His eyes, not his words, had betrayed it; for a woman can see in a suitor's look what color his wishes take, while a woman's eyes only tell her lover whether or no she reciprocates his feelings.
"I am going," she said, but he remarked the deadly paleness which overspread her features, and her colorless cheeks encouraged him in the belief that, after a sleepless night and the agitations of the last few hours, it was only physical exhaustion which made Melissa so suddenly anxious to escape from him.

So, saying kindly: "'Till to-morrow, then," he dismissed her.
But when she had almost left the room, he added: "One thing more! To-morrow we will try our zitherns together.

After my bath is the time I like best for such pleasant things; Adventus will fetch you.

I am curious to hear you play and sing.

Of all sounds, that of the human voice is the sweetest.