Making Things Better
“Having delivered himself of this verdict he attacked his ravioli in a zestful manner which Herz found disquieting. His mind was not really attuned to this interview. The morning had brought a postcard from Bad Homburg. The message, in Fanny’s butterfly hand, had read, ‘Enjoying a brief respite from my troubles. Letter follows.’ From this he gathered that she was in funds, was looking forward to a successful outcome to her lawsuit, and had forgotten him altogether.This left him with the obligati...on—it was no less—to repair to the Beau Rivage for at least a month, probably on his own, in order to satisfy Mr Henderson’s ever polite but pressing enquiries about the future of the flat, which, Herz reflected, had somehow passed out of his ownership. If he vacated it, even for the shortest period of time, it was less in his own interest, rather more in that of Mr Henderson, for whom he felt an absurd sympathy. The young man, whom he met frequently on the stairs or on Sophie’s landing, appeared flushed with love and determination, but still clear-headed enough to pursue his own plans.Herz felt as tenderly for him as he would have done for a child proceeding unsupervised into a busy road, not because he was in love, but because he so obviously thought that he had all aspects of the situation under control.MoreLess
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