"But if she will not see me?"
"She will see you. I can tell you that. And I will tell you this also;--that she wrote to you as a girl writes to the lover whom she does wish to see."
"Is that true?" exclaimed Paul, jumping up.
"I am here especially to tell you that it is true. I should hardly come on such a mission if there were a doubt. You may go to her, and need have nothing to fear,--unless, indeed, it be the opposition of her mother."
"She is stronger than her mother," said Paul.

But I can tell you this; that she wrote to you as a girl writes to the lover whom she wishes to see."
"Is that true?" exclaimed Paul, jumping up.
"I am here to tell you that it is true. You may go to her, and need have nothing to fear. 