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Don't you understand, Kathleen?" he asked, desperately. "Yes  I think I understand," she said, when he had ended. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND KATHLEEN HE ASKED DESPERATELY YES I THINK I UNDERSTAND SHE SAID WHEN HE HAD ENDED
ith her--I, conceited young ass that I was, actually presumed to dictate to the dearest, sweetest, most lovable woman on earth, and tell her what she must do and what she mustn't. I!--good Lord, I, who wasn't worthy to sweep a crossing clean for her!--who wasn't worthy to breathe the same air with her!--who wasn't worthy to exist in the same world she honoured by living in! Oh, I _was_ an ass! But I've paid for it!--oh, yes, Kathleen, I've paid dearly for it, and I'll pay more dearly yet before I've done. I tried to avoid her yesterday--you must have seen that. And I couldn't--I give you my word, I could no more have kept away from her than I could have spread a pair of wings and flown away. She doesn't care a bit for me now; but I can no more give up loving her than I can give up eating my dinner. That isn't a pretty simile, Kathleen, but it expresses the way I feel toward her. It isn't merely that I want her; it's more than that--oh, far more than that. I simply can't do without her.  YES SHE CARED FOR ME ONCE AND I QUARRELLED WITH HER I CONCEITED YOUNG ASS THAT I WAS ACTUALLY PRESUMED TO DICTATE TO THE DEAREST SWEETEST MOST LOVABLE WOMAN ON EARTH AND TELL HER WHAT SHE MUST DO AND WHAT SHE MUSTN'T I GOOD LORD I WHO WASN'T WORTHY TO SWEEP A CROSSING CLEAN FOR HER WHO WASN'T WORTHY TO BREATHE THE SAME AIR WITH HER WHO WASN'T WORTHY TO EXIST IN THE SAME WORLD SHE HONORED BY LIVING IN OH I WAS AN ASS BUT I'VE PAID FOR IT OH YES KATHLEEN I'VE PAID DEARLY FOR IT AND I'LL PAY MORE DEARLY YET BEFORE I'VE DONE I TRIED TO AVOID HER YESTERDAY YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THAT AND I COULDN'T I GIVE YOU MY WORD I COULD NO MORE HAVE KEPT AWAY FROM HER THAN I COULD HAVE SPREAD A PAIR OF WINGS AND FLOWN AWAY SHE DOESN'T CARE A BIT FOR ME NOW BUT I CAN NO MORE GIVE UP LOVING HER THAN I CAN GIVE UP EATING MY DINNER THAT ISN'T A PRETTY SIMILARLY KATHLEEN BUT IT EXPRESSES THE WAY I FEEL TOWARD HER IT ISN'T MERE THAT I WANT HURTS MORE THAN THAT OH FAR MORE THAN THAT I SIMPLY CAN'T DO WITHOUT HER
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