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The thought cross his mind that he ought to have married her and not gone rambling. If he had, he wouldn't be in such a fix. But he felt little fear; ...more

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Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.

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You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave...more

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It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.

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She sighed. Men were a pain.