S anshe absence of a flower. Now, sir, if you will—

    I said, You mig least get  one floo church!

    I  t of it until t; but now—ohe

    cruelty of taking  a bloom, to be  once a frig bear it. My voice came out sounding almost leman gazed at me and frourned o me and said slowly,

    I s oo.

    it seemed to grotle stranger. Gentleman let out o look about  of   of t. e stood in a muddy kind of green, o the woman,

    you not take?  you a flo? S a minute, tepped nimbly back into tage; and  last alks t looked ready to snap.

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    Come far? she said.

    I did not answer.

    t and, even , looked quite black. Inside it e urned to yello, about tar and t t try to sit, but  straigo tar, and tood

    before us  tood and  tcanding at Gentlemans side, igo ouco me t only to ruin her.

    S to be married, and h. And soon no-one would love her, ever again.

    I saleman look at  to t of t asked if anybody to w be married; and ill.

    I hing.

    So t on, looking at Maud and at Gentleman, asking t, on t to give up all ts of ts; and ter give t.

    Again there was a silence.

    So turned to Gentleman. ill you,  of it—ill you have her and honour her, for as long as you live?

    I l