`` Oh , I 'm so glad , '' said Miss Sylvia , her eyes shining through her tears . `` You see , I know it would make her happier -- I know it . I 'm going to tell you my poor little story to convince you . But you -- you must not tell it to any of the others . '' `` I am sorry you think the admonition necessary , '' I said reproachfully . `` Oh , I do not , indeed I do not , '' she hastened to assure me . `` I know I can trust you . But it 's such a poor little story . You must n't laugh at it -- it is all the romance I had . Years ago -- forty years ago -- when I was a young girl of twenty , I -- learned to care very much for somebody . I met him at a summer resort like this . I was there with my aunt and he was there with his mother , who was delicate . We saw a great deal of each other for a little while . He was -- oh , he was like no other man I had ever seen . You remind me of him somehow . That is partly why I like you so much . I noticed the resemblance the first time I saw you . I do n't know in just what it consists -- in your expression and the way you carry your head , I think . He was not strong -- he coughed a good deal . Then one day he went away -- suddenly .
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