He got out quickly and paid the driver. Bertha observed, with some alarm, that about half a dozen people, who were crowding round her, were very anxious to see how this remarkable affair would turn out.
"Come," said Emil.
They quickly crossed the road, and thereby got away from the whole throng. They then walked slowly along a less frequented street by the bank of the Wien.
"Why, Emil, you haven't brought your umbrella with you!"
"Won't you take me under yours? Wait a moment, it won't do like this."
He took the umbrella out of her hand, held it over both of them, and thrust his arm under hers. Now she felt that it was his arm, and rejoiced greatly.
"The country, unfortunately, is out of the question," he said.
"What a pity."
"Well, what have you been doing with yourself all day long?"
She told him about the fashionable restaurant, in which she had had her dinner.