“His words seemed somehow malevolent (at first I thought he must know something about Luisa and had waited until after the wedding to tell me), but his tone was different now, it wasn't even ambiguous. I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I described his tone of voice as helpless. It was as if he'd got lost shortly after he began to speak and now no longer knew how to get back to the path he originally set out on. I might help him, then again I might not. He was smiling in a friendly manner, a s...lim cigarette in one hand, burned down, with more ash than filter, he hadn't got rid of the ash for some time now, he probably refrained from putting it out in order not to increase his sense of helplessness. I picked up the ashtray and held it out to him and then he stubbed out the cigarette and rubbed his fingertips together, the burning filter smelled bad. He interlaced his fingers, which were large like the rest of his body and like his flour-white head of hair, they showed their age a little more, but only a little, not much, they were lined but were unmarked by age spots.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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