Konrad and Alexandra (pdf) - Rolf Gross

"Listen my love, try to lie absolutely still and sleep like the Sufi do, very lightly and
floating quietly, concentrating on getting better even in your sleep."
After a week, she slowly began to recover. She showed some appetite and took part in
everyday life. But Konrad insisted that she rest quietly for several hours a day during which he
read to her from Goethe’s Italienische Reise a copy of which he had found in the Dadiani
library.
Three weeks later they sailed on an old, rusty steamer from Batumi to Trapezond where
they boarded an Italian ship for Venice.
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