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Henrik Rissler had come down from Uppsala. He had just taken his preliminary degree and in a couple of weeks was to make a tour down in Europe while he wrote his thesis, "On Romantic Irony. " He had no independent means, but his uncle -- a bank lawyer, politician, and millionaire -- had offered to pay for the trip. This Martin already knew from Henrik's letters. But before he started he was to rest a few weeks. He was somewhat overworked, for he had studied hard so as to get away from Uppsala as soon as possible, and he had also taken extra time to write some critical studies for a magazine and so become a little better known among the score or so of men who interested themselves in such things.
Martin had been expecting him for a couple of days and had a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes ready.