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"Yes, very much," she answered, and, emboldened by her reply, Thornton

lifted up her head, and was about to kiss her forehead, when she

started away fros You must not do that I cannot be your wife It

hurts me to tell you so, for I believe you are sincere in your

proposal; but it can never be Forgive et this

wretched summer"

"It has not been wretched to me It has been a very happy sus said, and then he asked

again that she should reconsider her decision He could not take it as

her final one He had loved her too ive her up so easily, he said, urging so ain, that Anna said to him, at last: "If you would rather have it so, I ait a month, but you must

not hope that ht I

want your friendship, though, the sas, because you have been kind to me, and ht it could be You

have not talked to me like other men You have treated me as if I, at

least, had common sense I thank you for that; and I like you

because----"

She did not finish the sentence, for she could not say "because you