenmadehertakecoverbeneathhersunshade。
Shecouldseehispatent-leatheredfeet,andwell-turned,peg-top-