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Hisfacewastroubled。
“MissFentolin，“hesaid，“IwilltellyoufranklythatuptonowIhavenotsucceededinsolvingtheproblemofyouruncle’scharacter。Tomepersonallyhehasbeenmostcourteous。Helivesapparentlyastudiousandanunselfishlife。Ihaveheardhimevenspokenofasaphilanthropist。Andyetyouthree-you，yourmother，andyourbrother，whoarenearesttohim，wholiveinhishouseandunderhisprotection，havetheairofpassingyourdaysinmortalfearofhim。“
“Mr。Hamel，“sheexclaimednervously，“youdon’tbelievethat！Heisalwaysverykind。“
“Apparently，“Hamelobserveddrily。“Andyetyoumustrememberthatyou，too，areafraidofhim。Ineednotremindyouofourconversations，buttherethetruthis。Youpraisehisvirtuesandhischarities，youpityhim，andyetyougoaboutwithaloadoffear，and-forgiveme-ofsecretterrorinyourheart，youandGerald，too。Asforyourmother-“
“Don’t！“sheinterruptedsuddenly。“Whydoyoubringmeheretotalklikethis？Youcannotalterthings。Nothingcanbealtered。“
“Can’tit！“hereplied。“Well，Iwilltellyoutherealreasonofmyhavingbroughtyouhereandofmyhavingmadethisconfession。
IbroughtyouherebecauseIcouldnotbeartogoonliving，ifnotunderyourroof，atanyrateintheneighbourhood，withouttellingyouthetruth。Nowyouknowit。IamheretowatchMr。Fentolin。
Iamgoingonwatchinghim。Youcanputhimonhisguard，ifyoulike；Ishan’tcomplain。Oryoucan-“
Hepausedsolongthatshelookedathim。Hemovedalittleclosertoher，hisfingerssuddenlygrippedherhand。
“Oryoucanmarrymeandcomeawayfromitall，“heconcludedquietly。“Forgiveme，please-Imeanit。“
Foramomentthestartledlightinhereyeswasfollowedbyadelicioussoftness。Herlipswereparted，sheleanedalittletowardshim。Thensuddenlysheseemedtoremember。Sherosewithswiftalertnesstoherfeet。
“Ithink，“shesaid，“thatwehadbetterplaygolf。“
“ButIhaveaskedyoutomarryme，“heprotested，ashescrambledup。
“Yourcaddyhasfoundyourballalongtimeago，“shepointedout，walkingswiftlyonahead。
Heplayedhisshotandcaughtherup。
“MissFentolin-Esther，“hepleadedeagerly，“doyouthinkthatI
amnotinearnest？BecauseIam。Imeanit。EvenifIhaveonlyknownyouforafewdays，ithasbeenenough。IthinkthatIknewitwascomingfromthemomentthatyousteppedintomyrailwaycarriage。“
“Youknewthatwhatwascoming？“sheasked，raisinghereyessuddenly。
“ThatIshouldcareforyou。“
“It’sthefirsttimeyou’vetoldmesheremindedhim，withaqueerlittlesmile。“Oh，forgiveme，please！Ididn’tmeantosaythat。
Idon’twanttohaveyoutellmeso。It’salltooridiculousandimpossible。“
“Isit？Andwhy？“
“Ihaveonlyknownyouforthreedays。“
“Wecanmakeupforthat。“
“ButIdon’t-careaboutyou。Ihav
