It’s then that Axel realizes Mildred was arrested too. Axel sees Mildred fairly frequently. She loves to ensconce herself in the Berlin State Library and work on her dissertation. Sometimes they have lunch together in the library cafeteria. He thinks of her “clear, radiant eyes,” the way she fixes her gaze on him, listening intently. He conjures an image of how she carries herself, striding into a room with an air of “noble” purpose. It pains him to imagine Mildred in prison.
