"Then what is it?"
"I'm glad—that's all."
"True?"
All at once the girl, flinging herself at his feet, caught his hands and cried:
"I love you, I love you, I love you!"
"What, me!" Javogues cried, amazed, retreating a step. "You love me!"
"I adore you. I think of nothing but you. You are my god!"
"There is no God!"
"Yes, when one loves."
"Then you love me—it's true?" he said, raising her to her feet. "Why do you love me?"