The Torrents of Spring, Chapter 21

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌⁠It was quite morning when he fell asleep. And no wonder! In the blast of that instantaneous summer hurricane, he had almost as instantaneously felt, not that Gemma was lovely, not that he liked her—that he had known before … but that he almost … loved her! As suddenly as that blast of wind, had love pounced down upon him. And then this senseless duel! He began to be tormented by mournful forebodin