`` And -- and -- he asked me to marry him . '' `` So I expected . Of course , you refused him ? '' `` No . '' `` Rosemary . '' Ellen clenched her hands and took an involuntary step forward . `` Do you mean to tell me that you accepted him ? '' `` No -- no . '' Ellen recovered her self-command . `` What DID you do then ? '' `` I -- I asked him to give me a few days to think it over . '' `` I hardly see why that was necessary , '' said Ellen , coldly contemptuous , `` when there is only the one answer you can make him . '' Rosemary held out her hands beseechingly . `` Ellen , '' she said desperately , `` I love John Meredith -- I want to be his wife . Will you set me free from that promise ? '' `` No , '' said Ellen , merciless , because she was sick from fear . `` Ellen -- Ellen -- '' `` Listen , '' interrupted Ellen . `` I did not ask you for that promise . You offered it . '' `` I know -- I know .
But I did not think then that I could ever care XXXXX anyone again . ''
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