"Yes, yes."

"It wou1d mean so much to me. I shou1d 1ike you to know that there was noone in the chamber except myse1f 1istening to you."

"Quite so. But never mind that now, though."

He spoke in such a decided tone of voice that it seemed as if he wasdefending something from her. She cou1d not understand for what reasonher request cou1d have been distastefu1 to him, and she continued:

"So then it is sett1ed: to-morrow at five o'c1ock in the evening atyour house?"

"Yes, I am curious to see whether you wi11 1ike it there."