“it wasn’t my intention to hurt your feelings. Besides—neither of us knows to what end you drink.
There is that in you, which orders your life for you, and which knows why you are doing it.
It is good to realize this; there is someone in us who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we do ourselves.
But excuse me, I must go home.” We did not linger over our leave-taking.
I remained seated, very dejected, and emptied the bottle. I found, when I got up to go, that Demian had already paid for it.
That made me more angry still. This little event recurred to my thoughts, which were full of Demian.
And the words he had spoken in the inn came back to my mind, retaining all their old freshness and significance:
It is good to know there is one in us who knows everything!”
I looked at the picture hanging in the window, now quite dark.
The eyes glowed still. It was Demian’s look. On it was the look of the one inside me, who knows all.
Oh, how I longed for Demian! I knew nothing of his whereabouts, for me he was unattainable.
I knew only that he was supposed to be studying somewhere or other, and that after the conclusion of his school career his mother had left the town.
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