Then you do mean to take some notice of this ? '' `` I mean , '' returned the Carrier , `` to do her the greatest kindness , and make her the best reparation , in my power . I can release her from the daily pain of an unequal marriage , and the struggle to conceal it . She shall be as free as I can render her . '' `` Make her reparation ! '' exclaimed Tackleton , twisting and turning his great ears with his hands . `` There must be something wrong here . You did n't say that , of course . '' The Carrier set his grip upon the collar of the toy merchant , and shook him like a reed . `` Listen to me ! '' he said . `` And take care that you hear me right . Listen to me . Do I speak plainly ? '' `` Very plainly indeed , '' answered Tackleton . `` As if I meant it ? '' `` Very much as if you meant it . '' `` I sat upon that hearth , last night , all night , '' exclaimed the Carrier . `` On the spot where she has often sat beside me , with her sweet face looking into mine . I called up her whole life day by day .
I had her dear self , XXXXX its every passage , in review before me .
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