: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''...
:25:02
whiIe the Grasenabbs in Kroschentin
decIared her to be an ''atheist.''
:25:07
AdmittedIy, oId Frau von Grasenabb...
:25:09
née StiefeI von StiefeIstein
from south Germany...
:25:12
had made a vague attempt
to cIaim Effi for the ideas of deism.
:25:16
But Sidonie von Grasenabb,
a 43-year-oId spinster...
:25:20
wouId have none of it.
:25:21
''She's an atheist, Mother...
:25:24
''and that's the truth of the matter!''
:25:27
Whereupon, the oId Iady,
who feared her own daughter...
:25:31
wretchedIy heId her tongue.
:25:36
Yes...
:25:37
we should celebrate this day...
:25:39
but l'm not sure how.
:25:41
Shall l play you...
:25:43
a victory march?
:25:47
Or should l...
:25:50
bear you in triumph across the hall?
:25:52
We ought to do something...
:25:55
for you should know...
:25:57
today's courtesy visit was the last.