Daisy will perhaps forget when you are gone , and be glad you are only friends . At any rate it is much wiser to have no promises made ; then both are free , and in a year or two may meet to laugh over the little romance nipped in the bud . ' ` Do you honestly think that ? ' asked Nat , looking at her so keenly that the truth had to come ; for all his heart was in those frank blue eyes of his . ` No , I do n't ! ' answered Mrs Jo . ` Then if you were in my place , what would you do ? ' he added , with a tone of command never heard in his gentle voice before . ` Bless me ! the boy is in dead earnest , and I shall forget prudence in sympathy I 'm afraid , ' thought Mrs Jo , surprised and pleased by the unexpected manliness Nat showed . ` I 'll tell you what I should do . I 'd say to myself : `` I 'll prove that my love is strong and faithful , and make Daisy 's mother proud to give her to me by being not only a good musician but an excellent man , and so command respect and confidence . This I will try for ; and if I fail , I shall be the better for the effort , and find comfort in the thought that I did my best for her sake . '' ' ` That is what I meant to do . But I wanted a word of hope to give me courage , ' cried Nat , firing up as if the smouldering spark was set ablaze by a breath of encouragement . ` Other fellows , poorer and stupider than I , have done great things and come to honour . Why may not I , though I 'm nothing now ? I know Mrs Brooke remembers what I came from , but my father was honest though everything went wrong ; and I have nothing to be ashamed of though I was a charity boy . I never will be ashamed of my people or myself , and I 'll make other folks respect me if I can . ' ` Good !
that 's the right spirit , XXXXX .
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