"
Pray God I may never see another woman as I saw her then. She rose; with
her white face and glittering eyes. Then came to mind that line:
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
"You throw the love I have offered you back in my face, Sir Edgar?"
"No, dear; I lay it kindly and gratefully in your hands, to make the joy
and happiness of some good man's life."
"You distinctly tell me that you never did--never could love me?"
"I love you as my cousin, Coralie--not in any other way."
"You would never, never, under any circumstances, make me your wife?"
"Why do you pain me so, Coralie?"
"I want a plain answer--you would never marry me? Say 'yes' or 'no.'"
"No--since you force me into ungracious speech."
"Thank you," she said, bitterly; "I am answered--there can be no
mistake. Sir Edgar, you speak your mind with honorable frankness. I have
given you every chance to correct yourself, should you be mistaken. I
am, perhaps, more richly endowed than you think for. Would my dowry make
any difference?"
"No," I replied, sternly; "and, Coralie, pray pardon me; it is high time
that this should end.
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