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It was also said that he had been a second time treated for dypsomania . The previous treatment had not been successful , but he was now cured . One could see how popular Aarö was , for there was hardly anybody who was not pleased . On Wednesday the 16th of March , 1892 , at four o'clock in the afternoon , Ella sat at work near her flowers ; from there she could see the hotel . At the corner window in the second story stood the man of whom she was thinking -- stood and looked down at her . She got up and he bowed twice . She remained standing as he crossed the market-place .