Allmers.

Round my student’s cap—at the time of father’s death.

Asta.

Could I sew then? Fancy, I have forgotten it.

Allmers.

Oh, you were such a little thing then.

Asta.

Yes, I was little then.

Allmers.

And then, two years afterwards—when we lost your mother—then again you sewed a big crape band on my sleeve.