"Will you advise me what course to take, when I have obtained a
competency?" continued Gottlieb.
"No, that would be of no use; but Mr. Gottlieb, when I hear that you
have wedded the rich wife of whom you have spoken, I will rejoice at
your good fortune."
"And does not the thought of that rich wife cost you even half a sigh?"
"Not if that wife will render you happy."
"Nanna, you speak as though you did not love me at all!" exclaimed
Gottlieb hastily, forgetting entirely the part he had determined to play
during this interview.
"And should I love you?" inquired Nanna blushing deeply. "I think I am
not such a foolish girl as that."
"But I believe that you love me," replied Gottlieb. "Can you deny that
your heart is mine?"
"I do not deny it; but I shall not allow it to be so," said Nanna with a
glance that immediately cooled Gottlieb's sudden ardor. "My heart is my
own, and should not be an object of trouble to you; and I assure you Mr.
Gottlieb that I shall not allow any weakness on my part to cause you to
break the judicious contract we have made.
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