12/22 But, oh, Bernard I did not expect this a bit." "But you will answer me, Bell! Or if you would like time to think, or to speak to my aunt, perhaps you will answer me to-morrow ?" "I think I ought to answer you now." "Not if it be a refusal, Bell. Think well of it before you do that. Now, in our marriage, everything of that kind would be well arranged. My uncle has promised me that he would at once allow us--" "Stop, Bernard. |