The Dead Are Silent / 1907

A furtive liaison between a man and a married woman unfolds through clandestine meetings in carriages and a nocturnal walk toward a river, where weather and passing figures heighten tension. Their talk alternates between talk of escape and fear of exposure, exposing longing, hesitation, and competing loyalties. Urban streets, the Prater, and open fields mirror their shifting moods while small incidents—a drunken driver, carts on the road—force moments of decision. The narrative concentrates on interior conflict, self-deception, and the emotional cost of an illicit attachment rather than on external resolution.