`` I -- I asked him to give me a few days to think it over . '' `` I hardly see why that was necessary , '' said Ellen , coldly contemptuous , `` when there is only the one answer you can make him . '' Rosemary held out her hands beseechingly . `` Ellen , '' she said desperately , `` I love John Meredith -- I want to be his wife . Will you set me free from that promise ? '' `` No , '' said Ellen , merciless , because she was sick from fear . `` Ellen -- Ellen -- '' `` Listen , '' interrupted Ellen . `` I did not ask you for that promise . You offered it . '' `` I know -- I know . But I did not think then that I could ever care for anyone again . '' `` You offered it , '' went on Ellen unmovably . `` You promised it over our mother 's Bible . It was more than a promise -- it was an oath . Now you want to break it . '' `` I only asked you to set me free from it , Ellen . '' `` I will not do it . A promise is a promise in my eyes . 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 XXXXX me , Ellen . ''
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