' Bimi come to der house, but dere was no light in his eyes. It
was all put away, cunning--so cunning--und he fetch der girl her slippers, and
Bertran turn to me und say: 'Dost thou know him in nine months more dan I haf
known him n twelve years? Shall a child stab his fader? I have fed him, und he
was my child. Do not speak this nonsense to my wife or to me any more.'
"Dot next day Bertran came to my house to help me make some wood cases for der
specimens, und he tell me dot he haf left his wife a liddle while mit Bimi in
der garden. Den I finish my cases quick, und I say: 'Let us go to your house
und get a trink.' He laugh und say: 'Come along, dry mans.'
"His wife was not in der garden, und Bimi did not come when Bertran called. Und
his wife did not come when he called, und he knocked at her bedroom door und
dot was shut tight-locked. Den he looked at me, und his face was white. I broke
down der door mit my shoulder, und der thatch of der roof was torn into a great
hole, und der sun came in upon der floor. Haf you ever seen paper in der waste-
basket, or cards at whist on der table scattered? Dere was no wife dot could be
seen. I tell you dere was noddings in dot room dot might be a woman. Dere was
stuff on der floor, und dot was all.
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