I will not do it . Break your promise -- be forsworn if you will -- but it shall not be with any assent of mine . '' `` You are very hard on me , Ellen . '' `` Hard on you ! And what of me ? Have you ever given a thought to what my loneliness would be here if you left me ? I could not bear it -- I would go crazy . I CAN NOT live alone . Have n't I been a good sister to you ? Have I ever opposed any wish of yours ? Have n't I indulged you in everything ? '' `` Yes -- yes . '' `` Then why do you want to leave me for this man whom you had n't seen a year ago ? '' `` I love him , Ellen . '' `` Love ! You talk like a school miss instead of a middle-aged woman . He does n't love you . He wants a housekeeper and a governess . You do n't love him . You want to be ` Mrs. ' -- you are one of those weak-minded women who think it 's a disgrace to be ranked as an old maid .
That 's all there is XXXXX it . ''
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