tatue is finisake a look at it before you go up to eat.quot;

    quot;Gladly. Ill come rig;

    toget. Niklaus  seen t Goldmund undisturbed at   attention. iful and ligern eyes grow happy.

    quot;It is good,quot; ter said. quot;It is very good. It is your assistants piece, Goldmund. No t ter for it; you deserve it.quot;

    Goldmund did not value t ion ters , and he was glad.

    . Jo;ty and lig is grave, but filled  t t lig.quot;

    Goldmund smiled.

    quot;You kno I did not portray myself in t my dearest friend. It is  ligo ture, not I. It  really I ue;  into my soul.quot;

    quot;t may be so,quot; said Niklaus. quot;It is a secret o being. I am not particularly  I must say: I  fall far be in craft and care, but in trut suc be repeated. It is a secret.quot;

    quot;Yes,quot; Goldmund said. quot; it, I t: you cant make t again. And ter, t Ill soon go back to ;

    Astonis ern again.

    quot;ell speak about t. For you,  to run a take t noon youll be my guest.quot;

    At noon Goldmund appeared  and o be invited to ters table. As airs to t atues,  ime, t first time o tiful quiet rooms .

    Lisbetoo, aining tue.

    time  sit in silence alked. Boto oasts. Goldmunds eyes y to study carefully tiful girl inguisly contemptuous face, and  conceal reated eously, but  disappointed t s blused. Again ly to make tiful immobile face speak, to force it to surrender its secret.

    After tatues in ternoon rolled ty, an aimless idler. ly e