Shall we go a little way together?he questioned in a friendly way.
I was flattered and nodded. Then I described to him where I lived.
“Oh, there?” he said laughingly. “I know the house already. There is a remarkable work of art over your door, which interested me at once.”
I did not guess immediately to what he was referring, and was astonished that he seemed to know our house better than I did.
There was indeed a sort of crest which served as a keystone over the arch of the door,
but in course of time it had become faint and had often been painted over.
As far as I knew, it had nothing to do with us, or with our family.
“I don’t know anything about it,” I said timidly.
“It’s a bird, or something like it; it must be very old. They say that the house at one time belonged to the abbey.”
“Very likely,” he nodded. “We’ll have another good look at it. Such things are often interesting. It is a hawk, I think.”
We continued our way. I was considerably embarrassed.
Suddenly Demian laughed, as if something funny had struck him.
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