But here is a young man who has
no faults at all.'
'I hate people who have no faults,' said Marie.
'Now you must give him an answer to-day or to-morrow. You remember
what you promised me when we were coming home the other day.' Marie
remembered her promise very well, and thought that a great deal more
had been made of it than justice would have permitted. 'I don't
want to hurry you at all, only it makes me so sad at heart when my
own girl won't come and say a kind word to me and give me a kiss
before we part at night. I thought so much of that last night,
Marie, I couldn't sleep for thinking of it.' On hearing this, she
flung her arms round his neck and kissed him on each cheek and on
his lips. 'I get to feel so, Marie, if there's anything wrong
between you and me, that I don't know what I'm doing. Will you do
this for me, my dear? Come and sit at table with us this evening,
and make one of us. At any rate, come and show that we don't want
to make a servant of you. Then we'll put off the rest of it till
to-morrow.
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