`` I love Lynde and would be only too happy if it were possible that I could marry her . I am not to blame for what has come about -- she will tell you that herself if you ask her . '' His look and tone convinced Emily . `` Who is to blame then ? Lynde herself ? '' `` No , no . '' `` The Captain then ? '' `` Not in the sense you mean . I can tell you nothing more . '' A baffled expression crossed the old woman 's face . `` There 's a mystery here -- there always has been -- and I 'm shut out of it . Lynde wo n't confide in me -- in me who 'd give my life 's blood to help her . Perhaps I can help her -- I could tell you something . Have you stopped coming to Four Winds -- has she made you stop coming -- because she 's got such a wicked old scamp for a father ? Is that the reason ? '' Alan shook his head . `` No , that has nothing to do with it . '' `` And you wo n't come back ? '' `` It is not a question of will . I can not -- must not go . ''
`` Lynde will break her heart then , '' said Emily in a tone XXXXX despair .
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