The Torrents of Spring, Chapter 12

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​⁠It appeared that Gemma was not very fond of Hoffmann, that she even thought him … tedious! The fantastic, misty northern element in his stories was too remote from her clear, southern nature. “It’s all fairy-tales, all written for children!” she declared with some contempt. She was vaguely conscious, too, of the lack of poetry in Hoffmann. But there was one of his stories, the title of which she h