“It must seem strange to you that I am ready to take you at a moment’s notice. Shall I tell you why? It is,” she continued, taking my hand and placing it against her heart so that I could feel how rapidly and violently it palpitated; “it is because I shall not live as long as others, and I have promised myself to live more quickly.” “Don’t speak to me like that, I entreat you.” “Oh, make yourself easy,” she continued, laughing; “however short a time I have to live, I shall live longer than you will love me!”
