I want to make you happy." The prudent instincts of the young man were awakened.
"You are right," said he.

"We must not behave like children.

Ah! if your husband were to die!" "If my husband were to die," slowly repeated Therese.
"We would marry," he continued, "and have nothing more to fear.

What a nice, gentle life it would be!" The young woman stood up erect.

Her cheeks were pale, and she looked at her sweetheart with a clouded brow, while her lips were twitching.
"Sometimes people die," she murmured at last.