Let us go to America; far, far away to some quiet, unknown valley, where there are no human beings, and therefore there will be no falsehood and no treachery, no battles and strife.

There let us dwell in the divine peace of creation; live as Adam and Eve lived in Paradise, quietly and at rest in the precincts of pure human happiness." "And you would, you could, do this for me ?" he asked, gazing with admiring eyes at her glowing face, radiant with enthusiasm.

"You, the petted queen of society, the spoiled, delicate daughter of luxury and wealth, you could resolve to lead a quiet, simple, unknown life, far from the world and men ?" "Oh," she exclaimed, "such an existence would be my happiness, my ecstasy, my bliss.

I would greet it exultingly.

I long for it with all the powers of my soul, all the fervor of my heart.