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"What is it, then, Margaret?" "I can never tell you." "You will change your mind." "Never." She looked at him with an air of quiet resolution stamped upon her colourless face. Clement remembered what the doctor had said of his patient's iron will. Was it possible that Mr. Vincent had been right? Was this gentle girl's resolution to overrule a strong man's passionate vehemence? WHAT IS IT THEN MARGARET I CAN NEVER TELL YOU YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND NEVER SHE LOOKED AT HIM WITH AN AIR OF QUIET RESOLUTION STAMPED UPON HER COLOURLESS FACE CLEMENT REMEMBERED WHAT THE DOCTOR HAD SAID OF HIS PATIENT'S IRON WILL WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT MISTER VINCENT HAD BEEN RIGHT WAS THIS GENTLE GIRL'S RESOLUTION TO OVERRULE A STRONG MAN'S PASSIONATE VEHEMENCE
aid, mournfully, "I can never be your wife!" "Why not?" "For a reason which you can never know." "Margaret, I will not submit——" "You must submit," the girl said, holding up her hand, as if to stop her lover's passionate words. "You must submit, Clement. This world seems very hard sometimes, so hard that in a dreadful interval of dull despair the heavens are hidden from us, and we cannot recognize the Eternal wisdom guiding the hand that afflicts us. My life seems very hard to me to-day, Clement. Do not try to make it harder. I am a most unhappy woman; and in all the world there is only one favour you can grant me. Let me go away unquestioned; and blot my image from your heart for ever when I am gone." "I will never consent to let you go," Clement Austin answered, resolutely. "You are mine by right of your own most sacred promise, Margaret. No womanish folly shall part us." "Heaven knows it is no woman's folly that parts us, Clement," the girl answered, in a plaintive, tremulous voice. TEARLESS EYES FATE IS STRONGER THAN LOVE CLEMENT SHE SAID MOURNFULLY I CAN NEVER BE YOUR WIFE WHY NOT FOR A REASON WHICH YOU CAN NEVER KNOW MARGARET I WILL NOT SUBMIT YOU MUST SUBMIT THE GIRL SAID HOLDING UP HER HAND AS IF TO STOP HER LOVER'S PASSIONATE WORDS YOU MUST SUBMIT CLEMENT THIS WORLD SEEMS VERY HARD SOMETIMES SO HARD THAT IN A DREADFUL INTERVAL OF DULL DESPAIR THE HEAVENS ARE HIDDEN FROM US AND WE CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE ETERNAL WISDOM GUIDING THE HAND THAT AFFLICTS US MY LIFE SEEMS VERY HARD TO ME TO DAY CLEMENT DO NOT TRY TO MAKE IT HARDER I AM A MOST UNHAPPY WOMAN AND IN ALL THE WORLD THERE IS ONLY ONE FAVOUR YOU CAN GRANT ME LET ME GO AWAY UNQUESTIONED AND BLOT MY IMAGE FROM YOUR HEART FOREVER WHEN I AM GONE I WILL NEVER CONSENT TO LET YOU GO CLEMENT AUSTIN ANSWERED RESOLUTELY YOU ARE MINE BY RIGHT OF YOUR OWN MOST SACRED PROMISE MARGARET NO WOMANISH FOLLY SHALL PART US HEAVEN KNOWS IT IS NO WOMAN'S FOLLY THAT PARTS US CLEMENT THE GIRL ANSWERED IN A PLAINTIVE TREMULOUS VOICE
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