“On leaving Freiburg, I left with one of the supervisors at the University written instructions arranging to send my graduation certificates to Clausthal. When after a fortnight I received the University envelope, I found in it also a letter addressed to me, but left with the university authorities to forward to me as my address was unknown. The writing was totally unknown to me, and yet, as if my heart knew beforehand, the letter was not from a stranger! It came from Mrs B., Clara’s relative. Mrs B. reminded me of that evening meeting between Clara and myself which she had arranged; she explained to me the serious reason, why, unknown to the professor, she had taken that desperate measure. She cursed the hour in which she had hurt the girl rather than benefiting her, and beseeched me in t
