`` There now , Alicia , do leave me alone . I 'm down in the very depths already . '' `` What do you mean to do now ? '' said Alicia scornfully . `` Go back to Valleyfield and marry that starving country doctor of yours , I suppose ? '' I flared up then ; Alicia might abuse me all she liked , but I was n't going to hear a word against Jack . `` Yes , I will , if he 'll have me , '' I said , and I marched out of the room and upstairs , with my head very high . Of course I decided to leave Montreal as soon as I could . But I could n't get away within a week , and it was a very unpleasant one . Alicia treated me with icy indifference , and I knew I should never be reinstated in her good graces . To my surprise , Roger took my part . `` Let the girl alone , '' he told Alicia . `` If she does n't love Sinclair , she was right in refusing him . I , for one , am glad that she has got enough truth and womanliness in her to keep her from selling herself . '' Then he came to the library where I was moping , and laid his hand on my head . `` Little girl , '' he said earnestly , `` no matter what anyone says to you , never marry a man for his money or for any other reason on earth except because you love him . '' This comforted me greatly , and I did not cry myself to sleep that night as usual . At last I got away . I had telegraphed to Jack : `` Am coming home Wednesday ; meet me at train , '' and I knew he would be there . How I longed to see him again -- dear , old , badly treated Jack .
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