“But Hans Castorp said as they walked on: “You see, I didn’t mind it at all, I got on with her quite well; I always do with such people; I understand instinctively how to go at them – don’t you think so? I even think, on the whole, I get on better with sad people than with jolly ones – goodness knows why. Perhaps it’s because I’m an orphan, and lost my parents early;.”
