Chapter 18

           HereachedInnsbruckatdusk,senthisbagsuptoahotelandwalkedintotown.InthesunsettheEmperorMaximiliankneltinprayerabovehisbronzemourners;aquartetofJesuitnovicespacedandreadintheuniversitygarden.Themarblesouvenirsofoldsieges,marriages,anniversaries,fadedquicklywhenthesunwasdown,andhehaderbsen-suppewithwürstchencutupinit,drankfourhellesofPilsenerandrefusedaformidabledessertknownas"kaiser-schmarren."

           DespitetheoverhangingmountainsSwitzerlandwasfaraway,Nicolewasfaraway.Walkinginthegardenlaterwhenitwasquitedarkhethoughtaboutherwithdetachment,lovingherforherbestself.Herememberedoncewhenthegrasswasdampandshecametohimonhurriedfeet,herthinslippersdrenchedwithdew.Shestooduponhisshoesnestlingcloseandheldupherface,showingitasabookopenatapage.

           "Thinkhowyouloveme,"shewhispered."Idon’taskyoutolovemealwayslikethis,butIaskyoutoremember.Somewhereinsidemethere’llalwaysbethepersonIamto-night."

           ButDickhadcomeawayforhissoul’ssake,andhebeganthinkingaboutthat.Hehadlosthimselfhecouldnottellthehourwhen,orthedayortheweek,themonthortheyear.Oncehehadcutthroughthings,solvingthemostcomplicatedequationsasthesimplestproblemsofhissimplestpatients.BetweenthetimehefoundNicolefloweringunderastoneontheZurichseeandthemomentofhismeetingwithRosemarythespearhadbeenblunted.

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