Before summer ed completely, life in t came to an end in a  imagined. One day Goldmund  t, o ridge or some ot far aime to time  of , or ole a fe enderly, ioned autumn and ture. S s s and s let  oo. Ill try to get back to ty er Niklaus. Ill spend ter t spring Ill buy myself a ne must be ten years since I last saw  see wo.

    An unfamiliar sound roused s, and suddenly  all s and desires ently. ted itself;  , irritated t s ress. er, still some pity and inued. o see ely torn, screaming and ling rying to rape -up anger, lessness,  in a  ttacker. ried to pin Lene to ts ranger . It felt tringy, covered  until t go of ttling ed, o a feruding from ted man, imes in t till not fully vented; o mangle ther.

    Radiant, Lene sat and cs rembling all over and panting, but soget and admiration scruder ttling orted, t beard and tifully to one side. triump Lene sat up and fell against Goldmunds , but suddenly surned pale. Frigill in  sick. Exed, so t soon so o t s; one ce eeth.

    ture excited Robert enormously. ly ails of t. quot;You broke ! Goldmund, you are a terrifying man.quot;

    But Goldmund did not feel like talking about it any more; ing Viktor o  o s Robert up, ;No rid of ts too difficult to dig a , t over to t up ones and eart; But Robert turned doed no commerce  infested he plague.

    Lene e in  , but soon s better, got up again, made a fire and cooked t Goldmund sent o bed early. Sion for aciturn; Robert realized it and left er Goldmund  to bed. Listening,