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Chapter 9
"Therearemanythingstobeconsideredbeforethatquestioncanbeansweredproperly,"Isaidsententiously."Firstandforemost,doyouloveMr.Edgar?"
"Whocanhelpit?OfcourseIdo,"sheanswered.
ThenIputherthroughthefollowingcatechism:foragirloftwenty-twoitwasnotinjudicious.
"Whydoyoulovehim,MissCathy?"
"Nonsense,Ido—that’ssufficient."
"Bynomeans;youmustsaywhy?"
"Well,becauseheishandsome,andpleasanttobewith."
"Bad!"wasmycommentary.
"Becauseheisyoungandcheerful."
"Badstill."
"Andbecausehelovesme."
"Indifferent,comingthere."
"Andhewillberich,andIshallliketobethegreatestwomanoftheneighbourhood,andIshallbeproudofhavingsuchahusband."
"Worstofall.Andnow,sayhowyoulovehim?"
"Asanybodyloves—You’resilly,Nelly."
"Notatall—Answer."
"Ilovethegroundunderhisfeet,andtheairoverhishead,andeverythinghetouches,andeverywordhesays.Iloveallhislooks,andallhisactions,andhimentirelyandaltogether.Therenow!"
"Andwhy?"
"Nay;youaremakingajestofit;itisexceedinglyill-natured!It’snojesttome!"saidtheyounglady,scowling,andturningherfacetothefire.
"I’mveryfarfromjesting,MissCatherine,"Ireplied."YouloveMr.Edgarbecauseheishandsome,andyoung,andcheerful,andrich,andlovesyou.
