"
"But, dear Nanna, you were aware that I should be forced to go away
soon."
"I did not know that you were going so soon as to-morrow morning."
"Neither did I, myself, when I saw you yesterday; but when I determined
to go by the steamboat, you perceive that--"
"Yes, yes."
"And then again what difference will a day or two more or less make,
when we part--"
"Never again to meet," interrupted Nanna.
"You will do right in the meantime not to hope too much."
Nanna glanced inquiringly towards Gottlieb.
"Do you not think it strange, Nanna, that we who have been acquainted
but so short a season, should think so much of each other?"
"It is perfectly natural that we should. Persons in fashionable society
cannot become so well acquainted with each other as we could in one
hour. At first we met each other every evening, then every morning and
evening, and at length--"
"And at length morning, noon and night!" interrupted Gottlieb, with a
smile. "In truth, Nanna, you are right, for if our every meeting was so
divided that we should be together but once each week, our acquaintance
would have been prolonged for an entire year.
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