Feel free, old girl. It's for the best. Karl felt trapped by Kristian's domineering power and size, yet the feeling was strangely distant. Karl's reaction to her rudeness was infinitesimal; she could not tell whether he was offended, surprised or unmoved.
Lying in a hospital bed, Anne stroking her head… only a fragment, like a brief dream. He shook his head a little, seeming lost for words. Karl came and I wasn't here and he's gone… Then, No, he would have waited longer than this… Unless he never meant to come anyway. It took a lot to shock Elizabeth.
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