It must be soon, with the permission of St.
Clare, who, since you have chosen her for your patron saint, looks down upon you as well as on me.
"As for my colour, I know not what to name; the baubles associated with earthly love are unfamiliar to me.

But blue is the colour of the pure heaven and its noble queen, the gracious Virgin.

If you make this colour yours and fight for it, I shall rejoice, and am willing to name it mine." At the bottom of the little note she wrote only her Christian name "Eva," and when she read it over she found that it contained, in apt and seemly phrases, everything that she desired to say to the knight.
While folding the paper and considering how she could fasten it, as there was no wax at hand, she thought of the narrow ribbons with which Els tied together, in sets of half a dozen, the fine kerchiefs worn over the neck and bosom, when they came from the wash.

They were sky-blue, and nothing could be more suitable for the purpose.
Katterle brought one from the top of the chest.

Eva wound it swiftly around the little roll, and the maid hastily left the room, sure of the gratitude of the true and steadfast Biberli.
When Eva was again alone, she at first thought that she might rejoice over her hasty act; but on asking herself what Els would say, she felt certain that she would disapprove of it and, becoming disconcerted, began to imagine what consequences it might entail.
The advice which her father had recently given Wolff, never to let any important letter pass out of his hands until at least one night had elapsed, returned to her memory, and from that instant the little note burdened her soul like a hundred-pound weight.
She would fain have started up to get it back again, and a strong attraction drew her towards the window to ascertain whether Heinz Schorlin had really come and was awaiting her greeting.
Perhaps Katterle had not yet delivered the note.