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'Silly child!' said Willoughby, completely mollified, 'I'm not the least angry. There, goodbye!' and like a fool he kissed her. SILLY CHILD SAID WILLOUGHBY COMPLETELY MOLLIFIED I'M NOT THE LEAST ANGRY THERE GOOD BY AND LIKE A FOOL HE KISSED HER
hter, at which he was much displeased. And when the girl made as though she would put the ring on her own finger, asking, 'Shall I keep it?' he coloured up with sudden annoyance. 'It was only my fun!' said Esther hastily, and gave him the ring back, but his cordiality was gone. He felt no inclination to renew the idle-word pastime, said it was time to go, and, swinging his cane vexedly, struck off the heads of the flowers and the weeds as he went. Esther walked by his side in complete silence, a phenomenon of which he presently became conscious. He felt rather ashamed of having shown temper. 'Well, here's your way home,' said he with an effort at friendliness. 'Goodbye; we've had a nice evening anyhow. It was pleasant down there in the woods, eh?' He was astonished to see her eyes soften with tears, and to hear the real emotion in her voice as she answered, 'It was just heaven down there with you until you turned so funny-like. What had I done to make you cross? Say you forgive me, do! ISTORY FOR ESTHER FELL INTO UNCONTROLLED LAUGHTER AT WHICH HE WAS MUCH DISPLEASED AND WHEN THE GIRL MADE AS THOUGH SHE WOULD PUT THE RING ON HER OWN FINGER ASKING SHALL KEEP IT HE COLOURED UP WITH SUDDEN ANNOYANCE HE WAS ONLY MY FUN SAID ESTHER HASTILY AND GAVE HIM THE RING BACK BUT HIS CORDIALITY WAS GONE HE FELT NO INCLINATION TO RENEW THE IDLE WORD PASTIME SAID IT WAS TIME TO GO AND SWINGING HIS CANE VEXEDLY STRUCK OFF THE HEADS OF THE FLOWERS AND THE WEEDS AS HE WENT ESTHER WALKED BY HIS SIDE IN COMPLETE SILENCE A PHENOMENON OF WHICH HE PRESENTLY BECAME CONSCIOUS HE FELT RATHER ASHAMED OF HAVING SHOWN TEMPER WELL HERE'S YOUR WAY HOME SAID HE WITH AN EFFORT AT FRIENDLINESS GOOD BYE WE'VE HAD A NICE EVENING ANYHOW IT WAS PLEASANT DOWN THERE IN THE WOODS EH HE WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE HER EYES SOFTEN WITH TEARS AND TO HEAR THE REAL EMOTION IN HER VOICE AS SHE ANSWERED IT WAS JUST HEAVEN DOWN AIR WI YOU UNTIL YOU TURNED SO FANNY LIKE WHAT HAD I DONE TO MAKE YOU CROSS SAY YOU FORGIVE ME DO
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