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The judge's wife was not at home, but the maid -- saying that she would be back soon: she had only gone to the station; her brother was expected, and might perhaps come by the first train -- opened the corner room, where Thoma was to wait.
An air full of rest and comfort, full of refreshing odors from blooming plants on tables and pedestals, surrounded Thoma; and her eyes wandered over the beautiful pictures and statues on which the sun shone so brightly. Everything was as still as the flowers and the pictures; even the clock over the writing-table, among the family pictures, moved its pendulum without making the least noise.