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In a moment Maggie and Philip leaned forward, and the hands were clasped again, with a look of sad contentment, like that of friends who meet in the memory of recent sorrow.
“I told my brother I wished to see you, Philip; I asked him to release me from my promise, and he consented.”
Maggie, in her impulsiveness, wanted Philip to know at once the position they must hold toward each other; but she checked herself. The things that had happened since he had spoken of his love for her were so painful that she shrank from being the first to alude to them. It seemed almost like an injury toward Philip even to mention her brother — her brother, who had insulted him. But he was thinking too entirely of her to be sensitive on any other point at that moment.
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“Will not your father object?” said Maggie, withdrawing her hand.
“I should not give you up on any ground but your own wish, Maggie,” said Philip, coloring. “There are points on which I should always resist my father, as I used to tell you. That is one.”
“Then there is nothing to hinder our being friends, Philip — seeing each other and talking to each other while I am here; I shall soon go away again. I mean to go very soon, to a new situation.”
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“Yes; I must not stay here long. It would unfit me for the life I must begin again at last. I can’t live in dependence — I can’t live with my brother,NHL Mens Edmonton Oilers Black Camo Stack Pullover Hoodie, though he is very good to me. He would like to provide for me; but that would be intolerable to me.”
Philip was silent a few moments, and then said, in that high, feeble voice which with him indicated the resolute suppression of emotion —
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