She felt her love expanding within her heart, widening it to its full capacity within her. Her love was as a domain in which he wandered.
“I do not understand you yet; I do not know you yet!” she said, softly. “I do not see you yet....”
“Would you be in any way interested to know me, to see me?”
“Surely.”
“Let me tell you then; I should like to do so; it would be a great joy to me.”
“I am listening to you most attentively.”
“One question first: you cannot endure people who go in for sport?”
“On the contrary, I like to see the display and development of strength, so long as it is not too near me. Just as I like to hear a storm, when I am safely within doors. And I can even find pleasure in watching acrobats.”
He laughed quietly:
“Nevertheless you held my particular predilection in great aversion?”