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Ah, have pity upon me, Margaret, for I love you very tenderly!" He delivered these observations with appropriate fervour. "Mr. Kennaston," said she, "I am sorry. AH HAVE PITY UPON ME MARGARET FOR I LOVE YOU VERY TENDERLY HE DELIVERED THESE OBSERVATIONS WITH APPROPRIATE FERVOUR MISTER CANASTON SAID SHE I AM SORRY
endaciously, "I really must go in." He detained her. "Surely," he breathed, "you must know what I have so long wanted to tell you--" "I haven't the _least_ idea," she protested, promptly. "You can tell me all about it in the morning. I have some accounts to cast up to-night. Besides, I'm not a good person to tell secrets to. You--you'd much better not tell me. Oh, really, Mr. Kennaston," she cried, earnestly, "you'd much better not tell me!" "Ah, Margaret, Margaret," he pleaded, "I am not adamant. I am only a man, with a man's heart that hungers for you, cries for you, clamours for you day by day! I love you, beautiful child--love you with a poet's love that is alien to these sordid days, with a love that is half worship. I love you as Leander loved his Hero, as Pyramus loved Thisbe. Ah, child, child, how beautiful you are! You are fairest of created women, child--fair as those long-dead queens for whose smiles old cities burned and kingdoms were lightly lost. I am mad for love of you!  WERE SO UTTERLY INCONSIDERATE I'M A LITTLE COLD SAID SHE MENDACIOUSLY I REALLY MUST GO IN HE DETAINED HER SURELY HE BREATHED YOU MUST KNOW WHAT I HAVE SO LONG WANTED TO TELL YOU I HAVEN'T THE LEAST IDEA SHE PROTESTED PROMPTLY YOU CAN TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT IN THE MORNING I HAVE SOME ACCOUNTS TO CAST UP TO NIGHT BESIDES I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON TO TELL SECRETS TO YOU YOU'D MUCH BETTER NOT TELL ME OH REALLY MISTER CANNASTON SHE CRIED EARNESTLY YOU'D MUCH BETTER NOT TELL ME AH MARGARET MARGARET HE PLEADED I AM NOT ADAMANT I AM ONLY A MAN WITH A MAN'S HEART THAT HUNGERS FOR YOU CRIES FOR YOU CLAMOURS FOR YOU DAY BY DAY I LOVE YOU BEAUTIFUL CHILD LOVE YOU WITH A POET'S LOVE THAT IS ALIEN TO THESE SORDID DAYS WITH A LOVE THAT IS HALF WORSHIP I LOVE YOU AS LEANDER LOVED HIS HERO AS PYRAMUS LOVED BISBEE AH CHILD CHILD HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE YOU ARE FAIREST OF CREATED WOMEN CHILD FAIR AS THOSE LONG DEAD QUEENS FOR WHOSE SMILES OLD CITIES BURNED AND KINGDOMS WERE LIGHTLY LOST I AM MAD FOR LOVE OF YOU
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