I'd never even have thought of refusing, but you...”
And once again he brought up the business about the mythology and the knitting, and once again Anne was insulted.
However, I showed no sign of it and let Dussel finish: “But no, it's impossible to talk to you. You're shamefully self-centered.
No one else matters, as long as you get your way. I've never seen such a child.
But after all is said and done, I'll be obliged to let you have your way,
since I don't want people saying later on that Anne Frank failed her exams because Mr. Dussel refused to relinquish his table!
He went on and on until there was such a deluge of words I could hardly keep up.
For one fleeting moment I thought, “Him and his lies. I'll smack his ugly mug so hard he'll go bouncing off the wall!”
But the next moment I thought, “Calm down, he's not worth getting so upset about!”
At long last Mr. Dussel's fury was spent, and he left the room with an expression of triumph mixed with wrath, his coat pockets bulging with food.
I went running over to Father and recounted the entire story, or at least those parts he hadn't been able to follow himself.
Pim decided to talk to Dussel that very same evening, and they spoke for more than half an hour.
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