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(1912) [MARC] Author: August Strindberg Translator: Ellie Schleussner
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THE CONFESSION OF A FOOL 55
"As you like, Baroness; I’ll agree with anything-, to
please you."
At the stated hour we went on board to return to town,
and after a delightful passage across the blue sea, with its
thousands of green islands, we arrived in Stockholm,
where we parted.
I had made up my mind to return to work, determined
to tear this love out of my heart, but I soon found that
I had reckoned without forces much stronger than myself.
On the day after our excursion I received an invitation to
dinner from the Baroness ; it was the anniversary of her
wedding-day. I could not think of a plausible excuse,
and, although I was afraid of straining our friendship, I
accepted the invitation. To my great disappointment, I
found the house turned upside down, undergoing the
process of a general cleaning ; the Baron was in a bad
temper, and the Baroness sent her apologies for the delayed
dinner. I walked up and down the garden with her
irritable, hungry husband, who seemed unable to control
his impatience. After half-an-hour’s strenuous effort my
powers of entertaining him were exhausted, and conversa-
tion ceased. He took me into the dining-room.
Dinner was laid, and the appetisers ^
had been put on
the table, but the mistress of the house was still invisible.
"If we took a snack standing," said the Baron, "we
should be able to wait."
Afraid of offending the Baroness, I did my utmost to
dissuade him, but he remained obstinate, and being, as it
were, between two fires, I was compelled to acquiesce in
his proposal.
At last the Baroness entered : radiant, young, pretty ;
’ Note of the translator : It is customary in Sweden to begin
dinner with savoury sandwiches^ which are usually placed on a side-
table. These sandwiches are intended to excite the appetite of the
diners^ and are called " appetisers ".

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