I love you just as much, and everything I said to you then is just as true.

This instant at which I speak to you shows me again exactly how, to my great misfortune, you just insuperably charm me.

There--I can't say less.

I don't mean, however, to insist; it's only for a moment.

I may add that when I came upon you a few minutes since, without the smallest idea of seeing you, I was, upon my honour, in the very act of wishing I knew where you were." He had recovered his self-control, and while he spoke it became complete.