46/72 And then I recall her and I do not venture. And so everything else, I think of her, 'What if she finds it out ?' and I am afraid to do it." "Yes," the girl drawled out thoughtfully, "that shows that you love her. If I loved, I would think of him--of what he might say..." "And everything about her is so peculiar," Foma related softly. "She speaks in a way all her own. And, God! How beautiful she is! And then she is so small, like a child." "And what took place between you ?" asked Lubov. |