Paul returns to the hospice each morning to see Keller and reads to him from a book or the newspapers.
The sister tells Paul that Keller comes and goes, and Paul waits for a while before heading for a hotel. He suggests that he can bring Keller some other music, but Keller does not respond and his breathing slows. Keller realizes Paul is there, and Paul greets him in German. Paul begs the nurse to turn off the muzak, but she says their patients find it soothing. The next week he flies to Darwin and goes directly to the hospital.Īt the hospital, Paul finds Keller in a room with two other dying men. Paul had corresponded frequently with Keller since his return, but had not visited him.
In late 1977, Paul receives a letter from the sister in charge of the hospice ward of the Darwin Hospital saying that Eduard Keller has been suffering a long illness. He corresponds frequently with Keller but never goes to visit him. After returning from his travels overseas, Paul moves to Melbourne, where he begins teaching piano, marries Rosie, and they have their first child.
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