12/31 Just so! Get out of here! And see that you never show yourself to me again. Do you hear ?" "Oh, a queer fellow!" said the crowd, somewhat moved. Thus he lived for weeks. With humbly downcast eyes, in which shame was burning now, he silently listened to his wife's reproaches, and, humble and meek as a lamb, went away to his room and locked himself in. For many hours in succession he knelt before the cross, lowering his head on his breast; his hands hung helplessly, his back was bent, and he was silent, as though he dared not pray. |