`` I can and I will , if you 'll have me , '' answered Winslow recklessly . `` I ca n't ever let you go . I 've loved you ever since I first saw you . Nelly , wo n't you be my wife ? Do n't you love me ? '' `` Well , yes , I do , '' confessed Nelly suddenly ; and then it was fully five minutes before Winslow gave her a chance to say anything else . `` Oh , what will your people say ? '' she contrived to ask at last . `` Wo n't they be in a dreadful state ? Oh , it will never do for you to marry me . '' `` Wo n't it ? '' said Winslow in a tone of satisfaction . `` I rather think it will . Of course , my family will rampage a bit at first . I daresay Father 'll turn me out . Do n't worry over that , Nelly . I 'm not afraid of work . I 'm not afraid of anything except losing you . '' `` You 'll have to see what Dad says , '' remarked Nelly , after another eloquent interlude . `` He wo n't object , will he ?
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