"
"Then you will return to the valley, to Miss Nanna."
"Undoubtedly. She requires my presence, and I long to see her."
"Then you still love the young girl?" inquired Mrs. Ulrica.
"I do not know whether I loved her when I departed from Almvik; but
this much I do know, that her image has been with me constantly during
my absence; and that I shall see her again to-day."
"To tell her of this folly?"
"O, no, that would be unjust, as I can tell her nothing more."
"Thank Heaven for that! You, yourself, see that it would be impossible
to--"
"What?" inquired Gottlieb, as his aunt paused.
"To marry her."
"I do not at all consider it impossible; but as it is uncertain whether
I ought to wed Nanna when the time arrives for me to marry, it is better
for both of us that we should rest satisfied with friendship alone."
"Listen to me, Gottlieb. Sometimes you speak so wisely that I am not
certain but that it would repay me to make a proposal to you."
"Well, I am all attention."
"If I am not much mistaken, pity is the only sentiment that you feel for
that girl, Nanna.
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