"And tell me, Yössele," she continues, "shall you be always just as—just the same?"
"What do you mean by that, Treine?"
"I mean," her voice shakes, "just as fond of me?"
"What a question!"
"Just as dear?"
"What next?"
"Always?"
"Always!" he is confident.
"Shall you always eat with me?"
"Of course," he answers.