“I am sure that you, who always understand, know why.”
“After a while will do,” he said easily, “when we are more tired of ourselves.” He paused. “Perhaps Thursday,” he suggested.
“Oh!” she exclaimed, in spite of herself.
“Why ‘oh’?”
“You are so positive that we shall be ennuyés by Thursday.”
“Yes,” he replied tranquilly, “we see so much of us together that it cannot last long so. Indeed it was for that that I was quite willing to go to-day, but on the train I begin to think otherwise, and my otherwise thoughts are become so strong that I find myself obliged to get down at Aârburg.”
“And Leipsic?”
“Ah, for that you were so charming to send for me to-night and tell me how all has been I will tell you all the truth of Leipsic. It is there that my professor lives, the man who has teach me all that I know. He is to me the most dear out of all the world, for he gave to me my music, which is my life and my soul. And so you may understand that I speak truth indeed when I say that I have much interest in Leipsic.”
Rosina nodded, a sympathetic smile upon her lips.
“But we must go back to the hotel now,” she said sadly; “it is nearly ten o’clock.”