"No, no, no!" said Anna.
"But I say yes," Frederick flared out in a passion, and put his arm around her waist, "I say yes!"
"Most certainly not!" Anna answered softly, embracing him affectionately.
KRIEMHILD ACCUSES HAGEN OF THE MURDER OF SIEGFRIED
From the painting by Schnorr von Carolsfeld [Illustration]
"You shall, I wish it," cried Frederick, releasing her.
Anna, without making any answer, took up the flax-comb and looked down on the ground before her.
"Will you, or will you not?" persisted
Frederick, and stepped right in front of her.
"How could I?" returned Anna, looking confidingly in his eyes, and laying her hand on her heart.
"Very well," cried Frederick. "You will not. God damn me if I ever see you again!" He rushed out like a mad man.