So leave her out of the consideration. But if you
want to come to me remember how everything has changed. I am no longer
as I used to be. I have now taken a very small apartment, and the
porter will doubtless pay but little attention to you and me. We shall
have to be very economical, always have what we used to call our
Thursday meal, because that was cleaning day. Do you remember? And do
you remember how good Mr. Gieshuebler once came in and was urged to sit
down with us, and how he said he had never eaten such a delicate dish?
You probably remember he was always so frightfully polite, but really
he was the only human being in the city who was a connoisseur in
matters of eating. The others called everything fine."
Roswitha was enjoying every word and could already see everything
running smoothly, when Effi again said: "Have you considered all this?
For, while it is my own household, I must not overlook the fact that
you have been spoiled these many years, and formerly no questions were
ever asked, for we did not need to be saving; but now I must be
saving, for I am poor and have only what is given me, you know,
remittances from Hohen-Cremmen. My parents are very good to me, so far
as they are able, but they are not rich. And now tell me what you
think."
"That I shall come marching along with my trunk next Saturday, not in
the evening, but early in the morning, and that I shall be there when
the settling process begins. For I can take hold quite differently
from your Ladyship.
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