`` But it 's going to be for the last time , '' she said determinedly . `` I 'm going to settle this question so decidedly to-night that there 'll never be a repetition . '' When David had finished his quotation he laid his hand on Josephine 's plump arm . `` Josephine , '' he said huskily , `` I s ` pose you could n't -- could you now ? -- make up your mind to have me . I wish you would , Josephine -- I wish you would . Do n't you think you could , Josephine ? '' Josephine folded up her towel , crossed her hands on it , and looked her wooer squarely in the eyes . `` David Hartley , '' she said deliberately , `` what makes you go on asking me to marry you every once in a while when I 've told you times out of mind that I ca n't and wo n't ? '' `` Because I ca n't help hoping that you 'll change your mind through time , '' David replied meekly . `` Well , you just listen to me . I will not marry you . That is in the first place . And in the second , this is to be final . It has to be . You are never to ask me this again under any circumstances . If you do I will not answer you -- I will not let on I hear you at all ; but -LRB- and Josephine spoke very slowly and impressively -RRB- I will never speak to you again -- never . We are good friends now , and I like you real well , and like to have you drop in for a neighbourly chat as often as you wish to , but there 'll be an end , short and sudden , to that , if you do n't mind what I say . '' `` Oh , Josephine , ai n't that rather hard ? '' protested David feebly .
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