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"Oh, I will, I will!"
"For about ten years."
"Ten years? Ten?"
"Yes, that is what she said when she heard how little you know and how little you can do."
"Ten years?"
"Yes, that is what she said. Perhaps eight, perhaps twelve, perhaps twenty. One cannot say exactly beforehand. You understand that, don't you?"
"Ten years!"
"So she said."
"I will!"
"Good. It will give me pleasure--and Femke, too. Don't imagine it will be particularly difficult. Ten years ago thousands began just where you will begin to-morrow; and they are still alive. So, you see, it can be done. Besides, think only of the first month; and then the time will seem shorter. I shall expect you to come to see me in about a month; then we shall have more to say."
Before Walter left, he promised again to banish all boyish follies from his thoughts. But he put away the rosebuds; and he kept them.
