with which she insisted on gaining her
point staggered
Lamh Laudher not a little. "There must be something undher this," he
replied, "that makes you set your heart on it so much. Ellen, tell me
the truth; what is it?" "If I loved you less, John, an' my brother
too, I wouldn't care
so much about it. Remember that I'm a woman, an' on my knees before
you. A blow from you would make him take your life or mine, sooner
than that I should become your wife. You ought to know his temper."
"You know,
Ellen, I can't at heart refuse you any thing. I
will not strike your brother." "You promise, before God, that no
provocation will make you strike him."
"That's hard, Ellen; but--well, I do; before God, I won't--an' it's
fo