:23:01
People like me...
:23:03
are never young.
:23:06
That is the saddest thing of all.
:23:12
One has no pluck.
:23:15
One lacks self-confidence.
:23:19
The years go by...
:23:22
one grows old...
:23:25
and life was meagre...
:23:28
and empty.
:23:29
Oh, you shouldn't say such things!
:23:32
We women are not that bad.
:23:35
No, of course not.
:23:43
GieshuebIer wouId have Iiked
to decIare his Iove...
:23:47
and, Iike EI Cid or some other hero...
:23:51
sought her permission
to fight and die for her.
:23:55
Since this was not possibIe
and his heart couId bear no more...
:23:59
he stood up, Iooked for his hat,
which he found at once...
:24:04
and, after repeatedIy kissing Effi's hand,
quickIy withdrew...
:24:08
without a further word.
:24:18
Everywhere Effi went...
:24:20
she had the same impression.
:24:22
Mediocre peopIe,
usuaIIy of dubious charm...
:24:26
who, whiIe taIking about Bismarck
and the Crown Princess...
:24:30
were reaIIy eyeing Effi's attire.
:24:32
Some thought it too pretentious
for such a young Iady.
:24:36
Others found it unseemIy
for a Iady of her sociaI standing.
:24:43
They recognized the infIuence of BerIin.
:24:46
A regard for appearances,
a strange awkwardness...
:24:49
and uncertainty
in her approach to major issues.
:24:54
For the Borckes in Rothenmoor...
:24:56
and the famiIies in Morgnitz
and Dabergotz...
:24:59
she was ''affIicted with rationaIism''...