'Why do you look at me so, Johannes? Have you ever seen me before?'
'Yes I have, indeed.'
'You must surely have dreamed it.'
'Dreamed it?' thought Johannes. 'Can I have dreamed it? Or can I be dreaming now?'
'Where were you born?' he inquired.
'A long way from hence, in a great town.'
'Among human beings?'
Robinetta laughed—it was Windekind's laugh. 'Why, I should think so. Were not you?'
'Oh yes, I was too.'
'Do you object to that? Do you not like human beings?'