`` We have grown to love her this summer . She is beautiful and clever -- she has a right to more than Racicot can give her . You have other children -- we are childless . And we do not take her from you utterly . You will see her every summer when we come to Dalveigh . '' `` It wo n't be the same thing quite , '' said Nathan Shelley drily . `` She 'll belong to your life then -- not ours . And no matter how many young ones folks has , they do n't want to lose none of 'em . But I dunno as we ought to let our feelings stand in Nora 's light . She 's clever , and she 's been hankering for more 'n we can ever give her . I was the same way once . Lord , how I raged at Racicot ! I broke away finally -- went to a city and got work . But it was n't no use . I 'd left it too long . The sea had got into my blood . I toughed it out for two years , and then I had to come back . I did n't want to , mark you , but I had to come . Been here ever since . But maybe ` twill be different with the girl .
She 's younger than I was ; if the hankering XXXXX the sea and the life of the shore has n't got into her too deep , maybe she 'll be able to cut loose for good .
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