No matter who was to blame the mischief was done . And Leslie -- what of Leslie ? It was for Leslie Anne felt most concerned . `` Does Leslie know this , Mr. Ford ? '' she asked quietly . `` No -- no , -- unless she has guessed it . You surely do n't think I 'd be cad and scoundrel enough to tell her , Mrs. Blythe . I could n't help loving her -- that 's all -- and my misery is greater than I can bear . '' `` Does SHE care ? '' asked Anne . The moment the question crossed her lips she felt that she should not have asked it . Owen Ford answered it with overeager protest . `` No -- no , of course not . But I could make her care if she were free -- I know I could . '' `` She does care -- and he knows it , '' thought Anne . Aloud she said , sympathetically but decidedly : `` But she is not free , Mr. Ford . And the only thing you can do is to go away in silence and leave her to her own life . '' `` I know -- I know , '' groaned Owen . He sat down on the grassy bank and stared moodily into the amber water beneath him . `` I know there 's nothing to do -- nothing but to say conventionally , ` Good-bye , Mrs. Moore .
Thank you for all your kindness XXXXX me this summer , ' just as I would have said it to the sonsy , bustling , keen-eyed housewife I expected her to be when I came .
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