`` Oh , Jessamine , '' exclaimed Mr. Bell in despair , `` do n't go -- you must n't . I want you at Cloverside Farm . I came today on purpose to ask you . I love you and I 'll make you happy if you 'll marry me . What do you say , Jessamine ? '' Jessamine , by way of answer , sat down on the nearest chair and began to cry . `` Oh , do n't , '' said the wooer in distress . `` I did n't want to make you feel bad . If you do n't like the idea , I wo n't mention it again . '' `` Oh , it is n't that -- but I -- I thought nobody cared what became of me . You are so kind -- I 'm afraid I 'd only be a bother to you ... '' `` I 'll risk that . You shall have a happy home , little girl . Will you come to it ? '' `` Ye-e-e-s . '' It was very indistinct and faltering , but Mr. Bell heard it and considered it a most eloquent answer . Mrs. John fumed and sulked and chose to consider herself hoodwinked and injured . But Mr. Bell was a resolute man , and a few days later he came for the last time to No. 49 and took his bride away with him . As they drove through the beech woods he put his arm tenderly around the shy , smiling little woman beside him and said , `` You 'll never be sorry for this , my dear . '' And she never was . Miss Sally 's Letter Miss Sally peered sharply at Willard Stanley , first through her gold-rimmed glasses and then over them .
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