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Chapter XXXV

           "Andyouwillnotmarryme!Youadheretothatresolution?" 

           Reader,doyouknow,asIdo,whatterrorthosecoldpeoplecanputintotheiceoftheirquestions? Howmuchofthefalloftheavalancheisintheiranger?ofthebreakingupofthefrozenseaintheirdispleasure? 

           "No.St.John,Iwillnotmarryyou.Iadheretomyresolution." 

           Theavalanchehadshakenandslidalittleforward,butitdidnotyetcrashdown. 

           "Oncemore,whythisrefusal?"heasked. 

           "Formerly,"Ianswered,"becauseyoudidnotloveme;now,Ireply,becauseyoualmosthateme.IfIweretomarryyou,youwouldkillme.Youarekillingmenow." 

           Hislipsandcheeksturnedwhitequitewhite. 

           "IshouldkillyouIamkillingyou?Yourwordsaresuchasoughtnottobeused:violent,unfeminine,anduntrue. Theybetrayanunfortunatestateofmind:theymeritseverereproof:theywouldseeminexcusable,butthatitisthedutyofmantoforgivehisfellowevenuntilseventy-and-seventimes." 

           Ihadfinishedthebusinessnow. Whileearnestlywishingtoerasefromhismindthetraceofmyformeroffence,Ihadstampedonthattenacioussurfaceanotherandfardeeperimpression,Ihadburntitin. 

           "Nowyouwillindeedhateme,"Isaid."Itisuselesstoattempttoconciliateyou:IseeIhavemadeaneternalenemyofyou." 

           Afreshwrongdidthesewordsinflict:theworse,becausetheytouchedonthetruth.Thatbloodlesslipquiveredtoatemporaryspasm. IknewthesteelyireIhadwhetted.Iwasheart-wrung. 

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