How could I deceive you ?" "Nina, Nina, my own one!" he said.
"And as I love you, so do you love me?
Say that you love me also." "I do," said he--"I love you as I love my own soul." Then they parted; and Nina, as she went home, tried to make herself happy with the assurance which had been given to her by the last words her lover had spoken; but still there remained with her that suspicion of a doubt which, if it really existed, would be so cruel an injury to her love..