I would so gladly obey you, in order to prove to you my love; I would like above all to go away on your arm to that beautiful far-away country, where we could live royally in the castle of your dreams.

It seems to me an easy thing to do, so often have I myself planned our flight.

Yet now, what shall I say to you?
It appears to me quite an impossibility; it is as if a door had suddenly been walled up between us and prevented me from going out." He wished to try to fascinate her again, but she quieted him with a movement of her hands.
"No; do not say anything more.

It is very singular, but in proportion as you utter such sweet, such tender words, which ought to convince me, fear takes possession of me and chills me to the heart.

My God! What is the matter with me?
It is really that which you say which drives me from you.