The Grim Reaper

De havde som sædvanlig trukket sig tilbage til en krog, hvor de stod tavse og holdt hinanden i hånden, mens deres øjne mødtes, hver gang døren til professorens stue åbnedes og en bleg skygge gled ud eller ind. Men da endelig deres eget nummer af tjeneren blev råbt op, og de selv stod i døren, i færd med at gå derind, greb Ane pludselig angstfuld om SIn their usual manner they had withdrawn to a corner where they stood, holding each other’s hand, their eyes meeting every time the door to the professor’s room opened and a hollow, pale figure slipped in or out. But as the assistant finally called out their number and they themselves were about to enter, Ane, fearful, suddenly grabbed Simon’s arm, as though wanting to hold him back.

After several years of hard labour, Simon and Ane are finally able to pay the last instalment on their bank loan. It is supposed to be the time for the couple to relax a little more and perhaps have children. But Ane has a strange feeling: an illness is growing inside of her. imons arm som for at holde ham tilbage.