Adultery -- Fiction; Artists -- Fiction; Illegitimate children -- Fiction; Painters -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
One day she had a letter from him in which, among other things, he said
she ought to see a doctor, and the same night she wrote to Gunnar Heggen
telling him that she was expecting a child in February, and would he let
her have the address of a quiet place where she could stay until it was
over. Heggen answered by return:
“DEAR JENNY,—I have advertised in a couple of papers and
will send you the answers when they come, so you can see for
yourself. If you would like me to go and look at some of the
places before you decide, I will do so with pleasure—you know
that. I am at your disposal in every way. Let me know when you
leave, what way you are coming, and if you want me to meet
you, or if I can help you in any other way. I am sorry about
it, of course, but I know you are comparatively well equipped
to face trouble. Please write and say if there is anything
else I can do for you; you know I am only too pleased to be
of any service. I hear you have a good picture at the State
exhibition—congratulations.
“Kind regards from your sincere friend,
G. H.”
A few days later came a whole bundle of letters. Jenny waded through some
of the writing, printed in an awful gothic scrawl, and then wrote to a
Mrs. Schlessinger in the vicinity of Warnemünde, renting a room from the
fifteenth of November. She gave Mrs. Rasmussen notice, and told Gunnar by
letter of her decision.
On the eve of her departure she wrote to Gram:
“DEAR FRIEND,—I have formed a decision which I am afraid will
hurt you, but you must not be angry with me. I am tired and
unnerved; I know I was tiresome and disagreeable to you when
you were here, and I don’t want it to happen again, so have
decided not to see you until all is over and I am normal
again. I am leaving here tomorrow early, going abroad. I am
not giving you my address at present, but you can send your
letters _via_ Mrs. Ahlin, Varberg, Sweden, and I will write you
through her. Do not be anxious about me. I am quite well and
everything is all right, but I beg of you, dear, not to try to
get into communication with me in any other way than the one
I have suggested. Do not be vexed with me, for I believe this
arrangement to be the best for both of us, and please try not
to worry about me more than you can help.—Yours affectionately,
JENNY WINGE.”
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