'Love,' she slowly repeated to herself, and suddenly while releasing the lace, she added aloud: 'The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand,' and she looked him in the face. 'Au revoir!'
Y al desenganchar los encajes de la manga, añadió: –Si rechazo esa palabra es precisamente porque significa para mí mucho más de cuanto usted puede imaginar –y, mirándole a la cara, concluyó–: ¡Hasta la vista!