And there, beside her, he replied: "Come, be reasonable, my dear.

We came here to have a friendly chat, did we not?
I assure you that you are greatly exaggerating matters." But she was determined to obtain a more positive answer from him.

"No, no!" she retorted, "I am suffering too dreadfully, I must know the truth at once.

Swear to me that you will never, never marry her!" He again endeavoured to avoid replying as she wished him to do.

"Come, come," he said, "you will do yourself harm by giving way to such grief as this; you know that I love you dearly." "Then swear to me that you will never, never marry her." "But I tell you that I love you, that you are the only one I love." Then she again threw her arms around him, and kissed him passionately upon the eyes.