"If thou lovest, why dost thou not love truly? If thou dost not love me, why dost thou follow me?
"If thou knewest thou didst not love me, why didst thou decoy me into thy net?
"He has cast a spell upon me: yet I would be of the race of witches.
"I know nothing. I am no wizard, my eye has no power.
"If I address him once, I kill him and myself.
"Or perhaps only myself.
"And shall I not speak?"
The poor girl's heart was full of reverie, but her eyes, her mouth, and her hand were busy with domestic work: she did not sit to gaze at the stars, to mourn over her instrument: she looked to her work, and they said "she is an enthusiastic housekeeper."
"Good day, Czipra."
She had even observed that Lorand was approaching her from behind, when she was whipping out cream in the corridor, and he greeted her very tenderly.