hopeless HOW ON EARTH CAN I KEEP YOU? crying out to her beneath his words.
She sat motionless, with lowered lids. \"Oh—I shan't go yet!\"
\"Not yet? Some time, then? Some time that you already foresee?\"
At that she raised her clearest eyes. \"I promise you: not as long as you hold out. Not as long as we can look straight at each other like this.\"
He dropped into his chair. What her answer really said was: \"If you lift a
hopeless HOW ON EARTH CAN I KEEP YOU? crying out to her beneath his words.
She sat motionless, with lowered lids. \"Oh—I shan't go yet!\"
\"Not yet? Some time, then? Some time that you already foresee?\"
At that she raised her clearest eyes. \"I promise you: not as long as you hold out. Not as long as we can look straight at each other like this.\"
He dropped into his chair. What her answer really said was: \"If you lift a
