Rosemary 's face turned crimson . So John Meredith still cared . HE had n't changed his mind . And he must care intensely if he had said that -- care more than she had ever supposed he did . She sat still for a moment , stroking Una 's hair . Then she said , `` Will you take a little letter from me to your father , Una ? '' `` Oh , are you going to marry him , Miss West ? '' asked Una eagerly . `` Perhaps -- if he really wants me to , '' said Rosemary , blushing again . `` I 'm glad -- I 'm glad , '' said Una bravely . Then she looked up , with quivering lips . `` Oh , Miss West , you wo n't turn father against us -- you wo n't make him hate us , will you ? '' she said beseechingly . Rosemary stared again . `` Una Meredith ! Do you think I would do such a thing ? Whatever put such an idea into your head ? '' `` Mary Vance said stepmothers were all like that -- and that they all hated their stepchildren and made their father hate them -- she said they just could n't help it -- just being stepmothers made them like that '' -- `` You poor child ! And yet you came up here and asked me to marry your father because you wanted to make him happy ? You 're a darling -- a heroine -- as Ellen would say , you 're a brick .
Now listen XXXXX me , very closely , dearest .
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