9/10 I advise you, then, to resist her addresses; to tell her plainly that you can never return her love. Many an An, however, ardently wooed by one Gy, rejects her, and puts an end to her persecution by wedding another. The same course is open to you." "No; for I cannot wed another Gy without equally injuring the community, and exposing it to the chance of rearing carnivorous children." "That is true. All I can say, and I say it with the tenderness due to a Tish, and the respect due to a guest, is frankly this--if you yield, you will become a cinder. |