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'Will you like me a little instead?' 'I might do that,' she replied reluctantly. 'And you won't never say you don't believe father's story?' 'I aren't going to promise.' WILL YOU LIKE ME A LITTLE INSTEAD I MIGHT DO THAT SHE REPLIED RELUCTANTLY AND YOU WON'T NEVER SAY YOU DON'T BELIEVE FATHER'S STORY I AREN'T GOING TO PROMISE
 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. '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.' Teddy's tone was so intensely tragic that Nancy was silent. At last she said, 'I'll never love you proper till you give it to me.  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 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 TEDDY'S TONE WAS SO INTENSELY TRAGIC THAT NANCY WAS SILENT AT LAST SHE SAID I'LL NEVER LOVE YOU PROPER TILL YOU GIVE IT TO ME
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