"No, not at all."
"Because I am in love with you; oh! only a little, and I do not want to
be head over ears."
She seemed neither astonished, nor shocked, nor flattered; she went on
smiling the same indifferent smile, and replied with the same
tranquillity: "Oh! you can come all the same. No one is in love with me
long."
He was surprised, more by the tone than by the words, and asked: "Why
not?"
"Because it is useless. I let this be understood at once. If you had
told me of your fear before, I should have reassured you, and invited
you, on the contrary, to come as often as possible."