[Aunt Phillis’s Cabin by Mary H. Eastman]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Phillis’s Cabin CHAPTER VII 14/15
I have already told him that I can never be to him more than I have always been--a sister.
Yet I cannot help loving him." "Cannot help loving a man whose very birth is attended with shame," said Mrs.Weston; "whose passions are ungovernable, who has already treated with the basest ingratitude his kindest friends? Have you so little pride? I will not reproach you, my darling; promise me you will never see Walter again, after to-morrow, without my knowledge.
I can trust you.
Oh! give up forever the thought of being his wife, if ever you have entertained it. Time will show you the justice of my fears, and time will bring back your old feelings for Arthur, and we shall be happy again." "I will make you the promise," said Alice, "and I will keep it; but I will not deceive Arthur.
Ungrateful as I may appear, he shall know all.
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