`` What had your mother against me ? '' cried Janet . `` Nothing -- nothing . She just did n't want another woman -- ANY woman -- there while she was living . She said if I did n't promise she 'd die right there and I 'd have killed her . So I promised . And she 's held me to that promise ever since , though I 've gone on my knees to her in my turn to beg her to let me off . '' `` Why did n't you tell me this ? '' asked Janet chokingly . `` If I 'd only KNOWN ! Why did n't you just tell me ? '' `` She made me promise I would n't tell a soul , '' said John hoarsely . `` She swore me to it on the Bible ; Janet , I 'd never have done it if I 'd dreamed it was to be for so long . Janet , you 'll never know what I 've suffered these nineteen years . I know I 've made you suffer , too , but you 'll marry me for all , wo n't you , Janet ? Oh , Janet , wo n't you ? I 've come as soon as I could to ask you . '' At this moment the stupefied Anne came to her senses and realized that she had no business to be there . She slipped away and did not see Janet until the next morning , when the latter told her the rest of the story . `` That cruel , relentless , deceitful old woman ! ''
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