The expression on my face must have looked a right sight when I raised my eyes, since she felt obliged to explain.
”If you ever reveal that to her, your candle will burn out within a few seconds from lighting up! This is what happened to the icicle that was brave enough to welcome Spring without asking for Winter’s permission. It melted off with pleasure under the warm caress of a sun-ray! There will be no witnesses of my visits!” the girl demanded putting up a delicate finger to outline the seriousness of the matter. ”No one must know that I came into your life and we made vows to be together forever. For people’s jealousy can destroy what we’ve come to hold most dear: our love!
I nodded in agreement.
”The candle is something else, though, I genuinely want to help her! I know of her ki
