The house has been torn down. The street has
disappeared. The magnificent Boulevard St. Germain now runs through
there."
"So nothing is to be found again! Nothing is left of all the beautiful
things which we experience, save the shadow of its memory in our souls!
We ought never to return to the scenes of past happiness, unless we are
sure of finding them unchanged."
Sigmund was becoming more and more tender and sensitive. It was his
nature.
He continued:
"How often I have lived over again the evening when you went to Dr.
Amandier's reception, and left me alone with Helene. I was very
awkward. I did not know how I ought to treat her, and the more at ease
she appeared, the more embarassed I became. I paid her compliments,
she laughed. Conversation was difficult, for I had no great knowledge
of French. She took pity on me and sat down at the cottage piano. She
played very prettily. Very often she turned round and smiled at me.
She was extremely bewitching, and my heart glowed. I envied you. I
planned all sorts of base things. I paid court to her.
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