4/16 It was Psyche herself who stood beside Cupid. She smiled in a friendly manner; the little lad had certainly told her who the gentlemen were; but she became crimson, and cast down her eyes when Wilhelm looked back after her: he beckoned to Jonas, who immediately came to him. The girl was his sister, he said, and was called Eva. Wilhelm nodded to her, and the friends went on. "A rosebud that one could kiss until it became a full blown rose!" "During the experiment the rosebud might easily be broken!" answered Otto; "at least such is the case with the real flower. |