“I don’t believe he was!” said Jagienka.
But she drew near Macko, and having touched him with her elbow, she asked:
“How do you know it? I am sure that is not true.”
“How do I know?” answered Macko. “I saw how difficult it was for him to go away. When it was decided that he must go, I asked him: ‘Do you not regret Jagienka?’ and he said: ‘May God give her health and the best of everything.’ Then immediately he began to sigh.”
“I am sure that it is not true!” said Jagienka, softly; “but tell me again.”
“As God is dear to me, it is true! After seeing you, he will not care for the other girl, because you know yourself that there is no girl more beautiful than you in the whole world. He has felt God’s will toward you—do not fear—perhaps even more than you have felt it toward him.”
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