He is too fine a fellow . You must marry him , Betty . '' `` Must I ? '' said Betty , a dusky red flaming out on her cheek . She turned her eyes on me in a most disconcerting fashion . `` Do YOU wish me to marry Frank , Stephen ? '' Betty had a wretched habit of emphasizing pronouns in a fashion calculated to rattle anybody . `` Yes , I do wish it , because I think it will be best for you , '' I replied , without looking at her . `` You must marry some time , Betty , and Frank is the only man I know to whom I could trust you . As your guardian , I have an interest in seeing you well and wisely settled for life . You have always taken my advice and obeyed my wishes ; and you 've always found my way the best , in the long run , have n't you , Betty ? You wo n't prove rebellious now , I 'm sure . You know quite well that I am advising you for your own good . Frank is a splendid young fellow , who loves you with all his heart . Marry him , Betty . Mind , I do n't COMMAND . I have no right to do that , and you are too old to be ordered about , if I had . But I wish and advise it . Is n't that enough , Betty ? '' I had been looking away from her all the time I was talking , gazing determinedly down a sunlit vista of pines .
Every word I said seemed XXXXX tear my heart , and come from my lips stained with life-blood .
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