Believe

"Do you still trust him? Tell me, Hungary, do you still trust him, after all the abuses and

the angaries you had to suffer?"

"Gil...I must trust him. I do it for my people..."

"No, Eliza. It's not for your people. It's your boss that tells you to wait, to expect before

making a hurried decision, to see how's going. If it was in people interests, Eliza, at this

time you were yet there, in the middle of the raged battle, to fight for the independence of

your folks...Eliza, Eliza, Eliza...I thought you were a stronger fighter, you know? This

means that, getting used to bow your head in front of the others, now you're not able

anymore to raise it like you were used to, when you stared back at anybody with an

extraordinary proud spirit..."

"Gil...I'm sorry..."

"Goodbye, Eliza. And good luck, with Roderich. You'll need it."

And with these few words pronounced undertone, Gilbert said good-bye to Hungary,

drawing away from her with quick steps on the gravel.

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