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In His Steps

CHAPTER Seven
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Is there any hope for me that you will ever consent ?" "None in the least." Rachel spoke decidedly.
"Will you tell me why ?" He asked the question as if he had a right to a truthful answer.
"Because I do not feel toward you as a woman ought to feel toward the man she marries." "In other words, you do not love me ?" "I do not and I cannot." "Why ?" That was another question, and Rachel was a little surprised that he should ask it.
"Because--" she hesitated for fear she might say too much in an attempt to speak the exact truth.
"Tell me just why.

You can't hurt me more than you have already." "Well, I do not and I cannot love you because you have no purpose in life.

What do you ever do to make the world better?
You spend your time in club life, in amusements, in travel, in luxury.

What is there in such a life to attract a woman ?" "Not much, I guess," said Rollin with a bitter laugh.

"Still, I don't know that I'm any worse than the rest of the men around me.
I'm not so bad as some.


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