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His name is Johan, but now he has a different name. "
She pauses in her slightly messy flow of speech, as if something is bothering her,
and looks sadly empty before her before continuing:
“Johan is associated with the impostor Walther. You know him, you were even
married to him once, a long time ago, but you've probably forgotten that now. "
Ann is now unable to control herself any longer. All the incomprehensible talk -
she wants them to disappear.
“I'm a kid after all. How can I have married this … Walther?" She spits out.
"You were in a past life before the illness got you," the woman says, looking at
her definitely.
Ann begins to sweat profusely, both out of rage at the woman and out of fear.
"Listen," the woman continues. "Walther, your husband made a covenant
behind your back. He did it to protect you, but it was an evil covenant he made.
You knew something was wrong, because he changed.
He became rich and arrogant, and your love died, even though he loved you. You
no longer shared anything but table and bed, and your fine education, which
Walther had previously benefited from and was proud of, was now of no use.
Walther didn't want you to join the business anymore and you didn't have to
keep an account or keep track of the people, everything was secret. When
Walther eventually denied that your son Dieter could get a fine education, but
instead should follow in Walther's footsteps and become a farmer, you became
ill, and no matter how much Dieter and Walther prayed to God for you to stay
well, you died of grief. "
The woman looks at her with her sad look in the bright green eyes. Her with her
almost luminous green eyes, which now seem as if they are not really present,
just as her figure also seems transparent, but it is probably her white dress that
does, Ann thinks.
"What kind of covenant was Walther making since everything was supposed to
be secret?" asks Ann.
"Walther got a mandrake and made a covenant; my beloved grandfather was the
one who swore the oath that Walther was to follow."
"A mandrake, what's that?" asks Ann.
“A mandrake is a half plant and half human being who brings good luck and