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You alone can do it , and I am sure that later -- very soon , in fact , she will be grateful to you . '' Wilhelm was silent , looking at Paul in anxious suspense . At last , with a deep sigh , he said : `` Well , if I must -- '' `` You are a brick , '' cried Paul , and embraced him before the passers-by , who turned round to look at them with astonishment . On the next day , at twelve o'clock , Wilhelm rang at the Markers ' flat in the Lutzowstrasse . Through the little peephole he caught a glimpse of some one , then the door flew open , a maid ushered him into the drawing-room , and without waiting for him to speak , said : `` Frau Brohl is in the kitchen ; I will fetch her . '' `` Thank you , '' said Wilhelm , rather feebly ; `` there is no hurry . Is -- is -- the Fraulein at home ? ''