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Nebber has been, and never shall be uner atween 'em." "I was not aware, Dido, that the Clawbonny slaves were so particular about their connections." "Won'erful particular, sah, and ebber hab been, and ebber will be. Don't t'ink, Masser Mile, I marry ole Cupid, myself, if anoder prop'r connection offer in 'e family; but I prefar him, to marry into any oder family hereabout."

Not always, but generally, I will give in. You're goin' to marry Malcolm Dunn. Why?" "Why?" she repeated the question as if she doubted his sanity. "Yes. Be as patient with me as you can, Caroline. I ain't askin' these things without what seems to me a good reason. Why are you goin' to marry him?" "Why because I choose, I suppose." "Um-hm. Are you sure of that?" "Am I sure?" indignantly.

Ackroyd, Lyddy! She sprang forward and held her sister again. 'You know why I couldn't! You can't keep secrets from me, though you could from any one else. You know why I could never have wished to marry him! They held each other in that unity of perfect love which had hallowed so many moments of their lives. Lydia's face was hidden.

"Why, indeed, upon second thoughts, I don't much wonder; an old castle in a large park must make a very romantic appearance; something noble in it, I dare say." "Aye," cried Lady Margaret, "they said you were to become mistress of it, and marry Mr Delvile's son and I cannot, for my own part, see any objection to it."

I shall be sure to find her, and fall in love with her, marry her, and live happy forever afterward." "But you will be careful, Lance?" I said. "As careful as a man can be; but, John, as you are so anxious, you had better choose for me." "No," I replied. "I made so great a mistake when I had to choose for myself that I shall never attempt it again."

Clifford at the same time." "But who did Mr. Clifford marry?" inquired one of the deeply interested listeners. "Mr. Bernard's sister, a sweet pretty young creature, with eyes as blue as a summer's sky.

"I've had Winifred on my mind for days," he said irritably. "Can't you forget her for half an hour?" "She's gone, I tell you. Spirited away the very day I asked her to marry me." "Well, well. Why didn't you ask her sooner?" "I had to arrange my affairs. I am poor now. How could I marry Winifred under false pretenses?" "What, then? Did she love you for your supposed wealth?" "Mr.

"Will you kindly explain what you mean!" "I will if you will sit down so that I may talk to you on my own level. You see, your determination not to marry struck me very much at the time because it voiced my own er determination also. I said to myself, 'Here are two people sufficiently original to wish to escape the common lot. I thought about it a great deal. And then an idea came.

She was almost convinced that he had asked her more from a whim of good-fellowship, a sudden desire, perhaps a preference for her close companionship when he did marry, than from any deeper emotion. In consequence of these reflections her musings were not so sad as they might otherwise have been.

But the old king was very angry when he saw how his daughter behaved, and how she ill-treated all his guests; and he vowed that, willing or unwilling, she should marry the first man, be he prince or beggar, that came to the door.