`` Not at all , '' said Mr. Thorne gravely . `` We will try to forget that it has happened . '' He bowed sadly and went out . Miss Madeline watched him guiltily as he walked across the lawn . He looked heart-broken . How dreadful it had been ! And Lina had refused twelve men ! How could she have lived through it ? `` Perhaps one gets accustomed to doing it , '' reflected Miss Madeline . `` But I am sure I never could . '' `` Did Mr. Thorne feel very badly ? '' whispered Lina that night . `` I 'm afraid he did , '' confessed Miss Madeline sorrowfully . `` He looked so pale and sad , Lina , that my heart ached for him . I am very thankful that I have never had any other proposals to decline . It is a very unpleasant experience . But , '' she added , with a little tinge of satisfaction in her sweet voice , `` I am glad I had one . It -- it has made me feel more like other people , you know , dear . '' Miss Sally 's Company `` How beautiful ! '' said Mary Seymour delightedly , as they dismounted from their wheels on the crest of the hill .
`` Ida , who could have supposed XXXXX such a view would be our reward for climbing that long , tedious hill with its ruts and stones ?
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