ould I take them in my arms, when they might die there? That was when I understood what Kristian had meant. I followed Ilona and my sister as they went to visit our parents' grave and I was shocked to see how old my sister had become. I'm turning into radium, Charlotte replied. The doctors had had to sedate him.
Why don't you do it? she said, closing her eyes. Suddenly the room seemed too bright. Yes, the song, Charlotte, Karl said softly. She watched Madeleine and Karl threading graceful curves through the crowd of dancers; she saw women watching Karl, men watching her sister, jealous.
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