I can't bear to have you.

You have given me so much, and you are so good to me!--and that I should rob Paul, too! Oh, no I you must not do it; I will never let you." "But, my darling," said Miss Ludington, soothingly, "think what you are to me, and what I am to you.

Of course you cannot be conscious of our relation, in the absolute way I am; through the memory I have of you.

I can only prove what I am to you by argument and evidence, but surely I have fully proved it, and you must not let yourself doubt it; that would be most cruel.

To whom should I leave my money if not to you?
Are we not nearer kin than two persons ever were on earth before?
What have been the claims of all other heirs since property was inherited compared with yours?
Have I not inherited from you all I am--my very personality--and should not you be my heir?
"And remember," she went on, "it is not only as my heir that you have a claim on me; your claim would be almost as great if you were neither near nor dear to me.