Oh, don’t be afraid: I am as silent as the grave.
Lyngstrand.
I think it is so tremendously kind of her.
Hilda.
And then, when you come home again—is it to be an engagement? Are you going to marry her?
Lyngstrand.
No, I scarcely think that would do. You see, marriage is out of the question for me for a few years yet; and then, when I have made my way, she will be a bit too old for me, I fancy.
Hilda.
And yet you want her to go on thinking of you?
Lyngstrand.