P.M. to 9. A.M. The gardener has gone off in the boat; and I
have two hours in which to dress.
What is the matter with me? Now that my happiness is so close at hand,
I feel strangely depressed.
* * * * *
Jeanne advises a little rouge. No! Joergen loves me just as I am....
* * * * *
How he will laugh at me when he hears that I cried because I cannot get
into the white embroidered dress nowadays! It is my own fault; I eat too
much and do not take enough exercise.
I put on another white dress, but I am very disappointed, for it does
not suit me nearly as well.
* * * * *
I see the boat....
* * * * *
TWO DAYS LATER.
He came by the morning train, and left the same evening. That was the
day before yesterday, and I have never slept since. Neither have I
thought. There is time enough before me for thought.
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