Domestic fiction; England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Married people -- Fiction
"No, George, no, don't say so. There has been no mistake. A man
should own nothing. I have thought about it and am sure of it."
"Let a man commit no fault, and then what you say will be true. I
made a mistake, and allowed myself to be so governed by it as to
commit a great injustice. I am aware of it, and I trust I may never
repeat it. Such a mistake as that I think that I shall never commit
again. But I did it, and I ask you to forgive me." In answer to this
she could only embrace him and hang upon him, and implore him in
silence to spare her. "So it has been, and I ask your pardon."
"No, George, no; no."
"Will you not pardon me when I ask you?"
"I cannot bring myself to say such a word. You know that it is all
right between us. I cannot speak the word which you shall never be
made to hear. I am the happiest woman now in all England, and you
must not force me to say that which shall in any way lessen my
glory."
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