human
You must have your letter, your obligation, your marriage promise back.
gpt
Yes, he answered with a sigh of discouragement:
human
Write by the same mail as before.
gpt
Which?
human
Let the whirlwind, that brought the first letter to its destination, also take care of this, in which you demand your word back.
gpt
Oh, that you do not mean! Or, if you mean it, then I may honestly confess that I am not young any more or have not received another youth. I have not courage to write anything, for fear it should come to others than to you.
human
So I see that, after all, I may act as witch to-day. Write, and I will take care of the letter: do you hesitate?
gpt
No: only it took me a moment to comprehend the promise involved in this that you will take care of my letter. I obey you blindly; but what shall I write?
human
Write: 'Dear fairy,--Since I woo Miss Hjelm's hand and heart,'--
gpt
Oh, you acknowledge it! O Ingeborg, the Lord's blessing upon you!
human
Yes, Ingeborg, my Ingeborg, my unspeakably loved Ingeborg! How poor language is, when the heart is so full!
gpt
Now, name, date, and address. Have you that? 'Postscriptum. I give you my word of honor, that I neither know who you are, or how this letter shall reach you.'--Have you that?
human
That I can truly give. I am as blind as
gpt
Let me add the witch-formulae.
human
O Ingeborg, you will write upon the same paper with me, in a letter where I have written your name!
gpt
Hand me the pen. We must have the letter sent to the mail before two o'clock.
human
Two o'clock. How queer! The last letter reads: 'Take notice of the striking two.'
gpt
That we will,
human
Dear Miss Brandt, I, too, ask you to send the Counsellor his billet, and I pray you to write upon it: 'Given me by Miss Hjelm.' It is best for all parties that the fun does not come out in gossip. You shall, by return of mail, receive back your letters.
gpt
On the other side, if it was earnestness, if she had felt