Max hesitated, then answered bluntly:-- "Because I have met you, Fraeulein.

You should not lead me to speak such words." Yolanda touched Max's arm and said frankly:-- "There can be no harm, Max.

If you knew all,--if I could tell you all,--you would understand.

The words can harm neither of us." She hesitated and, with drooping head, continued: "And they are to me as the sun and the south wind to the flowers and the corn.

You already know all that is in my heart, or I would not speak so plainly.