Şimdi her şey açıklık kazanmıştı işte. O, hiçbir zaman annesinin kızı olamazdı; düzen düşkünü bir kedi kılıklı da olamazdı. Çünkü,o ne bir kediydi ne bir köpek. O, dişi bir aslandı!
You told me that you were about to start on a long journey, that you were going to spend two or three months in Northern Africa. The words broke in upon my happiness like a knell: “Past, past, past and forgotten!” I longed to throw myself at your feet, crying: “Take me with you, that you may at length came to know me, at length after all these years!” But I was timid, cowardly, slavish, weak. All I could say was: “What a pity.” You looked at me with a smile-”Are you really sorry?”