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4. CHAP. IV.

“Why, O why is this, my beloved?” I sobbed, one
bright spring morning five years afterwards.

“Because, my darling,—father and mother told me
that when you called they wanted me to propose—”

“O Julia, darling, I am thine. Take, O take, your
Eli! Never mind father—never—”

“But no, Eli, they wanted me to see you and propose—p-r-o-p-o-s-e
that you don't come here any more!”

Base flirt—I left her—O I left her!!