Chapter 29: In the Deserted House

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌⁠The night had passed, day was shining through the closed curtains—but Countess Wildenau still sat in the same spot where Freyer had left her. Yes, he had gone "silently, noiselessly as a shadow"—perhaps vanished from her life, as he had said! She did not know what she felt, she would fain have relieved her stupor by tears, but she dared not weep—why should she? Everything was proceeding exactly as