`` Thank you , '' said Ellen , still looking at St. George . Rosemary 's face softened . `` I hope you 'll be happy , Ellen , '' she said gently . `` Oh , Rosemary , '' Ellen looked up in distress , `` I 'm so ashamed -- I do n't deserve it -- after all I said to you -- '' `` We wo n't speak about that , '' said Rosemary hurriedly and decidedly . `` But -- but , '' persisted Ellen , `` you are free now , too -- and it 's not too late -- John Meredith -- '' `` Ellen West ! '' Rosemary had a little spark of temper under all her sweetness and it flashed forth now in her blue eyes . `` Have you quite lost your senses in EVERY respect ? Do you suppose for an instant that I am going to go to John Meredith and say meekly , ` Please , sir , I 've changed my mind and please , sir , I hope you have n't changed yours . ' Is that what you want me to do ? '' `` No -- no -- but a little -- encouragement -- he would come back -- '' `` Never . He despises me -- and rightly . No more of this , Ellen . I bear you no grudge -- marry whom you like . But no meddling in my affairs . '' `` Then you must come and live with me , '' said Ellen . `` I shall not leave you here alone . '' `` Do you really think that I would go and live in Norman Douglas 's house ? '' `` Why not ? '' cried Ellen , half angrily , despite her humiliation . Rosemary began to laugh .
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