Gewiß hatte sie die Stickerei auf einem kleinen Rahmen von Polisanderholz angefertigt, ganz heimlich, in vielen, vielen Stunden, und die weichen Locken der träumerischen Arbeiterin hatten die Seide gestreift. Ein Hauch von Liebe wehte aus den Stichen hervor.
It had been embroidered on some rosewood frame, a pretty little thing, hidden from all eyes, that had occupied many hours, and over which had fallen the soft curls of the pensive worker. A breath of love had passed over the stitches on the canvas; each prick of the needle had fixed there a hope or a memory, and all those interwoven threads of silk were but the continuity of the same silent passion.