The woman closed her curtains. Arno took it she was having one of her dark days. Arno looked around for something helpful to do, even if there was no request and would be no thank-you. He understood her sadness. Frau Hitzig needed help, she needed all her sons not to have died, she needed her neighbors to stop throwing mud at her door because of the absence of donation badges. She needed . . . she needed Arno to clean the door again.
