[The Hand But Not the Heart by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hand But Not the Heart CHAPTER XVIII 6/15
I wish to see my aunt.
Will you send for her, Mr. Dexter ?" "It was a dark day for me, Jessie, when I first looked upon your face," said Mr.Dexter. "And darker still for me, sir.
Yet, after my constrained marriage, I tried, to the best of my ability, to be all you desired.
That I failed, was no fault of mine." "Nor mine," was answered. "Let us not make matters worse by crimination and recrimination," said Mrs.Dexter.
"It will take nothing from our future peace to remember that we parted in forbearance, instead of with passionate accusation." "You are surely beside yourself, Jessie!" exclaimed Mr.Dexter. She turned her face away, and made no response. Dexter was frightened.
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