"Sit down there behind the table.

Do that for me." And tapping the floor with her heel, she said, in a tone of melancholy, "Then it is impossible to be friends, only friends, with a man.

But it would be very nice to come and see you without having evil thoughts to fear, wouldn't it ?" She was silent.

Then she added, "Yes, just to see each other--and if we did not have any sublime things to say to each other, it is also very nice to sit and say nothing!" Then she said, "My time is up.

I must go home." "And leave me with no hope ?" he exclaimed, kissing her gloved hands.
She did not answer, but gently shook her head, then, as he looked pleadingly at her, she said, "Listen.