To me Jeanne showed herself simple as a child, wise and thoughtful as a woman. A new feeling was growing every instant within me, of perfect rest of heart; the certainty of happiness for all my life to come.
Yes, my happiness travelled beyond the present, as I looked into the future and saw along series of days passed by her side; and while she spoke to me, tranquil, confident, and happy too, I thought I saw the great wings of my dream closing over and enfolding us.
We spoke in murmurs. The open window let in the warm evening air and the confused roar of the city.
"I am to be your friend and counsellor?" said she.
"Always."
"You promise that you will ask my advice in all things, and that we shall act in concert?"
"I do."
"If this very first evening I ask you for a proof of this, you won't be angry?"
"On the contrary."
"Well, from what you have told me of your uncle, you seem to have accepted the second condition, of making up your quarrel, rather lightly."