George looked straight in front of him.
But Frau Wyner went on speaking quite unperturbed. "And your father wasn't old, was he? And such a handsome man.... Is it true that he was a chemist?"
"No," answered George calmly. "He was President of the Botanical Society." Heinrich with one arm on the shut piano-top was speaking to Else.
"So you've been in Germany?" she asked.
"Yes," replied Heinrich. "I've been back a fairly long time, four or five weeks."
"And when are you going back again?"
"I don't know, perhaps never."
"Come, you don't believe that yourself—what are you working at?" she added quickly.
"All kinds of things," he answered. "I'm going through a rather restless time. I sketch out a lot but I finish nothing. I'm very rarely keen on completing things, obviously I lose all my interest in things too quickly."
"And people too," added Else.