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'No,' she said; 'what?' 'I would drop down and die, my heart would burst and break, and if I couldn't die very quick, I wouldn't eat or drink nothing, but I'd go sadly to my grave and lay my head down, and the next morning you would find me stiff and cold with my glassy eyes staring up at the sky, like an old dog I read about.' NO SHE SAID WHAT I WOULD DROP DOWN AND DIE MY HEART WOULD BURST AND BREAK AND IF I COULDN'T DIE VERY QUICK I WOULDN'T EAT OR DRINK NOTHING BUT I'D GO SADLY TO MY GRAVE AND LAY MY HEAD DOWN AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU WOULD FIND ME STIFF AND COLD WITH MY GLASSY EYES STARING UP AT THE SKY LIKE AN OLD DOG I READ ABOUT
 is; my enemy isn't, but I am.' This was beyond Nancy's comprehension. 'And you'll never get angry, or set those horrid boys at me any more?' 'No, I never will.' Here a big rosy-cheeked apple was produced hastily out of the other pocket, and presented as a peace offering. It was taken in silence; then as Nancy's white little teeth met in it she said, with one of her beaming smiles, 'And have I got to love you?' 'I think you had better, because it will make it easier.' 'Well, I will then, if you'll do one thing.' 'What is it?' 'Give me that old button of yours.' Teddy fairly gasped at this audacity. 'Give you father's button!' he cried; 'never, never, never! I'd rather be shot dead, or drownded dead, or hung dead, or chopped into little tiny bits! I'll _never_ give it up! It's going to be on my coats and waistcoats till I'm a hundred, and then it will be buried in my grave with me. Suppose I lost my button, do you know what I would do?' Nancy gazed at the young orator with a little awe.  ARE YOU REALLY SORRY SHE SAID I THINK I AM AT LEAST PART OF ME IS MY ENEMY ISN'T BUT I AM THIS WAS BEYOND NANCY'S COMPREHENSION AND YOU WILL NEVER GET ANGRY OR SET THOSE HORRID BOYS AT ME ANY MORE NO I NEVER WILL HERE A BIG ROSY CHEEKED APPLE WAS PRODUCED HASTILY OUT OF THE OTHER POCKET AND PRESENTED AS A PEACE OFFERING IT WAS TAKEN IN SILENCE THEN AS NANCY'S WHITE LITTLE TEETH MET IN IT SHE SAID WITH ONE OF HER BEAMING SMILES AND HAVE I GOT TO LOVE YOU I THINK YOU HAD BETTER BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER WELL I WILL THEN IF YOU'LL DO ONE THING WHAT IS IT GIVE ME THAT OLD BUTTON OF YOURS TEDDY FAIRLY GASPED AT THIS AUDACITY GIVE YOU FATHER'S BUTTON HE CRIED NEVER NEVER I'D RATHER BE SHOT DEAD OR DROWNED DEAD OR HUNG DEAD OR CHOPPED INTO TINY LITTLE BITS I'LL NEVER GIVE IT UP IT'S GOING TO BE ON MY COATS AND WAISTCOATS TILL I'M A HUNDRED AND THEN IT WILL BE BURIED IN MY GRAVE WITH ME SUPPOSE I LOST MY BUTTON DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO NANCY GAZED AT THE YOUNG ORATOR WITH A LITTLE AWE
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