Tell me, where did you find that headdress ?" These last words were spoken with the careless, mocking gayety of a young girl.
Gerfaut smiled, but he took off his cap.

Knowing the importance that women attach to little things, and what an irreparable impression an ugly cravat or unblacked boots might produce in the most affecting moments, he did not wish to compromise himself by a ridiculous head-gear.

He passed his hand through his hair, pushing it back from his large, broad forehead, and said softly: "You know very well that I am not going to Germany or Switzerland, and that Bergenheim is the end of my journey, as it has been its aim." "Then will you be so good as to tell me what your intention was in taking such a step, and whether you have realized how strange, inconsiderate, and in every way extravagant your conduct is ?" "I have realized it; I know it.

You were here, I came because there is a loadstone within you, that is my heart's sole attraction, and I must follow my heart.

I came because I wanted to see your beautiful eyes again, to be intoxicated by your sweet voice, because to live away from you is impossible for me; because your presence is as necessary to my happiness as air to my life; because I love you.