`` There was a frank boy once -- how many years is it , Caleb , since we heard that he was dead , and had it proved , we thought ? -- who never would have done that . '' `` There was a generous friend of mine once ; more a father to me than a friend , '' said Edward ; `` who never would have judged me , or any other man , unheard . You were he . So I am certain you will hear me now . '' The Carrier , with a troubled glance at Dot , who still kept far away from him , replied , `` Well ! that 's but fair . I will . '' `` You must know that when I left here a boy , '' said Edward , `` I was in love , and my love was returned . She was a very young girl , who perhaps -LRB- you may tell me -RRB- did n't know her own mind . But I knew mine , and I had a passion for her . '' `` You had ! '' exclaimed the Carrier . `` You ! '' `` Indeed I had , '' returned the other . `` And she returned it . I have ever since believed she did , and now I am sure she did . '' `` Heaven help me ! '' said the Carrier . `` This is worse than all . ''
`` Constant to her , '' said Edward , `` and returning , full of hope , after many hardships and perils , to redeem my part XXXXX our old contract , I heard , twenty miles away , that she was false to me ; that she had forgotten me ; and had bestowed herself upon another and a richer man .
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