asked Maggie . `` A young lawyer , '' I said , my choice of profession decided by an enlarged crayon portrait of Mary Gillespie 's deceased brother on an easel before me . He had been a lawyer . `` Why did n't you marry him ? '' demanded Susette . `` We quarreled , '' I answered sadly . `` A terribly bitter quarrel . Oh , we were both so young and so foolish . It was my fault . I vexed Cecil by flirting with another man '' -- was n't I coming on ! -- `` and he was jealous and angry . He went out West and never came back . I have never seen him since , and I do not even know if he is alive . But -- but -- I could never care for any other man . '' `` Oh , how interesting ! '' sighed Wilhelmina . `` I do so love sad love stories . But perhaps he will come back some day yet , Miss Holmes . '' `` Oh , no , never now , '' I said , shaking my head . `` He has forgotten all about me , I dare say .
Or XXXXX he has n't , he has never forgiven me . ''
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