He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?

Perhaps he wanted to be alone with Dr. G., who was here, but he should have let me know. At Hoffmann's I felt I was sitting on hot coals, expecting him to arrive every moment.

I am racking my brains to find out why he left without saying goodby to me.

He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?

There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!

I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy.

When he says he loves me, it only means he loves me at that particular instant. Like his promises, which he never keeps. Why does he torment me like this, when he could finish it off at once?