"
"You are in love with her," I declared, reflectively
"I should say I was."
It was a unique sort of love, for he wanted me also to be in love
with her
"If you are not in love with her you must have a heart of iron, or
else your soul is dry as a raisin." With which he took to analyzing
the prima donna's charms, going into raptures over her eyes,
smile, gestures, manner of opening her mouth, and her swing and
step as she walked over the stage
"No, I don't care for her," I replied
"You are a peculiar fellow."
"If I did fall in love," I said, by way of meeting him halfway, "I
should choose Mrs. Segalovitch. She is a thousand times prettier
than Mrs.
Klesmer."
"Tut, tut!"
Mrs. Segalovitch was certainly prettier than the prima donna, but
she played unimportant parts, so the notion of one's falling in love
with her seemed queer to Jake
That night I had an endless chain of dreams, in every one of which
Madame Klesmer was the central figure. When I awoke in the
morning I fell in love with her, and was overjoyed
When I saw Jake Mindels at dinner I said to him, with the air of
one bringing glad news: "Do you know, I am in love with her?"
"With whom? With Mrs.
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