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"I knew it! I felt it must come! " cried Walpurga when Franz brought the news of Irma's illness. "I knew she'd never come back! " she repeated again and again, weeping, wringing her hands, and praying by turns.
"That won't help any," said Hansei, laying his hand on her shoulder. "Get up; you're not like this at other times. Come, may be it isn't so bad after all; and even if it should be, this is no time to cry and weep; we must do all that can be done. "