Eutrope Gagnon was there one evening to pay them a visit, and a
glance he stole at Maria's face perhaps told him of a change in her,
for when, they were alone he put the question:--" Maria, do you
still think of going away?" 

Her eyes were lowered, as with a motion of her head she signified
"No." 

"Then ...  I know well that this is no time to speak of such
things, but if only you could say there would be a chance for me one
day, then could I bear the waiting better." 

And Maria answered him:--"Yes ...  If you wish I will marry you
as you asked me to ...  In the spring--the spring after this spring
now--when the men come back from the woods for the sowing." 

End of the Project Gutenberg Etext of Maria Chapdelaine, by Louis Hemon