XX CONFIDENCES
Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck translation
THE next day I went to her house and we reddened when we saw each other. She led me into her chamber where we would be alone.
I had many things to say to her, but when I saw her I forgot them all. I did not even throw myself upon her neck, I regarded her high girdle.
I was astonished that nothing in her face had changed, that she still resembled my friend although, since the sleepless night, she had learned so many things startling to me.
Suddenly I seated myself upon her knees, took her in my arms, and whispered quickly, anxiously, into her ear. Then she laid her cheek against mine and told me all.