"Where are you going?"
"To the United States. My husband has been appointed first secretary to the Embassy."
"And so, and so…." he said … (his lips trembled) … "it is all over?"
"My dear friend!" she said, touched by his tone…. "No: it is not all over."
"I have found you again only to lose you?"
There were tears in her eyes.
"My dear friend," she said again.
He held his hand over his eyes and turned away to hide his emotion.
"Do not be so sad," she said, laying her hand on his.
Once more, just then, he thought of the little girl in Germany. They were silent.