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"What is finished?"

"The draiveelse"

He sive," "Couldn't I?"

He looked up at her, wistfully "I love you, you know"

"Oh, please, please--"

"I love you," he said, tre

"Sam," she said--and in her distress she put her hand on his

shoulder--"you don't really care for me I am so much older, and--there

are other reasons Oh, why did I come here!" she burst out "You

displease me very much when you talk this way!" She pushed her

chair back, and would have risen but for his detaining hand upon her

arm, "Will you marry me?"

"No! of course I won't!"

"Why?"

"Because--" she stopped; then, breathlessly; "I only want to be let

alone, I came to Old Chester to be alone I didn't want to thrust

myself on you--any of you!"

"You never did," he said wonderingly "You? Why, there never was

anybody so reserved, so--shy, aluess," he said boyishly

"You mustn't love me"