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"I don't want any friends or family but you," he said, eagerly,
boyishly.
"Be reasonable, Mr. Foote. ... You're rich. Some day you'll be the
head of a great business--with thousands of men working for you. ...
I belong with them. You must be against them. ... I couldn't bear it.
You know all about me. I've been brought up to believe the things I
believe. My father and grandfather and HIS grandfather worked and
suffered for them. ... Just as your ancestors have worked and planned
for the things you represent. ... It wouldn't ever do. We couldn't be
happy. Even if I--cared--and did as you ask--it wouldn't last."
"It would last," he said. "I KNOW. I've been trying to tell you, to
make you believe that you have crowded everything else out of my
life. There's just you in it. ... It would last--and every day and
every year it would grow--more wonderful."
"There must be agreement and sympathy between a husband and his wife,
Mr. Foote. ... Oh, I KNOW. In the bigger things.


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