looked
at me in surprise and suddenly, completely unexpectedly, I realised that I
had been in love with this woman all my life. Extraordinary, isn't it?
You'll say I was mad, I expect.'
'I say nothing of the sort,' exclaimed Ivan, adding : ' Please, please
go on.'
The visitor continued:
'Yes, she looked at me in surprise and then she said : " Don't you
like flowers at all? "
'There was, I felt, hostility in her voice. I walked on alongside her,
trying to walk in step with her and to my amazement I felt completely free
of shyness.
'" No, I like flowers, only not these," I said.
'" Which flowers do you like? "
'" I love roses."
'I immediately regretted having said it, because she smiled guiltily
and threw her flowers into the gutter. Slightly embarrassed, I picked them
up and gave them to her but she pushed them away with a smile and I had to
carry them.
'We walked on in silence for a while until she pulled the flowers out
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