Now , we wo n't argue the matter , so do n't try '' `` I shall leave Norman to do the arguing , '' said Rosemary . `` I 'LL deal with Norman . I can manage HIM . I would never have asked you to give me back my promise -- never -- but I had to tell Norman why I could n't marry him and he said HE would ask you . I could n't prevent him . You need not suppose you are the only person in the world who possesses self-respect . I never dreamed of marrying and leaving you here alone . And you 'll find I can be as determined as yourself . '' Rosemary turned away and went into the house , with a shrug of her shoulders . Ellen looked down at St. George , who had never blinked an eyelash or stirred a whisker during the whole interview . `` St. George , this world would be a dull place without the men , I 'll admit , but I 'm almost tempted to wish there was n't one of 'em in it . Look at the trouble and bother they 've made right here , George -- torn our happy old life completely up by the roots , Saint . John Meredith began it and Norman Douglas has finished it . And now both of them have to go into limbo . Norman is the only man I ever met who agrees with me that the Kaiser of Germany is the most dangerous creature alive on this earth -- and I ca n't marry this sensible person because my sister is stubborn and I 'm stubborner . Mark my words , St. George , the minister would come back if she raised her little finger . But she wo n't George -- she 'll never do it -- she wo n't even crook it -- and I do n't dare meddle , Saint . I wo n't sulk , George ; Rosemary did n't sulk , so I 'm determined I wo n't either , Saint ; Norman will tear up the turf , but the long and short of it is , St. George , that all of us old fools must just stop thinking of marrying . Well , well , ` despair is a free man , hope is a slave , ' Saint . So now come into the house , George , and I 'll solace you with a saucerful of cream .
Then there will be one happy and contented creature on this hill XXXXX least . ''
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