. The German classics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; masterpieces of German literature. Permissvin Ampler c^ Ruthardt, BerlinAPHRODITE Max LUDOLF URSLEU THE YOUNGER 375 simply replied in the way that I knew would be most bene-ficial to her. It was on a cold day in January that my mother wastaken with an indisposition, and as the doctor advised restshe went to bed. My father had already been in Englandfor some time and we concealed from him this slight attack,which seemed to give no cause for alarm, the more willinglybecause my mother was usually visibly relieved when hewas


. The German classics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; masterpieces of German literature. Permissvin Ampler c^ Ruthardt, BerlinAPHRODITE Max LUDOLF URSLEU THE YOUNGER 375 simply replied in the way that I knew would be most bene-ficial to her. It was on a cold day in January that my mother wastaken with an indisposition, and as the doctor advised restshe went to bed. My father had already been in Englandfor some time and we concealed from him this slight attack,which seemed to give no cause for alarm, the more willinglybecause my mother was usually visibly relieved when hewas not there to drag the burden of his melancholy and hisworries through our rooms like a black mantle of mourn-ing. Each of us pursued his work and his pleasures asbefore. At that time my custom was to dispatch the mostnecessary of my professional duties with indifference ordislike, and then pass the rest of my time, particularly theevenings, with mostly rather superficial acquaintances inrather shallow merriment. I distinctly remember one winter evening when the snowfell steadily from a whitey-


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