10 Jan
2010
10 Jan
'10
7 p.m.
Es!" some tempter whispered, and passionate words of love rushed up and beat hard against my shut teeth. "Get thee behind me!" I muttered, and resolutely started my horse forward. "Not for her,--but for myself,--for self-respect! The best love in the world shall not buy that!" He came along beside me, silent, and stepping heavily, and thus we went to the leafy lane that came out near my house. There I stopped; for I felt that this must end now. "Mr. Ames, you must leave this place, directly," I said, with as much sternness as I could assume. "If you please, I will bid you good-bye, now." "Not see you again, Rachel?" he exclaimed,