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A Struggle

           ""Therecanbenodoubt,"saidI,"thatIdeclinedyourproposalwithoutanyreservationorqualificationwhatever,Mr.Guppy.""Thankyou,miss,"hereturned,measuringthetablewithhistroubledhands."Sofarthat’ssatisfactory,anditdoesyoucredit.Er—thisiscertainlybronchial!—mustbeinthetubes—er—youwouldn’tperhapsbeoffendedifIwastomention—notthatit’snecessary,foryourowngoodsenseoranyperson’ssensemustshow’emthat—ifIwastomentionthatsuchdeclarationonmypartwasfinal,andthereterminated?""Iquiteunderstandthat,"saidI."Perhaps—er—itmaynotbeworththeform,butitmightbeasatisfactiontoyourmind—perhapsyouwouldn’tobjecttoadmitthat,miss?"saidMr.Guppy."Iadmititmostfullyandfreely,"saidI."Thankyou,"returnedMr.Guppy."Veryhonourable,Iamsure.Iregretthatmyarrangementsinlife,combinedwithcircumstancesoverwhichIhavenocontrol,willputitoutofmypowerevertofallbackuponthatofferortorenewitinanyshapeorformwhatever,butitwilleverbearetrospectentwined—er—withfriendship’sbowers."Mr.Guppy’sbronchitiscametohisreliefandstoppedhismeasurementofthetable."ImaynowperhapsmentionwhatIwishedtosaytoyou?"Ibegan."Ishallbehonoured,Iamsure,"saidMr.Guppy."Iamsopersuadedthatyourowngoodsenseandrightfeeling,miss,will—willkeepyouassquareaspossible—thatIcanhavenothingbutpleasure,Iamsure,inhearinganyobservationsyoumaywishtooffer.""Youweresogoodastoimply,onthatoccasion—""Excuseme,miss,"saidMr.

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