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'Next time I came back from sea, I heard of her marriage. Well, why shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Title and money  who could carry them better than she? She was born for all that is beautiful and dainty. I didn't grieve over her marriage. I was not such a selfish hound as that. NEXT TIME I CAME BACK FROM SEA I HEARD OF HER MARRIAGE WELL WHY SHOULDN'T SHE MARRY WHOM SHE LIKED TITLE AND MONEY WHO COULD CARRY THEM BETTER THAN SHE SHE WAS BORN FOR ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND DAINTY I DIDN'T GRIEVE OVER HER MARRIAGE I WAS NOT SUCH A SELFISH HOUND AS THAT
r by that accursed name. When I think of getting her into trouble, I who would give my life just to bring one smile to her dear face, it's that that turns my soul into water. And yet--and yet--what less could I do? I'll tell you my story gentlemen, and then I'll ask you, as man to man, what less could I do? 'I must go back a bit. You seem to know everything, so I expect that you know that I met her when she was a passenger and I was first officer of the _Rock of Gibraltar_. From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that ship because I knew her dear feet had trod it. She was never engaged to me. She treated me as fairly as ever a woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man. ASER FOR NEVER WILL I CALL HER BY THAT ACCURSED NAME WHEN I THINK OF GETTING HER INTO TROUBLE I WHO WOULD GIVE MY LIFE JUST TO BRING ONE SMILE TO HER DEAR FACE IS THAT THAT TURNS MY SOUL INTO WATER AND YET AND YET WHAT THIS COULD I DO I'LL TELL YOU MY STORY GENTLEMEN AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU AS MAN TO MAN WHAT LESS COULD I DO I MUST GO BACK A BIT YOU SEEM TO KNOW EVERYTHING SIR I EXPECT THAT YOU KNOW THAT I MET HER WHEN SHE WAS A PASSENGER AND I WAS FIRST OFFICER OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR FROM THE FIRST DAY I MET HOW SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN TO ME EVERY DAY OF THAT VOYAGE I LOVED HER MORE AND MANY A TIME SINCE HAVE I KNEELED DOWN IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT WATCH AND KISSED THE DECK OF THAT SHIP BECAUSE I KNEW HER DEAR FEET HAD TRODDEN SHE WAS NEVER ENGAGED TO ME SHE TREATED ME AS FAIRLY AS EVER A WOMAN TREATED A MAN I HAVE NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE IT WAS ALL LOVE ON MY SIDE AND ALL GOOD COMRADESHIP AND FRIENDSHIP ON HERS WHEN WE PARTED SHE WAS A FREE WOMAN BUT I COULD NEVER AGAIN BE A FREE MAN
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