Death in Berlin
“Friedel had gone, and she was alone in the house.
Alone in the house … Now why should that thought suddenly disturb her and bring with it a return of the vague, troubling feeling of apprehension that had been absent from her all that sunny afternoon and quiet evening?
Besides she was not alone; Lottie was asleep upstairs.
Miranda turned her attention resolutely to the cooling soup, and having finished it, carried the empty plate to the sideboard and helped herself to cold meat and salad, making... as much noise about it as possible as a protection against the silence.
The clatter of plates and knives comforted her in some obscure fashion; they made a pleasant, ordinary, everyday sound. She mixed herself a french dressing from the ingredients that Friedel had left on the table, and was pouring them over her salad when she heard soft footsteps on the landing upstairs.
For a fleeting moment her heart seemed to leap into her throat; and then she realized who had caused them and was corres— pondingly annoyed.MoreLess
Alone in the house … Now why should that thought suddenly disturb her and bring with it a return of the vague, troubling feeling of apprehension that had been absent from her all that sunny afternoon and quiet evening?
Besides she was not alone; Lottie was asleep upstairs.
Miranda turned her attention resolutely to the cooling soup, and having finished it, carried the empty plate to the sideboard and helped herself to cold meat and salad, making... as much noise about it as possible as a protection against the silence.
The clatter of plates and knives comforted her in some obscure fashion; they made a pleasant, ordinary, everyday sound. She mixed herself a french dressing from the ingredients that Friedel had left on the table, and was pouring them over her salad when she heard soft footsteps on the landing upstairs.
For a fleeting moment her heart seemed to leap into her throat; and then she realized who had caused them and was corres— pondingly annoyed.MoreLess
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