31/66 I repeat that I loved you a great deal, Boleslas. I did not hide it from you formerly. I was as loyal to you as truth itself. I have the consciousness of being so still, in offering you, as I do, a firm friendship, the friendship of man for man, who only asks to prove to you the sincerity of his devotion." "I, a friendship with you, I--I--I ?" exclaimed Boleslas. "Have I had enough patience in listening to you as I have listened? |