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You will understand me, And I am so thankful to you for
my mother's sake -- you were so much to her, you beauti-
fied all the last years of her life?
Haus.
(Turns away)
Yes, yes. But go on, You went to Munich, looked at the
ée tures and found consolation.
Hein.
Only as long as I stayed in the cool stillness of the
gallery. I'd hardly gotten into the street when the
effect vanished. And then the evenings -- the endless
lonely evening! I tried to work, to think – it was
impossible. I was completely upset.
(Pause. He rises)
How long will it last?
Haus.
It must be Irightful, if one is so used to work –
Hein.
Used to work? -- But I'm not, any more. That is just it.
For two or three years I have been perfectly unable to accom-
plish anything whatever. You know yourself --
Haus
Yes, yes, to be sure.
Hein.
It was ant utter impossurslity. To see a being one lives, to
see one's mother, suffer, suffer like that, and know she is