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Jenny changed her dress in the dark; she put the kettle on
and arranged the anemones and the almond sprigs before she
called him in and lighted up.
He took her again in his arms and said:
“Oh, Jenny, you are so lovely. Everything about you is
lovely; it is heavenly to be with you. I wish I could be with
you always.”
She took his face between her two hands.
“Jenny — you wish it — that we could be always together?”
She looked into his beautiful brown eyes:
“Yes, Helge; I do.”
“Do you wish that this spring — our spring — never would
end?”
”Yes — oh yes.” She threw herself suddenly into his arms
and kissed him; her half-open lips and closed eyes begged for
more kisses; his words about their spring, that should never
cease, awoke a painful anxiety in her heart that the spring and
their dream would come to an end. And yet behind it all was
a dread, which she did not try to explain to herself, but it
came into existence when he asked if she wished they could
always be together.
“I wish I were not going home,” said Helge sadly.
“But I am going home soon too,” she said softly, “and we
shall probably come back here together.”
“You are quite determined to go? Are you sorry that I have
upset all your plans in this way?”
She gave him a hurried kiss and ran to the kettle, which was
boiling over.
“No, you silly boy. I had almost made up my mind before,
because mamma wants me badly.” She gave a short laugh.
“I am ashamed of myself — she is so pleased that I am
coming home to help her, and it is really only to be with my lover.
But it is all right. I can live cheaper at home even if I help
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