And then he went his way.

In the mean time Nina, chill and wretched, crept to her cold bed, all unconscious of the happiness that had been so near her.

"If he thinks I can be false to him, it will be better to die," she said to herself, as she drew the scanty clothing over her shivering shoulders.
As she did so her lover walked home, and having come to a resolution which was intended to be definite as to his love, he allowed his thoughts to run away with him to other subjects.

After all, it would be no evil to him to leave Prague.

At Prague how little was there of progress either in thought or in things material! At Prague a Jew could earn money, and become rich--might own half the city; and yet at Prague he could only live as an outcast.