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Litterateur
November 2020
Emilia
He had to admit, as a person who admired the language of facts and reasonable
arguments, that there was relentless, but pure truth in Emilia's words. He asked
his beloved wife what she would like for breakfast and left the room His school
graduation suit lay lifelessly on the floor. No doubt after a while Dr. Grossmann
came back into the bedroom bearing breakfast for Emilia. Just like in their
student days. The only thing we don't know is whether that school graduation
suit found its way back into the cupboard or whether it met a different fate. It's
easy to guess, but hard to be sure. Yet that was never the important thing,
anyway. Meanwhile, the dawn broke on a clear day in Dr. Grossmann's fruit
orchard and a breeze blew in through the half-open windows. People are usually
touched by Nature. There is something incomparably sentimental about it.
In the Carlton Hotel that afternoon a pleasant meeting took place of elderly
gentlemen, inseparable friends, who had in common the years they had lived
through together, unforgettable memories and above all noble characters.
Without doubt, Dr. Grossmann was present at that meeting. It could even be said
that it is highly likely.
