18/26 I have quite enough money for the present." "But think of the shock to them all!" she pleaded, trembling through her frame. "How ill I should seem to repay their long kindness! I can't do this, my dearest; oh, I can't do this! I will see Mr.Mallard, as I wished--" "You shall not see him!" he interrupted violently. "I couldn't bear it. You have made me mad with love of you, and have no right to refuse to marry me when I show you the way. Your love is very different from mine, or you couldn't hesitate a moment." "Let me think! I can't answer you to-night." "To-night, or never!--Oh yes, I understand well enough, all your reasons for hesitating. |