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THE GRILLPARZER PRIZE-6

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But people flocked to go in and continually bumped against us and we realized we had chosen the worst place to wait.

So nobody is coming to greet us? we thought.

We looked at one another. The room was filled almost completely, just for the sole purpose of awarding the Science Academy Grillparzer Prize to me, I thought.

And no one comes to welcome me and my aunt.

With her eighty years of age she looked magnificent, elegant, intelligent and in those moments appeared as bold as ever.

Down there on the stage, some musicians of the Philharmonic had already taken up position, and all indications pointed to the ceremony beginning.

But nobody had taken any notice of us, and we thought we were the main party event.

So suddenly I had an idea: we go in, I said to my aunt, and simply go and sit down in the centre of the room where there is still some free space, and then let’s see.

We entered and headed towards those places still free in the centre of the room.

Many people had to get up and remonstrated while we struggled through the row of seats.

And now we were sitting in the tenth or eleventh row in the middle of the Science Academy ballroom and waited to see.

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