Just hint at your liking to a girl, and she will inevitably rush to verify the truth of your feelings. Not understanding the difference between sympathy and love, she resorts to the most absurd tests of your intentions. It seems she wouldn’t mind at all if, as proof, some poor soul died for her—and then, satisfied with the act and the impression, she would call him back from the world of the departed using her truly childish imagination and naivety. And for the rest of her life, she would won...

Just hint at your liking to a girl, and she will inevitably rush to verify the truth of your feelings. Not understanding the difference between sympathy and love, she resorts to the most absurd tests of your intentions. It seems she wouldn’t mind at all if, as proof, some poor soul died for her—and then, satisfied with the act and the impression, she would call him back from the world of the departed using her truly childish imagination and naivety. And for the rest of her life, she would won...