"I am going," she said.
She was already ready to go.
"To-morrow," she went on, "I will bring you her reply; you must wait for me at Leiden,—(the first station beyond the German frontier)—on the platform."
(She had read Christophe's letter over his shoulder as he wrote.)
"You will tell me everything and how she bore the blow and everything she says to you? You will not keep anything from me?" said Christophe beseechingly.
"I will tell you everything."
They were not so free to talk now, for the young man was at the door watching them:
"And then, Herr Christophe," said Lorchen, "I will go and see her sometimes and I will send you news of her; do not be anxious."
She shook hands with him vigorously like a man.
"Let us go!" said the peasant.