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"

I

before

proved

to

you

the

absurdity

of

a

single

woman

of

your

age

proposing

to

accompany

abroad

a

single

man

of

mine

.

I

proved

it

to

you

in

such

terms

as

,

I

should

have

thought

,

would

have

prevented

your

ever

again

alluding

to

the

plan

.

That

you

have

done

so

,

I

regret

--

for

your

sake

.

"

I

interrupted

him

.

Anything

like

a

tangible

reproach

gave

me

courage

at

once

.

"

Keep

to

common

sense

,

St.

John

:

you

are

verging

on

nonsense

.

You

pretend

to

be

shocked

by

what

I

have

said

.

You

are

not

really

shocked

:

for

,

with

your

superior

mind

,

you

can

not

be

either

so

dull

or

so

conceited

as

to

misunderstand

my

meaning

.

I

say

again

,

I

will

be

your

curate

,

if

you

like

,

but

never

your

wife

.

"

Again

he

turned

lividly

pale

;

but

,

as

before

,

controlled

his

passion

perfectly

.

He

answered

emphatically

but

calmly

--

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"

A

female

curate

,

who

is

not

my

wife

,

would

never

suit

me

.

With

me

,

then

,

it

seems

,

you

can

not

go

:

but

if

you

are

sincere

in

your

offer

,

I

will

,

while

in

town

,

speak

to

a

married

missionary

,

whose

wife

needs

a

coadjutor

.

Your

own

fortune

will

make

you

independent

of

the

Society

's

aid

;

and

thus

you

may

still

be

spared

the

dishonour

of

breaking

your

promise

and

deserting

the

band

you

engaged

to

join

.

"

Now

I

never

had

,

as

the

reader

knows

,

either

given

any

formal

promise

or

entered

into

any

engagement

;

and

this

language

was

all

much

too

hard

and

much

too

despotic

for

the

occasion

.

I

replied

--

"

There

is

no

dishonour

,

no

breach

of

promise

,

no

desertion

in

the

case

.

I

am

not

under

the

slightest

obligation

to

go

to

India

,

especially

with

strangers

.

With

you

I

would

have

ventured

much

,

because

I

admire

,

confide

in

,

and

,

as

a

sister

,

I

love

you

;

but

I

am

convinced

that

,

go

when

and

with

whom

I

would

,

I

should

not

live

long

in

that

climate

.

"

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"

Ah

!

you

are

afraid

of

yourself

,

"

he

said

,

curling

his

lip

.

"

I

am

.

God

did

not

give

me

my

life

to

throw

away

;

and

to

do

as

you

wish

me

would

,

I

begin

to

think

,

be

almost

equivalent

to

committing

suicide

.

Moreover

,

before

I

definitively

resolve

on

quitting

England

,

I

will

know

for

certain

whether

I

can

not

be

of

greater

use

by

remaining

in

it

than

by

leaving

it

.

"

"

What

do

you

mean

?

"

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