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With Wolfe in Canada

CHAPTER 5: A Quiet Time
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Don't you deceive yourself; you certainly do not deceive me.
"It is pride that stands in your way.

For that you are going to risk the happiness of your granddaughter, to say nothing of mine; for you don't suppose that either of us is going to feel comfortable and happy, when the snow is whirling round, and the wind sweeping the moors, to think of you trudging along about the country, while we are sitting snugly here by a warm fire.
"You are wanting to spoil everything, now that it has all come right at last, by just the same obstinate pride which wrecked the lives of our children.

I won't have it, man.

I won't hear of it.
"Come, say no more.

I want a friend badly, and I am sure we shall suit each other.


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