Chapter 36: Memories

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌⁠Amid conflicts such as those just described, the countess lived, passing from one stage of development to another and unconsciously growing older—mentally maturing. Several weeks had now passed since her parting with Freyer, but the apathy with which, from that hour, she had regarded all external things still remained. She left the duke to arrange the affair with the Wildenaus, which, a short time