Good-Bye Marianne (1998)
“Her father always bought his newspaper there on the way home, and sometimes a cigar to smoke after supper.
She’d walked all the way home without ever looking up, once ignoring a cyclist’s bell as she crossed in front of him. Mutti was always warning her to be careful at the Wilhemstrasse’s busy intersection.
Home at last. Now she had only to avoid Mrs. Schwartz’s curiosity. Mrs. Schwartz was the caretaker for their building. She lived in the ground-floor apartment facing the street. It seemed h...er life depended on knowing everyone’s business! The slightest detail was of utmost importance to her, and she knew almost everything that was going on in the building, on their street, and even what was said behind closed doors. The mailman often paused on his rounds to have coffee with her.
Luckily, today she was not scrubbing the front steps, skirt tucked into her apron waistband. Nor was she peering from behind the spotless white muslin curtains on her gleaming windows.
Marianne opened the front door and tiptoed past Number One.MoreLess
She’d walked all the way home without ever looking up, once ignoring a cyclist’s bell as she crossed in front of him. Mutti was always warning her to be careful at the Wilhemstrasse’s busy intersection.
Home at last. Now she had only to avoid Mrs. Schwartz’s curiosity. Mrs. Schwartz was the caretaker for their building. She lived in the ground-floor apartment facing the street. It seemed h...er life depended on knowing everyone’s business! The slightest detail was of utmost importance to her, and she knew almost everything that was going on in the building, on their street, and even what was said behind closed doors. The mailman often paused on his rounds to have coffee with her.
Luckily, today she was not scrubbing the front steps, skirt tucked into her apron waistband. Nor was she peering from behind the spotless white muslin curtains on her gleaming windows.
Marianne opened the front door and tiptoed past Number One.MoreLess
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