The Craze of Christina — page 216: what you’re looking at

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212 The Craze of Christina. still in the middle of the road in order to com- mand her ‘voice more fully, and she laid her hand on his sleeve and turned her beautiful eyes up to his face, whilst a faint smile played about her lips. He thought he had never seen her look more deliciously adorable. “If you only loved me well enough, Mark, we need never be parted at all, not for a single day.’’ ‘“‘Loved you wellenough, Chris! Why, I wor- ship the very ground you tread upon. Low can you speak of my affection in such doubtful terms? And—what can you possibly mean? How can we avoid being parted? I wish to heaven I could see any means of avoiding a separation—but’’—and he broke off hopelessly. ‘It is very simple, dear. I cannot go and live rent free in a cottage you propose furnishing expensively on purpose for me; it would hurt my pride to do so. Besides which, it would set all the seandal-mongers talking and be most injurious to my good name. Don’t be offended, Mark, but I am not going to live in that cottage at all.”’ ‘“‘Chris! you can’t mean it—then what?”’ *“Let me speak, please, before you interrupt me again, rash man! You say you wish you could marry me at once, so I am now going to (eoypnlicelo) (0\(0) KS (e(0)