For one full hour I poured out all the tender, cheerful words that love inspired me with, to persuade her to come back to me; I could only suppose that it was a joke to tease me.

But I became impatient.
"The joke," I said, "has lasted long enough; it is foolish, as I could not run after you, and I am surprised to hear you laugh, for your strange conduct leads me to suppose that you are making fun of me.

Come and take your seat near me, and if I must speak to you without seeing you let my hands assure me that I am not addressing my words to the empty air.

To continue this game would be an insult to me, and my love does not deserve such a return." "Well, be calm.

I will listen to every word you may say, but you must feel that it would not be decent for me to place myself near you in this dark room." "Do you want me to stand where I am until morning ?" "Lie down on the bed, and go to sleep." "In wonder, indeed, at your thinking me capable of doing so in the state I am in.