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I only thought, because she hasn't been out for three weeks.
Haus.
Let be. She is dead. Thank you very much for your sympathy.
The Frau Councillor is dead.
(He sit sits down)
Borr.
(Very much overcome; takes off his cap)
On?
(Pause)
Haus.
Yes. She will never come to see us again, the Frau Coun-
cillor.
Borr.
To think of her dying — Oh, my Lord! I never had an
idea she was so ill.
(Shakes his head)
And she was still quite a young woman.
Haus.
Young -- ah, dear old Borromaus -- well, she was seven
years younger than I am, -- but I'm nearly sixty myself,
Borr.
To be sure.
Haus.
But people live to be a great deal older than the Frau
Councillor -- that is a fact.
Borr.
You know, sir, that I have seen the Frau Counciller nearly