Louis Hémon, Maria Chapdelaine — XVI. PLEDGED TO THE RACE (1921)
“ 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." ”
