`` Go , with my blessing for the many happy hours she has given me , and my forgiveness for any pang she has caused me . Let her go , and have the peace of mind I wish her ! She 'll never hate me . She 'll learn to like me better when I 'm not a drag upon her , and she wears the chain I have riveted more lightly . This is the day on which I took her , with so little thought for her enjoyment , from her home . To-day she shall return to it , and I will trouble her no more . Her father and mother will be here to-day -- we had made a little plan for keeping it together -- and they shall take her home . I can trust her there , or anywhere . She leaves me without blame , and she will live so I am sure . If I should die -- I may perhaps while she is still young ; I have lost some courage in a few hours -- she 'll find that I remembered her , and loved her to the last ! This is the end of what you showed me . Now , it 's over ! '' `` Oh no , John , not over ! Do not say it 's over yet ! Not quite yet . I have heard your noble words . I could not steal away , pretending to be ignorant of what has affected me with such deep gratitude . Do not say it 's over till the clock has struck again ! '' She had entered shortly after Tackleton , and had remained there . She never looked at Tackleton , but fixed her eyes upon her husband .
But she kept away from him , setting as wide a space as possible between them ; and , though she spoke XXXXX most impassioned earnestness , she went no nearer to him even then .
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