The Red Lily — Volume 02

I do not know where, to forget and hate you. For I have against you a latent feeling of hatred and anger. Oh, I love you, I love you!" She believed what he was saying, feared that he might go, and feared the sadness of living without him. She replied: "I found you in my path. I do not wish to lose you. No, I do not wish to lose you". Timid yet violent, he stammered; the words were stifled in his throat. Twilight descended from the far-off mountains, and the last reflections of the sun became pallid in the east. She said: "If you knew my life, if you had seen how empty it was before I knew you, you would know what you are to me, and would not think of abandoning me". But, with the tranquil tone of her voice and with the rustle of her skirts on the pavement, she irritated him.