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Why was it, do you think, I was able to recognise you and understand you?"
"Why, Hermine? Tell me!"
"Because it's the same for me as you because I am alone exactly as you are, because I'm as little fond of life and people and myself as you are and can put up with them as little. There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.