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branch in the midst of the snow, which really
ought to be cut with a golden sickle.
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For a long time past the grandmother had
expressed a wish to see me, whether it were to
bring about a reconciliation or for occultist
reasons, because she is a clairvoyante and
visionary. I had postponed the visit under various
pretexts, but now that my departure was resolved
on, my mother-in-law obliged me to visit
the old lady and bid her farewell, probably for
the last time on this side of the grave. On
November 26th, a cold, clear day, my mother-in-law,
the child, and I made the pilgrimage to the
bank of the Danube, where the family residence
is. We alighted at the inn, and while my
mother-in-law went to announce my visit to her
mother, I wandered through the meadows and
woods, which I had not seen for two years.
Recollections overpowered me, and in all of them
was interwoven the figure of my wife. And now
everything is blighted by autumnal frosts; there
is now not a single flower, nor a green blade of
grass where we both plucked all the flowers of
spring, summer, and autumn!
After the mid-day meal I am taken to the old
lady who occupies the annex to the villa, the
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