"Of course."
"Well, I'll tell you, only please don't mention it—with a married woman. Are you not sorry for him?"
"No, not at all; a young man ought not to fall in love with a married woman—it's a sin, a crime."
"That's what I told him myself."
After a short pause, Milenko, having now got over his shyness:
"Well, Ivanitza, tell me, will you not give me a little hope; will you not try to love me just a little?"
"Would you be satisfied with only just a little?"
"No."
"Well, then—I am afraid——"
"What?"