'That is all
very well in its way, and I am not going to say but what I am
gratified.' Then he did grasp her hand. 'If it pleases you to
hear me say so, Lord Silverbridge--'
'Not Lord!'
'Then I shall call you Plantagenet;--only it sounds so horribly
historical. Why are you not Thomas or Abraham? But if it will
please you to hear me say so, I am ready to acknowledge that
nothing in all my life ever came near to the delight I have in
your love.' Hereupon he almost succeeded in getting his arm round
her waist. But she was strong, and seized his hand and held it.
'And I speak no rhapsodies. I tell you a truth which I want you to
know and to keep to your heart,--so that you may be always, always
sure to.
'I will never doubt it.'
'But that marrying will ye nill ye, will not suit me. There is so
much wanted for happiness in life.'
'I will do all that I can.'
'Yes. Even though it be hazardous, I am willing to trust you. If
you were as other men are, if you could do as you please as lower
men may do, I would leave father and mother and my own country,--
that I might be your wife.
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