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"As mine did. No; I have outgrown imagination in that line." "Then why do you hesitate?" HAS MINDED NO I HAVE OUTGROWN IMAGINATION IN THAT LINE THEN WHY DO YOU HESITATE
ded? Decided what?” “Upon my answer.” “As if you could question it, you fortunate girl! Or were you waiting for me to help you to it? I scarcely need tell you how you have been honored.” “Honor is not everything, Mamma.” At that moment a desperate longing for her mother’s sympathy seized her; but the next minute the knowledge of the needless sorrow it would occasion came to her, and her lips remained closed. “No,” responded her mother, “and you have more than that; surely Louis did not neglect to tell you.” “You mean his love, I suppose,--yes, I have that.” “Then what else would you have? You probably know that he can give you every luxury within reason,--so much for honest practicality. As to Louis himself, the most fastidious could find nothing to cavil at,--he will make you a perfect husband. You are familiar enough with him to know his faults; but no man is faultless. I hope you are not so silly as to expect some girlish ideal,--for all the ideals died in the Golden Age, you know.”  BY SAYING YOU WISHED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE DECIDED DECIDED WHAT UPON MY ANSWER AS IF YOU COULD QUESTION IT YOU FORTUNATE GIRL OR WERE YOU WAITING FOR ME TO HELP YOU TO IT I SCARCELY NEED TELL YOU HOW YOU HAVE BEEN HONORED HONOUR IS NOT EVERYTHING MAMMA AT THAT MOMENT A DESPERATE LONGING FOR HER MOTHER'S SYMPATHY SEIZED HER BUT THE NEXT MINUTE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEEDLESS SORROW IT WOULD OCCASION CAME TO HER AND HER LIPS REMAINED CLOSED NO RESPONDED HER MOTHER AND YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT SURELY LOUIS DID NOT NEGLECT TO TELL YOU YOU MEAN HIS LOVE I SUPPOSE YES I HAVE THAT THEN WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU HAVE YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT HE CAN GIVE YOU EVERY LUXURY WITHIN REASON SO MUCH FOR HONEST PRACTICALITY AS TO LOUIS HIMSELF THE MOST FASTIDIOUS COULD FIND NOTHING TO CAVIL AT HE WILL MAKE YOU A PERFECT HUSBAND YOU ARE FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH HIM TO KNOW HIS FAULTS BUT NO MAN IS FAULTLESS I HOPE YOU ARE NOT SO SILLY AS TO EXPECT SOME GIRLISH IDEAL FOR ALL THE IDEALS DIED IN THE GOLDEN AGE YOU KNOW
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