“I don’t know. I’ll tell you that when I have got things straight with her—if I ever do.”

“I can wait, René,” she said. “Time doesn’t seem to matter now. Isn’t Lotta splendid?”

“Splendid!”

They shook hands as they parted, and each promised to write.

[IV
EXPLANATION]

Mais, hélas! quelle raison

Te fait quitter la maison? . . .

Et qu’est-ce que je puis faire

Que je ne fasse pour toi?