The things we do!

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"Really! It's not so very long since...."
"No, but.... Tell me, isn't there any one else you'd like to inquire
about? Haha!"
"Yes," said I.
"Well, she's not here. I'm only staying here with my relations. No, she's
at the Victoria."
"Well, the parcel was for you," said I, trying to master my
disappointment.
"Wait a minute. I was just going out again; we can go together."
Froken Elisabeth puts on some over-things, calls out through a door to say
she won't be very long, and goes out with me. We take a cab and drive to a
quiet cafe. Froken Elisabeth says yes, she loves going to cafes. But
there's nothing very amusing about this one.
Would she rather go somewhere else?
"Yes. To the Grand."
I hesitated; it might be hardly safe. I had been away for a long time now,
and if we met any one I knew I might have to talk to them. But Frokenen
insisted on Grand. She had had but a few days' practice in the capital,
and had already gained a deal of self-assurance. But I liked her so much
before.


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