She had--she has, great ideals, great hopes and ambitions.

We worked together there and then, afterwards, in those beautiful spring evenings in Petrograd when the canals shone all night and the houses were purple, we walked....

The night before last night I begged her to marry me ...

and she accepted.
She said that we would go together to the war, that I should be her knight and she my lady and that we would care for the wounds of the whole world.

Ah! what a night that was--shall I ever forget it?
After she had left me, I walked all night and sang....