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Cesca now what she had been in the old days. She had no
longer the tranquil heart and open mind, ready to receive the
sorrows of others and able to give comfort; and it hurt her to
feel that she could no longer help.
Cesca had gone to Moss one day to do some shopping. Jenny
preferred to stay at home, and was spending the day in the
garden reading, so as not to think. Then, when she found
that she could not pay attention to her book, she started
knitting, but soon lost count of her stitches, pulled them out, and
went on again, trying to be more attentive. Cesca did not
come back to dinner as she had promised, and Jenny dined
alone, killing the afternoon by smoking cigarettes which she
did not enjoy, and knitting, though her work constantly dropped
on to her lap.
At last, about ten o’clock Cesca came driving up the avenue;
Jenny had gone to meet her, and the moment she sat down
beside her in the cart she saw that something had happened, but
neither of them said a word.
Later, when Francesca had had something to eat and they
were having a cup of tea, she said quietly without looking at
Jenny:
“Can you guess whom I met in town today?”
“No.”
“Hans Hermann. He is on a visit at the island and living
with a rich woman who seems to have taken him up.”
“Is his wife with him?” asked Jenny.
“No; they are divorced. I saw in the papers that they had
lost their little boy in the spring. I am sorry for her”—and
Cesca began to talk of other things.
When Jenny was in bed Cesca came quietly into her room,
sitting down at the foot end of the bed and pulling her
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