My dear little Christine! . . . Are you listening to me? . . . Tell me you love me! . . . No, you don’t love me . . . but no matter, you will! . . . Once, you could not look at my mask because you knew what was behind. . . . And now you don’t mind looking at it and you forget what is behind! . . . One can get used to everything . . . if one wishes. . . . Plenty of young people who did not care for each other before marriage have adored each other since!
