When you leave Berlin, I go with you; no power can
bind me here. Taliazuchi will not seek me, if I leave him my little
fortune. I will do that; I will take nothing with me. Poor, without
fortune or possessions, I will follow you, Ranuzi. I desire nothing,
I hope for nothing, but to be by your side."
She clasped him in her arms, and did not remark the dark cloud which
shadowed his brow, but this vanished quickly, and his countenance
assumed a kind and clear expression. "It shall be so, Marietta!
Freedom shall unite us both eternally, death only shall separate us!
But when may we hope for this great, this glorious, this beautiful
hour? When will the blessed day dawn in which I can take your hand
and say to you, 'Come, Marietta, come; the world belongs to us and
our love. Let us fly and enjoy our happiness.' Oh, beloved, if you
truly love me, help me to snatch this happy day from fate! Stand by
me with your love, that I may attain my freedom."
"Tell me what I can do, and it is done," said she resolutely; "there
is nothing I will not undertake and dare for you."
Ranuzi took her small head in his hands and gazed long and smilingly
into her glowing face.
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