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In some strange way the memory of you, like seeds of kale planted

in the fall, all through the winter sprouted in my heart, so

that, as I tell you, I continually longed for that little room;

and something whispered to me that I should find you there again;

and so it has happened. While thinking of this, I often had your

name on my lips as well-this was at Wilno in the carnival season;

the girls said that I was in love. So now, if I love any one, it

must surely be you."

Thaddeus, happy at such a proof of affection, took her arm and

pressed it to him, and they left the garden for the lady's

chamber, for that room that Thaddeus had occupied ten years

before.