He stopped. Fru Adelheid sat up and looked at him. Her eyes shone.
“Or a connection, if you like....”
“You never told me about that!” she said.
Cordt raised his head and looked at her and she lowered her eyes.
“There is nothing to tell,” he said.
Then he said no more, but went to the window and stood there.
And Fru Adelheid again felt small and ill at ease in the big old chair.